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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 Romania 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.

Romania
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%
Romania Population Pyramid
16,259,784
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   Romania ROMANIA
  Niger NIGER   Romania ROMANIA
       
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
 
63.8
67.3
65.5
36
41
38
1970
42.6
38.6
40.6
150
169
161
 
66.3
70.8
68.5
32
44
40
1980
43.7
40.8
42.3
161
172
170
 
66.5
71.8
69.1
44
58
53
1990
47.7
45.3
46.5
163
175
173
 
66.6
73.1
69.7
67
71
69
2000
49.9
50.0
50.0
159
169
164
 
67.2
74.3
70.7
91
78
86
2010
57.8
58.8
58.2
153
161
157
 
69.7
77.2
73.4
91
66
81
2019
62.1
64.6
63.3
156
167
159
 
72.0
79.3
75.6
80
57
73
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   Romania ROMANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.1
64.6
156
167
72.0
79.3
80
57
Age
62.1
64.6
156
167
72.0
79.3
80
57
Age 5
67.8
69.9
142
159
72.5
79.7
86
66
Age 10
68.7
70.9
137
156
72.5
79.8
86
66
Age 15
69.7
71.7
134
150
72.6
79.8
86
66
Age 20
70.0
72.0
133
150
72.8
79.9
89
67
Age 25
70.5
72.4
132
149
72.9
80.0
93
67
Age 30
71.0
72.8
132
151
73.2
80.1
98
66
Age 35
71.5
73.3
131
150
73.4
80.2
99
66
Age 40
72.2
73.9
129
151
73.7
80.4
100
67
Age 45
73.0
74.6
127
153
74.3
80.7
100
67
Age 50
73.9
75.4
127
156
75.0
81.1
103
68
Age 55
75.1
76.5
127
157
76.2
81.6
99
66
Age 60
76.6
77.8
131
159
77.8
82.4
90
67
Age 65
78.5
79.4
130
158
79.8
83.4
83
64
Age 70
80.7
81.4
128
159
81.9
84.5
81
66
Age 75
83.3
83.9
124
150
84.3
86.0
76
70
Age 80
86.3
86.8
119
136
87.0
88.0
72
76
Age 85
89.7
90.1
105
118
90.2
90.6
63
72
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   Romania ROMANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
118.92
14
26.33
96
2. Coronary Heart Disease
118.53
82
153.78
46
3. Stroke
114.20
55
104.36
65
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
93.61
7
0.54
160
5. Malaria
43.60
19
0.00
154
6. Liver Disease
40.78
24
27.34
66
7. Diabetes Mellitus
33.65
79
5.39
167
8. Road Traffic Accidents
33.36
41
8.54
130
9. Lung Disease
30.61
48
16.92
127
10. Kidney Disease
29.61
61
11.95
136
11. Tuberculosis
26.95
41
3.59
93
12. Asthma
20.43
19
0.52
160
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.18
44
5.41
165
14. Maternal Conditions
20.03
6
0.22
130
15. Meningitis
19.40
6
0.27
148
16. Breast Cancer
18.52
70
18.79
68
17. Hypertension
18.25
91
22.29
71
18. Other Injuries
17.29
11
7.73
89
19. Violence
12.61
36
1.08
152
20. Falls
12.36
12
4.62
110
21. Low Birth Weight
11.39
23
2.13
144
22. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10.80
8
1.42
136
23. Suicide
10.15
70
7.33
109
24. Birth Trauma
9.50
31
0.26
175
25. Cervical Cancer
9.28
88
10.84
78
26. Ovary Cancer
7.90
8
5.74
40
27. Liver Cancer
7.86
47
8.33
45
28. Congenital Anomalies
7.56
40
2.78
161
29. Inflammatory/Heart
7.46
44
11.38
22
30. HIV/AIDS
7.11
67
1.22
114
31. Malnutrition
6.98
40
0.37
120
32. Endocrine Disorders
6.27
49
0.60
181
33. Pertussis
5.68
9
0.00
153
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.52
142
17.21
11
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.13
47
1.50
167
36. Fires
4.88
12
1.33
97
37. Measles
4.65
15
0.07
61
38. Prostate Cancer
4.34
169
13.75
114
39. Drownings
4.32
38
