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Kuwait
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 Kuwait and Libya 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.

Libya
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
Kuwait Population Pyramid
5,393,471
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%
Libya Population Pyramid
8,525,412
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
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Libya LIBYA
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Libya LIBYA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
58.1
61.5
59.8
63
65
64
 
45.7
48.2
46.9
107
112
108
1970
64.8
68.8
66.8
48
51
52
 
50.4
53.4
51.9
115
116
115
1980
68.7
72.9
70.8
34
48
34
 
58.8
62.2
60.5
100
104
102
1990
73.2
76.9
75.0
16
31
24
 
65.9
70.6
68.2
77
87
88
2000
72.4
74.4
73.2
36
74
48
 
69.3
72.7
70.9
68
96
84
2010
73.2
75.2
74.0
47
91
69
 
70.6
75.3
72.8
79
90
87
2019
79.3
83.9
81.0
24
19
29
 
74.2
77.3
75.8
59
85
72
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Libya LIBYA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.9
24
19
74.2
77.3
59
85
Age
79.3
83.9
24
19
74.2
77.3
59
85
Age 5
79.9
84.5
21
13
75.2
78.2
56
88
Age 10
80.0
84.6
21
13
75.3
78.3
56
87
Age 15
80.1
84.7
21
13
75.5
78.4
54
87
Age 20
80.2
84.7
21
13
75.8
78.6
52
87
Age 25
80.4
84.8
20
13
76.3
78.8
52
83
Age 30
80.6
84.8
19
13
76.7
79.0
47
82
Age 35
80.8
84.9
22
14
77.1
79.2
47
83
Age 40
81.0
84.9
23
14
77.6
79.5
46
82
Age 45
81.2
85.1
23
15
78.1
79.9
46
83
Age 50
81.6
85.2
23
15
78.8
80.4
45
82
Age 55
82.1
85.5
23
15
79.5
81.1
44
79
Age 60
82.8
85.9
23
16
80.6
81.9
44
77
Age 65
83.8
86.5
22
17
81.9
83.1
44
71
Age 70
85.0
87.4
21
16
83.6
84.8
44
61
Age 75
86.7
88.5
17
15
85.7
86.6
41
57
Age 80
88.7
90.0
17
13
88.3
89.0
29
50
Age 85
91.1
92.0
18
12
90.9
91.2
29
47
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Libya LIBYA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
94.14
119
158.90
40
2. Stroke
37.49
140
64.09
114
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.91
93
16.90
127
4. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
6.73
179
5. Road Traffic Accidents
18.99
80
22.90
59
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.42
96
22.36
25
7. Hypertension
15.74
106
23.41
66
8. Diabetes Mellitus
14.78
127
19.17
111
9. Kidney Disease
12.44
132
28.70
66
10. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
6.62
148
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
8.87
90
12. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
13.37
86
13. Liver Disease
6.90
153
13.95
112
14. Lung Disease
6.49
182
15.44
138
15. Lymphomas
6.31
32
4.24
109
16. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
3.69
145
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.27
105
6.46
69
18. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
0.42
179
19. Leukemia
4.74
29
4.41
51
20. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
4.87
67
21. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
3.10
142
22. Low Birth Weight
3.94
106
4.09
102
23. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
3.67
36
24. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
2.96
158
25. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
5.45
120
26. Falls
2.93
152
4.06
124
27. Parkinson's Disease
2.84
148
4.34
79
28. Suicide
2.66
167
4.50
148
29. Other Injuries
2.62
174
6.89
100
30. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
1.71
148
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
0.80
170
32. Violence
1.82
135
2.11
132
33. Endocrine Disorders
1.67
157
3.04
109
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.37
177
2.16
161
35. Drug Use
1.35
78
6.17
4
36. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
0.50
162
37. Asthma
1.12
126
7.09
75
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.96
150
2.45
95
39. Fires
0.80
122
1.98
75
40. Tuberculosis
0.71
134
13.26
59
41. Epilepsy
0.61
169
1.06
132
42. Drownings
0.52
169
1.11
144
43. Poisonings
0.40
110
0.86
73
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.35
169
0.99
120
45. Meningitis
0.30
138
0.76
93
46. Skin Disease
0.28
163
0.44
147
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.24
172
1.78
108
48. Alcohol
0.24
168
0.34
156
49. Other Neoplasms
0.20
164
0.24
153
50. Birth Trauma
0.18
179
1.48
106
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Libya LIBYA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,325
30.48
6,610
26.30
2. Road Traffic Accidents
649
8.51
1,444
5.75
3. Stroke
599
7.85
2,603
10.36
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
340
4.46
744
2.96
5. Hypertension
256
3.36
915
3.64
6. Diabetes Mellitus
242
3.17
803
3.20
7. Breast Cancer
230
3.01
190
0.76
8. Kidney Disease
204
2.67
1,186
4.72
9. Congenital Anomalies
202
2.65
493
1.96
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
198
2.60
427
1.70
11. Liver Disease
192
2.52
630
2.51
12. Lung Cancers
161
2.11
592
2.36
13. Low Birth Weight
158
2.07
359
1.43
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
139
1.82
743
2.96
15. Lymphomas
132
1.73
189
0.75
16. Liver Cancer
129
1.69
153
0.61
17. Leukemia
123
1.61
217
0.86
18. Suicide
122
1.60
304
1.21
19. Falls
102
1.34
204
0.81
20. Pancreas Cancer
89
1.17
209
0.83
21. Lung Disease
84
1.10
607
2.42
22. Other Injuries
83
1.09
432
1.72
23. Violence
75
0.98
145
0.58
24. Oral Cancer
74
0.97
81
0.32
25. Stomach Cancer
72
0.94
134
0.53
26. Prostate Cancer
58
0.76
96
0.38
27. Bladder Cancer
52
0.68
136
0.54
28. Endocrine Disorders
44
0.58
153
0.61
29. Ovary Cancer
41
0.54
75
0.30
30. Drug Use
38
0.50
371
1.48
31. Inflammatory/Heart
36
0.47
107
0.43
32. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.46
33
0.13
33. Cervical Cancer
32
0.42
135
0.54
34. Tuberculosis
31
0.41
812
3.23
35. Uterin Cancer
31
0.41
8
0.03
36. Parkinson's Disease
29
0.38
159
0.63
37. Skin Cancers
28
0.37
20
0.08
38. Fires
28
0.37
115
0.46
39. Epilepsy
22
0.29
67
0.27
40. Asthma
21
0.28
297
1.18
41. Drownings
19
0.25
74
0.29
42. Poisonings
16
0.21
56
0.22
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.18
99
0.39
44. Alcohol
12
0.16
22
0.09
45. Meningitis
9
0.12
41
0.16
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8
0.10
49
0.19
47. HIV/AIDS
7
0.09
224
0.89
48. Birth Trauma
7
0.09
132
0.53
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.08
92
0.37
50. Multiple Sclerosis
5
0.07
20
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Libya LIBYA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
6.73
179
2. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
6.62
148
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
8.87
90
4. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
13.37
86
5. Lymphomas
6.31
32
4.24
109
6. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
3.69
145
7. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
0.42
179
8. Leukemia
4.74
29
4.41
51
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
4.87
67
10. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
3.10
142
11. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
3.67
36
12. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
2.96
158
13. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
5.45
120
14. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
1.71
148
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
0.80
170
16. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
0.50
162
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.