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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 Sudan 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.

Sudan
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
Sudan Population Pyramid
81,192,821
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Sudan SUDAN
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Sudan SUDAN
       
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
 
39.0
41.8
40.4
147
142
145
1970
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
 
42.9
45.6
44.2
147
144
146
1980
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
 
48.0
50.8
49.3
147
145
145
1990
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
 
51.4
54.4
52.9
154
154
155
2000
67.3
73.3
70.3
90
89
91
 
56.8
60.4
58.6
137
137
139
2010
70.2
76.1
73.2
83
83
85
 
60.7
64.3
62.5
140
141
140
2019
72.1
77.9
75.0
78
77
76
 
67.6
70.8
69.1
123
129
125
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Sudan SUDAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.1
77.9
78
77
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age
72.1
77.9
78
77
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age 5
73.4
79.1
77
71
72.0
74.7
94
120
Age 10
73.5
79.2
77
71
72.4
75.0
89
118
Age 15
73.7
79.3
76
71
72.6
75.2
87
117
Age 20
73.9
79.4
76
71
72.9
75.4
88
117
Age 25
74.2
79.5
76
71
73.2
75.6
88
117
Age 30
74.5
79.6
77
71
73.6
75.9
89
117
Age 35
74.8
79.8
79
72
74.0
76.2
90
117
Age 40
75.1
80.0
81
72
74.4
76.6
89
116
Age 45
75.5
80.2
84
72
75.0
77.1
90
114
Age 50
76.1
80.6
84
74
75.7
77.7
90
114
Age 55
76.9
81.2
85
75
76.6
78.4
89
114
Age 60
78.0
81.9
87
78
77.8
79.4
89
111
Age 65
79.5
82.8
90
79
79.4
80.7
92
111
Age 70
81.4
84.1
96
81
81.4
82.3
98
113
Age 75
83.7
85.7
100
81
83.8
84.5
97
114
Age 80
86.5
87.8
106
84
86.6
87.1
98
112
Age 85
89.7
90.4
107
80
89.8
90.2
90
106
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Sudan SUDAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
124.46
73
231.30
20
2. Kidney Disease
73.96
2
24.83
75
3. Stroke
47.78
132
108.71
60
4. Diabetes Mellitus
44.63
48
15.23
122
5. Lung Disease
33.61
40
23.39
85
6. Liver Disease
24.52
77
19.11
92
7. Hypertension
23.51
64
40.23
23
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.90
111
30.74
83
9. Prostate Cancer
20.62
60
7.55
143
10. Road Traffic Accidents
18.75
81
36.38
33
11. Cervical Cancer
13.48
64
6.36
112
12. Liver Cancer
10.93
25
4.10
124
13. Breast Cancer
10.15
158
24.70
29
14. Stomach Cancer
10.11
45
2.16
175
15. Violence
9.50
55
6.81
69
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.84
56
6.55
66
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.63
125
4.61
154
18. Other Injuries
6.63
106
6.73
105
19. Lung Cancers
5.94
131
2.40
168
20. Falls
5.61
94
4.91
104
21. Alcohol
5.38
16
0.31
161
22. Low Birth Weight
4.70
91
14.18
9
23. Suicide
4.66
146
4.76
143
24. Other Neoplasms
3.94
22
0.16
179
25. Leukemia
3.91
74
6.37
2
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.88
86
1.20
163
27. Skin Disease
3.39
24
0.60
134
28. Lymphomas
3.32
140
6.85
20
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.05
173
17.52
94
30. Endocrine Disorders
3.03
110
3.60
87
31. Malnutrition
2.89
72
2.39
82
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2.78
143
2.98
140
33. Drownings
2.57
86
3.02
74
34. HIV/AIDS
2.39
101
6.94
69
35. Tuberculosis
2.20
107
14.62
56
36. Ovary Cancer
2.18
169
6.51
24
37. Asthma
2.14
114
12.79
51
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.06
105
13.22
