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New Zealand
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 New Zealand and Niger 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.

Niger
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
New Zealand Population Pyramid
5,607,793
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%
Niger Population Pyramid
65,593,043
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
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Niger NIGER
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Niger NIGER
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.7
73.9
71.2
6
9
7
 
41.9
37.1
39.6
130
161
149
1970
68.2
74.5
71.3
18
16
14
 
42.6
38.6
40.6
150
169
161
1980
70.0
75.8
72.8
21
21
22
 
43.7
40.8
42.3
161
172
170
1990
72.5
78.4
75.4
21
22
20
 
47.7
45.3
46.5
163
175
173
2000
75.9
81.2
78.6
10
11
11
 
49.9
50.0
50.0
159
169
164
2010
79.0
82.8
80.9
9
18
13
 
57.8
58.8
58.2
153
161
157
2019
80.4
83.5
82.0
15
24
16
 
62.1
64.6
63.3
156
167
159
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Niger NIGER
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
83.5
15
24
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age
80.4
83.5
15
24
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age 5
80.8
83.9
14
24
67.8
69.9
142
159
Age 10
80.8
83.9
14
24
68.7
70.9
137
156
Age 15
80.9
83.9
14
24
69.7
71.7
134
150
Age 20
81.0
84.0
13
24
70.0
72.0
133
150
Age 25
81.2
84.1
12
24
70.5
72.4
132
149
Age 30
81.4
84.2
12
24
71.0
72.8
132
151
Age 35
81.6
84.3
12
24
71.5
73.3
131
150
Age 40
81.8
84.5
11
24
72.2
73.9
129
151
Age 45
82.1
84.6
9
22
73.0
74.6
127
153
Age 50
82.5
84.9
7
20
73.9
75.4
127
156
Age 55
83.1
85.3
6
20
75.1
76.5
127
157
Age 60
83.8
85.8
6
19
76.6
77.8
131
159
Age 65
84.6
86.4
7
18
78.5
79.4
130
158
Age 70
85.7
87.2
9
20
80.7
81.4
128
159
Age 75
87.0
88.2
9
21
83.3
83.9
124
150
Age 80
88.8
89.6
12
23
86.3
86.8
119
136
Age 85
91.1
91.5
19
24
89.7
90.1
105
118
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Niger NIGER
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
49.59
163
118.53
82
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
24.84
16
20.18
44
3. Stroke
22.24
165
114.20
55
4. Lung Cancers
21.61
43
0.54
182
5. Lung Disease
18.17
111
30.61
48
6. Breast Cancer
17.60
84
18.52
70
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.22
19
5.52
142
8. Prostate Cancer
15.97
90
4.34
169
9. Suicide
10.30
68
10.15
70
10. Road Traffic Accidents
8.83
127
33.36
41
11. Diabetes Mellitus
8.34
152
33.65
79
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.08
166
118.92
14
13. Skin Cancers
6.63
3
3.18
25
14. Lymphomas
6.60
25
3.33
139
15. Pancreas Cancer
6.18
54
1.47
155
16. Falls
5.65
92
12.36
12
17. Ovary Cancer
4.63
81
7.90
8
18. Leukemia
4.49
43
2.32
145
19. Kidney Disease
4.19
176
29.61
61
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.07
115
7.46
44
21. Endocrine Disorders
3.95
82
6.27
49
22. Stomach Cancer
3.82
133
3.59
138
23. Congenital Anomalies
3.49
147
7.56
40
24. Liver Cancer
3.48
153
7.86
47
25. Other Injuries
3.23
168
17.29
11
26. Uterin Cancer
3.21
47
1.99
109
27. Parkinson's Disease
3.16
138
5.13
47
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.13
64
1.71
119
29. Hypertension
3.04
166
18.25
91
30. Bladder Cancer
2.70
66
2.24
79
31. Other Neoplasms
2.42
44
0.31
135
32. Liver Disease
2.07
181
40.78
24
33. Oral Cancer
1.93
136
2.55
102
34. Low Birth Weight
1.87
149
11.39
23
35. Cervical Cancer
1.65
176
9.28
88
36. Drug Use
1.38
74
1.13
99
