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Lesotho
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
LESOTHO VS JAPAN

Compare Lesotho and Japan 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.

Japan
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
Lesotho Population Pyramid
2,665,265
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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Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
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
 
 
 
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  Lesotho LESOTHO   Japan JAPAN
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Japan JAPAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
44.9
48.3
46.6
115
111
114
  
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
1970
47.5
50.8
49.1
126
122
127
  
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
1980
52.2
55.5
53.8
130
128
131
  
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
1990
56.7
60.5
58.6
135
131
134
  
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
2000
48.2
50.3
49.3
167
167
166
  
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
2010
49.4
52.6
51.1
179
178
179
  
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
2019
47.7
54.2
50.7
183
183
183
  
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Japan JAPAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
47.7
54.2
183
183
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age
47.7
54.2
183
183
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age 5
52.5
58.8
183
183
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 10
52.8
59.1
183
183
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 15
52.9
59.2
183
183
81.8
87.2
2
1
Age 20
53.6
59.7
183
183
81.9
87.2
2
1
Age 25
54.5
60.6
183
183
82.0
87.3
2
1
Age 30
55.6
62.0
183
183
82.1
87.4
2
1
Age 35
57.2
63.8
183
183
82.2
87.4
3
1
Age 40
59.4
66.0
183
183
82.4
87.6
3
1
Age 45
62.0
68.3
183
183
82.6
87.7
3
1
Age 50
65.0
70.7
183
183
82.9
87.9
3
1
Age 55
68.1
73.0
183
181
83.4
88.2
3
1
Age 60
71.2
75.2
183
180
84.0
88.6
3
1
Age 65
74.4
77.5
182
180
84.8
89.0
4
1
Age 70
77.7
79.9
182
179
86.0
89.6
2
1
Age 75
81.2
82.6
183
178
87.3
90.3
6
1
Age 80
84.8
85.7
181
172
89.0
91.3
8
2
Age 85
88.6
89.1
175
172
91.4
92.8
9
3
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Japan JAPAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
254.70
2
0.03
164
2. Stroke
211.66
3
23.21
161
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
192.07
1
16.56
129
4. Coronary Heart Disease
155.85
43
30.62
181
5. Diabetes Mellitus
147.55
5
1.35
182
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
142.10
2
0.53
161
7. Suicide
87.48
1
12.24
49
8. Lung Disease
83.85
6
12.69
156
9. Hypertension
74.75
1
1.07
183
10. Kidney Disease
69.87
4
7.61
154
11. Tuberculosis
68.85
13
0.53
140
12. Liver Disease
51.33
9
4.78
164
13. Asthma
45.32
3
0.36
174
14. Cervical Cancer
44.59
9
2.73
152
15. Violence
43.38
5
0.19
183
16. Road Traffic Accidents
36.62
32
2.21
175
17. Other Injuries
28.67
2
4.92
133
18. Prostate Cancer
24.42
47
6.05
157
19. Inflammatory/Heart
21.17
6
2.08
163
20. Low Birth Weight
18.96
1
0.32
183
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
18.88
3
0.61
169
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.24
99
7.87
159
23. Malnutrition
17.17
13
0.41
118
24. Meningitis
16.69
10
0.09
180
25. Fires
14.67
1
0.33
161
26. Endocrine Disorders
14.08
10
2.36
135
27. Maternal Conditions
13.99
19
0.04
175
28. Birth Trauma
13.70
7
0.17
180
29. Breast Cancer
11.68
143
10.31
155
30. Congenital Anomalies
11.28
4
2.49
167
31. Drownings
