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Kenya
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
KENYA VS SOMALIA

Compare Kenya and Somalia 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.

Somalia
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
Kenya Population Pyramid
91,575,092
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Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kenya KENYA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Kenya KENYA   Somalia SOMALIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
44.8
48.7
46.7
117
104
112
  
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
1970
50.4
54.6
52.5
117
108
112
  
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
1980
56.0
59.7
57.8
116
116
115
  
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
1990
57.4
61.4
59.4
131
128
131
  
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
2000
50.8
53.0
51.9
157
158
157
  
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
2010
58.9
61.7
60.3
149
151
151
  
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
2019
63.7
68.4
66.1
141
143
140
  
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kenya KENYA   Somalia SOMALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.7
68.4
141
143
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age
63.7
68.4
141
143
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age 5
66.9
71.3
151
146
61.4
66.4
177
178
Age 10
67.2
71.6
152
148
62.3
67.4
176
177
Age 15
67.5
71.8
153
148
62.8
67.8
175
176
Age 20
67.9
72.1
153
148
63.4
68.2
175
176
Age 25
68.4
72.5
153
148
64.1
68.6
175
176
Age 30
68.9
73.0
155
148
64.8
69.2
175
177
Age 35
69.5
73.6
156
148
65.5
69.8
176
178
Age 40
70.3
74.4
154
146
66.4
70.6
176
178
Age 45
71.4
75.4
151
144
67.6
71.6
177
178
Age 50
72.7
76.6
149
142
69.1
72.8
177
178
Age 55
74.2
77.8
147
129
71.0
74.3
179
178
Age 60
76.0
79.1
144
124
73.2
76.0
179
178
Age 65
78.0
80.5
144
118
75.8
78.1
179
178
Age 70
80.3
82.2
139
119
78.7
80.3
179
176
Age 75
83.0
84.4
139
124
81.9
83.0
178
172
Age 80
86.0
87.0
138
124
85.4
86.1
171
166
Age 85
89.4
90.1
137
126
89.1
89.5
159
163
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kenya KENYA   Somalia SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
92.66
81
150.17
23
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
85.68
38
155.59
3
3. Coronary Heart Disease
72.70
144
129.66
67
4. Liver Disease
57.44
6
57.15
7
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
53.46
31
128.81
3
6. Tuberculosis
49.91
18
109.27
5
7. HIV/AIDS
48.82
25
6.27
71
8. Road Traffic Accidents
48.00
12
38.94
28
9. Malaria
33.54
29
16.08
36
10. Diabetes Mellitus
30.43
88
48.19
41
11. Hypertension
28.53
47
50.05
15
12. Lung Disease
26.82
68
44.55
22
13. Cervical Cancer
24.71
26
23.71
28
14. Prostate Cancer
24.17
51
12.27
123
15. Kidney Disease
23.30
91
31.84
49
16. Oesophagus Cancer
20.37
2
7.97
19
17. Breast Cancer
19.76
51
33.65
7
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.35
76
18.02
82
19. Meningitis
13.96
19
31.66
1
20. Malnutrition
13.10
21
42.27
1
21. Other Injuries
12.36
42
31.38
1
22. Maternal Conditions
11.72
28
38.60
1
23. Suicide
11.01
60
14.66
29
24. Stomach Cancer
10.16
43
4.92
109
25. Asthma
9.95
65
25.62
9
26. Birth Trauma
8.50
38
16.45
1
27. Low Birth Weight
8.13
53
11.34
25
28. Falls
7.89
53
7.93
52
29. Oral Cancer
7.82
13
4.64
44
30. Lymphomas
7.26
17
7.68
12
31. Violence
7.07
65
6.81
70
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.74
123
8.09
101
