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Luxembourg
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 Luxembourg and Congo 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.

Congo
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
Luxembourg Population Pyramid
789,943
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%
Congo Population Pyramid
10,701,991
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
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   Congo CONGO
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   Congo CONGO
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.1
71.9
68.9
26
23
23
 
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
1970
67.0
73.8
70.3
25
22
24
 
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
1980
69.3
76.3
72.7
29
18
23
 
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
30
15
23
 
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
2000
74.5
80.9
77.8
24
14
19
 
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
2010
78.0
83.1
80.6
17
16
17
 
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
2019
80.6
84.2
82.4
12
13
12
 
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   Congo CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.6
84.2
12
13
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age
80.6
84.2
12
13
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age 5
80.9
84.4
12
15
67.3
68.6
147
171
Age 10
80.9
84.4
12
15
67.6
68.9
148
172
Age 15
80.9
84.4
12
15
67.8
69.0
148
172
Age 20
81.0
84.5
14
15
68.2
69.4
147
172
Age 25
81.1
84.5
14
15
68.7
69.7
147
172
Age 30
81.1
84.6
14
15
69.2
70.3
147
172
Age 35
81.2
84.6
15
18
69.8
70.9
147
171
Age 40
81.4
84.7
17
17
70.5
71.8
148
173
Age 45
81.6
84.8
19
17
71.4
72.8
150
174
Age 50
81.9
85.1
19
16
72.6
74.1
151
172
Age 55
82.4
85.4
19
16
74.0
75.5
151
171
Age 60
82.9
85.8
22
20
75.7
77.1
150
171
Age 65
83.8
86.4
21
21
77.8
78.9
149
171
Age 70
85.2
87.2
16
19
80.2
80.9
147
170
Age 75
86.8
88.3
14
17
82.9
83.4
146
167
Age 80
88.7
89.8
15
18
86.0
86.3
140
164
Age 85
90.9
91.6
32
21
89.3
89.5
148
165
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   Congo CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
48.90
164
133.74
63
2. Lung Cancers
25.47
25
2.77
164
3. Breast Cancer
20.22
49
9.95
160
4. Lung Disease
18.82
109
31.45
46
5. Stroke
18.65
174
120.40
39
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.33
77
20.22
43
7. Prostate Cancer
11.88
125
31.52
25
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.34
57
4.17
161
9. Suicide
8.62
88
11.62
55
10. Liver Disease
8.07
141
36.31
40
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.58
171
86.29
37
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.48
30
1.96
144
13. Other Injuries
7.14
99
9.74
68
14. Kidney Disease
6.35
159
29.78
60
15. Ovary Cancer
5.99
32
3.37
130
16. Lymphomas
5.72
54
2.21
171
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.83
171
51.04
38
18. Leukemia
4.71
31
1.70
157
19. Falls
4.59
111
7.27
66
20. Liver Cancer
4.48
116
6.39
68
21. Stomach Cancer
4.48
125
3.94
131
22. Endocrine Disorders
4.44
74
6.36
46
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
88
4.68
62
24. Other Neoplasms
4.02
21
0.39
105
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.87
116
9.18
32
26. Road Traffic Accidents
3.62
165
39.65
27
27. Bladder Cancer
3.49
41
0.72
168
28. Hypertension
3.39
164
52.27
12
29. Oesophagus Cancer
3.03
72
0.87
164
30. Alcohol
2.81
40
1.55
80
31. Uterin Cancer
2.58
77
1.40
146
32. Cervical Cancer
1.93
170
