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Nepal
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 Nepal and Australia 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.

Australia
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
Nepal Population Pyramid
35,323,925
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%
Australia Population Pyramid
32,814,106
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
  Nepal NEPAL   Australia AUSTRALIA
  Nepal NEPAL   Australia AUSTRALIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.0
38.4
38.7
148
156
154
 
67.8
74.0
70.8
11
7
10
1970
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
 
67.8
74.4
71.0
22
17
19
1980
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
 
70.9
78.0
74.3
14
9
10
1990
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
 
74.0
80.2
77.0
8
8
5
2000
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
 
76.7
82.2
79.5
6
6
5
2010
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
 
79.6
84.1
81.9
4
7
5
2019
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
 
81.3
84.8
83.0
3
9
7
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Australia AUSTRALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.9
72.7
113
119
81.3
84.8
3
9
Age
68.9
72.7
113
119
81.3
84.8
3
9
Age 5
71.2
74.9
102
118
81.6
85.1
3
9
Age 10
71.4
75.1
103
117
81.6
85.1
3
9
Age 15
71.6
75.2
104
118
81.6
85.2
3
9
Age 20
71.8
75.4
104
119
81.7
85.2
3
9
Age 25
72.2
75.6
105
119
81.9
85.3
3
9
Age 30
72.5
75.8
106
118
82.1
85.4
3
8
Age 35
72.9
76.0
106
118
82.3
85.5
2
8
Age 40
73.3
76.3
107
118
82.5
85.6
2
7
Age 45
73.8
76.8
111
117
82.8
85.8
2
7
Age 50
74.5
77.4
112
118
83.2
86.0
1
6
Age 55
75.5
78.2
118
117
83.7
86.4
1
6
Age 60
76.8
79.2
123
120
84.4
86.8
1
7
Age 65
78.5
80.4
123
124
85.2
87.4
1
7
Age 70
80.7
82.0
129
134
86.2
88.1
1
7
Age 75
83.2
84.1
133
137
87.5
89.0
1
9
Age 80
86.1
86.7
132
146
89.2
90.2
3
12
Age 85
89.4
89.8
145
151
91.3
91.9
10
17
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Australia AUSTRALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Disease
149.01
1
15.32
141
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.19
104
37.36
176
3. Tuberculosis
72.19
12
0.11
176
4. Stroke
67.32
106
17.13
179
5. Asthma
30.93
6
0.96
136
6. Liver Disease
30.02
57
3.89
172
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.68
51
0.51
162
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
29.37
86
6.99
176
9. Kidney Disease
21.28
103
5.16
166
10. Road Traffic Accidents
20.65
72
4.46
158
11. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
18.97
58
12. Diabetes Mellitus
16.12
117
8.50
149
13. Falls
15.55
5
4.99
102
14. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
1.78
173
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.60
145
22.63
23
16. Hypertension
11.58
122
2.60
172
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11.28
7
0.71
136
18. Suicide
9.77
74
11.25
57
19. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
14.85
119
20. Low Birth Weight
8.46
51
1.02
166
21. Other Injuries
7.36
96
3.28
166
22. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
2.80
162
23. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
2.22
120
24. Birth Trauma
6.00
55
0.57
146
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
12.81
43
26. Drownings
5.38
23
0.66
165
27. Congenital Anomalies
4.79
117
2.62
163
28. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
4.28
99
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.37
77
3.35
131
30. Malnutrition
4.05
59
0.21
137
31. Encephalitis
3.79
4
0.01
166
32. Epilepsy
3.57
12
0.86
145
33. Maternal Conditions
3.56
54
0.09
148
34. Lymphomas
3.51
134
6.10
38
35. HIV/AIDS
3.15
91
0.15
149
36. Leukemia
2.61
139
4.40
52
37. Violence
2.57
119
0.98
156
38. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
3.26
62
39. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
6.62
46
40. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
4.76
4
41. Poisonings
1.74
52
0.12
167
42. Meningitis
1.69
68
0.13
171
43. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
2.11
89
44. Pertussis
1.48
54
0.00
138
45. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
4.61
112
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
144
0.52
173
47. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
171
4.82
63
48. Inflammatory/Heart
1.08
183
3.42
125
49. Appendicitis
1.00
16
0.05
165
50. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
14.71
105
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nepal NEPAL   Australia AUSTRALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Lung Disease
27,027
16.83
8,487
6.22
2. Coronary Heart Disease
19,677
12.26
21,548
15.79
3. Tuberculosis
16,535
10.30
53
0.04
4. Stroke
12,909
8.04
10,331
7.57
5. Liver Disease
6,383
3.98
1,421
1.04
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,237
3.88
4,446
3.26
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,071
3.78
296
0.22
8. Asthma
5,930
3.69
455
0.33
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,654
2.90
1,245
0.91
10. Kidney Disease
4,284
2.67
3,139
2.30
11. Low Birth Weight
3,822
2.38
248
0.18
12. Lung Cancers
3,586
2.23
8,769
6.43
13. Falls
3,321
2.07
3,116
2.28
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,929
1.82
4,471
3.28
15. Birth Trauma
2,676
1.67
140
0.10
16. Suicide
2,571
1.60
3,150
2.31
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,320
1.44
379
0.28
18. Hypertension
2,092
1.30
1,631
1.20
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,022
1.26
15,588
11.42
20. Cervical Cancer
1,969
1.23
342
0.25
21. Congenital Anomalies
1,949
1.21
711
0.52
22. Other Injuries
1,655
1.03
1,642
1.20
23. Drownings
1,505
0.94
177
0.13
24. Oral Cancer
1,389
0.87
972
0.71
25. Stomach Cancer
1,379
0.86
1,288
0.94
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,167
0.73
6,209
4.55
27. Breast Cancer
1,038
0.65
3,405
2.49
28. Maternal Conditions
977
0.61
20
0.01
29. Encephalitis
882
0.55
3
0.00
30. Epilepsy
874
0.54
285
0.21
31. Malnutrition
845
0.53
117
0.09
32. Lymphomas
768
0.48
3,039
2.23
33. Parkinson's Disease
760
0.47
2,036
1.49
34. HIV/AIDS
737
0.46
50
0.04
35. Violence
704
0.44
243
0.18
36. Leukemia
668
0.42
2,126
1.56
37. Ovary Cancer
585
0.36
1,003
0.73
38. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.31
1,494
1.09
39. Poisonings
474
0.30
35
0.03
40. Pertussis
453
0.28
1
0.00
41. Pancreas Cancer
445
0.28
3,118
2.28
42. Skin Cancers
400
0.25
2,319
1.70
43. Meningitis
377
0.23
37
0.03
44. Bladder Cancer
325
0.20
1,187
0.87
45. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.16
2,328
1.71
46. Liver Cancer
256
0.16
2,036
1.49
47. Appendicitis
220
0.14
26
0.02
48. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.14
1,571
1.15
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
191
0.12
276
0.20
50. Fires
184
0.11
55
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Australia AUSTRALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
18.97
58
2. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
1.78
173
3. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
14.85
119
4. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
2.80
162
5. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
2.22
120
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
12.81
43
7. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
4.28
99
8. Lymphomas
3.51
134
6.10
38
9. Leukemia
2.61
139
4.40
52
10. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
3.26
62
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
6.62
46
12. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
4.76
4
13. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
2.11
89
14. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
4.61
112
15. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
14.71
105
16. Uterin Cancer
0.48
176
2.12
101
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.