33. Ovary Cancer
6.41
25
8.19
6
34. Congenital Anomalies
6.20
86
8.94
20
35. Tetanus
5.79
2
14.50
1
36. Liver Cancer
5.77
82
3.62
148
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.78
61
8.06
22
38. Leukemia
4.48
44
6.38
1
39. Inflammatory/Heart
4.22
105
5.86
70
40. Parkinson's Disease
3.79
112
3.95
100
41. Fires
3.66
34
6.16
6
42. Pancreas Cancer
3.59
96
1.69
148
43. Poisonings
3.34
13
5.99
1
44. Lung Cancers
3.20
156
3.67
149
45. Skin Cancers
3.16
26
2.55
50
46. Uterin Cancer
3.07
51
2.44
83
47. Endocrine Disorders
2.69
125
3.58
88
48. Epilepsy
2.27
52
3.50
15
49. Drownings
2.27
103
6.47
16
50. Skin Disease
2.15
56
1.92
73
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Kenya KENYA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
22,571
8.57
21,712
13.71
2. HIV/AIDS
20,885
7.93
610
0.39
3. Tuberculosis
19,655
7.46
10,261
6.48
4. Stroke
15,895
6.03
8,595
5.43
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
15,420
5.85
15,363
9.70
6. Road Traffic Accidents
14,883
5.65
4,231
2.67
7. Liver Disease
13,405
5.09
3,917
2.47
8. Malaria
12,652
4.80
1,942
1.23
9. Coronary Heart Disease
11,972
4.54
7,233
4.57
10. Birth Trauma
9,957
3.78
9,573
6.04
11. Low Birth Weight
9,562
3.63
6,250
3.95
12. Congenital Anomalies
6,115
2.32
3,410
2.15
13. Maternal Conditions
5,651
2.15
4,127
2.61
14. Diabetes Mellitus
5,651
2.15
2,888
1.82
15. Meningitis
5,364
2.04
5,381
3.40
16. Kidney Disease
4,464
1.69
2,051
1.29
17. Hypertension
4,418
1.68
2,643
1.67
18. Oesophagus Cancer
4,373
1.66
516
0.33
19. Other Injuries
4,336
1.65
3,602
2.27
20. Lung Disease
4,280
1.62
2,442
1.54
21. Malnutrition
4,212
1.60
4,825
3.05
22. Cervical Cancer
3,389
1.29
883
0.56
23. Suicide
3,214
1.22
1,219
0.77
24. Violence
2,942
1.12
828
0.52
25. Breast Cancer
2,658
1.01
1,232
0.78
26. Asthma
2,300
0.87
1,878
1.19
27. Tetanus
2,129
0.81
2,648
1.67
28. Stomach Cancer
2,010
0.76
310
0.20
29. Lymphomas
1,931
0.73
605
0.38
30. Oral Cancer
1,842
0.70
328
0.21
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,827
0.69
647
0.41
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,477
0.56
546
0.34
33. Falls
1,465
0.56
548
0.35
34. Liver Cancer
1,351
0.51
256
0.16
35. Leukemia
1,327
0.50
562
0.35
36. Fires
1,316
0.50
810
0.51
37. Prostate Cancer
1,292
0.49
285
0.18
38. Poisonings
1,269
0.48
758
0.48
39. Drownings
1,200
0.46
1,272
0.80
40. Inflammatory/Heart
1,121
0.43
521
0.33
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,089
0.41
559
0.35
42. Pertussis
1,014
0.38
2,054
1.30
43. Epilepsy
832
0.32
419
0.26
44. Endocrine Disorders
831
0.32
406
0.26
45. Ovary Cancer
795
0.30
295
0.19
46. Pancreas Cancer
716
0.27
108
0.07
47. Lung Cancers
669
0.25
233
0.15
48. Skin Cancers
638
0.24
164
0.10
49. Hepatitis B
522
0.20
315
0.20
50. Parkinson's Disease
470
0.18
184
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kenya KENYA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
24.71
26
23.71
28
2. Prostate Cancer
24.17
51
12.27
123
3. Oesophagus Cancer
20.37
2
7.97
19
4. Breast Cancer
19.76
51
33.65
7
5. Stomach Cancer
10.16
43
4.92
109
6. Oral Cancer
7.82
13
4.64
44
7. Lymphomas
7.26
17
7.68
12
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.74
123
8.09
101
9. Ovary Cancer
6.41
25
8.19
6
10. Liver Cancer
5.77
82
3.62
148
11. Leukemia
4.48
44
6.38
1
12. Pancreas Cancer
3.59
96
1.69
148
13. Lung Cancers
3.20
156
3.67
149
14. Skin Cancers
3.16
26
2.55
50
15. Uterin Cancer
3.07
51
2.44
83
16. Bladder Cancer
1.69
115
2.40
74
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.