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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 Tonga 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.

Tonga
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
Tonga Population Pyramid
134,173
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Tonga TONGA
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Tonga TONGA
       
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
 
61.2
61.9
61.5
49
62
58
1970
68.2
74.5
71.3
18
16
14
 
64.3
65.8
65.0
50
65
60
1980
70.0
75.8
72.8
21
21
22
 
66.5
68.9
67.7
45
75
65
1990
72.5
78.4
75.4
21
22
20
 
68.6
71.1
69.8
49
84
68
2000
75.9
81.2
78.6
10
11
11
 
69.6
73.7
71.6
62
82
71
2010
79.0
82.8
80.9
9
18
13
 
70.1
75.7
72.8
86
87
89
2019
80.4
83.5
82.0
15
24
16
 
69.8
75.6
72.6
102
99
107
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Tonga TONGA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
83.5
15
24
69.8
75.6
102
99
Age
80.4
83.5
15
24
69.8
75.6
102
99
Age 5
80.8
83.9
14
24
70.9
77.0
110
97
Age 10
80.8
83.9
14
24
71.0
77.1
111
96
Age 15
80.9
83.9
14
24
71.0
77.2
112
96
Age 20
81.0
84.0
13
24
71.3
77.3
112
96
Age 25
81.2
84.1
12
24
71.6
77.5
113
96
Age 30
81.4
84.2
12
24
72.0
77.7
114
96
Age 35
81.6
84.3
12
24
72.4
77.9
115
96
Age 40
81.8
84.5
11
24
72.9
78.3
116
96
Age 45
82.1
84.6
9
22
73.5
78.7
118
96
Age 50
82.5
84.9
7
20
74.4
79.3
117
95
Age 55
83.1
85.3
6
20
75.6
80.1
115
95
Age 60
83.8
85.8
6
19
77.0
81.2
114
92
Age 65
84.6
86.4
7
18
78.8
82.5
112
86
Age 70
85.7
87.2
9
20
80.9
84.1
117
80
Age 75
87.0
88.2
9
21
83.5
85.9
114
72
Age 80
88.8
89.6
12
23
86.4
88.2
111
67
Age 85
91.1
91.5
19
24
89.7
90.8
109
64
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Tonga TONGA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
49.59
163
113.75
89
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
24.84
16
17.97
84
3. Stroke
22.24
165
65.01
112
4. Lung Cancers
21.61
43
28.48
17
5. Lung Disease
18.17
111
34.88
37
6. Breast Cancer
17.60
84
31.91
8
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.22
19
6.32
131
8. Prostate Cancer
15.97
90
29.66
29
9. Suicide
10.30
68
4.37
150
10. Road Traffic Accidents
8.83
127
38.39
30
11. Diabetes Mellitus
8.34
152
96.55
11
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.08
166
36.89
75
13. Skin Cancers
6.63
3
2.61
47
14. Lymphomas
6.60
25
6.27
34
15. Pancreas Cancer
6.18
54
4.31
79
16. Falls
5.65
92
3.51
139
17. Ovary Cancer
4.63
81
4.10
103
18. Leukemia
4.49
43
2.95
123
19. Kidney Disease
4.19
176
37.08
30
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.07
115
2.78
144
21. Endocrine Disorders
3.95
82
3.56
89
22. Stomach Cancer
3.82
133
13.05
18
23. Congenital Anomalies
3.49
147
7.39
43
24. Liver Cancer
3.48
153
24.58
6
25. Other Injuries
3.23
168
6.26
115
26. Uterin Cancer
3.21
47
3.54
34
27. Parkinson's Disease
3.16
138
6.10
21
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.13
64
2.10
108
29. Hypertension
3.04
166
6.71
150
30. Bladder Cancer
2.70
66
1.61
121
31. Other Neoplasms
2.42
44
0.42
94
32. Liver Disease
2.07
181
21.17
85
33. Oral Cancer
1.93
136
2.75
92
34. Low Birth Weight
1.87
149
4.96
88
35. Cervical Cancer
1.65
176
17.10
47
36. Drug Use
1.38
74
0.51
159
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.33
98
2.58
