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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 JAPAN

Compare Nigeria and Japan 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.

Japan
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%
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Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
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   Japan JAPAN
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Japan JAPAN
       
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
  
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
1970
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
  
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
1980
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
  
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
1990
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
  
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
2000
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
  
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
2010
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
  
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
2019
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
  
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Japan JAPAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.2
64.1
160
169
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age
61.2
64.1
160
169
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age 5
69.5
71.9
128
140
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 10
70.4
72.7
120
138
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 15
70.9
73.1
117
136
81.8
87.2
2
1
Age 20
71.2
73.4
116
136
81.9
87.2
2
1
Age 25
71.6
73.7
116
136
82.0
87.3
2
1
Age 30
72.0
74.1
115
136
82.1
87.4
2
1
Age 35
72.5
74.6
112
135
82.2
87.4
3
1
Age 40
73.2
75.2
109
135
82.4
87.6
3
1
Age 45
74.1
75.9
104
136
82.6
87.7
3
1
Age 50
75.1
76.8
101
133
82.9
87.9
3
1
Age 55
76.2
77.7
95
136
83.4
88.2
3
1
Age 60
77.6
78.9
95
136
84.0
88.6
3
1
Age 65
79.3
80.3
94
133
84.8
89.0
4
1
Age 70
81.3
82.1
101
130
86.0
89.6
2
1
Age 75
83.8
84.4
93
126
87.3
90.3
6
1
Age 80
86.7
87.1
88
107
89.0
91.3
8
2
Age 85
90.0
90.4
81
94
91.4
92.8
9
3
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Japan JAPAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
100.91
107
30.62
181
2. Tuberculosis
99.13
6
0.53
140
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
98.12
28
16.56
129
4. Stroke
88.68
86
23.21
161
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
78.99
13
0.53
161
6. Liver Disease
41.99
21
4.78
164
7. Malaria
34.69
27
0.00
120
8. Diabetes Mellitus
33.50
82
1.35
182
9. Road Traffic Accidents
27.25
54
2.21
175
10. HIV/AIDS
26.81
36
0.03
164
11. Kidney Disease
23.87
88
7.61
154
12. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
2.73
152
13. Lung Disease
20.77
99
12.69
156
14. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
10.31
155
15. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
6.05
157
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.45
59
7.87
159
17. Meningitis
17.54
9
0.09
180
18. Hypertension
16.07
103
1.07
183
19. Birth Trauma
15.51
2
0.17
180
20. Low Birth Weight
14.70
5
0.32
183
21. Maternal Conditions
14.14
17
0.04
175
22. Violence
11.97
42
0.19
183
23. Congenital Anomalies
11.22
5
2.49
167
24. Other Injuries
10.98
56
4.92
133
25. