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Laos
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
LAOS VS DJIBOUTI

Compare Laos and Djibouti 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.

Djibouti
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
Laos Population Pyramid
9,479,753
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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Djibouti Population Pyramid
1,295,368
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
  Laos LAOS   Djibouti DJIBOUTI
  Laos LAOS   Djibouti DJIBOUTI
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
  
37.2
40.3
38.7
156
150
151
1970
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
  
41.9
45.0
43.4
153
149
150
1980
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
  
46.5
49.4
47.9
152
150
151
1990
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
  
49.5
52.5
51.0
159
158
159
2000
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
  
55.7
59.2
57.4
145
143
145
2010
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
  
59.8
63.0
61.3
145
148
148
2019
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
  
64.1
67.8
65.8
137
147
141
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Djibouti DJIBOUTI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.2
70.9
130
128
64.1
67.8
137
147
Age
66.2
70.9
130
128
64.1
67.8
137
147
Age 5
69.6
73.9
126
125
68.2
71.5
139
144
Age 10
69.8
74.1
128
126
68.7
72.0
138
145
Age 15
70.1
74.3
126
126
69.1
72.3
138
145
Age 20
70.4
74.5
126
125
69.4
72.5
138
144
Age 25
70.9
74.8
124
125
69.9
72.8
138
145
Age 30
71.3
75.0
125
125
70.4
73.3
138
145
Age 35
71.7
75.4
126
124
71.0
73.9
137
145
Age 40
72.2
75.8
127
125
71.7
74.7
137
143
Age 45
72.9
76.3
128
127
72.6
75.6
132
141
Age 50
73.7
76.9
131
128
73.8
76.7
130
139
Age 55
74.9
77.8
135
130
75.1
77.8
129
135
Age 60
76.4
78.9
138
132
76.6
79.0
129
129
Age 65
78.2
80.3
137
135
78.5
80.4
125
122
Age 70
80.5
82.0
137
135
80.7
82.2
124
122
Age 75
83.1
84.2
135
135
83.3
84.4
126
123
Age 80
86.1
86.8
134
135
86.3
87.0
122
121
Age 85
89.4
90.0
136
140
89.6
90.2
116
109
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Djibouti DJIBOUTI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
152.50
21
117.12
49
2. Coronary Heart Disease
139.74
56
121.27
78
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
59.07
61
98.22
27
4. Lung Disease
46.19
20
21.95
91
5. Kidney Disease
38.60
25
30.92
53
6. Diabetes Mellitus
36.38
71
47.76
44
7. Tuberculosis
34.86
29
25.32
43
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
27.89
53
49.56
35
9. Liver Cancer
25.37
4
2.67
173
10. Liver Disease
24.75
75
42.55
19
11. Hypertension
24.41
59
38.28
27
12. Lung Cancers
21.02
48
2.88
159
13. Road Traffic Accidents
19.78
77
29.07
52
14. Asthma
19.60
22
10.33
61
15. Breast Cancer
17.83
80
23.76
35
16. Peptic Ulcer Disease
16.83
4
4.75
62
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.42
119
21.76
29
18. Stomach Cancer
11.97
22
2.21
174
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.17
74
5.28
147
20. Falls
9.16
28
7.79
57
21. Low Birth Weight
8.47
50
14.66
6
22. Birth Trauma
8.00
40
9.60
30
23. Cervical Cancer
7.80
96
11.24
76
24. Oral Cancer
7.55
14
2.34
112
25. Other Injuries
7.53
92
27.05
3
26. Drownings
7.51
9
3.12
71
27. Violence
6.67
74
6.49
75
28. Suicide
5.98
128
11.95
53
29. Congenital Anomalies
5.84
92
8.20
23
30. Leukemia
5.00
19
5.83
10
31. Inflammatory/Heart
4.66
93
6.22
63
32. Lymphomas
4.47
102
5.68
