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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 Malawi 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.

Malawi
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%
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Malawi MALAWI
  Nepal NEPAL   Malawi MALAWI
       
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
 
37.4
38.5
37.9
153
155
157
1970
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
 
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
1980
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
 
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
1990
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
 
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
2000
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
 
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
2010
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
 
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
2019
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
 
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Malawi MALAWI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.9
72.7
113
119
62.3
68.9
153
138
Age 5
71.2
74.9
102
118
65.3
71.6
165
142
Age 10
71.4
75.1
103
117
65.8
72.1
165
143
Age 15
71.6
75.2
104
118
66.1
72.3
165
143
Age 20
71.8
75.4
104
119
66.5
72.6
165
143
Age 25
72.2
75.6
105
119
67.0
73.0
165
143
Age 30
72.5
75.8
106
118
67.6
73.4
165
142
Age 35
72.9
76.0
106
118
68.3
74.0
166
142
Age 40
73.3
76.3
107
118
69.1
74.8
167
142
Age 45
73.8
76.8
111
117
70.2
75.6
167
140
Age 50
74.5
77.4
112
118
71.6
76.6
166
141
Age 55
75.5
78.2
118
117
73.3
77.8
166
132
Age 60
76.8
79.2
123
120
75.1
79.0
164
128
Age 65
78.5
80.4
123
124
77.3
80.5
164
120
Age 70
80.7
82.0
129
134
79.8
82.3
162
116
Age 75
83.2
84.1
133
137
82.7
84.5
158
107
Age 80
86.1
86.7
132
146
85.9
87.2
153
102
Age 85
89.4
89.8
145
151
89.4
90.3
141
97
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Malawi MALAWI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Disease
149.01
1
23.06
86
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.19
104
82.36
130
3. Tuberculosis
72.19
12
23.26
47
4. Stroke
67.32
106
99.81
73
5. Asthma
30.93
6
9.68
66
6. Liver Disease
30.02
57
43.20
16
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.68
51
60.66
25
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
29.37
86
79.50
43
9. Kidney Disease
21.28
103
23.88
86
10. Road Traffic Accidents
20.65
72
57.15
3
11. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
1.92
173
12. Diabetes Mellitus
16.12
117
36.03
73
13. Falls
15.55
5
8.32
43
14. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
62.51
2
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.60
145
19.90
48
16. Hypertension
11.58
122
32.87
38
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11.28
7
1.88
74
18. Suicide
9.77
74
10.58
63
19. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
13.43
128
20. Low Birth Weight
8.46
51
8.83
48
21. Other Injuries
7.36
96
10.06
67
22. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
2.55
167
23. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
3.05
83
24. Birth Trauma
6.00
55
7.34
47
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
2.90
178
26. Drownings
5.38
23
2.23
104
27. Congenital Anomalies
4.79
117
6.35
75
28. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
3.33
134
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.37
77
3.95
97
30. Malnutrition
4.05
59
14.32
16
31. Encephalitis
3.79
4
0.43
89
32. Epilepsy
3.57
12
2.04
64
33. Maternal Conditions
3.56
54
12.32
24
34. Lymphomas
3.51
134
7.19
18
35. HIV/AIDS
3.15
91
99.96
13
36. Leukemia
2.61
139
0.62
179
37. Violence
2.57
119
3.12
112
38. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
21.94
1
39. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
0.45
180
40. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
4.59
9
41. Poisonings
1.74
52
2.51
33
42. Meningitis
1.69
68
12.92
27
43. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
4.76
13
44. Pertussis
1.48
54
1.36
57
45. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
3.24
158
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
144
3.68
73
47. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
171
2.36
134
48. Inflammatory/Heart
1.08
183
4.28
101
49. Appendicitis
1.00
16
0.90
23
50. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
13.89
113
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nepal NEPAL   Malawi MALAWI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Lung Disease
27,027
16.83
1,340
1.39
2. Coronary Heart Disease
19,677
12.26
4,929
5.11
3. Tuberculosis
16,535
10.30
2,992
3.10
4. Stroke
12,909
8.04
5,939
6.16
5. Liver Disease
6,383
3.98
3,259
3.38
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,237
3.88
7,739
8.03
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,071
3.78
5,782
6.00
8. Asthma
5,930
3.69
705
0.73
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,654
2.90
6,221
6.45
10. Kidney Disease
4,284
2.67
1,567
1.63
11. Low Birth Weight
3,822
2.38
4,339
4.50
12. Lung Cancers
3,586
2.23
131
0.14
13. Falls
3,321
2.07
562
0.58
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,929
1.82
2,267
2.35
15. Birth Trauma
2,676
1.67
3,563
3.70
16. Suicide
2,571
1.60
1,007
1.04
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,320
1.44
154
0.16
18. Hypertension
2,092
1.30
1,797
1.86
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,022
1.26
782
0.81
20. Cervical Cancer
1,969
1.23
2,876
2.98
21. Congenital Anomalies
1,949
1.21
2,509
2.60
22. Other Injuries
1,655
1.03
1,266
1.31
23. Drownings
1,505
0.94
458
0.47
24. Oral Cancer
1,389
0.87
251
0.26
25. Stomach Cancer
1,379
0.86
206
0.21
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,167
0.73
234
0.24
27. Breast Cancer
1,038
0.65
600
0.62
28. Maternal Conditions
977
0.61
1,854
1.92
29. Encephalitis
882
0.55
48
0.05
30. Epilepsy
874
0.54
260
0.27
31. Malnutrition
845
0.53
1,499
1.55
32. Lymphomas
768
0.48
839
0.87
33. Parkinson's Disease
760
0.47
200
0.21
34. HIV/AIDS
737
0.46
12,839
13.32
35. Violence
704
0.44
406
0.42
36. Leukemia
668
0.42
82
0.09
37. Ovary Cancer
585
0.36
158
0.16
38. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.31
1,842
1.91
39. Poisonings
474
0.30
325
0.34
40. Pertussis
453
0.28
436
0.45
41. Pancreas Cancer
445
0.28
38
0.04
42. Skin Cancers
400
0.25
331
0.34
43. Meningitis
377
0.23
1,792
1.86
44. Bladder Cancer
325
0.20
388
0.40
45. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.16
257
0.27
46. Liver Cancer
256
0.16
317
0.33
47. Appendicitis
220
0.14
94
0.10
48. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.14
370
0.38
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
191
0.12
280
0.29
50. Fires
184
0.11
380
0.39
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Malawi MALAWI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
1.92
173
2. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
62.51
2
3. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
13.43
128
4. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
2.55
167
5. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
3.05
83
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
2.90
178
7. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
3.33
134
8. Lymphomas
3.51
134
7.19
18
9. Leukemia
2.61
139
0.62
179
10. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
21.94
1
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
0.45
180
12. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
4.59
9
13. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
4.76
13
14. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
3.24
158
15. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
13.89
113
16. Uterin Cancer
0.48
176
0.51
175
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.