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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 Kenya 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.

Kenya
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
Kenya Population Pyramid
91,575,092
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Kenya KENYA
  Nepal NEPAL   Kenya KENYA
       
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
 
44.8
48.7
46.7
117
104
112
1970
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
 
50.4
54.6
52.5
117
108
112
1980
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
 
56.0
59.7
57.8
116
116
115
1990
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
 
57.4
61.4
59.4
131
128
131
2000
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
 
50.8
53.0
51.9
157
158
157
2010
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
 
58.9
61.7
60.3
149
151
151
2019
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
 
63.7
68.4
66.1
141
143
140
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Kenya KENYA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.9
72.7
113
119
63.7
68.4
141
143
Age
68.9
72.7
113
119
63.7
68.4
141
143
Age 5
71.2
74.9
102
118
66.9
71.3
151
146
Age 10
71.4
75.1
103
117
67.2
71.6
152
148
Age 15
71.6
75.2
104
118
67.5
71.8
153
148
Age 20
71.8
75.4
104
119
67.9
72.1
153
148
Age 25
72.2
75.6
105
119
68.4
72.5
153
148
Age 30
72.5
75.8
106
118
68.9
73.0
155
148
Age 35
72.9
76.0
106
118
69.5
73.6
156
148
Age 40
73.3
76.3
107
118
70.3
74.4
154
146
Age 45
73.8
76.8
111
117
71.4
75.4
151
144
Age 50
74.5
77.4
112
118
72.7
76.6
149
142
Age 55
75.5
78.2
118
117
74.2
77.8
147
129
Age 60
76.8
79.2
123
120
76.0
79.1
144
124
Age 65
78.5
80.4
123
124
78.0
80.5
144
118
Age 70
80.7
82.0
129
134
80.3
82.2
139
119
Age 75
83.2
84.1
133
137
83.0
84.4
139
124
Age 80
86.1
86.7
132
146
86.0
87.0
138
124
Age 85
89.4
89.8
145
151
89.4
90.1
137
126
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Kenya KENYA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Disease
149.01
1
26.82
68
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.19
104
72.70
144
3. Tuberculosis
72.19
12
49.91
18
4. Stroke
67.32
106
92.66
81
5. Asthma
30.93
6
9.95
65
6. Liver Disease
30.02
57
57.44
6
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.68
51
53.46
31
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
29.37
86
85.68
38
9. Kidney Disease
21.28
103
23.30
91
10. Road Traffic Accidents
20.65
72
48.00
12
11. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
3.20
156
12. Diabetes Mellitus
16.12
117
30.43
88
13. Falls
15.55
5
7.89
53
14. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
24.71
26
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.60
145
18.35
76
16. Hypertension
11.58
122
28.53
47
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11.28
7
1.74
79
18. Suicide
9.77
74
11.01
60
19. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
19.76
51
20. Low Birth Weight
8.46
51
8.13
53
21. Other Injuries
7.36
96
12.36
42
22. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
10.16
43
23. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
7.82
13
24. Birth Trauma
6.00
55
8.50
38
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
6.74
123
26. Drownings
5.38
23
2.27
103
27. Congenital Anomalies
4.79
117
6.20
86
28. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
6.41
25
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.37
77
3.79
112
30. Malnutrition
4.05
59
13.10
21
31. Encephalitis
3.79
4
0.59
66
32. Epilepsy
3.57
12
2.27
52
33. Maternal Conditions
3.56
54
11.72
28
34. Lymphomas
3.51
134
7.26
17
35. HIV/AIDS
3.15
91
48.82
25
36. Leukemia
2.61
139
4.48
44
37. Violence
2.57
119
7.07
65
38. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
20.37
2
39. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
3.59
96
40. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
3.16
26
41. Poisonings
1.74
52
3.34
13
42. Meningitis
1.69
68
13.96
19
43. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
1.69
115
44. Pertussis
1.48
54
1.30
59
45. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
5.77
82
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
144
4.78
61
47. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
171
2.69
125
48. Inflammatory/Heart
1.08
183
4.22
105
49. Appendicitis
1.00
16
0.85
25
50. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
24.17
51
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nepal NEPAL   Kenya KENYA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Lung Disease
27,027
16.83
4,280
1.62
2. Coronary Heart Disease
19,677
12.26
11,972
4.54
3. Tuberculosis
16,535
10.30
19,655
7.46
4. Stroke
12,909
8.04
15,895
6.03
5. Liver Disease
6,383
3.98
13,405
5.09
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,237
3.88
22,571
8.57
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,071
3.78
15,420
5.85
8. Asthma
5,930
3.69
2,300
0.87
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,654
2.90
14,883
5.65
10. Kidney Disease
4,284
2.67
4,464
1.69
11. Low Birth Weight
3,822
2.38
9,562
3.63
12. Lung Cancers
3,586
2.23
669
0.25
13. Falls
3,321
2.07
1,465
0.56
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,929
1.82
5,651
2.15
15. Birth Trauma
2,676
1.67
9,957
3.78
16. Suicide
2,571
1.60
3,214
1.22
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,320
1.44
408
0.15
18. Hypertension
2,092
1.30
4,418
1.68
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,022
1.26
1,827
0.69
20. Cervical Cancer
1,969
1.23
3,389
1.29
21. Congenital Anomalies
1,949
1.21
6,115
2.32
22. Other Injuries
1,655
1.03
4,336
1.65
23. Drownings
1,505
0.94
1,200
0.46
24. Oral Cancer
1,389
0.87
1,842
0.70
25. Stomach Cancer
1,379
0.86
2,010
0.76
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,167
0.73
1,477
0.56
27. Breast Cancer
1,038
0.65
2,658
1.01
28. Maternal Conditions
977
0.61
5,651
2.15
29. Encephalitis
882
0.55
189
0.07
30. Epilepsy
874
0.54
832
0.32
31. Malnutrition
845
0.53
4,212
1.60
32. Lymphomas
768
0.48
1,931
0.73
33. Parkinson's Disease
760
0.47
470
0.18
34. HIV/AIDS
737
0.46
20,885
7.93
35. Violence
704
0.44
2,942
1.12
36. Leukemia
668
0.42
1,327
0.50
37. Ovary Cancer
585
0.36
795
0.30
38. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.31
4,373
1.66
39. Poisonings
474
0.30
1,269
0.48
40. Pertussis
453
0.28
1,014
0.38
41. Pancreas Cancer
445
0.28
716
0.27
42. Skin Cancers
400
0.25
638
0.24
43. Meningitis
377
0.23
5,364
2.04
44. Bladder Cancer
325
0.20
318
0.12
45. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.16
831
0.32
46. Liver Cancer
256
0.16
1,351
0.51
47. Appendicitis
220
0.14
240
0.09
48. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.14
1,121
0.43
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
191
0.12
1,089
0.41
50. Fires
184
0.11
1,316
0.50
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Kenya KENYA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
3.20
156
2. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
24.71
26
3. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
19.76
51
4. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
10.16
43
5. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
7.82
13
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
6.74
123
7. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
6.41
25
8. Lymphomas
3.51
134
7.26
17
9. Leukemia
2.61
139
4.48
44
10. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
20.37
2
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
3.59
96
12. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
3.16
26
13. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
1.69
115
14. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
5.77
82
15. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
24.17
51
16. Uterin Cancer
0.48
176
3.07
51
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.