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Malawi
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Malawi and Liberia 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.

Liberia
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
Malawi Population Pyramid
38,142,971
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%
Liberia Population Pyramid
9,339,755
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
  Malawi MALAWI   Liberia LIBERIA
  Malawi MALAWI   Liberia LIBERIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.4
38.5
37.9
153
155
157
 
38.9
41.3
40.1
149
144
146
1970
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
 
41.3
43.1
42.2
156
156
157
1980
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
 
43.4
45.5
44.4
162
163
162
1990
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
 
41.8
44.1
42.9
177
178
177
2000
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
 
51.2
52.6
51.9
155
163
156
2010
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
 
58.4
61.0
59.7
151
152
152
2019
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
 
63.2
65.0
64.1
149
163
155
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Liberia LIBERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.3
68.9
153
138
63.2
65.0
149
163
Age
62.3
68.9
153
138
63.2
65.0
149
163
Age 5
65.3
71.6
165
142
69.4
70.4
131
154
Age 10
65.8
72.1
165
143
69.9
70.9
126
155
Age 15
66.1
72.3
165
143
70.3
71.3
123
155
Age 20
66.5
72.6
165
143
70.7
71.6
122
155
Age 25
67.0
73.0
165
143
71.1
72.0
121
155
Age 30
67.6
73.4
165
142
71.6
72.5
121
155
Age 35
68.3
74.0
166
142
72.2
73.1
120
155
Age 40
69.1
74.8
167
142
72.9
73.8
117
153
Age 45
70.2
75.6
167
140
73.7
74.6
112
154
Age 50
71.6
76.6
166
141
74.8
75.5
106
155
Age 55
73.3
77.8
166
132
76.0
76.7
103
154
Age 60
75.1
79.0
164
128
77.4
78.0
102
155
Age 65
77.3
80.5
164
120
79.2
79.7
98
151
Age 70
79.8
82.3
162
116
81.3
81.7
102
147
Age 75
82.7
84.5
158
107
83.8
84.1
89
139
Age 80
85.9
87.2
153
102
86.7
86.9
92
132
Age 85
89.4
90.3
141
97
89.9
90.1
85
115
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Liberia LIBERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
99.96
13
50.98
23
2. Stroke
99.81
73
79.84
94
3. Coronary Heart Disease
82.36
130
98.87
112
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
79.50
43
78.43
44
5. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
35.18
16
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
60.66
25
47.97
37
7. Road Traffic Accidents
57.15
3
55.89
4
8. Malaria
45.12
17
52.62
4
9. Liver Disease
43.20
16
34.32
44
10. Diabetes Mellitus
36.03
73
31.63
86
11. Hypertension
32.87
38
18.52
90
12. Kidney Disease
23.88
86
27.80
69
13. Tuberculosis
23.26
47
89.99
7
14. Lung Disease
23.06
86
15.39
139
15. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
0.64
174
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.90
48
17.56
92
17. Malnutrition
14.32
16
10.21
29
18. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
38.87
16
19. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
17.79
81
20. Meningitis
12.92
27
11.52
30
21. Maternal Conditions
12.32
24
20.74
5
22. Suicide
10.58
63
7.37
108
23. Other Injuries
10.06
67
9.64
70
24. Asthma
9.68
66
8.98
68
25. Low Birth Weight
8.83
48
11.72
21
26. Falls
8.32
43
7.14
68
27. Birth Trauma
7.34
47
11.43
14
28. Lymphomas
7.19
18
3.62
132
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.35
75
7.74
37
30. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
0.83
163
31. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
2.29
61
32. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
101
4.81
91
33. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
97
4.57
66
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.68
73
5.75
50
35. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
3.65
123
36. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
17.19
11
37. Violence
3.12
112
13.13
34
38. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
2.01
131
39. Fires
2.94
51
3.65
35
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
3.79
170
41. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
5.47
99
42. Poisonings
2.51
33
1.76
50
43. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
134
5.61
58
44. Drownings
2.23
104
2.30
99
45. Epilepsy
2.04
64
2.16
56
46. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
2.68
165
47. Schistosomiasis
1.91
22
2.09
21
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.88
74
2.08
67
49. Alcohol
1.46
86
0.98
118
50. Syphilis
1.38
24
3.93
2
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Malawi MALAWI   Liberia LIBERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
12,839
13.32
1,919
5.70
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,739
8.03
2,693
7.99
3. Malaria
6,308
6.54
2,428
7.21
4. Road Traffic Accidents
6,221
6.45
1,920
5.70
5. Stroke
5,939
6.16
1,578
4.68
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,782
6.00
1,592
4.73
7. Coronary Heart Disease
4,929
5.11
1,885
5.60
8. Low Birth Weight
4,339
4.50
1,652
4.90
9. Birth Trauma
3,563
3.70
1,601
4.75
10. Liver Disease
3,259
3.38
858
2.55
11. Tuberculosis
2,992
3.10
2,766
8.21
12. Cervical Cancer
2,876
2.98
474
1.41
13. Congenital Anomalies
2,509
2.60
833
2.47
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,267
2.35
650
1.93
15. Maternal Conditions
1,854
1.92
870
2.58
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1,842
1.91
16
0.05
17. Hypertension
1,797
1.86
371
1.10
18. Meningitis
1,792
1.86
552
1.64
19. Kidney Disease
1,567
1.63
609
1.81
20. Malnutrition
1,499
1.55
353
1.05
21. Lung Disease
1,340
1.39
294
0.87
22. Other Injuries
1,266
1.31
380
1.13
23. Suicide
1,007
1.04
220
0.65
24. Lymphomas
839
0.87
93
0.28
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
782
0.81
235
0.70
26. Asthma
705
0.73
200
0.59
27. Breast Cancer
600
0.62
246
0.73
28. Falls
562
0.58
155
0.46
29. Syphilis
480
0.50
394
1.17
30. Drownings
458
0.47
127
0.38
31. Pertussis
436
0.45
197
0.58
32. Violence
406
0.42
477
1.42
33. Bladder Cancer
388
0.40
19
0.06
34. Fires
380
0.39
153
0.45
35. Inflammatory/Heart
370
0.38
115
0.34
36. Skin Cancers
331
0.34
51
0.15
37. Poisonings
325
0.34
82
0.24
38. Liver Cancer
317
0.33
439
1.30
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
280
0.29
126
0.37
40. Prostate Cancer
271
0.28
297
0.88
41. Epilepsy
260
0.27
81
0.24
42. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.27
245
0.73
43. Oral Cancer
251
0.26
50
0.15
44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
234
0.24
90
0.27
45. Stomach Cancer
206
0.21
122
0.36
46. Parkinson's Disease
200
0.21
72
0.21
47. Tetanus
178
0.18
31
0.09
48. Ovary Cancer
158
0.16
50
0.15
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
154
0.16
50
0.15
50. Schistosomiasis
143
0.15
51
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Liberia LIBERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
35.18
16
2. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
0.64
174
3. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
38.87
16
4. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
17.79
81
5. Lymphomas
7.19
18
3.62
132
6. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
0.83
163
7. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
2.29
61
8. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
3.65
123
9. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
17.19
11
10. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
2.01
131
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
3.79
170
12. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
5.47
99
13. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
2.68
165
14. Leukemia
0.62
179
0.66
178
15. Uterin Cancer
0.51
175
2.31
91
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.45
180
1.56
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.