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Nicaragua
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 Nicaragua and Burkina Faso 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.

Burkina Faso
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
Nicaragua Population Pyramid
8,531,045
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%
Burkina Faso Population Pyramid
43,432,174
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
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
46.0
48.7
47.3
104
103
102
 
37.3
36.0
36.7
154
165
160
1970
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
 
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
1980
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
 
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
1990
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
 
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
2000
67.3
73.3
70.3
90
89
91
 
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
2010
70.2
76.1
73.2
83
83
85
 
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
2019
72.1
77.9
75.0
78
77
76
 
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.1
77.9
78
77
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age
72.1
77.9
78
77
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age 5
73.4
79.1
77
71
66.1
71.0
159
150
Age 10
73.5
79.2
77
71
66.7
71.7
160
146
Age 15
73.7
79.3
76
71
67.1
72.1
159
147
Age 20
73.9
79.4
76
71
67.6
72.4
159
147
Age 25
74.2
79.5
76
71
68.1
72.8
159
146
Age 30
74.5
79.6
77
71
68.7
73.2
159
146
Age 35
74.8
79.8
79
72
69.3
73.7
158
147
Age 40
75.1
80.0
81
72
70.0
74.2
159
149
Age 45
75.5
80.2
84
72
71.0
74.9
159
150
Age 50
76.1
80.6
84
74
72.1
75.7
162
150
Age 55
76.9
81.2
85
75
73.5
76.8
162
151
Age 60
78.0
81.9
87
78
75.2
78.1
161
152
Age 65
79.5
82.8
90
79
77.4
79.7
163
152
Age 70
81.4
84.1
96
81
79.8
81.6
161
149
Age 75
83.7
85.7
100
81
82.7
84.1
157
140
Age 80
86.5
87.8
106
84
85.9
86.9
151
128
Age 85
89.7
90.4
107
80
89.5
90.3
128
104
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
124.46
73
131.79
66
2. Kidney Disease
73.96
2
31.16
51
3. Stroke
47.78
132
95.70
77
4. Diabetes Mellitus
44.63
48
37.67
65
5. Lung Disease
33.61
40
18.73
110
6. Liver Disease
24.52
77
32.34
53
7. Hypertension
23.51
64
31.19
42
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.90
111
122.30
12
9. Prostate Cancer
20.62
60
27.33
35
10. Road Traffic Accidents
18.75
81
43.30
16
11. Cervical Cancer
13.48
64
42.15
12
12. Liver Cancer
10.93
25
14.45
15
13. Breast Cancer
10.15
158
16.06
101
14. Stomach Cancer
10.11
45
9.32
49
15. Violence
9.50
55
11.16
45
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.84
56
7.94
34
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.63
125
6.07
134
18. Other Injuries
6.63
106
16.52
15
19. Lung Cancers
5.94
131
3.02
158
20. Falls
5.61
94
10.27
19
21. Alcohol
5.38
16
1.72
72
22. Low Birth Weight
4.70
91
10.86
31
23. Suicide
4.66
146
14.38
33
24. Other Neoplasms
3.94
22
0.39
107
25. Leukemia
3.91
74
0.82
172
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.88
86
2.01
142
27. Skin Disease
3.39
24
2.01
66
28. Lymphomas
3.32
140
2.58
161
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.05
173
20.98
34
30. Endocrine Disorders
3.03
110
25.05
2
31. Malnutrition
2.89
72
14.30
17
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2.78
143
9.08
35
33. Drownings
2.57
86
3.55
61
34. HIV/AIDS
2.39
101
20.42
43
35. Tuberculosis
2.20
107
15.11
55
36. Ovary Cancer
