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Libya
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
LIBYA VS CAMEROON

Compare Libya and Cameroon 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.

Cameroon
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
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%
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Cameroon Population Pyramid
50,573,036
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
  Libya LIBYA   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Libya LIBYA   Cameroon CAMEROON
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.7
48.2
46.9
107
112
108
  
40.5
43.1
41.7
141
134
137
1970
50.4
53.4
51.9
115
116
115
  
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
1980
58.8
62.2
60.5
100
104
102
  
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
1990
65.9
70.6
68.2
77
87
88
  
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
2000
69.3
72.7
70.9
68
96
84
  
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
2010
70.6
75.3
72.8
79
90
87
  
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
2019
74.2
77.3
75.8
59
85
72
  
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Cameroon CAMEROON
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.2
77.3
59
85
60.3
64.5
168
168
Age
74.2
77.3
59
85
60.3
64.5
168
168
Age 5
75.2
78.2
56
88
65.5
69.3
164
165
Age 10
75.3
78.3
56
87
66.4
70.1
163
163
Age 15
75.5
78.4
54
87
66.9
70.5
164
162
Age 20
75.8
78.6
52
87
67.3
70.9
164
162
Age 25
76.3
78.8
52
83
67.8
71.3
164
162
Age 30
76.7
79.0
47
82
68.4
71.9
164
160
Age 35
77.1
79.2
47
83
69.1
72.6
164
160
Age 40
77.6
79.5
46
82
70.0
73.5
160
159
Age 45
78.1
79.9
46
83
71.1
74.6
157
156
Age 50
78.8
80.4
45
82
72.5
75.7
156
151
Age 55
79.5
81.1
44
79
74.0
77.0
150
150
Age 60
80.6
81.9
44
77
75.8
78.4
149
148
Age 65
81.9
83.1
44
71
77.9
80.0
147
146
Age 70
83.6
84.8
44
61
80.2
81.9
144
139
Age 75
85.7
86.6
41
57
83.0
84.3
140
129
Age 80
88.3
89.0
29
50
86.1
87.1
133
114
Age 85
90.9
91.2
29
47
89.6
90.3
124
100
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Cameroon CAMEROON
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
158.90
40
122.39
77
2. Stroke
64.09
114
118.87
44
3. Kidney Disease
28.70
66
46.48
14
4. Hypertension
23.41
66
21.74
73
5. Road Traffic Accidents
22.90
59
40.18
24
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.36
25
20.71
37
7. Diabetes Mellitus
19.17
111
57.00
30
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.90
127
116.04
17
9. Lung Disease
15.44
138
26.42
70
10. War
15.38
4
2.54
11
11. Liver Disease
13.95
112
36.47
37
12. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
2.77
162
13. Tuberculosis
13.26
59
40.86
25
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
5.92
135
15. Asthma
7.09
75
14.72
40
16. Other Injuries
6.89
100
15.43
20
17. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
23.24
36
18. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
29.36
31
19. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
69
10.13
7
20. Drug Use
6.17
4
5.35
8
21. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
23.20
29
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
3.03
112
23. Suicide
4.50
148
15.92
25
24. Leukemia
4.41
51
1.52
160
25. Parkinson's Disease
4.34
79
6.68
15
26. Lymphomas
4.24
109
2.94
152
27. Low Birth Weight
4.09
102
11.05
26
28. Falls
4.06
124
10.66
18
29. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
6.88
58
30. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
0.54
177
31. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
4.11
102
32. Endocrine Disorders
3.04
109
9.27
24
33. HIV/AIDS
3.03
92
73.92
16
34. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
4.30
128
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.45
95
6.68
35
36. Inflammatory/Heart
2.16
161
7.89
42
37. Violence
2.11
132
6.68
73
38. Fires
1.98
75
4.38
18
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.78
108
55.91
29
40. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
6.50
24
41. Maternal Conditions
1.57
76
11.24
29
42. Birth Trauma
1.48
106
11.19
17
43. Drownings
1.11
144
3.78
50
44. Epilepsy
1.06
132
4.11
7
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.99
120
2.67
48
46. Poisonings
0.86
73
2.80
23
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
1.32
137
48. Meningitis
0.76
93
14.28
16
49. Hepatitis B
0.68
53
1.80
14
50. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
1.92
89
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Libya LIBYA   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
6,610
26.30
10,695
5.97
2. Stroke
2,603
10.36
11,199
6.25
3. Road Traffic Accidents
1,444
5.75
7,810
4.36
4. Kidney Disease
1,186
4.72
5,140
2.87
5. War
1,055
4.20
643
0.36
6. Hypertension
915
3.64
2,035
1.14
7. Tuberculosis
812
3.23
7,414
4.14
8. Diabetes Mellitus
803
3.20
5,468
3.05
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
744
2.96
19,694
11.00
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
743
2.96
1,157
0.65
11. Liver Disease
630
2.51
4,531
2.53
12. Lung Disease
607
2.42
2,310
1.29
13. Lung Cancers
592
2.36
301
0.17
14. Congenital Anomalies
493
1.96
5,258
2.94
15. Other Injuries
432
1.72
3,289
1.84
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
427
1.70
569
0.32
17. Drug Use
371
1.48
928
0.52
18. Low Birth Weight
359
1.43
7,950
4.44
19. Suicide
304
1.21
2,333
1.30
20. Asthma
297
1.18
1,619
0.90
21. HIV/AIDS
224
0.89
13,888
7.75
22. Leukemia
217
0.86
275
0.15
23. Pancreas Cancer
209
0.83
290
0.16
24. Falls
204
0.81
1,235
0.69
25. Breast Cancer
190
0.76
1,874
1.05
26. Lymphomas
189
0.75
489
0.27
27. Parkinson's Disease
159
0.63
449
0.25
28. Liver Cancer
153
0.61
875
0.49
29. Endocrine Disorders
153
0.61
2,474
1.38
30. Violence
145
0.58
1,666
0.93
31. Bladder Cancer
136
0.54
65
0.04
32. Cervical Cancer
135
0.54
1,582
0.88
33. Stomach Cancer
134
0.53
458
0.26
34. Birth Trauma
132
0.53
8,243
4.60
35. Maternal Conditions
124
0.49
2,615
1.46
36. Fires
115
0.46
908
0.51
37. Inflammatory/Heart
107
0.43
986
0.55
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
99
0.39
754
0.42
39. Prostate Cancer
96
0.38
940
0.52
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
92
0.37
11,849
6.62
41. Oral Cancer
81
0.32
845
0.47
42. Ovary Cancer
75
0.30
303
0.17
43. Drownings
74
0.29
1,178
0.66
44. Epilepsy
67
0.27
867
0.48
45. Poisonings
56
0.22
666
0.37
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
49
0.19
323
0.18
47. Meningitis
41
0.16
3,441
1.92
48. Hepatitis B
34
0.14
336
0.19
49. Oesophagus Cancer
33
0.13
135
0.08
50. Alcohol
22
0.09
198
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
2.77
162
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
5.92
135
3. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
23.24
36
4. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
29.36
31
5. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
23.20
29
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
3.03
112
7. Leukemia
4.41
51
1.52
160
8. Lymphomas
4.24
109
2.94
152
9. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
6.88
58
10. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
0.54
177
11. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
4.11
102
12. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
4.30
128
13. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
6.50
24
14. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
1.32
137
15. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
1.92
89
16. Uterin Cancer
0.42
179
1.27
152
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.