9.67
7
2.12
109
32. Falls
8.24
44
1.98
173
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
7.68
13
0.40
162
34. Epilepsy
7.57
1
0.51
176
35. Oesophagus Cancer
5.57
33
3.28
61
36. Poisonings
5.26
2
0.14
160
37. Skin Disease
5.11
14
0.47
142
38. Lymphomas
4.86
86
4.22
111
39. Liver Cancer
4.78
106
6.62
62
40. Parkinson's Disease
4.56
67
2.33
156
41. Alcohol
4.54
21
0.24
170
42. Lung Cancers
3.87
146
18.06
66
43. Oral Cancer
3.76
61
2.19
124
44. Skin Cancers
3.61
19
0.42
167
45. Ovary Cancer
3.01
145
3.30
136
46. Uterin Cancer
2.88
66
2.02
106
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.77
180
13.59
37
48. Leukemia
2.43
144
2.76
133
49. Pertussis
1.81
46
0.00
149
50. Hepatitis B
1.71
15
0.34
77
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Japan JAPAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
4,767
14.31
48
0.00
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
3,214
9.65
107,899
9.77
3. Stroke
2,817
8.45
121,823
11.03
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,354
7.06
2,731
0.25
5. Coronary Heart Disease
2,101
6.31
163,905
14.84
6. Diabetes Mellitus
2,000
6.00
5,433
0.49
7. Suicide
1,539
4.62
19,466
1.76
8. Tuberculosis
1,208
3.63
3,459
0.31
9. Lung Disease
1,102
3.31
78,169
7.08
10. Kidney Disease
1,015
3.05
44,779
4.05
11. Hypertension
990
2.97
6,673
0.60
12. Low Birth Weight
957
2.87
202
0.02
13. Violence
924
2.77
266
0.02
14. Liver Disease
792
2.38
14,195
1.29
15. Birth Trauma
717
2.15
104
0.01
16. Asthma
678
2.03
1,922
0.17
17. Road Traffic Accidents
678
2.03
4,566
0.41
18. Other Injuries
533
1.60
22,068
2.00
19. Congenital Anomalies
389
1.17
2,473
0.22
20. Cervical Cancer
372
1.12
3,799
0.34
21. Malnutrition
357
1.07
1,910
0.17
22. Meningitis
318
0.95
308
0.03
23. Inflammatory/Heart
305
0.92
8,232
0.75
24. Maternal Conditions
292
0.88
39
0.00
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
279
0.84
2,922
0.26
26. Fires
269
0.81
1,007
0.09
27. Endocrine Disorders
235
0.71
11,486
1.04
28. Drownings
200
0.60
8,409
0.76
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
194
0.58
56,937
5.15
30. Epilepsy
143
0.43
1,558
0.14
31. Falls
128
0.38
9,736
0.88
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
126
0.38
2,555
0.23
33. Poisonings
111
0.33
255
0.02
34. Breast Cancer
97
0.29
15,805
1.43
35. Prostate Cancer
81
0.24
13,515
1.22
36. Lymphomas
78
0.23
19,273
1.74
37. Oesophagus Cancer
73
0.22
12,316
1.11
38. Liver Cancer
71
0.21
29,384
2.66
39. Alcohol
71
0.21
576
0.05
40. Skin Disease
70
0.21
2,806
0.25
41. Parkinson's Disease
55
0.17
14,007
1.27
42. Oral Cancer
52
0.16
8,333
0.75
43. Pertussis
51
0.15
1
0.00
44. Lung Cancers
51
0.15
79,688
7.21
45. Syphilis
50
0.15
16
0.00
46. Skin Cancers
46
0.14
1,843
0.17
47. Tetanus
45
0.14
9
0.00
48. Colon-Rectum Cancers
40
0.12
57,340
5.19
49. Leukemia
39
0.12
9,607
0.87
50. Drug Use
32
0.10
732
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   Japan JAPAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
44.59
9
2.73
152
2. Prostate Cancer
24.42
47
6.05
157
3. Breast Cancer
11.68
143
10.31
155
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.57
33
3.28
61
5. Lymphomas
4.86
86
4.22
111
6. Liver Cancer
4.78
106
6.62
62
7. Lung Cancers
3.87
146
18.06
66
8. Oral Cancer
3.76
61
2.19
124
9. Skin Cancers
3.61
19
0.42
167
10. Ovary Cancer
3.01
145
3.30
136
11. Uterin Cancer
2.88
66
2.02
106
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.77
180
13.59
37
13. Leukemia
2.43
144
2.76
133
14. Pancreas Cancer
0.90
168
8.87
10
15. Stomach Cancer
0.76
181
11.47
28
16. Bladder Cancer
0.70
170
1.86
104
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.