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Jordan
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

Compare Jordan and Benin 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.

Benin
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
Jordan Population Pyramid
481,319
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%
Benin Population Pyramid
2,255,222
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
  Jordan JORDAN   Benin BENIN
  Jordan JORDAN   Benin BENIN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
46.0
48.5
47.2
105
106
104
 
40.5
42.9
41.7
140
137
138
1970
53.0
56.3
54.6
101
99
100
 
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
1980
60.9
64.7
62.7
90
91
90
 
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
1990
65.5
69.0
67.2
86
98
93
 
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
2000
70.4
73.3
71.7
52
88
69
 
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
2010
71.9
75.1
73.4
61
93
80
 
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
2019
77.0
78.8
77.9
35
66
45
 
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   Benin BENIN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
77.0
78.8
35
66
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age
77.0
78.8
35
66
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age 5
78.4
80.0
35
61
67.7
71.7
144
141
Age 10
78.5
80.1
35
61
68.4
72.5
142
139
Age 15
78.7
80.2
35
59
68.9
72.9
141
138
Age 20
78.8
80.3
35
59
69.3
73.2
140
138
Age 25
79.0
80.3
36
59
69.7
73.5
141
138
Age 30
79.1
80.4
37
61
70.2
73.9
141
138
Age 35
79.3
80.5
37
62
70.7
74.3
141
139
Age 40
79.5
80.7
38
62
71.4
74.9
142
140
Age 45
79.8
80.9
38
63
72.2
75.6
141
142
Age 50
80.2
81.1
38
67
73.3
76.3
142
144
Age 55
80.8
81.5
38
69
74.6
77.3
139
147
Age 60
81.6
82.1
38
72
76.1
78.5
141
144
Age 65
82.7
83.0
38
74
78.1
80.1
142
143
Age 70
84.2
84.2
38
74
80.4
81.9
138
140
Age 75
86.0
85.8
37
77
83.1
84.3
137
130
Age 80
88.4
87.9
23
79
86.2
87.1
127
113
Age 85
91.0
90.4
24
89
89.6
90.3
118
98
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   Benin BENIN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
98.90
111
113.27
90
2. Stroke
62.96
115
119.03
42
3. Diabetes Mellitus
34.57
77
37.49
67
4. Hypertension
33.16
37
21.93
72
5. Kidney Disease
30.36
58
33.45
44
6. Breast Cancer
21.02
43
23.23
37
7. Road Traffic Accidents
19.68
78
33.95
38
8. Lung Cancers
19.34
55
1.08
180
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.53
93
20.23
42
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
136
112.94
20
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.85
63
5.06
150
12. Lung Disease
9.42
169
25.54
76
13. Liver Disease
9.16
132
39.37
27
14. Congenital Anomalies
6.89
54
9.44
13
15. Prostate Cancer
6.59
149
47.73
8
16. Stomach Cancer
6.24
89
6.49
83
17. Leukemia
6.03
8
3.48
96
18. Low Birth Weight
5.49
85
13.84
10
19. Lymphomas
5.31
70
5.99
42
20. Ovary Cancer
4.47
90
2.43
165
21. Bladder Cancer
4.28
18
0.67
172
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.20
82
3.03
111
23. Parkinson's Disease
3.88
106
5.27
41
24. Liver Cancer
3.51
152
6.58
63
25. Other Injuries
3.30
165
15.04
24
26. Violence
2.89
114
6.79
71
27. Falls
2.84
155
9.00
32
28. Uterin Cancer
2.66
74
3.34
38
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.34
138
10.91
17
30. Oral Cancer
2.26
118
2.67
96
31. Asthma
2.17
111
15.55
37
32. Cervical Cancer
2.00
166
22.59
31
33. Suicide
1.98
179
12.71
43
34. Fires
1.91
77
4.20
25
35. Birth Trauma
1.77
