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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 NIGERIA

Compare Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria 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.

Nigeria
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
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
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
  
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
34.6
37.6
36.1
172
171
171
  
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
37.1
40.2
38.6
174
173
174
  
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
40.9
44.2
42.5
179
177
178
  
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
51.3
53.0
52.1
154
159
155
  
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
55.4
58.0
56.7
166
166
166
  
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
57.4
63.0
60.2
177
175
176
  
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
57.4
63.0
177
175
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
57.4
63.0
177
175
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
62.6
67.9
174
174
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
63.2
68.5
174
173
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
63.5
68.7
174
173
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
64.0
69.0
174
173
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
64.6
69.5
174
173
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
65.2
70.0
174
173
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
66.0
70.7
174
174
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
67.0
71.5
174
174
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
68.3
72.5
174
175
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
69.9
73.7
174
175
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
71.8
75.1
175
176
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
73.9
76.7
175
175
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
76.4
78.6
175
174
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
79.2
80.8
175
172
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
82.3
83.4
168
168
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
85.6
86.3
161
161
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
89.2
89.7
157
157
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
139.46
57
100.91
107
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
123.23
10
98.12
28
3. Stroke
121.60
36
88.68
86
4. Tuberculosis
117.91
3
99.13
6
5. HIV/AIDS
102.97
11
26.81
36
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
77.43
15
78.99
13
7. Malaria
53.39
3
34.69
27
8. Liver Disease
45.28
15
41.99
21
9. Diabetes Mellitus
44.22
50
33.50
82
10. Road Traffic Accidents
40.96
23
27.25
54
11. Kidney Disease
34.24
40
23.87
88
12. Cervical Cancer
30.59
18
21.11
35
13. Lung Disease
29.21
57
20.77
99
14. Hypertension
25.92
54
16.07
103
15. Prostate Cancer
19.86
68
20.40
63
16. Maternal Conditions
19.30
7
14.14
17
17. Asthma
19.10
23
10.71
58
18. Breast Cancer
18.31
74
20.56
47
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.99
83
19.45
59
20. Meningitis
15.86
12
17.54
9
21. Other Injuries
15.81
16
10.98
56
22. Birth Trauma
14.15
6
15.51
2
23. Liver Cancer
13.32
18
6.19
71
24. Low Birth Weight
12.80
14
14.70
5
25. Violence
12.49
37
11.97
42
26. Suicide
12.38
46
6.87
117
27. Endocrine Disorders
11.86
12
7.01
35
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
9.83
14
7.03
31
29. Congenital Anomalies
9.17
17
11.22
5
30. Falls
9.15
29
8.54
40
31. Malnutrition
8.65
35
2.36
83
32. Stomach Cancer
7.34
72
2.52
169
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.32
130
4.32
157
34. Pertussis
6.32
7
6.32
6
35. Inflammatory/Heart
6.15
65
5.49
76
36. Parkinson's Disease
5.62
28
5.60
29
37. Measles
4.43
16
7.92
10
38. Fires
4.32
21
3.44
37
39. Drownings
4.02
45
2.17
107
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.74
29
2.05
69
41. Ovary Cancer
3.71
121
3.90
112
42. Epilepsy
3.33
20
3.25
23
43. Schistosomiasis
3.32
7
1.50
31
44. Lymphomas
2.89
153
5.96
45
45. Oesophagus Cancer
2.84
77
0.75
171
46. Poisonings
2.66
27
2.82
22
47. Skin Cancers
2.20
69
2.29
62
48. Bladder Cancer
2.10
90
0.81
166
49. Syphilis
2.04
9
1.05
35
50. Lung Cancers
2.00
172
1.37
178
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
1,445
9.71
44,124
2.98
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,390
9.34
207,281
14.00
3. Tuberculosis
1,387
9.32
127,335
8.60
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
913
6.14
144,724
9.77
5. Coronary Heart Disease
907
6.10
61,374
4.14
6. Stroke
829
5.57
57,744
3.90
7. Birth Trauma
790
5.31
100,186
6.76
8. Low Birth Weight
705
4.74
95,959
6.48
9. Malaria
684
4.60
100,963
6.82
10. Road Traffic Accidents
619
4.16
41,693
2.82
11. Liver Disease
405
2.72
38,326
2.59
12. Congenital Anomalies
373
2.51
49,696
3.36
13. Maternal Conditions
333
2.24
23,540
1.59
14. Diabetes Mellitus
313
2.10
22,497
1.52
15. Kidney Disease
268
1.80
18,189
1.23
16. Meningitis
258
1.73
43,651
2.95
17. Other Injuries
234
1.57
22,696
1.53
18. Endocrine Disorders
221
1.49
15,799
1.07
19. Pertussis
212
1.42
23,282
1.57
20. Lung Disease
191
1.28
12,569
0.85
21. Hypertension
177
1.19
10,692
0.72
22. Violence
173
1.16
18,407
1.24
23. Cervical Cancer
154
1.03
10,574
0.71
24. Asthma
150
1.01
8,192
0.55
25. Measles
147
0.99
29,439
1.99
26. Suicide
134
0.90
7,019
0.47
27. Malnutrition
121
0.81
5,896
0.40
28. Liver Cancer
116
0.78
5,289
0.36
29. Breast Cancer
93
0.63
11,884
0.80
30. Drownings
89
0.60
6,584
0.44
31. Syphilis
85
0.57
5,449
0.37
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
77
0.52
5,846
0.39
33. Falls
71
0.48
7,528
0.51
34. Alzheimers & Dementia
69
0.46
6,786
0.46
35. Fires
64
0.43
7,132
0.48
36. Stomach Cancer
55
0.37
2,129
0.14
37. Inflammatory/Heart
53
0.36
4,826
0.33
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
50
0.34
4,152
0.28
39. Tetanus
48
0.32
8,355
0.56
40. Epilepsy
48
0.32
5,001
0.34
41. Poisonings
45
0.30
6,570
0.44
42. Prostate Cancer
41
0.28
5,914
0.40
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
33
0.22
1,946
0.13
44. Schistosomiasis
30
0.20
1,508
0.10
45. Lymphomas
28
0.19
5,202
0.35
46. Parkinson's Disease
27
0.18
2,473
0.17
47. Hepatitis B
20
0.13
1,488
0.10
48. Oesophagus Cancer
19
0.13
560
0.04
49. Ovary Cancer
19
0.13
2,133
0.14
50. Lung Cancers
18
0.12
1,295
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
30.59
18
21.11
35
2. Prostate Cancer
19.86
68
20.40
63
3. Breast Cancer
18.31
74
20.56
47
4. Liver Cancer
13.32
18
6.19
71
5. Stomach Cancer
7.34
72
2.52
169
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.32
130
4.32
157
7. Ovary Cancer
3.71
121
3.90
112
8. Lymphomas
2.89
153
5.96
45
9. Oesophagus Cancer
2.84
77
0.75
171
10. Skin Cancers
2.20
69
2.29
62
11. Bladder Cancer
2.10
90
0.81
166
12. Lung Cancers
2.00
172
1.37
178
13. Uterin Cancer
1.76
123
1.60
132
14. Oral Cancer
1.55
156
2.44
107
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.52
154
2.64
126
16. Leukemia
0.48
181
2.06
151
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.