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Nepal
COUNTRY #1
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NEPAL VS BHUTAN

Compare Nepal and Bhutan 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.

Bhutan
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
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Bhutan Population Pyramid
904,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Nepal NEPAL   Bhutan BHUTAN
       
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
  
36.9
37.7
37.3
158
159
158
1970
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
  
40.2
41.7
40.9
159
160
159
1980
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
  
45.6
47.8
46.7
155
156
157
1990
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
  
51.6
54.7
53.1
153
152
154
2000
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
  
60.0
60.3
60.2
128
138
132
2010
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
  
67.7
68.2
67.9
100
128
120
2019
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
  
72.0
74.4
73.1
79
108
99
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Bhutan BHUTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.9
72.7
113
119
72.0
74.4
79
108
Age
68.9
72.7
113
119
72.0
74.4
79
108
Age 5
71.2
74.9
102
118
74.3
76.3
67
105
Age 10
71.4
75.1
103
117
74.4
76.4
64
105
Age 15
71.6
75.2
104
118
74.7
76.7
63
104
Age 20
71.8
75.4
104
119
75.0
76.8
63
104
Age 25
72.2
75.6
105
119
75.2
77.0
64
104
Age 30
72.5
75.8
106
118
75.5
77.1
64
104
Age 35
72.9
76.0
106
118
75.8
77.4
64
104
Age 40
73.3
76.3
107
118
76.1
77.6
64
103
Age 45
73.8
76.8
111
117
76.5
78.0
68
103
Age 50
74.5
77.4
112
118
77.1
78.5
70
103
Age 55
75.5
78.2
118
117
77.9
79.1
73
103
Age 60
76.8
79.2
123
120
78.9
80.0
75
104
Age 65
78.5
80.4
123
124
80.3
81.1
75
104
Age 70
80.7
82.0
129
134
82.0
82.5
78
108
Age 75
83.2
84.1
133
137
84.2
84.4
81
118
Age 80
86.1
86.7
132
146
86.8
86.9
82
130
Age 85
89.4
89.8
145
151
90.0
90.1
80
119
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Bhutan BHUTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Disease
149.01
1
87.76
4
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.19
104
117.54
84
3. Tuberculosis
72.19
12
18.33
53
4. Stroke
67.32
106
60.70
117
5. Asthma
30.93
6
12.98
49
6. Liver Disease
30.02
57
26.66
70
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.68
51
26.23
55
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
29.37
86
27.08
92
9. Kidney Disease
21.28
103
24.53
78
10. Road Traffic Accidents
20.65
72
17.35
85
11. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
7.68
118
12. Diabetes Mellitus
16.12
117
27.56
94
13. Falls
15.55
5
17.91
4
14. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
10.80
80
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.60
145
16.73
112
16. Hypertension
11.58
122
12.74
117
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11.28
7
10.92
9
18. Suicide
9.77
74
5.07
142
19. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
2.89
183
20. Low Birth Weight
8.46
51
7.39
59
21. Other Injuries
7.36
96
6.45
108
22. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
20.62
2
23. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
7.12
15
24. Birth Trauma
6.00
55
4.78
68
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
4.09
168
26. Drownings
5.38
23
2.83
76
27. Congenital Anomalies
4.79
117
5.36
102
28. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
5.31
57
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.37
77
5.20
43
30. Malnutrition
4.05
59
0.49
116
31. Encephalitis
3.79
4
4.26
2
32. Epilepsy
3.57
12
2.00
69
33. Maternal Conditions
3.56
54
1.04
83
34. Lymphomas
3.51
134
0.81
180
35. HIV/AIDS
3.15
91
8.08
64
36. Leukemia
2.61
139
2.69
136
37. Violence
2.57
119
2.26
126
38. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
7.67
20
39. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
3.57
97
40. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
1.61
109
41. Poisonings
1.74
52
0.26
133
42. Meningitis
1.69
68
2.45
56
43. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
1.12
149
44. Pertussis
1.48
54
0.13
101
45. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
5.90
80
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
144
6.37
39
47. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
171
1.66
158
48. Inflammatory/Heart
1.08
183
1.24
179
49. Appendicitis
1.00
16
0.77
34
50. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
1.13
181
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nepal NEPAL   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Lung Disease
27,027
16.83
524
12.73
2. Coronary Heart Disease
19,677
12.26
702
17.06
3. Tuberculosis
16,535
10.30
138
3.35
4. Stroke
12,909
8.04
360
8.75
5. Liver Disease
6,383
3.98
166
4.03
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,237
3.88
177
4.30
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,071
3.78
169
4.11
8. Asthma
5,930
3.69
78
1.90
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,654
2.90
123
2.99
10. Kidney Disease
4,284
2.67
149
3.62
11. Low Birth Weight
3,822
2.38
79
1.92
12. Lung Cancers
3,586
2.23
44
1.07
13. Falls
3,321
2.07
111
2.70
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,929
1.82
164
3.99
15. Birth Trauma
2,676
1.67
51
1.24
16. Suicide
2,571
1.60
35
0.85
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,320
1.44
68
1.65
18. Hypertension
2,092
1.30
77
1.87
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,022
1.26
105
2.55
20. Cervical Cancer
1,969
1.23
30
0.73
21. Congenital Anomalies
1,949
1.21
50
1.22
22. Other Injuries
1,655
1.03
43
1.04
23. Drownings
1,505
0.94
20
0.49
24. Oral Cancer
1,389
0.87
43
1.04
25. Stomach Cancer
1,379
0.86
118
2.87
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,167
0.73
24
0.58
27. Breast Cancer
1,038
0.65
8
0.19
28. Maternal Conditions
977
0.61
9
0.22
29. Encephalitis
882
0.55
28
0.68
30. Epilepsy
874
0.54
14
0.34
31. Malnutrition
845
0.53
3
0.07
32. Lymphomas
768
0.48
5
0.12
33. Parkinson's Disease
760
0.47
31
0.75
34. HIV/AIDS
737
0.46
58
1.41
35. Violence
704
0.44
18
0.44
36. Leukemia
668
0.42
19
0.46
37. Ovary Cancer
585
0.36
14
0.34
38. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.31
44
1.07
39. Poisonings
474
0.30
2
0.05
40. Pertussis
453
0.28
1
0.02
41. Pancreas Cancer
445
0.28
20
0.49
42. Skin Cancers
400
0.25
9
0.22
43. Meningitis
377
0.23
17
0.41
44. Bladder Cancer
325
0.20
6
0.15
45. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.16
11
0.27
46. Liver Cancer
256
0.16
35
0.85
47. Appendicitis
220
0.14
5
0.12
48. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.14
8
0.19
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
191
0.12
39
0.95
50. Fires
184
0.11
8
0.19
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
7.68
118
2. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
10.80
80
3. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
2.89
183
4. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
20.62
2
5. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
7.12
15
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
4.09
168
7. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
5.31
57
8. Lymphomas
3.51
134
0.81
180
9. Leukemia
2.61
139
2.69
136
10. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
7.67
20
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
3.57
97
12. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
1.61
109
13. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
1.12
149
14. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
5.90
80
15. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
1.13
181
16. Uterin Cancer
0.48
176
0.00
182
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.