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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
NIGER VS GABON

Compare Niger and Gabon 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.

Gabon
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
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Gabon Population Pyramid
3,809,049
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   Gabon GABON
  Niger NIGER   Gabon GABON
       
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
  
38.3
41.5
39.9
150
143
148
1970
42.6
38.6
40.6
150
169
161
  
45.5
48.7
47.0
134
133
135
1980
43.7
40.8
42.3
161
172
170
  
53.5
56.7
55.1
126
123
126
1990
47.7
45.3
46.5
163
175
173
  
59.4
62.6
60.9
124
127
126
2000
49.9
50.0
50.0
159
169
164
  
59.5
60.7
60.1
130
136
133
2010
57.8
58.8
58.2
153
161
157
  
62.4
62.1
62.3
133
150
141
2019
62.1
64.6
63.3
156
167
159
  
63.6
69.7
66.5
143
134
138
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   Gabon GABON
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.1
64.6
156
167
63.6
69.7
143
134
Age
62.1
64.6
156
167
63.6
69.7
143
134
Age 5
67.8
69.9
142
159
66.6
72.5
153
137
Age 10
68.7
70.9
137
156
67.0
72.8
155
136
Age 15
69.7
71.7
134
150
67.4
73.1
155
137
Age 20
70.0
72.0
133
150
67.8
73.3
155
137
Age 25
70.5
72.4
132
149
68.3
73.6
156
137
Age 30
71.0
72.8
132
151
68.8
74.0
158
137
Age 35
71.5
73.3
131
150
69.3
74.5
159
137
Age 40
72.2
73.9
129
151
70.0
75.2
161
136
Age 45
73.0
74.6
127
153
70.8
76.0
163
133
Age 50
73.9
75.4
127
156
72.0
77.0
163
127
Age 55
75.1
76.5
127
157
73.4
78.1
164
122
Age 60
76.6
77.8
131
159
75.2
79.3
163
117
Age 65
78.5
79.4
130
158
77.3
80.7
165
114
Age 70
80.7
81.4
128
159
79.7
82.3
164
115
Age 75
83.3
83.9
124
150
82.6
84.4
162
120
Age 80
86.3
86.8
119
136
85.7
86.9
157
129
Age 85
89.7
90.1
105
118
89.2
90.0
154
138
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   Gabon GABON
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
118.92
14
73.73
46
2. Coronary Heart Disease
118.53
82
107.54
94
3. Stroke
114.20
55
94.08
79
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
93.61
7
21.09
57
5. Malaria
43.60
19
28.76
32
6. Liver Disease
40.78
24
35.26
43
7. Diabetes Mellitus
33.65
79
64.41
22
8. Road Traffic Accidents
33.36
41
28.47
53
9. Lung Disease
30.61
48
23.69
84
10. Kidney Disease
29.61
61
37.95
27
11. Tuberculosis
26.95
41
113.96
4
12. Asthma
20.43
19
8.68
69
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.18
44
20.55
40
14. Maternal Conditions
20.03
6
6.80
41
15. Meningitis
19.40
6
5.91
44
16. Breast Cancer
18.52
70
13.28
131
17. Hypertension
18.25
91
44.80
19
18. Other Injuries
17.29
11
9.28
73
19. Violence
12.61
36
9.80
53
20. Falls
12.36
12
7.99
51
21. Low Birth Weight
11.39
23
8.92
45
22. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10.80
8
3.48
76
23. Suicide
10.15
70
13.11
40
24. Birth Trauma
9.50
31
6.57
52
25. Cervical Cancer
9.28
88
14.89
56
26. Ovary Cancer
7.90
8
4.13
101
27. Liver Cancer
7.86
47
3.71
143
28. Congenital Anomalies
7.56
40
6.38
72
29. Inflammatory/Heart
7.46
44
8.92
37
30. HIV/AIDS
7.11
67
60.61
20
31. Malnutrition
6.98
40
6.07
45
32. Endocrine Disorders
6.27
49
6.74
42
33. Pertussis
5.68
9
2.32
36
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.52
142
3.54
174
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.13
47
5.55
33
36. Fires
4.88
12