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.33
98
4.21
23
38. Violence
1.20
146
12.61
36
39. Drownings
1.17
142
4.32
38
40. Skin Disease
1.10
108
2.14
57
41. Asthma
1.03
133
20.43
19
42. Epilepsy
0.97
139
3.33
21
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.76
149
93.61
7
44. Alcohol
0.75
128
1.27
101
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.68
165
10.80
8
46. Multiple Sclerosis
0.52
33
0.22
81
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
58
0.24
111
48. Hepatitis C
0.44
22
0.39
24
49. Birth Trauma
0.34
169
9.50
31
50. Fires
0.29
164
4.88
12
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Niger NIGER
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,095
18.16
8,229
5.12
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,032
10.81
858
0.53
3. Stroke
2,378
8.47
8,717
5.42
4. Lung Cancers
1,873
6.67
42
0.03
5. Lung Disease
1,815
6.47
2,172
1.35
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,495
5.33
522
0.32
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
920
3.28
21,093
13.13
8. Diabetes Mellitus
769
2.74
2,630
1.64
9. Prostate Cancer
739
2.63
128
0.08
10. Breast Cancer
737
2.63
1,075
0.67
11. Falls
627
2.23
1,297
0.81
12. Skin Cancers
612
2.18
287
0.18
13. Lymphomas
608
2.17
350
0.22
14. Pancreas Cancer
543
1.94
138
0.09
15. Suicide
528
1.88
1,227
0.76
16. Road Traffic Accidents
458
1.63
5,946
3.70
17. Kidney Disease
432
1.54
2,732
1.70
18. Leukemia
391
1.39
258
0.16
19. Parkinson's Disease
353
1.26
275
0.17
20. Hypertension
327
1.17
1,356
0.84
21. Endocrine Disorders
325
1.16
1,806
1.12
22. Stomach Cancer
323
1.15
300
0.19
23. Inflammatory/Heart
313
1.12
769
0.48
24. Liver Cancer
288
1.03
745
0.46
25. Oesophagus Cancer
279
0.99
132
0.08
26. Bladder Cancer
267
0.95
161
0.10
27. Other Neoplasms
245
0.87
24
0.01
28. Other Injuries
218
0.78
3,826
2.38
29. Ovary Cancer
207
0.74
425
0.26
30. Congenital Anomalies
176
0.63
4,346
2.70
31. Oral Cancer
164
0.58
242
0.15
32. Liver Disease
158
0.56
4,116
2.56
33. Uterin Cancer
145
0.52
86
0.05
34. Skin Disease
118
0.42
213
0.13
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
113
0.40
467
0.29
36. Asthma
91
0.32
1,902
1.18
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
81
0.29
16,030
9.97
38. Low Birth Weight
78
0.28
9,560
5.95
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
70
0.25
1,044
0.65
40. Drug Use
69
0.25
126
0.08
41. Cervical Cancer
61
0.22
487
0.30
42. Violence
57
0.20
2,244
1.40
43. Epilepsy
55
0.20
676
0.42
44. Drownings
54
0.19
1,581
0.98
45. Alcohol
51
0.18
120
0.07
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
47
0.17
18
0.01
47. Multiple Sclerosis
43
0.15
22
0.01
48. Hepatitis C
30
0.11
46
0.03
49. Osteoarthritis
24
0.09
0
0.00
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
22
0.08
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Niger NIGER
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.61
43
0.54
182
2. Breast Cancer
17.60
84
18.52
70
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.22
19
5.52
142
4. Prostate Cancer
15.97
90
4.34
169
5. Skin Cancers
6.63
3
3.18
25
6. Lymphomas
6.60
25
3.33
139
7. Pancreas Cancer
6.18
54
1.47
155
8. Ovary Cancer
4.63
81
7.90
8
9. Leukemia
4.49
43
2.32
145
10. Stomach Cancer
3.82
133
3.59
138
11. Liver Cancer
3.48
153
7.86
47
12. Uterin Cancer
3.21
47
1.99
109
13. Oesophagus Cancer
3.13
64
1.71
119
14. Bladder Cancer
2.70
66
2.24
79
15. Oral Cancer
1.93
136
2.55
102
16. Cervical Cancer
1.65
176
9.28
88
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.