63
39. Birth Trauma
1.90
93
7.45
45
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.82
121
3.90
70
41. Uterin Cancer
1.51
139
0.67
172
42. Parkinson's Disease
1.49
168
4.17
90
43. Oral Cancer
1.33
167
2.23
119
44. Epilepsy
1.29
115
1.59
93
45. Skin Cancers
1.27
128
1.67
108
46. Maternal Conditions
1.27
79
5.36
46
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.90
161
5.26
36
48. Drug Use
0.86
127
3.34
21
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.66
29
0.10
163
50. Appendicitis
0.65
42
0.56
54
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Sudan SUDAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,843
20.44
43,966
20.16
2. Kidney Disease
3,533
12.36
5,095
2.34
3. Stroke
2,225
7.78
20,582
9.44
4. Diabetes Mellitus
2,068
7.23
3,070
1.41
5. Lung Disease
1,570
5.49
4,382
2.01
6. Liver Disease
1,203
4.21
4,348
1.99
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,152
4.03
12,619
5.79
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,109
3.88
11,459
5.25
9. Hypertension
1,103
3.86
7,287
3.34
10. Violence
619
2.17
2,478
1.14
11. Congenital Anomalies
571
2.00
5,507
2.53
12. Liver Cancer
509
1.78
946
0.43
13. Low Birth Weight
490
1.71
16,036
7.35
14. Stomach Cancer
478
1.67
478
0.22
15. Prostate Cancer
386
1.35
523
0.24
16. Cervical Cancer
374
1.31
770
0.35
17. Other Injuries
358
1.25
2,912
1.34
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
315
1.10
1,049
0.48
19. Suicide
285
1.00
1,644
0.75
20. Breast Cancer
283
0.99
3,071
1.41
21. Alcohol
279
0.98
84
0.04
22. Falls
276
0.97
1,559
0.71
23. Lung Cancers
274
0.96
545
0.25
24. Leukemia
227
0.79
1,828
0.84
25. Birth Trauma
198
0.69
8,526
3.91
26. Other Neoplasms
192
0.67
35
0.02
27. Pancreas Cancer
178
0.62
272
0.12
28. Lymphomas
164
0.57
1,533
0.70
29. Endocrine Disorders
164
0.57
1,459
0.67
30. Malnutrition
163
0.57
1,089
0.50
31. Skin Disease
162
0.57
112
0.05
32. Drownings
157
0.55
1,684
0.77
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
149
0.52
2,584
1.18
34. HIV/AIDS
139
0.49
2,331
1.07
35. Inflammatory/Heart
139
0.49
839
0.38
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
122
0.43
6,277
2.88
37. Tuberculosis
115
0.40
4,250
1.95
38. Asthma
105
0.37
2,636
1.21
39. Maternal Conditions
88
0.31
1,961
0.90
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
85
0.30
775
0.36
41. Epilepsy
74
0.26
735
0.34
42. Parkinson's Disease
67
0.23
705
0.32
43. Oral Cancer
64
0.22
493
0.23
44. Ovary Cancer
61
0.21
794
0.36
45. Skin Cancers
59
0.21
356
0.16
46. Drug Use
50
0.17
1,036
0.48
47. Oesophagus Cancer
42
0.15
1,126
0.52
48. Uterin Cancer
39
0.14
71
0.03
49. Appendicitis
32
0.11
155
0.07
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
31
0.11
20
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Sudan SUDAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.62
60
7.55
143
2. Cervical Cancer
13.48
64
6.36
112
3. Liver Cancer
10.93
25
4.10
124
4. Breast Cancer
10.15
158
24.70
29
5. Stomach Cancer
10.11
45
2.16
175
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.63
125
4.61
154
7. Lung Cancers
5.94
131
2.40
168
8. Leukemia
3.91
74
6.37
2
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.88
86
1.20
163
10. Lymphomas
3.32
140
6.85
20
11. Ovary Cancer
2.18
169
6.51
24
12. Uterin Cancer
1.51
139
0.67
172
13. Oral Cancer
1.33
167
2.23
119
14. Skin Cancers
1.27
128
1.67
108
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.90
161
5.26
36
16. Bladder Cancer
0.61
176
1.94
101
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.