13.92
60
33. Oral Cancer
1.92
137
1.35
166
34. Skin Cancers
1.92
90
1.82
96
35. Congenital Anomalies
1.87
179
6.57
65
36. Epilepsy
1.53
95
2.02
67
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.36
95
2.80
45
38. Malnutrition
1.15
96
9.47
31
39. Drug Use
1.05
113
1.92
49
40. Low Birth Weight
0.65
175
9.29
42
41. Schizophrenia
0.56
6
0.00
85
42. Anemia
0.51
22
0.00
89
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.51
174
5.10
56
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.44
163
43.98
42
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.42
40
0.13
133
46. Violence
0.42
180
11.99
41
47. Asthma
0.39
170
13.81
44
48. Hepatitis C
0.39
23
0.09
96
49. HIV/AIDS
0.32
132
101.72
12
50. Skin Disease
0.31
159
2.02
62
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   Congo CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
655
18.64
2,494
7.60
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
298
8.48
230
0.70
3. Lung Cancers
260
7.40
54
0.16
4. Stroke
257
7.31
2,267
6.90
5. Lung Disease
242
6.89
541
1.65
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
131
3.73
89
0.27
7. Breast Cancer
113
3.22
159
0.48
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
111
3.16
2,576
7.85
9. Kidney Disease
91
2.59
613
1.87
10. Other Injuries
88
2.50
333
1.01
11. Pancreas Cancer
82
2.33
42
0.13
12. Liver Disease
75
2.13
931
2.84
13. Suicide
69
1.96
349
1.06
14. Prostate Cancer
64
1.82
198
0.60
15. Lymphomas
64
1.82
61
0.19
16. Parkinson's Disease
62
1.76
69
0.21
17. Diabetes Mellitus
61
1.74
1,050
3.20
18. Falls
61
1.74
149
0.45
19. Hypertension
54
1.54
933
2.84
20. Leukemia
53
1.51
57
0.17
21. Endocrine Disorders
53
1.51
208
0.63
22. Stomach Cancer
51
1.45
88
0.27
23. Liver Cancer
49
1.39
169
0.51
24. Other Neoplasms
49
1.39
8
0.02
25. Inflammatory/Heart
49
1.39
220
0.67
26. Bladder Cancer
44
1.25
15
0.05
27. Ovary Cancer
35
1.00
49
0.15
28. Oesophagus Cancer
32
0.91
19
0.06
29. Alcohol
25
0.71
46
0.14
30. Road Traffic Accidents
25
0.71
1,598
4.87
31. Skin Cancers
22
0.63
36
0.11
32. Malnutrition
19
0.54
272
0.83
33. Oral Cancer
19
0.54
33
0.10
34. Rheumatic Heart Disease
19
0.54
67
0.20
35. Epilepsy
17
0.48
76
0.23
36. Uterin Cancer
16
0.46
15
0.05
37. Cervical Cancer
10
0.28
196
0.60
38. Congenital Anomalies
10
0.28
729
2.22
39. Drug Use
9
0.26
65
0.20
40. Anemia
8
0.23
0
0.00
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.20
105
0.32
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.17
1,304
3.97
43. Schizophrenia
6
0.17
0
0.00
44. Asthma
5
0.14
291
0.89
45. Skin Disease
5
0.14
46
0.14
46. Hepatitis C
4
0.11
2
0.01
47. Multiple Sclerosis
4
0.11
4
0.01
48. Low Birth Weight
3
0.09
1,283
3.91
49. Osteoarthritis
3
0.09
0
0.00
50. Fires
3
0.09
90
0.27
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   Congo CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.47
25
2.77
164
2. Breast Cancer
20.22
49
9.95
160
3. Prostate Cancer
11.88
125
31.52
25
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.34
57
4.17
161
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.48
30
1.96
144
6. Ovary Cancer
5.99
32
3.37
130
7. Lymphomas
5.72
54
2.21
171
8. Leukemia
4.71
31
1.70
157
9. Liver Cancer
4.48
116
6.39
68
10. Stomach Cancer
4.48
125
3.94
131
11. Bladder Cancer
3.49
41
0.72
168
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.03
72
0.87
164
13. Uterin Cancer
2.58
77
1.40
146
14. Cervical Cancer
1.93
170
13.92
60
15. Oral Cancer
1.92
137
1.35
166
16. Skin Cancers
1.92
90
1.82
96
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.