50
38. Violence
1.20
146
3.99
100
39. Drownings
1.17
142
4.44
36
40. Skin Disease
1.10
108
2.42
43
41. Asthma
1.03
133
10.03
64
42. Epilepsy
0.97
139
0.82
152
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.76
149
4.19
84
44. Alcohol
0.75
128
0.94
122
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.68
165
7.75
25
46. Multiple Sclerosis
0.52
33
0.10
161
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
58
0.15
144
48. Hepatitis C
0.44
22
0.26
43
49. Birth Trauma
0.34
169
1.53
102
50. Fires
0.29
164
2.69
57
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  New Zealand NEW ZEALAND   Tonga TONGA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,095
18.16
88
15.36
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,032
10.81
13
2.27
3. Stroke
2,378
8.47
50
8.73
4. Lung Cancers
1,873
6.67
22
3.84
5. Lung Disease
1,815
6.47
27
4.71
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,495
5.33
5
0.87
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
920
3.28
31
5.41
8. Diabetes Mellitus
769
2.74
75
13.09
9. Prostate Cancer
739
2.63
10
1.75
10. Breast Cancer
737
2.63
13
2.27
11. Falls
627
2.23
3
0.52
12. Skin Cancers
612
2.18
2
0.35
13. Lymphomas
608
2.17
5
0.87
14. Pancreas Cancer
543
1.94
3
0.52
15. Suicide
528
1.88
4
0.70
16. Road Traffic Accidents
458
1.63
34
5.93
17. Kidney Disease
432
1.54
29
5.06
18. Leukemia
391
1.39
3
0.52
19. Parkinson's Disease
353
1.26
5
0.87
20. Hypertension
327
1.17
5
0.87
21. Endocrine Disorders
325
1.16
3
0.52
22. Stomach Cancer
323
1.15
10
1.75
23. Inflammatory/Heart
313
1.12
2
0.35
24. Liver Cancer
288
1.03
20
3.49
25. Oesophagus Cancer
279
0.99
2
0.35
26. Bladder Cancer
267
0.95
1
0.17
27. Other Neoplasms
245
0.87
0
0.00
28. Other Injuries
218
0.78
6
1.05
29. Ovary Cancer
207
0.74
2
0.35
30. Congenital Anomalies
176
0.63
11
1.92
31. Oral Cancer
164
0.58
2
0.35
32. Liver Disease
158
0.56
17
2.97
33. Uterin Cancer
145
0.52
1
0.17
34. Skin Disease
118
0.42
2
0.35
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
113
0.40
2
0.35
36. Asthma
91
0.32
8
1.40
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
81
0.29
4
0.70
38. Low Birth Weight
78
0.28
9
1.57
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
70
0.25
6
1.05
40. Drug Use
69
0.25
0
0.00
41. Cervical Cancer
61
0.22
7
1.22
42. Violence
57
0.20
4
0.70
43. Epilepsy
55
0.20
1
0.17
44. Drownings
54
0.19
4
0.70
45. Alcohol
51
0.18
1
0.17
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
47
0.17
0
0.00
47. Multiple Sclerosis
43
0.15
0
0.00
48. Hepatitis C
30
0.11
0
0.00
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   Tonga TONGA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.61
43
28.48
17
2. Breast Cancer
17.60
84
31.91
8
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.22
19
6.32
131
4. Prostate Cancer
15.97
90
29.66
29
5. Skin Cancers
6.63
3
2.61
47
6. Lymphomas
6.60
25
6.27
34
7. Pancreas Cancer
6.18
54
4.31
79
8. Ovary Cancer
4.63
81
4.10
103
9. Leukemia
4.49
43
2.95
123
10. Stomach Cancer
3.82
133
13.05
18
11. Liver Cancer
3.48
153
24.58
6
12. Uterin Cancer
3.21
47
3.54
34
13. Oesophagus Cancer
3.13
64
2.10
108
14. Bladder Cancer
2.70
66
1.61
121
15. Oral Cancer
1.93
136
2.75
92
16. Cervical Cancer
1.65
176
17.10
47
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.