97
11.26
16
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.66
110
67.45
16
37. Drug Use
1.64
64
2.36
35
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
135
7.54
27
39. Inflammatory/Heart
1.25
178
7.05
48
40. Oesophagus Cancer
1.09
151
6.30
26
41. Skin Disease
0.95
113
2.32
47
42. Drownings
0.94
150
3.85
49
43. Meningitis
0.89
85
15.80
13
44. Skin Cancers
0.64
155
2.06
80
45. Epilepsy
0.55
174
3.60
10
46. Maternal Conditions
0.51
109
10.57
31
47. Poisonings
0.49
98
2.64
29
48. Pertussis
0.46
79
5.61
10
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.38
166
3.06
41
50. Syphilis
0.35
71
0.58
54
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Jordan JORDAN   Benin BENIN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,856
18.60
5,397
6.48
2. Stroke
2,908
11.14
5,855
7.03
3. Road Traffic Accidents
1,717
6.58
3,162
3.80
4. Diabetes Mellitus
1,684
6.45
1,912
2.29
5. Hypertension
1,532
5.87
1,088
1.31
6. Kidney Disease
1,494
5.72
1,929
2.32
7. Lung Cancers
1,059
4.06
66
0.08
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
937
3.59
10,205
12.25
9. Congenital Anomalies
934
3.58
2,265
2.72
10. Low Birth Weight
857
3.28
4,908
5.89
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
706
2.70
715
0.86
12. Breast Cancer
686
2.63
784
0.94
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
616
2.36
311
0.37
14. Liver Disease
494
1.89
2,447
2.94
15. Lung Disease
444
1.70
1,220
1.46
16. Leukemia
370
1.42
196
0.24
17. Stomach Cancer
365
1.40
361
0.43
18. Lymphomas
323
1.24
387
0.46
19. Other Injuries
294
1.13
1,532
1.84
20. Birth Trauma
271
1.04
3,950
4.74
21. Violence
269
1.03
726
0.87
22. Pancreas Cancer
245
0.94
177
0.21
23. Bladder Cancer
213
0.82
43
0.05
24. Falls
191
0.73
543
0.65
25. Liver Cancer
186
0.71
322
0.39
26. Endocrine Disorders
180
0.69
1,454
1.75
27. Parkinson's Disease
169
0.65
212
0.25
28. Suicide
165
0.63
922
1.11
29. Fires
153
0.59
431
0.52
30. Diarrhoeal diseases
152
0.58
6,830
8.20
31. Oral Cancer
143
0.55
156
0.19
32. Ovary Cancer
139
0.53
86
0.10
33. Prostate Cancer
131
0.50
867
1.04
34. Drug Use
115
0.44
197
0.24
35. Asthma
114
0.44
891
1.07
36. Drownings
107
0.41
570
0.68
37. Meningitis
78
0.30
1,967
2.36
38. Uterin Cancer
74
0.28
99
0.12
39. Inflammatory/Heart
74
0.28
457
0.55
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
67
0.26
442
0.53
41. Cervical Cancer
64
0.25
669
0.80
42. Oesophagus Cancer
63
0.24
326
0.39
43. Pertussis
55
0.21
1,168
1.40
44. Maternal Conditions
53
0.20
1,039
1.25
45. Syphilis
52
0.20
150
0.18
46. Epilepsy
49
0.19
369
0.44
47. Poisonings
47
0.18
307
0.37
48. Skin Disease
42
0.16
144
0.17
49. Skin Cancers
38
0.15
102
0.12
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
22
0.08
197
0.24
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   Benin BENIN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
21.02
43
23.23
37
2. Lung Cancers
19.34
55
1.08
180
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.85
63
5.06
150
4. Prostate Cancer
6.59
149
47.73
8
5. Stomach Cancer
6.24
89
6.49
83
6. Leukemia
6.03
8
3.48
96
7. Lymphomas
5.31
70
5.99
42
8. Ovary Cancer
4.47
90
2.43
165
9. Bladder Cancer
4.28
18
0.67
172
10. Pancreas Cancer
4.20
82
3.03
111
11. Liver Cancer
3.51
152
6.58
63
12. Uterin Cancer
2.66
74
3.34
38
13. Oral Cancer
2.26
118
2.67
96
14. Cervical Cancer
2.00
166
22.59
31
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.09
151
6.30
26
16. Skin Cancers
0.64
155
2.06
80
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.