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Nigeria
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
NIGERIA VS AFGHANISTAN

Compare Nigeria and Afghanistan 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.

Afghanistan
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
Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
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Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
  
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
  
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
  
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
  
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
  
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
  
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
  
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.2
64.1
160
169
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
61.2
64.1
160
169
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
69.5
71.9
128
140
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
70.4
72.7
120
138
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
70.9
73.1
117
136
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
71.2
73.4
116
136
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
71.6
73.7
116
136
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
72.0
74.1
115
136
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
72.5
74.6
112
135
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
73.2
75.2
109
135
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
74.1
75.9
104
136
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
75.1
76.8
101
133
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
76.2
77.7
95
136
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
77.6
78.9
95
136
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
79.3
80.3
94
133
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
81.3
82.1
101
130
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
83.8
84.4
93
126
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
86.7
87.1
88
107
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
90.0
90.4
81
94
89.2
89.1
156
171
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
100.91
107
301.71
6
2. Tuberculosis
99.13
6
41.14
24
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
98.12
28
49.80
62
4. Stroke
88.68
86
149.10
25
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
78.99
13
9.72
68
6. Liver Disease
41.99
21
27.20
67
7. Malaria
34.69
27
0.55
49
8. Diabetes Mellitus
33.50
82
40.94
58
9. Road Traffic Accidents
27.25
54
19.81
76
10. HIV/AIDS
26.81
36
1.72
110
11. Kidney Disease
23.87
88
46.10
15
12. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
5.73
117
13. Lung Disease
20.77
99
37.01
32
14. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
20.24
48
15. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
4.49
167
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.45
59
22.34
26
17. Meningitis
17.54
9
5.20
48
18. Hypertension
16.07
103
65.86
4
19. Birth Trauma
15.51
2
10.16
24
20. Low Birth Weight
14.70
5
12.07
17
21. Maternal Conditions
14.14
17
25.94
4
22. Violence
11.97
42
9.87
52
23. Congenital Anomalies
11.22
5
6.42
70
24. Other Injuries
10.98
56
13.02
36
25. Asthma
10.71
58
24.23
13
26. Falls
8.54
40
5.13
99
27. Measles
7.92
10
0.56
30
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.03
31
10.64
9
29. Endocrine Disorders
7.01
35
4.30
80
30. Suicide
6.87
117
5.96
129
31. Pertussis
6.32
6
3.38
22
32. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
4.22
119
33. Lymphomas
5.96
45
4.32
108
34. Drug Use
5.81
5
1.36
77
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.60
29
5.98
24
36. Inflammatory/Heart
5.49
76
3.32
130
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
4.09
169
38. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
4.07
106
39. Fires
3.44
37
1.60
89
40. Epilepsy
3.25
23
2.70
37
41. Poisonings
2.82
22
1.58
56
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
1.54
153
43. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
10.39
42
44. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
8.18
9
45. Malnutrition
2.36
83
1.44
89
46. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
1.03
138
47. Drownings
2.17
107
2.78
78
48. Leukemia
2.06
151
1.95
154
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.05
69
5.86
17
50. Tetanus
1.79
9
2.49
6
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
207,281
14.00
14,649
6.32
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
144,724
9.77
5,555
2.40
3. Tuberculosis
127,335
8.60
9,839
4.25
4. Malaria
100,963
6.82
185
0.08
5. Birth Trauma
100,186
6.76
10,723
4.63
6. Low Birth Weight
95,959
6.48
12,631
5.45
7. Coronary Heart Disease
61,374
4.14
40,195
17.35
8. Stroke
57,744
3.90
19,060
8.23
9. Congenital Anomalies
49,696
3.36
5,001
2.16
10. HIV/AIDS
44,124
2.98
464
0.20
11. Meningitis
43,651
2.95
2,626
1.13
12. Road Traffic Accidents
41,693
2.82
6,033
2.60
13. Liver Disease
38,326
2.59
4,600
1.99
14. Measles
29,439
1.99
350
0.15
15. Maternal Conditions
23,540
1.59
7,807
3.37
16. Pertussis
23,282
1.57
2,107
0.91
17. Other Injuries
22,696
1.53
3,241
1.40
18. Diabetes Mellitus
22,497
1.52
5,750
2.48
19. Violence
18,407
1.24
3,217
1.39
20. Kidney Disease
18,189
1.23
6,590
2.85
21. Endocrine Disorders
15,799
1.07
1,364
0.59
22. Lung Disease
12,569
0.85
4,650
2.01
23. Breast Cancer
11,884
0.80
1,822
0.79
24. Hypertension
10,692
0.72
7,995
3.45
25. Cervical Cancer
10,574
0.71
541
0.23
26. Tetanus
8,355
0.56
1,254
0.54
27. Asthma
8,192
0.55
3,403
1.47
28. Falls
7,528
0.51
905
0.39
29. Fires
7,132
0.48
348
0.15
30. Suicide
7,019
0.47
1,573
0.68
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,786
0.46
1,765
0.76
32. Drownings
6,584
0.44
996
0.43
33. Poisonings
6,570
0.44
384
0.17
34. Drug Use
6,273
0.42
328
0.14
35. Prostate Cancer
5,914
0.40
258
0.11
36. Malnutrition
5,896
0.40
589
0.25
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5,846
0.39
1,505
0.65
38. Syphilis
5,449
0.37
94
0.04
39. Liver Cancer
5,289
0.36
657
0.28
40. Lymphomas
5,202
0.35
946
0.41
41. Epilepsy
5,001
0.34
993
0.43
42. Inflammatory/Heart
4,826
0.33
527
0.23
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,152
0.28
741
0.32
44. Diphtheria
3,800
0.26
16
0.01
45. War
3,245
0.22
25,620
11.06
46. Parkinson's Disease
2,473
0.17
628
0.27
47. Leukemia
2,257
0.15
610
0.26
48. Oral Cancer
2,238
0.15
1,467
0.63
49. Ovary Cancer
2,133
0.14
369
0.16
50. Stomach Cancer
2,129
0.14
1,501
0.65
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
5.73
117
2. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
20.24
48
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
4.49
167
4. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
4.22
119
5. Lymphomas
5.96
45
4.32
108
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
4.09
169
7. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
4.07
106
8. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
1.54
153
9. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
10.39
42
10. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
8.18
9
11. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
1.03
138
12. Leukemia
2.06
151
1.95
154
13. Uterin Cancer
1.60
132
3.66
32
14. Lung Cancers
1.37
178
6.90
122
15. Bladder Cancer
0.81
166
1.95
98
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.75
171
8.78
13
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.