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Namibia
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
NAMIBIA VS SRI LANKA

Compare Namibia and Sri Lanka 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.

Sri Lanka
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
Namibia Population Pyramid
3,981,125
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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Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
21,813,964
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
  Namibia NAMIBIA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Namibia NAMIBIA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.0
49.3
47.1
113
100
105
  
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
1970
50.8
54.8
52.8
114
105
110
  
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
1980
56.0
60.0
57.9
114
113
114
  
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
1990
59.5
63.7
61.5
123
122
124
  
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
2000
56.2
58.5
57.4
142
147
144
  
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
2010
61.3
64.6
63.0
139
140
138
  
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
2019
60.6
68.4
64.6
165
142
152
  
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Namibia NAMIBIA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.6
68.4
165
142
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age
60.6
68.4
165
142
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age 5
63.5
71.1
173
148
74.4
80.3
64
53
Age 10
63.8
71.5
173
149
74.4
80.4
65
53
Age 15
64.1
71.7
173
149
74.5
80.4
65
54
Age 20
64.6
72.0
173
149
74.7
80.6
64
54
Age 25
65.2
72.4
173
150
75.1
80.7
67
54
Age 30
65.8
72.8
173
150
75.3
80.9
68
54
Age 35
66.6
73.5
173
149
75.6
81.0
71
55
Age 40
67.6
74.4
173
148
75.8
81.1
74
55
Age 45
69.0
75.5
172
143
76.2
81.4
77
56
Age 50
70.7
76.7
171
138
76.7
81.6
76
57
Age 55
72.6
78.0
171
125
77.6
82.1
79
59
Age 60
74.7
79.3
170
118
78.6
82.6
79
60
Age 65
77.0
80.7
170
113
80.1
83.4
79
66
Age 70
79.5
82.3
169
114
81.5
84.2
93
73
Age 75
82.4
84.4
165
119
83.8
85.8
96
76
Age 80
85.7
87.0
158
126
87.0
88.3
74
62
Age 85
89.2
90.0
153
131
90.8
91.2
35
44
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Namibia NAMIBIA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
147.62
7
0.18
147
2. Stroke
117.61
46
26.55
154
3. Coronary Heart Disease
105.72
98
101.31
106
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
94.17
31
20.42
113
5. Tuberculosis
74.32
11
3.45
95
6. Diabetes Mellitus
61.52
25
47.34
45
7. Road Traffic Accidents
44.05
14
18.07
82
8. Lung Disease
40.96
26
36.99
33
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
38.12
45
2.47
100
10. Hypertension
37.70
28
4.08
161
11. Prostate Cancer
25.79
40
4.61
165
12. Kidney Disease
25.76
73
26.23
72
13. Liver Disease
23.50
80
4.96
160
14. Violence
20.18
18
2.36
122
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.25
79
27.62
14
16. Cervical Cancer
16.57
48
5.15
125
17. Asthma
15.49
38
25.43
10
18. Breast Cancer
14.84
120
9.49
165
19. Suicide
13.51
36
12.89
42
20. Inflammatory/Heart
12.49
19
1.83
165
21. Other Injuries
10.07
66
6.41
112
22. Malnutrition
9.45
32
0.18
142
23. Low Birth Weight
9.38
39
2.13
145
24. Skin Cancers
9.09
2
0.22
174
25. Oral Cancer
7.84
12
10.87
7
26. Congenital Anomalies
6.25
81
4.53
125
27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.23
44
0.15
183
28. Birth Trauma
6.21
53
0.78
135
29. Fires
5.58
8
1.04
112
30. Meningitis
5.31
47
0.59
106
31. Maternal Conditions
4.80
51
0.50
110
32. Endocrine Disorders
4.68
70
1.82
154
33. Lung Cancers
4.38
143
6.56
126
34. Falls
4.37
118
3.85
129
35. Parkinson's Disease
4.18
87
0.65
181
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
166
3.43
175
37. Drownings
4.09
43
3.24
68
38. Lymphomas
3.10
144
3.88
126
39. Liver Cancer
3.04
164
4.05
128
40. Ovary Cancer
3.01
146
1.93
174
41. Skin Disease
2.57
36
1.14
107
42. Epilepsy
2.41
49
1.14
127
43. Stomach Cancer
2.39
172
4.94
107
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.22
61
0.20
178
45. Alcohol
1.87
64
0.33
159
46. Poisonings
1.74
51
0.39
113
47. Drug Use
1.74
57
1.16
96
48. Leukemia
1.66
158
4.61
35
49. Oesophagus Cancer
1.65
120
5.72
30
50. Uterin Cancer
1.63
131
1.40
144
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Namibia NAMIBIA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
2,928
17.28
39
0.03
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,464
8.64
5,117
4.41
3. Tuberculosis
1,416
8.35
769
0.66
4. Stroke
1,333
7.86
6,805
5.86
5. Coronary Heart Disease
1,221
7.20
26,304
22.66
6. Road Traffic Accidents
868
5.12
4,200
3.62
7. Diabetes Mellitus
724
4.27
12,460
10.73
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
645
3.81
605
0.52
9. Low Birth Weight
516
3.04
536
0.46
10. Lung Disease
461
2.72
9,456
8.15
11. Violence
450
2.66
499
0.43
12. Hypertension
428
2.53
1,055
0.91
13. Birth Trauma
345
2.04
193
0.17
14. Liver Disease
336
1.98
1,303
1.12
15. Kidney Disease
322
1.90
6,858
5.91
16. Congenital Anomalies
283
1.67
989
0.85
17. Suicide
243
1.43
2,977
2.56
18. Malnutrition
224
1.32
43
0.04
19. Other Injuries
207
1.22
1,529
1.32
20. Asthma
200
1.18
6,471
5.57
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
176
1.04
6,939
5.98
22. Inflammatory/Heart
162
0.96
425
0.37
23. Cervical Cancer
133
0.78
762
0.66
24. Breast Cancer
121
0.71
1,383
1.19
25. Maternal Conditions
110
0.65
96
0.08
26. Drownings
110
0.65
731
0.63
27. Meningitis
109
0.64
146
0.13
28. Fires
109
0.64
239
0.21
29. Skin Cancers
108
0.64
58
0.05
30. Oral Cancer
100
0.59
2,893
2.49
31. Prostate Cancer
94
0.55
507
0.44
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
76
0.45
38
0.03
33. Endocrine Disorders
73
0.43
462
0.40
34. Falls
62
0.37
964
0.83
35. Lung Cancers
59
0.35
1,775
1.53
36. Pertussis
54
0.32
15
0.01
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
54
0.32
911
0.78
38. Epilepsy
49
0.29
269
0.23
39. Lymphomas
46
0.27
1,027
0.88
40. Poisonings
46
0.27
93
0.08
41. Liver Cancer
45
0.27
1,090
0.94
42. Parkinson's Disease
43
0.25
168
0.14
43. Syphilis
35
0.21
15
0.01
44. Stomach Cancer
33
0.19
1,321
1.14
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
33
0.19
49
0.04
46. Drug Use
32
0.19
257
0.22
47. Skin Disease
31
0.18
293
0.25
48. Alcohol
28
0.17
82
0.07
49. Leukemia
24
0.14
1,155
0.99
50. Ovary Cancer
23
0.14
281
0.24
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Namibia NAMIBIA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
25.79
40
4.61
165
2. Cervical Cancer
16.57
48
5.15
125
3. Breast Cancer
14.84
120
9.49
165
4. Skin Cancers
9.09
2
0.22
174
5. Oral Cancer
7.84
12
10.87
7
6. Lung Cancers
4.38
143
6.56
126
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
166
3.43
175
8. Lymphomas
3.10
144
3.88
126
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
164
4.05
128
10. Ovary Cancer
3.01
146
1.93
174
11. Stomach Cancer
2.39
172
4.94
107
12. Leukemia
1.66
158
4.61
35
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.65
120
5.72
30
14. Uterin Cancer
1.63
131
1.40
144
15. Bladder Cancer
1.39
134
1.63
117
16. Pancreas Cancer
1.37
158
0.80
171
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.