2.18
169
3.23
139
37. Asthma
2.14
114
11.80
54
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.06
105
83.63
10
39. Birth Trauma
1.90
93
10.42
22
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.82
121
5.07
57
41. Uterin Cancer
1.51
139
1.67
129
42. Parkinson's Disease
1.49
168
5.51
35
43. Oral Cancer
1.33
167
2.71
95
44. Epilepsy
1.29
115
3.04
29
45. Skin Cancers
1.27
128
2.91
34
46. Maternal Conditions
1.27
79
8.05
37
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.90
161
1.17
147
48. Drug Use
0.86
127
1.42
72
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.66
29
0.25
107
50. Appendicitis
0.65
42
0.85
27
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,843
20.44
8,117
6.02
2. Kidney Disease
3,533
12.36
2,398
1.78
3. Stroke
2,225
7.78
6,324
4.69
4. Diabetes Mellitus
2,068
7.23
2,609
1.94
5. Lung Disease
1,570
5.49
1,161
0.86
6. Liver Disease
1,203
4.21
2,722
2.02
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,152
4.03
16,807
12.47
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,109
3.88
6,303
4.68
9. Hypertension
1,103
3.86
2,020
1.50
10. Violence
619
2.17
1,943
1.44
11. Congenital Anomalies
571
2.00
3,515
2.61
12. Liver Cancer
509
1.78
1,309
0.97
13. Low Birth Weight
490
1.71
6,809
5.05
14. Stomach Cancer
478
1.67
777
0.58
15. Prostate Cancer
386
1.35
514
0.38
16. Cervical Cancer
374
1.31
2,122
1.57
17. Other Injuries
358
1.25
2,637
1.96
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
315
1.10
478
0.35
19. Suicide
285
1.00
1,521
1.13
20. Breast Cancer
283
0.99
862
0.64
21. Alcohol
279
0.98
152
0.11
22. Falls
276
0.97
828
0.61
23. Lung Cancers
274
0.96
242
0.18
24. Leukemia
227
0.79
112
0.08
25. Birth Trauma
198
0.69
6,426
4.77
26. Other Neoplasms
192
0.67
23
0.02
27. Pancreas Cancer
178
0.62
148
0.11
28. Lymphomas
164
0.57
280
0.21
29. Endocrine Disorders
164
0.57
4,794
3.56
30. Malnutrition
163
0.57
2,868
2.13
31. Skin Disease
162
0.57
174
0.13
32. Drownings
157
0.55
910
0.68
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
149
0.52
767
0.57
34. HIV/AIDS
139
0.49
3,100
2.30
35. Inflammatory/Heart
139
0.49
743
0.55
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
122
0.43
11,887
8.82
37. Tuberculosis
115
0.40
1,968
1.46
38. Asthma
105
0.37
941
0.70
39. Maternal Conditions
88
0.31
1,379
1.02
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
85
0.30
410
0.30
41. Epilepsy
74
0.26
477
0.35
42. Parkinson's Disease
67
0.23
252
0.19
43. Oral Cancer
64
0.22
227
0.17
44. Ovary Cancer
61
0.21
174
0.13
45. Skin Cancers
59
0.21
220
0.16
46. Drug Use
50
0.17
172
0.13
47. Oesophagus Cancer
42
0.15
101
0.07
48. Uterin Cancer
39
0.14
74
0.05
49. Appendicitis
32
0.11
95
0.07
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
31
0.11
15
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.62
60
27.33
35
2. Cervical Cancer
13.48
64
42.15
12
3. Liver Cancer
10.93
25
14.45
15
4. Breast Cancer
10.15
158
16.06
101
5. Stomach Cancer
10.11
45
9.32
49
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.63
125
6.07
134
7. Lung Cancers
5.94
131
3.02
158
8. Leukemia
3.91
74
0.82
172
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.88
86
2.01
142
10. Lymphomas
3.32
140
2.58
161
11. Ovary Cancer
2.18
169
3.23
139
12. Uterin Cancer
1.51
139
1.67
129
13. Oral Cancer
1.33
167
2.71
95
14. Skin Cancers
1.27
128
2.91
34
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.90
161
1.17
147
16. Bladder Cancer
0.61
176
3.26
49
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.