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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 Greece 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.

Greece
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
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%
Greece Population Pyramid
9,029,254
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
  Niger NIGER   Greece GREECE
  Niger NIGER   Greece GREECE
       
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
 
67.3
70.5
68.9
15
32
24
1970
42.6
38.6
40.6
150
169
161
 
70.1
73.6
71.8
5
24
12
1980
43.7
40.8
42.3
161
172
170
 
72.3
76.5
74.4
7
17
9
1990
47.7
45.3
46.5
163
175
173
 
74.5
79.5
76.9
5
11
6
2000
49.9
50.0
50.0
159
169
164
 
75.4
81.1
78.2
15
12
14
2010
57.8
58.8
58.2
153
161
157
 
77.7
82.9
80.3
19
17
19
2019
62.1
64.6
63.3
156
167
159
 
78.6
83.6
81.1
27
23
28
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   Greece GREECE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.1
64.6
156
167
78.6
83.6
27
23
Age
62.1
64.6
156
167
78.6
83.6
27
23
Age 5
67.8
69.9
142
159
79.0
83.9
30
25
Age 10
68.7
70.9
137
156
79.0
83.9
30
25
Age 15
69.7
71.7
134
150
79.0
83.9
30
25
Age 20
70.0
72.0
133
150
79.1
84.0
30
26
Age 25
70.5
72.4
132
149
79.3
84.0
30
26
Age 30
71.0
72.8
132
151
79.4
84.1
31
26
Age 35
71.5
73.3
131
150
79.6
84.2
32
26
Age 40
72.2
73.9
129
151
79.8
84.3
32
27
Age 45
73.0
74.6
127
153
80.1
84.4
33
27
Age 50
73.9
75.4
127
156
80.5
84.7
32
27
Age 55
75.1
76.5
127
157
81.1
85.0
33
27
Age 60
76.6
77.8
131
159
82.1
85.5
33
28
Age 65
78.5
79.4
130
158
83.4
86.1
31
27
Age 70
80.7
81.4
128
159
84.8
86.8
25
29
Age 75
83.3
83.9
124
150
86.7
87.9
18
32
Age 80
86.3
86.8
119
136
88.7
89.1
14
41
Age 85
89.7
90.1
105
118
91.2
90.9
14
59
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   Greece GREECE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
118.92
14
18.43
121
2. Coronary Heart Disease
118.53
82
63.02
148
3. Stroke
114.20
55
35.72
144
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
93.61
7
0.21
175
5. Malaria
43.60
19
0.00
109
6. Liver Disease
40.78
24
3.87
173
7. Diabetes Mellitus
33.65
79
4.49
173
8. Road Traffic Accidents
33.36
41
6.68
140
9. Lung Disease
30.61
48
13.43
149
10. Kidney Disease
29.61
61
12.11
134
11. Tuberculosis
26.95
41
0.25
154
12. Asthma
20.43
19
0.09
183
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.18
44
9.74
156
14. Maternal Conditions
20.03
6
0.02
181
15. Meningitis
19.40
6
0.21
155
16. Breast Cancer
18.52
70
18.29
75
17. Hypertension
18.25
91
7.48
146
18. Other Injuries
17.29
11
6.19
117
19. Violence
12.61
36
0.86
160
20. Falls
12.36
12
3.05
146
21. Low Birth Weight
11.39
23
2.25
143
22. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10.80
8
1.60
129
23. Suicide
10.15
70
3.63
156
24. Birth Trauma
9.50
31
0.28
174
25. Cervical Cancer
9.28
88
2.16
164
26. Ovary Cancer
7.90
8
4.63
80
27. Liver Cancer
7.86
47
5.75
83
28. Congenital Anomalies
7.56
40
2.37
171
29. Inflammatory/Heart
7.46
44
3.67
117
30. HIV/AIDS
7.11
67
0.38
129
31. Malnutrition
6.98
40
0.00
180
32. Endocrine Disorders
6.27
49
2.60
127
33. Pertussis
5.68
9
0.00
163
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.52
142
11.20
59
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.13
47
6.56
16
36. Fires
4.88
12
0.54
137
37. Measles
4.65
15
0.01
81
38. Prostate Cancer
