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Niger
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 Niger and China 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.

China
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
Niger Population Pyramid
65,593,043
China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   China CHINA
  Niger NIGER   China CHINA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
41.9
37.1
39.6
130
161
149
 
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
42.6
38.6
40.6
150
169
161
 
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
43.7
40.8
42.3
161
172
170
 
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
47.7
45.3
46.5
163
175
173
 
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
49.9
50.0
50.0
159
169
164
 
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
57.8
58.8
58.2
153
161
157
 
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
62.1
64.6
63.3
156
167
159
 
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.1
64.6
156
167
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
62.1
64.6
156
167
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
67.8
69.9
142
159
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
68.7
70.9
137
156
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
69.7
71.7
134
150
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
70.0
72.0
133
150
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
70.5
72.4
132
149
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
71.0
72.8
132
151
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
71.5
73.3
131
150
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
72.2
73.9
129
151
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
73.0
74.6
127
153
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
73.9
75.4
127
156
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
75.1
76.5
127
157
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
76.6
77.8
131
159
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
78.5
79.4
130
158
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
80.7
81.4
128
159
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
83.3
83.9
124
150
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
86.3
86.8
119
136
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
89.7
90.1
105
118
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
118.92
14
11.28
152
2. Coronary Heart Disease
118.53
82
97.57
115
3. Stroke
114.20
55
110.80
58
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
93.61
7
0.72
150
5. Malaria
43.60
19
0.00
93
6. Liver Disease
40.78
24
7.57
146
7. Diabetes Mellitus
33.65
79
8.56
148
8. Road Traffic Accidents
33.36
41
15.09
96
9. Lung Disease
30.61
48
54.18
13
10. Kidney Disease
29.61
61
10.39
141
11. Tuberculosis
26.95
41
1.88
111
12. Asthma
20.43
19
1.29
123
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.18
44
17.36
97
14. Maternal Conditions
20.03
6
0.26
128
15. Meningitis
19.40
6
0.39
128
16. Breast Cancer
18.52
70
8.95
169
17. Hypertension
18.25
91
16.80
98
18. Other Injuries
17.29
11
3.50
161
19. Violence
12.61
36
0.73
166
20. Falls
12.36
12
8.04
50
21. Low Birth Weight
11.39
23
1.76
150
22. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10.80
8
2.05
106
23. Suicide
10.15
70
6.67
121
24. Birth Trauma
9.50
31
1.40
108
25. Cervical Cancer
9.28
88
5.16
124
26. Ovary Cancer
7.90
8
2.76
153
27. Liver Cancer
7.86
47
9.30
33
28. Congenital Anomalies
7.56
40
3.32
150
29. Inflammatory/Heart
7.46
44
1.73
168
30. HIV/AIDS
7.11
67
1.62
111
31. Malnutrition
6.98
40
0.78
107
32. Endocrine Disorders
6.27
49
1.51
162
33. Pertussis
5.68
9
0.05
112
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.52
142
13.02
42
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.13
47
3.95
98
36. Fires
4.88
12
0.62
129
37. Measles
4.65
15
0.06
62
38. Prostate Cancer
4.34
169
6.41
152
39. Drownings
4.32
38
3.66
56
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.21
23
3.53
34
41. Stomach Cancer
3.59
138
20.55
3
42. Lymphomas
3.33
139
3.04
145
43. Epilepsy
3.33
21
0.74
163
44. Skin Cancers
3.18
25
1.05
137
45. Poisonings
2.97
17
1.55
57
46. Oral Cancer
2.55
102
2.81
89
47. Leukemia
2.32
145
3.48
97
48. Schistosomiasis
2.30
20
0.02
65
49. Bladder Cancer
2.24
79
2.04
94
50. Skin Disease
2.14
57
0.30
162
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Niger NIGER   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
21,093
13.13
183,342
1.91
2. Malaria
17,022
10.59
0
0.00
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
16,030
9.97
8,719
0.09
4. Low Birth Weight
9,560
5.95
21,631
0.23
5. Stroke
8,717
5.42
2.043m
21.27
6. Coronary Heart Disease
8,229
5.12
1.772m
18.44
7. Birth Trauma
8,030
5.00
17,644
0.18
8. Road Traffic Accidents
5,946
3.70
250,272
2.61
9. Meningitis
5,237
3.26
5,704
0.06
10. Congenital Anomalies
4,346
2.70
36,613
0.38
11. Liver Disease
4,116
2.56
145,603
1.52
12. Other Injuries
3,826
2.38
54,087
0.56
13. Tuberculosis
3,703
2.30
34,802
0.36
14. Maternal Conditions
3,317
2.06
3,596
0.04
15. Pertussis
2,858
1.78
484
0.01
16. Kidney Disease
2,732
1.70
192,302
2.00
17. Diabetes Mellitus
2,630
1.64
161,672
1.68
18. Measles
2,414
1.50
558
0.01
19. Violence
2,244
1.40
11,115
0.12
20. Lung Disease
2,172
1.35
968,607
10.08
21. Malnutrition
2,170
1.35
12,995
0.14
22. Asthma
1,902
1.18
23,147
0.24
23. Endocrine Disorders
1,806
1.12
25,613
0.27
24. Drownings
1,581
0.98
52,807
0.55
25. Hypertension
1,356
0.84
301,183
3.14
26. Falls
1,297
0.81
138,878
1.45
27. Suicide
1,227
0.76
116,324
1.21
28. Fires
1,120
0.70
10,498
0.11
29. Breast Cancer
1,075
0.67
92,757
0.97
30. HIV/AIDS
1,048
0.65
28,746
0.30
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,044
0.65
37,723
0.39
32. Alzheimers & Dementia
858
0.53
304,455
3.17
33. Poisonings
771
0.48
25,762
0.27
34. Inflammatory/Heart
769
0.48
29,954
0.31
35. Liver Cancer
745
0.46
180,952
1.88
36. Epilepsy
676
0.42
11,365
0.12
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
522
0.32
248,388
2.59
38. Cervical Cancer
487
0.30
51,650
0.54
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
467
0.29
65,350
0.68
40. Ovary Cancer
425
0.26
28,078
0.29
41. War
409
0.25
900
0.01
42. Tetanus
372
0.23
491
0.01
43. Lymphomas
350
0.22
57,838
0.60
44. Stomach Cancer
300
0.19
398,439
4.15
45. Skin Cancers
287
0.18
19,669
0.20
46. Hepatitis B
279
0.17
2,757
0.03
47. Parkinson's Disease
275
0.17
70,699
0.74
48. Leukemia
258
0.16
58,145
0.61
49. Oral Cancer
242
0.15
54,695
0.57
50. Schistosomiasis
237
0.15
400
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
18.52
70
8.95
169
2. Cervical Cancer
9.28
88
5.16
124
3. Ovary Cancer
7.90
8
2.76
153
4. Liver Cancer
7.86
47
9.30
33
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.52
142
13.02
42
6. Prostate Cancer
4.34
169
6.41
152
7. Stomach Cancer
3.59
138
20.55
3
8. Lymphomas
3.33
139
3.04
145
9. Skin Cancers
3.18
25
1.05
137
10. Oral Cancer
2.55
102
2.81
89
11. Leukemia
2.32
145
3.48
97
12. Bladder Cancer
2.24
79
2.04
94
13. Uterin Cancer
1.99
109
1.16
157
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.71
119
12.42
6
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.47
155
5.72
59
16. Lung Cancers
0.54
182
36.63
5
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.