2.55
88
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.21
23
1.06
113
41. Stomach Cancer
3.59
138
9.06
51
42. Lymphomas
3.33
139
4.00
119
43. Epilepsy
3.33
21
1.31
113
44. Skin Cancers
3.18
25
2.60
48
45. Poisonings
2.97
17
1.32
63
46. Oral Cancer
2.55
102
7.10
16
47. Leukemia
2.32
145
3.90
75
48. Schistosomiasis
2.30
20
0.00
158
49. Bladder Cancer
2.24
79
4.06
23
50. Skin Disease
2.14
57
0.26
164
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Niger NIGER   Romania ROMANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
21,093
13.13
9,357
4.01
2. Malaria
17,022
10.59
0
0.00
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
16,030
9.97
223
0.10
4. Low Birth Weight
9,560
5.95
317
0.14
5. Stroke
8,717
5.42
49,707
21.31
6. Coronary Heart Disease
8,229
5.12
71,810
30.78
7. Birth Trauma
8,030
5.00
38
0.02
8. Road Traffic Accidents
5,946
3.70
1,992
0.85
9. Meningitis
5,237
3.26
76
0.03
10. Congenital Anomalies
4,346
2.70
367
0.16
11. Liver Disease
4,116
2.56
8,920
3.82
12. Other Injuries
3,826
2.38
2,139
0.92
13. Tuberculosis
3,703
2.30
1,015
0.44
14. Maternal Conditions
3,317
2.06
35
0.02
15. Pertussis
2,858
1.78
0
0.00
16. Kidney Disease
2,732
1.70
5,175
2.22
17. Diabetes Mellitus
2,630
1.64
2,230
0.96
18. Measles
2,414
1.50
7
0.00
19. Violence
2,244
1.40
255
0.11
20. Lung Disease
2,172
1.35
7,359
3.15
21. Malnutrition
2,170
1.35
142
0.06
22. Asthma
1,902
1.18
225
0.10
23. Endocrine Disorders
1,806
1.12
193
0.08
24. Drownings
1,581
0.98
596
0.26
25. Hypertension
1,356
0.84
11,007
4.72
26. Falls
1,297
0.81
1,504
0.64
27. Suicide
1,227
0.76
1,886
0.81
28. Fires
1,120
0.70
421
0.18
29. Breast Cancer
1,075
0.67
3,851
1.65
30. HIV/AIDS
1,048
0.65
219
0.09
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,044
0.65
531
0.23
32. Alzheimers & Dementia
858
0.53
2,839
1.22
33. Poisonings
771
0.48
366
0.16
34. Inflammatory/Heart
769
0.48
4,433
1.90
35. Liver Cancer
745
0.46
3,114
1.33
36. Epilepsy
676
0.42
314
0.13
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
522
0.32
6,835
2.93
38. Cervical Cancer
487
0.30
1,870
0.80
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
467
0.29
440
0.19
40. Ovary Cancer
425
0.26
1,109
0.48
41. War
409
0.25
2
0.00
42. Tetanus
372
0.23
1
0.00
43. Lymphomas
350
0.22
1,385
0.59
44. Stomach Cancer
300
0.19
3,457
1.48
45. Skin Cancers
287
0.18
1,003
0.43
46. Hepatitis B
279
0.17
30
0.01
47. Parkinson's Disease
275
0.17
741
0.32
48. Leukemia
258
0.16
1,342
0.58
49. Oral Cancer
242
0.15
2,290
0.98
50. Schistosomiasis
237
0.15
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Niger NIGER   Romania ROMANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
18.52
70
18.79
68
2. Cervical Cancer
9.28
88
10.84
78
3. Ovary Cancer
7.90
8
5.74
40
4. Liver Cancer
7.86
47
8.33
45
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.52
142
17.21
11
6. Prostate Cancer
4.34
169
13.75
114
7. Stomach Cancer
3.59
138
9.06
51
8. Lymphomas
3.33
139
4.00
119
9. Skin Cancers
3.18
25
2.60
48
10. Oral Cancer
2.55
102
7.10
16
11. Leukemia
2.32
145
3.90
75
12. Bladder Cancer
2.24
79
4.06
23
13. Uterin Cancer
1.99
109
2.44
86
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.71
119
2.23
98
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.47
155
7.73
27
16. Lung Cancers
0.54
182
28.30
18
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.