57
33. HIV/AIDS
4.45
78
38.68
27
34. Oesophagus Cancer
4.43
41
4.01
45
35. Parkinson's Disease
4.40
75
4.65
63
36. Ovary Cancer
4.05
108
6.54
23
37. Malnutrition
3.82
60
25.18
4
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.57
33
2.16
63
39. Pertussis
3.41
21
4.54
15
40. Endocrine Disorders
3.39
92
3.36
93
41. Prostate Cancer
3.01
174
7.02
145
42. Maternal Conditions
2.91
61
3.80
52
43. Skin Disease
2.37
45
1.91
74
44. Meningitis
1.88
64
13.72
20
45. Fires
1.68
85
4.26
24
46. Skin Cancers
1.43
123
1.78
101
47. Pancreas Cancer
1.38
157
0.72
173
48. Bladder Cancer
1.36
137
2.44
71
49. Tetanus
1.31
17
1.59
10
50. Uterin Cancer
1.27
151
1.30
150
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Laos LAOS   Djibouti DJIBOUTI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
5,769
14.33
680
10.17
2. Coronary Heart Disease
5,190
12.89
687
10.27
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,820
7.01
671
10.03
4. Tuberculosis
1,949
4.84
243
3.63
5. Kidney Disease
1,646
4.09
186
2.78
6. Lung Disease
1,626
4.04
120
1.79
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,552
3.86
364
5.44
8. Diabetes Mellitus
1,466
3.64
284
4.25
9. Road Traffic Accidents
1,281
3.18
229
3.42
10. Liver Disease
1,171
2.91
295
4.41
11. Low Birth Weight
1,156
2.87
251
3.75
12. Birth Trauma
1,116
2.77
166
2.48
13. Liver Cancer
1,104
2.74
19
0.28
14. Lung Cancers
919
2.28
20
0.30
15. Hypertension
890
2.21
211
3.16
16. Asthma
840
2.09
68
1.02
17. Peptic Ulcer Disease
651
1.62
32
0.48
18. Congenital Anomalies
647
1.61
113
1.69
19. Drownings
568
1.41
28
0.42
20. Stomach Cancer
530
1.32
14
0.21
21. Other Injuries
519
1.29
233
3.48
22. Violence
475
1.18
64
0.96
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
458
1.14
90
1.35
24. Falls
440
1.09
45
0.67
25. Breast Cancer
437
1.09
91
1.36
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
422
1.05
38
0.57
27. Suicide
390
0.97
94
1.41
28. Oral Cancer
349
0.87
17
0.25
29. HIV/AIDS
313
0.78
348
5.20
30. Pertussis
304
0.76
50
0.75
31. Leukemia
290
0.72
45
0.67
32. Maternal Conditions
218
0.54
40
0.60
33. Oesophagus Cancer
214
0.53
27
0.40
34. Lymphomas
211
0.52
40
0.60
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
207
0.51
15
0.22
36. Inflammatory/Heart
206
0.51
45
0.67
37. Cervical Cancer
187
0.46
40
0.60
38. Endocrine Disorders
186
0.46
25
0.37
39. Malnutrition
166
0.41
170
2.54
40. Meningitis
154
0.38
117
1.75
41. Parkinson's Disease
139
0.35
23
0.34
42. Fires
108
0.27
33
0.49
43. Ovary Cancer
101
0.25
23
0.34
44. Tetanus
96
0.24
16
0.24
45. Skin Disease
89
0.22
12
0.18
46. Encephalitis
69
0.17
5
0.07
47. Pancreas Cancer
61
0.15
6
0.09
48. Alcohol
61
0.15
15
0.22
49. Skin Cancers
59
0.15
12
0.18
50. Epilepsy
58
0.14
26
0.39
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Laos LAOS   Djibouti DJIBOUTI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
25.37
4
2.67
173
2. Lung Cancers
21.02
48
2.88
159
3. Breast Cancer
17.83
80
23.76
35
4. Stomach Cancer
11.97
22
2.21
174
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.17
74
5.28
147
6. Cervical Cancer
7.80
96
11.24
76
7. Oral Cancer
7.55
14
2.34
112
8. Leukemia
5.00
19
5.83
10
9. Lymphomas
4.47
102
5.68
57
10. Oesophagus Cancer
4.43
41
4.01
45
11. Ovary Cancer
4.05
108
6.54
23
12. Prostate Cancer
3.01
174
7.02
145
13. Skin Cancers
1.43
123
1.78
101
14. Pancreas Cancer
1.38
157
0.72
173
15. Bladder Cancer
1.36
137
2.44
71
16. Uterin Cancer
1.27
151
1.30
150
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.