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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
KUWAIT VS SOMALIA

Compare Kuwait 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
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%
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Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
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   Somalia SOMALIA
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Somalia SOMALIA
       
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
  
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
1970
64.8
68.8
66.8
48
51
52
  
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
1980
68.7
72.9
70.8
34
48
34
  
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
1990
73.2
76.9
75.0
16
31
24
  
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
2000
72.4
74.4
73.2
36
74
48
  
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
2010
73.2
75.2
74.0
47
91
69
  
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
2019
79.3
83.9
81.0
24
19
29
  
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Somalia SOMALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.9
24
19
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age
79.3
83.9
24
19
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age 5
79.9
84.5
21
13
61.4
66.4
177
178
Age 10
80.0
84.6
21
13
62.3
67.4
176
177
Age 15
80.1
84.7
21
13
62.8
67.8
175
176
Age 20
80.2
84.7
21
13
63.4
68.2
175
176
Age 25
80.4
84.8
20
13
64.1
68.6
175
176
Age 30
80.6
84.8
19
13
64.8
69.2
175
177
Age 35
80.8
84.9
22
14
65.5
69.8
176
178
Age 40
81.0
84.9
23
14
66.4
70.6
176
178
Age 45
81.2
85.1
23
15
67.6
71.6
177
178
Age 50
81.6
85.2
23
15
69.1
72.8
177
178
Age 55
82.1
85.5
23
15
71.0
74.3
179
178
Age 60
82.8
85.9
23
16
73.2
76.0
179
178
Age 65
83.8
86.5
22
17
75.8
78.1
179
178
Age 70
85.0
87.4
21
16
78.7
80.3
179
176
Age 75
86.7
88.5
17
15
81.9
83.0
178
172
Age 80
88.7
90.0
17
13
85.4
86.1
171
166
Age 85
91.1
92.0
18
12
89.1
89.5
159
163
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Somalia SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
94.14
119
129.66
67
2. Stroke
37.49
140
150.17
23
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.91
93
155.59
3
4. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
33.65
7
5. Road Traffic Accidents
18.99
80
38.94
28
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.42
96
18.02
82
7. Hypertension
15.74
106
50.05
15
8. Diabetes Mellitus
14.78
127
48.19
41
9. Kidney Disease
12.44
132
31.84
49
10. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
12.27
123
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
8.09
101
12. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
3.67
149
13. Liver Disease
6.90
153
57.15
7
14. Lung Disease
6.49
182
44.55
22
15. Lymphomas
6.31
32
7.68
12
16. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
3.62
148
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.27
105
8.94
20
18. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
2.44
83
19. Leukemia
4.74
29
6.38
1
20. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
1.69
148
21. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
8.19
6
22. Low Birth Weight
3.94
106
11.34
25
23. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
2.40
74
24. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
4.92
109
25. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
23.71
28
26. Falls
2.93
152
7.93
52
27. Parkinson's Disease
2.84
148
3.95
100
28. Suicide
2.66
167
14.66
29
29. Other Injuries
2.62
174
31.38
1
30. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
4.64
44
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
7.97
19
32. Violence
1.82
135
6.81
70
33. Endocrine Disorders
1.67
157
3.58
88
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.37
177
5.86
70
35. Drug Use
1.35
78
0.62
150
36. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
2.55
50
37. Asthma
1.12
126
25.62
9
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.96
150
8.06
22
39. Fires
0.80
122
6.16
6
40. Tuberculosis
0.71
134
109.27
5
41. Epilepsy
0.61
169
3.50
15
42. Drownings
0.52
169
6.47
16
43. Poisonings
0.40
110
5.99
1
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.35
169
5.27
20
45. Meningitis
0.30
138
31.66
1
46. Skin Disease
0.28
163
1.92
73
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.24
172
128.81
3
48. Alcohol
0.24
168
2.22
54
49. Other Neoplasms
0.20
164
0.20
162
50. Birth Trauma
0.18
179
16.45
1
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Somalia SOMALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,325
30.48
7,233
4.57
2. Road Traffic Accidents
649
8.51
4,231
2.67
3. Stroke
599
7.85
8,595
5.43
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
340
4.46
21,712
13.71
5. Hypertension
256
3.36
2,643
1.67
6. Diabetes Mellitus
242
3.17
2,888
1.82
7. Breast Cancer
230
3.01
1,232
0.78
8. Kidney Disease
204
2.67
2,051
1.29
9. Congenital Anomalies
202
2.65
3,410
2.15
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
198
2.60
546
0.34
11. Liver Disease
192
2.52
3,917
2.47
12. Lung Cancers
161
2.11
233
0.15
13. Low Birth Weight
158
2.07
6,250
3.95
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
139
1.82
647
0.41
15. Lymphomas
132
1.73
605
0.38
16. Liver Cancer
129
1.69
256
0.16
17. Leukemia
123
1.61
562
0.35
18. Suicide
122
1.60
1,219
0.77
19. Falls
102
1.34
548
0.35
20. Pancreas Cancer
89
1.17
108
0.07
21. Lung Disease
84
1.10
2,442
1.54
22. Other Injuries
83
1.09
3,602
2.27
23. Violence
75
0.98
828
0.52
24. Oral Cancer
74
0.97
328
0.21
25. Stomach Cancer
72
0.94
310
0.20
26. Prostate Cancer
58
0.76
285
0.18
27. Bladder Cancer
52
0.68
149
0.09
28. Endocrine Disorders
44
0.58
406
0.26
29. Ovary Cancer
41
0.54
295
0.19
30. Drug Use
38
0.50
54
0.03
31. Inflammatory/Heart
36
0.47
521
0.33
32. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.46
516
0.33
33. Cervical Cancer
32
0.42
883
0.56
34. Tuberculosis
31
0.41
10,261
6.48
35. Uterin Cancer
31
0.41
78
0.05
36. Parkinson's Disease
29
0.38
184
0.12
37. Skin Cancers
28
0.37
164
0.10
38. Fires
28
0.37
810
0.51
39. Epilepsy
22
0.29
419
0.26
40. Asthma
21
0.28
1,878
1.19
41. Drownings
19
0.25
1,272
0.80
42. Poisonings
16
0.21
758
0.48
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.18
559
0.35
44. Alcohol
12
0.16
151
0.10
45. Meningitis
9
0.12
5,381
3.40
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8
0.10
446
0.28
47. HIV/AIDS
7
0.09
610
0.39
48. Birth Trauma
7
0.09
9,573
6.04
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.08
15,363
9.70
50. Multiple Sclerosis
5
0.07
8
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Somalia SOMALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
33.65
7
2. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
12.27
123
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
8.09
101
4. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
3.67
149
5. Lymphomas
6.31
32
7.68
12
6. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
3.62
148
7. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
2.44
83
8. Leukemia
4.74
29
6.38
1
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
1.69
148
10. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
8.19
6
11. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
2.40
74
12. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
4.92
109
13. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
23.71
28
14. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
4.64
44
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
7.97
19
16. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
2.55
50
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.