4.34
169
12.42
122
39. Drownings
4.32
38
2.08
114
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.21
23
0.29
171
41. Stomach Cancer
3.59
138
5.85
95
42. Lymphomas
3.33
139
4.87
84
43. Epilepsy
3.33
21
0.99
136
44. Skin Cancers
3.18
25
1.61
110
45. Poisonings
2.97
17
0.14
161
46. Oral Cancer
2.55
102
1.84
143
47. Leukemia
2.32
145
5.01
18
48. Schistosomiasis
2.30
20
0.00
112
49. Bladder Cancer
2.24
79
5.01
9
50. Skin Disease
2.14
57
0.17
172
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Niger NIGER   Greece GREECE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
21,093
13.13
8,282
8.20
2. Malaria
17,022
10.59
0
0.00
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
16,030
9.97
95
0.09
4. Low Birth Weight
9,560
5.95
127
0.13
5. Stroke
8,717
5.42
14,077
13.94
6. Coronary Heart Disease
8,229
5.12
21,124
20.92
7. Birth Trauma
8,030
5.00
17
0.02
8. Road Traffic Accidents
5,946
3.70
870
0.86
9. Meningitis
5,237
3.26
33
0.03
10. Congenital Anomalies
4,346
2.70
174
0.17
11. Liver Disease
4,116
2.56
809
0.80
12. Other Injuries
3,826
2.38
1,453
1.44
13. Tuberculosis
3,703
2.30
66
0.07
14. Maternal Conditions
3,317
2.06
2
0.00
15. Pertussis
2,858
1.78
0
0.00
16. Kidney Disease
2,732
1.70
4,759
4.71
17. Diabetes Mellitus
2,630
1.64
1,266
1.25
18. Measles
2,414
1.50
0
0.00
19. Violence
2,244
1.40
104
0.10
20. Lung Disease
2,172
1.35
5,526
5.47
21. Malnutrition
2,170
1.35
1
0.00
22. Asthma
1,902
1.18
27
0.03
23. Endocrine Disorders
1,806
1.12
526
0.52
24. Drownings
1,581
0.98
435
0.43
25. Hypertension
1,356
0.84
2,922
2.89
26. Falls
1,297
0.81
1,245
1.23
27. Suicide
1,227
0.76
533
0.53
28. Fires
1,120
0.70
146
0.14
29. Breast Cancer
1,075
0.67
2,520
2.50
30. HIV/AIDS
1,048
0.65
47
0.05
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,044
0.65
611
0.61
32. Alzheimers & Dementia
858
0.53
3,940
3.90
33. Poisonings
771
0.48
19
0.02
34. Inflammatory/Heart
769
0.48
725
0.72
35. Liver Cancer
745
0.46
1,566
1.55
36. Epilepsy
676
0.42
249
0.25
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
522
0.32
3,264
3.23
38. Cervical Cancer
487
0.30
243
0.24
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
467
0.29
100
0.10
40. Ovary Cancer
425
0.26
557
0.55
41. War
409
0.25
1
0.00
42. Tetanus
372
0.23
2
0.00
43. Lymphomas
350
0.22
1,268
1.26
44. Stomach Cancer
300
0.19
1,535
1.52
45. Skin Cancers
287
0.18
438
0.43
46. Hepatitis B
279
0.17
56
0.06
47. Parkinson's Disease
275
0.17
2,646
2.62
48. Leukemia
258
0.16
1,354
1.34
49. Oral Cancer
242
0.15
440
0.44
50. Schistosomiasis
237
0.15
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   Greece GREECE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
18.52
70
18.29
75
2. Cervical Cancer
9.28
88
2.16
164
3. Ovary Cancer
7.90
8
4.63
80
4. Liver Cancer
7.86
47
5.75
83
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.52
142
11.20
59
6. Prostate Cancer
4.34
169
12.42
122
7. Stomach Cancer
3.59
138
5.85
95
8. Lymphomas
3.33
139
4.87
84
9. Skin Cancers
3.18
25
1.61
110
10. Oral Cancer
2.55
102
1.84
143
11. Leukemia
2.32
145
5.01
18
12. Bladder Cancer
2.24
79
5.01
9
13. Uterin Cancer
1.99
109
2.71
72
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.71
119
1.06
153
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.47
155
7.43
32
16. Lung Cancers
0.54
182
30.95
12
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.