2.62
62
37. Measles
4.65
15
4.14
17
38. Prostate Cancer
4.34
169
20.47
61
39. Drownings
4.32
38
1.96
117
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.21
23
1.78
78
41. Stomach Cancer
3.59
138
2.73
165
42. Lymphomas
3.33
139
2.32
166
43. Epilepsy
3.33
21
2.20
54
44. Skin Cancers
3.18
25
3.19
24
45. Poisonings
2.97
17
1.87
49
46. Oral Cancer
2.55
102
6.76
19
47. Leukemia
2.32
145
1.42
162
48. Schistosomiasis
2.30
20
1.18
36
49. Bladder Cancer
2.24
79
3.39
46
50. Skin Disease
2.14
57
2.01
65
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Niger NIGER   Gabon GABON
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
21,093
13.13
966
7.30
2. Malaria
17,022
10.59
540
4.08
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
16,030
9.97
318
2.40
4. Low Birth Weight
9,560
5.95
494
3.73
5. Stroke
8,717
5.42
896
6.77
6. Coronary Heart Disease
8,229
5.12
1,019
7.70
7. Birth Trauma
8,030
5.00
362
2.73
8. Road Traffic Accidents
5,946
3.70
518
3.91
9. Meningitis
5,237
3.26
113
0.85
10. Congenital Anomalies
4,346
2.70
285
2.15
11. Liver Disease
4,116
2.56
416
3.14
12. Other Injuries
3,826
2.38
140
1.06
13. Tuberculosis
3,703
2.30
1,819
13.74
14. Maternal Conditions
3,317
2.06
145
1.10
15. Pertussis
2,858
1.78
81
0.61
16. Kidney Disease
2,732
1.70
384
2.90
17. Diabetes Mellitus
2,630
1.64
643
4.86
18. Measles
2,414
1.50
146
1.10
19. Violence
2,244
1.40
184
1.39
20. Lung Disease
2,172
1.35
215
1.62
21. Malnutrition
2,170
1.35
78
0.59
22. Asthma
1,902
1.18
90
0.68
23. Endocrine Disorders
1,806
1.12
98
0.74
24. Drownings
1,581
0.98
42
0.32
25. Hypertension
1,356
0.84
412
3.11
26. Falls
1,297
0.81
84
0.63
27. Suicide
1,227
0.76
183
1.38
28. Fires
1,120
0.70
39
0.29
29. Breast Cancer
1,075
0.67
92
0.70
30. HIV/AIDS
1,048
0.65
1,128
8.52
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,044
0.65
36
0.27
32. Alzheimers & Dementia
858
0.53
152
1.15
33. Poisonings
771
0.48
28
0.21
34. Inflammatory/Heart
769
0.48
101
0.76
35. Liver Cancer
745
0.46
53
0.40
36. Epilepsy
676
0.42
37
0.28
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
522
0.32
43
0.32
38. Cervical Cancer
487
0.30
96
0.73
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
467
0.29
20
0.15
40. Ovary Cancer
425
0.26
27
0.20
41. War
409
0.25
3
0.02
42. Tetanus
372
0.23
8
0.06
43. Lymphomas
350
0.22
32
0.24
44. Stomach Cancer
300
0.19
32
0.24
45. Skin Cancers
287
0.18
34
0.26
46. Hepatitis B
279
0.17
7
0.05
47. Parkinson's Disease
275
0.17
47
0.36
48. Leukemia
258
0.16
17
0.13
49. Oral Cancer
242
0.15
69
0.52
50. Schistosomiasis
237
0.15
14
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   Gabon GABON
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
18.52
70
13.28
131
2. Cervical Cancer
9.28
88
14.89
56
3. Ovary Cancer
7.90
8
4.13
101
4. Liver Cancer
7.86
47
3.71
143
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.52
142
3.54
174
6. Prostate Cancer
4.34
169
20.47
61
7. Stomach Cancer
3.59
138
2.73
165
8. Lymphomas
3.33
139
2.32
166
9. Skin Cancers
3.18
25
3.19
24
10. Oral Cancer
2.55
102
6.76
19
11. Leukemia
2.32
145
1.42
162
12. Bladder Cancer
2.24
79
3.39
46
13. Uterin Cancer
1.99
109
3.26
45
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.71
119
2.91
76
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.47
155
2.05
140
16. Lung Cancers
0.54
182
8.18
114
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.