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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
NEPAL VS SWEDEN

Compare Nepal and Sweden 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.

Sweden
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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Sweden Population Pyramid
11,389,198
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Sweden SWEDEN
  Nepal NEPAL   Sweden SWEDEN
       
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
  
71.2
74.9
73.0
3
3
3
1970
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
  
72.2
77.2
74.6
1
2
1
1980
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
  
72.8
78.9
75.7
2
3
3
1990
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
  
74.8
80.4
77.5
4
6
2
2000
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
  
77.3
81.9
79.6
3
7
4
2010
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
  
79.5
83.5
81.5
6
11
9
2019
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
  
80.8
84.0
82.4
8
18
13
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Sweden SWEDEN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.9
72.7
113
119
80.8
84.0
8
18
Age
68.9
72.7
113
119
80.8
84.0
8
18
Age 5
71.2
74.9
102
118
81.1
84.2
9
20
Age 10
71.4
75.1
103
117
81.1
84.2
9
20
Age 15
71.6
75.2
104
118
81.1
84.2
9
21
Age 20
71.8
75.4
104
119
81.2
84.3
10
21
Age 25
72.2
75.6
105
119
81.4
84.3
9
21
Age 30
72.5
75.8
106
118
81.6
84.4
8
20
Age 35
72.9
76.0
106
118
81.8
84.5
7
20
Age 40
73.3
76.3
107
118
82.0
84.6
8
20
Age 45
73.8
76.8
111
117
82.2
84.7
8
20
Age 50
74.5
77.4
112
118
82.4
84.9
10
22
Age 55
75.5
78.2
118
117
82.8
85.2
11
24
Age 60
76.8
79.2
123
120
83.3
85.6
14
25
Age 65
78.5
80.4
123
124
84.1
86.2
16
26
Age 70
80.7
82.0
129
134
85.2
87.0
17
27
Age 75
83.2
84.1
133
137
86.5
88.0
25
30
Age 80
86.1
86.7
132
146
88.2
89.3
36
35
Age 85
89.4
89.8
145
151
90.3
91.0
59
54
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Sweden SWEDEN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Disease
149.01
1
14.83
144
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.19
104
50.98
161
3. Tuberculosis
72.19
12
0.09
179
4. Stroke
67.32
106
19.81
170
5. Asthma
30.93
6
0.56
158
6. Liver Disease
30.02
57
3.99
170
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.68
51
0.88
143
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
29.37
86
8.29
165
9. Kidney Disease
21.28
103
5.07
167
10. Road Traffic Accidents
20.65
72
2.57
174
11. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
16.11
75
12. Diabetes Mellitus
16.12
117
6.85
159
13. Falls
15.55
5
3.92
127
14. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
2.28
161
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.60
145
30.96
10
16. Hypertension
11.58
122
5.32
154
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11.28
7
0.38
167
18. Suicide
9.77
74
12.37
47
19. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
13.55
127
20. Low Birth Weight
8.46
51
0.61
178
21. Other Injuries
7.36
96
4.92
134
22. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
2.75
164
23. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
1.75
146
24. Birth Trauma
6.00
55
0.38
165
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
12.51
44
26. Drownings
5.38
23
0.83
156
27. Congenital Anomalies
4.79
117
2.78
162
28. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
5.06
65
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.37
77
3.12
140
30. Malnutrition
4.05
59
0.37
121
31. Encephalitis
3.79
4
0.00
175
32. Epilepsy
3.57
12
0.78
158
33. Maternal Conditions
3.56
54
0.06
165
34. Lymphomas
3.51
134
5.29
73
35. HIV/AIDS
3.15
91
0.10
157
36. Leukemia
2.61
139
3.40
103
37. Violence
2.57
119
1.22
143
38. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
2.39
93
39. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
7.84
25
40. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
2.90
35
41. Poisonings
1.74
52
0.12
165
42. Meningitis
1.69
68
0.22
153
43. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
2.74
65
44. Pertussis
1.48
54
0.00
145
45. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
3.36
156
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
144
1.08
148
47. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
171
3.09
106
48. Inflammatory/Heart
1.08
183
2.58
150
49. Appendicitis
1.00
16
0.06
156
50. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
20.40
64
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nepal NEPAL   Sweden SWEDEN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Lung Disease
27,027
16.83
4,344
5.72
2. Coronary Heart Disease
19,677
12.26
15,136
19.91
3. Tuberculosis
16,535
10.30
24
0.03
4. Stroke
12,909
8.04
6,035
7.94
5. Liver Disease
6,383
3.98
723
0.95
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,237
3.88
2,659
3.50
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,071
3.78
289
0.38
8. Asthma
5,930
3.69
158
0.21
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,654
2.90
315
0.41
10. Kidney Disease
4,284
2.67
1,629
2.14
11. Low Birth Weight
3,822
2.38
50
0.07
12. Lung Cancers
3,586
2.23
3,722
4.90
13. Falls
3,321
2.07
1,109
1.46
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,929
1.82
1,834
2.41
15. Birth Trauma
2,676
1.67
34
0.04
16. Suicide
2,571
1.60
1,479
1.95
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,320
1.44
110
0.14
18. Hypertension
2,092
1.30
1,838
2.42
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,022
1.26
10,917
14.36
20. Cervical Cancer
1,969
1.23
228
0.30
21. Congenital Anomalies
1,949
1.21
308
0.41
22. Other Injuries
1,655
1.03
1,374
1.81
23. Drownings
1,505
0.94
114
0.15
24. Oral Cancer
1,389
0.87
379
0.50
25. Stomach Cancer
1,379
0.86
612
0.81
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,167
0.73
3,049
4.01
27. Breast Cancer
1,038
0.65
1,582
2.08
28. Maternal Conditions
977
0.61
5
0.01
29. Encephalitis
882
0.55
0
0.00
30. Epilepsy
874
0.54
121
0.16
31. Malnutrition
845
0.53
117
0.15
32. Lymphomas
768
0.48
1,357
1.79
33. Parkinson's Disease
760
0.47
943
1.24
34. HIV/AIDS
737
0.46
13
0.02
35. Violence
704
0.44
113
0.15
36. Leukemia
668
0.42
825
1.09
37. Ovary Cancer
585
0.36
553
0.73
38. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.31
538
0.71
39. Poisonings
474
0.30
18
0.02
40. Pertussis
453
0.28
0
0.00
41. Pancreas Cancer
445
0.28
1,849
2.43
42. Skin Cancers
400
0.25
650
0.86
43. Meningitis
377
0.23
35
0.05
44. Bladder Cancer
325
0.20
760
1.00
45. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.16
702
0.92
46. Liver Cancer
256
0.16
752
0.99
47. Appendicitis
220
0.14
18
0.02
48. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.14
547
0.72
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
191
0.12
277
0.36
50. Fires
184
0.11
65
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Sweden SWEDEN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
16.11
75
2. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
2.28
161
3. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
13.55
127
4. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
2.75
164
5. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
1.75
146
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
12.51
44
7. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
5.06
65
8. Lymphomas
3.51
134
5.29
73
9. Leukemia
2.61
139
3.40
103
10. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
2.39
93
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
7.84
25
12. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
2.90
35
13. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
2.74
65
14. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
3.36
156
15. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
20.40
64
16. Uterin Cancer
0.48
176
2.44
87
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.