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Guinea-Bissau
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
GUINEA-BISSAU VS DR CONGO

Compare Guinea-Bissau and DR Congo health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

DR Congo
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Guinea-Bissau Population Pyramid
3,557,202
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DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU   DR Congo DR CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
32.6
35.6
34.1
169
166
167
  
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
34.6
37.6
36.1
172
171
171
  
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
37.1
40.2
38.6
174
173
174
  
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
40.9
44.2
42.5
179
177
178
  
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
51.3
53.0
52.1
154
159
155
  
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
55.4
58.0
56.7
166
166
166
  
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
57.4
63.0
60.2
177
175
176
  
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU   DR Congo DR CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
57.4
63.0
177
175
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age
57.4
63.0
177
175
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
62.6
67.9
174
174
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
63.2
68.5
174
173
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
63.5
68.7
174
173
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
64.0
69.0
174
173
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
64.6
69.5
174
173
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
65.2
70.0
174
173
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
66.0
70.7
174
174
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
67.0
71.5
174
174
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
68.3
72.5
174
175
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
69.9
73.7
174
175
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
71.8
75.1
175
176
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
73.9
76.7
175
175
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
76.4
78.6
175
174
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
79.2
80.8
175
172
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
82.3
83.4
168
168
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
85.6
86.3
161
161
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
89.2
89.7
157
157
89.4
90.0
139
137
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU   DR Congo DR CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
139.46
57
108.48
92
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
123.23
10
117.32
16
3. Stroke
121.60
36
112.53
56
4. Tuberculosis
117.91
3
79.20
9
5. HIV/AIDS
102.97
11
19.43
44
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
77.43
15
55.99
28
7. Malaria
53.39
3
28.55
33
8. Liver Disease
45.28
15
36.25
41
9. Diabetes Mellitus
44.22
50
36.82
69
10. Road Traffic Accidents
40.96
23
39.80
25
11. Kidney Disease
34.24
40
24.38
79
12. Cervical Cancer
30.59
18
22.64
30
13. Lung Disease
29.21
57
44.15
23
14. Hypertension
25.92
54
50.51
14
15. Prostate Cancer
19.86
68
31.05
27
16. Maternal Conditions
19.30
7
16.42
13
17. Asthma
19.10
23
20.76
18
18. Breast Cancer
18.31
74
15.42
112
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.99
83
19.83
52
20. Meningitis
15.86
12
11.11
32
21. Other Injuries
15.81
16
12.62
40
22. Birth Trauma
14.15
6
10.95
18
23. Liver Cancer
13.32
18
9.59
31
24. Low Birth Weight
12.80
14
11.44
22
25. Violence
12.49
37
16.45
27
26. Suicide
12.38
46
12.41
45
27. Endocrine Disorders
11.86
12
10.69
18
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
9.83
14
5.00
58
29. Congenital Anomalies
9.17
17
7.74
35
30. Falls
9.15
29
8.41
41
31. Malnutrition
8.65
35
11.91
24
32. Stomach Cancer
7.34
72
6.55
82
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.32
130
9.05
87
34. Pertussis
6.32
7
4.63
14
35. Inflammatory/Heart
6.15
65
9.82
29
36. Parkinson's Disease
5.62
28
3.70
117
37. Measles
4.43
16
24.57
4
38. Fires
4.32
21
3.03
48
39. Drownings
4.02
45
3.10
72
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.74
29
4.14
24
41. Ovary Cancer
3.71
121
3.08
143
42. Epilepsy
3.33
20
2.36
50
43. Schistosomiasis
3.32
7
2.63
13
44. Lymphomas
2.89
153
4.48
101
45. Oesophagus Cancer
2.84
77
2.18
101
46. Poisonings
2.66
27
2.58
30
47. Skin Cancers
2.20
69
2.16
74
48. Bladder Cancer
2.10
90
0.78
167
49. Syphilis
2.04
9
1.79
13
50. Lung Cancers
2.00
172
3.48
152
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
1,445
9.71
13,286
2.02
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,390
9.34
73,546
11.18
3. Tuberculosis
1,387
9.32
43,759
6.65
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
913
6.14
41,301
6.28
5. Coronary Heart Disease
907
6.10
34,713
5.28
6. Stroke
829
5.57
36,596
5.56
7. Birth Trauma
790
5.31
33,075
5.03
8. Low Birth Weight
705
4.74
34,668
5.27
9. Malaria
684
4.60
41,813
6.35
10. Road Traffic Accidents
619
4.16
30,256
4.60
11. Liver Disease
405
2.72
15,044
2.29
12. Congenital Anomalies
373
2.51
16,256
2.47
13. Maternal Conditions
333
2.24
10,513
1.60
14. Diabetes Mellitus
313
2.10
12,902
1.96
15. Kidney Disease
268
1.80
9,077
1.38
16. Meningitis
258
1.73
11,568
1.76
17. Other Injuries
234
1.57
8,272
1.26
18. Endocrine Disorders
221
1.49
7,380
1.12
19. Pertussis
212
1.42
7,921
1.20
20. Lung Disease
191
1.28
13,527
2.06
21. Hypertension
177
1.19
15,743
2.39
22. Violence
173
1.16
11,120
1.69
23. Cervical Cancer
154
1.03
4,823
0.73
24. Asthma
150
1.01
7,733
1.18
25. Measles
147
0.99
42,254
6.42
26. Suicide
134
0.90
5,812
0.88
27. Malnutrition
121
0.81
8,910
1.35
28. Liver Cancer
116
0.78
3,840
0.58
29. Breast Cancer
93
0.63
3,416
0.52
30. Drownings
89
0.60
3,454
0.52
31. Syphilis
85
0.57
3,751
0.57
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
77
0.52
1,923
0.29
33. Falls
71
0.48
3,483
0.53
34. Alzheimers & Dementia
69
0.46
4,548
0.69
35. Fires
64
0.43
2,007
0.31
36. Stomach Cancer
55
0.37
2,579
0.39
37. Inflammatory/Heart
53
0.36
4,045
0.61
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
50
0.34
2,966
0.45
39. Tetanus
48
0.32
1,166
0.18
40. Epilepsy
48
0.32
1,727
0.26
41. Poisonings
45
0.30
1,729
0.26
42. Prostate Cancer
41
0.28
3,948
0.60
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
33
0.22
1,728
0.26
44. Schistosomiasis
30
0.20
1,071
0.16
45. Lymphomas
28
0.19
2,061
0.31
46. Parkinson's Disease
27
0.18
1,035
0.16
47. Hepatitis B
20
0.13
456
0.07
48. Oesophagus Cancer
19
0.13
790
0.12
49. Ovary Cancer
19
0.13
656
0.10
50. Lung Cancers
18
0.12
1,158
0.18
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
30.59
18
22.64
30
2. Prostate Cancer
19.86
68
31.05
27
3. Breast Cancer
18.31
74
15.42
112
4. Liver Cancer
13.32
18
9.59
31
5. Stomach Cancer
7.34
72
6.55
82
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.32
130
9.05
87
7. Ovary Cancer
3.71
121
3.08
143
8. Lymphomas
2.89
153
4.48
101
9. Oesophagus Cancer
2.84
77
2.18
101
10. Skin Cancers
2.20
69
2.16
74
11. Bladder Cancer
2.10
90
0.78
167
12. Lung Cancers
2.00
172
3.48
152
13. Uterin Cancer
1.76
123
1.91
111
14. Oral Cancer
1.55
156
2.21
121
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.52
154
2.92
114
16. Leukemia
0.48
181
3.40
102
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.