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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

Compare Nigeria and Angola 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.

Angola
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
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%
Angola Population Pyramid
77,420,355
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
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Angola ANGOLA
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Angola ANGOLA
       
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
 
31.7
34.7
33.2
170
168
169
1970
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
 
35.7
38.7
37.1
170
168
170
1980
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
 
38.2
41.4
39.8
173
171
172
1990
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
 
38.7
42.1
40.3
181
180
181
2000
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
 
43.8
46.8
45.3
178
179
179
2010
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
 
48.2
51.0
49.6
180
180
180
2019
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
 
60.7
65.5
63.1
164
159
161
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Angola ANGOLA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.2
64.1
160
169
60.7
65.5
164
159
Age 5
69.5
71.9
128
140
66.0
70.3
160
155
Age 10
70.4
72.7
120
138
66.6
71.0
162
154
Age 15
70.9
73.1
117
136
67.0
71.3
162
156
Age 20
71.2
73.4
116
136
67.4
71.5
162
156
Age 25
71.6
73.7
116
136
67.9
71.9
163
156
Age 30
72.0
74.1
115
136
68.5
72.5
163
157
Age 35
72.5
74.6
112
135
69.1
73.2
162
152
Age 40
73.2
75.2
109
135
69.9
74.1
163
150
Age 45
74.1
75.9
104
136
70.9
75.0
160
149
Age 50
75.1
76.8
101
133
72.1
76.1
160
148
Age 55
76.2
77.7
95
136
73.6
77.2
159
148
Age 60
77.6
78.9
95
136
75.4
78.6
158
143
Age 65
79.3
80.3
94
133
77.5
80.1
158
142
Age 70
81.3
82.1
101
130
80.0
82.0
157
136
Age 75
83.8
84.4
93
126
82.8
84.3
154
131
Age 80
86.7
87.1
88
107
85.9
87.0
149
127
Age 85
90.0
90.4
81
94
89.4
90.1
142
117
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Angola ANGOLA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
100.91
107
107.86
93
2. Tuberculosis
99.13
6
85.98
8
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
98.12
28
99.35
25
4. Stroke
88.68
86
112.25
57
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
78.99
13
67.15
17
6. Liver Disease
41.99
21
46.62
13
7. Malaria
34.69
27
47.27
14
8. Diabetes Mellitus
33.50
82
42.64
54
9. Road Traffic Accidents
27.25
54
30.07
49
10. HIV/AIDS
26.81
36
49.97
24
11. Kidney Disease
23.87
88
24.15
82
12. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
29.03
19
13. Lung Disease
20.77
99
28.34
62
14. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
15.95
104
15. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
33.13
23
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.45
59
20.11
45
17. Meningitis
17.54
9
10.17
34
18. Hypertension
16.07
103
41.41
21
19. Birth Trauma
15.51
2
12.47
9
20. Low Birth Weight
14.70
5
10.92
30
21. Maternal Conditions
14.14
17
13.26
21
22. Violence
11.97
42
11.75
44
23. Congenital Anomalies
11.22
5
9.93
9
24. Other Injuries
10.98
56
11.13
54
25. Asthma
10.71
58
13.94
43
26. Falls
8.54
40
8.62
39
27. Measles
7.92
10
0.16
51
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.03
31
5.89
48
29. Endocrine Disorders
7.01
35
4.41
76
30. Suicide
6.87
117
12.56
44
31. Pertussis
6.32
6
6.72
4
32. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
3.96
134
33. Lymphomas
5.96
45
4.09
117
34. Drug Use
5.81
5
1.09
108
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.60
29
3.95
99
36. Inflammatory/Heart
5.49
76
9.85
28
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
4.16
162
38. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
3.03
144
39. Fires
3.44
37
3.27
42
40. Epilepsy
3.25
23
2.52
44
41. Poisonings
2.82
22
2.70
25
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
1.31
160
43. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
3.02
156
44. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
4.39
48
45. Malnutrition
2.36
83
14.24
18
46. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
4.68
6
47. Drownings
2.17
107
3.59
60
48. Leukemia
2.06
151
2.17
149
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.05
69
3.25
37
50. Tetanus
1.79
9
1.03
27
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Angola ANGOLA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
207,281
14.00
24,897
11.86
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
144,724
9.77
15,245
7.26
3. Tuberculosis
127,335
8.60
16,991
8.09
4. Malaria
100,963
6.82
13,608
6.48
5. Birth Trauma
100,186
6.76
12,983
6.19
6. Low Birth Weight
95,959
6.48
11,184
5.33
7. Coronary Heart Disease
61,374
4.14
10,020
4.77
8. Stroke
57,744
3.90
10,687
5.09
9. Congenital Anomalies
49,696
3.36
7,402
3.53
10. HIV/AIDS
44,124
2.98
12,805
6.10
11. Meningitis
43,651
2.95
3,564
1.70
12. Road Traffic Accidents
41,693
2.82
8,317
3.96
13. Liver Disease
38,326
2.59
6,103
2.91
14. Measles
29,439
1.99
95
0.05
15. Maternal Conditions
23,540
1.59
3,268
1.56
16. Pertussis
23,282
1.57
4,197
2.00
17. Other Injuries
22,696
1.53
2,682
1.28
18. Diabetes Mellitus
22,497
1.52
4,413
2.10
19. Violence
18,407
1.24
2,928
1.39
20. Kidney Disease
18,189
1.23
2,746
1.31
21. Endocrine Disorders
15,799
1.07
1,119
0.53
22. Lung Disease
12,569
0.85
2,447
1.17
23. Breast Cancer
11,884
0.80
1,141
0.54
24. Hypertension
10,692
0.72
3,667
1.75
25. Cervical Cancer
10,574
0.71
1,931
0.92
26. Tetanus
8,355
0.56
510
0.24
27. Asthma
8,192
0.55
1,681
0.80
28. Falls
7,528
0.51
1,147
0.55
29. Fires
7,132
0.48
839
0.40
30. Suicide
7,019
0.47
1,936
0.92
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,786
0.46
1,198
0.57
32. Drownings
6,584
0.44
1,600
0.76
33. Poisonings
6,570
0.44
639
0.30
34. Drug Use
6,273
0.42
206
0.10
35. Prostate Cancer
5,914
0.40
1,071
0.51
36. Malnutrition
5,896
0.40
3,509
1.67
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5,846
0.39
679
0.32
38. Syphilis
5,449
0.37
1,316
0.63
39. Liver Cancer
5,289
0.36
579
0.28
40. Lymphomas
5,202
0.35
608
0.29
41. Epilepsy
5,001
0.34
647
0.31
42. Inflammatory/Heart
4,826
0.33
1,305
0.62
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,152
0.28
477
0.23
44. Diphtheria
3,800
0.26
111
0.05
45. War
3,245
0.22
23
0.01
46. Parkinson's Disease
2,473
0.17
293
0.14
47. Leukemia
2,257
0.15
361
0.17
48. Oral Cancer
2,238
0.15
507
0.24
49. Ovary Cancer
2,133
0.14
210
0.10
50. Stomach Cancer
2,129
0.14
349
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Angola ANGOLA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
29.03
19
2. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
15.95
104
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
33.13
23
4. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
3.96
134
5. Lymphomas
5.96
45
4.09
117
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
4.16
162
7. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
3.03
144
8. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
1.31
160
9. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
3.02
156
10. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
4.39
48
11. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
4.68
6
12. Leukemia
2.06
151
2.17
149
13. Uterin Cancer
1.60
132
1.48
140
14. Lung Cancers
1.37
178
3.84
147
15. Bladder Cancer
0.81
166
1.60
123
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.75
171
2.73
81
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.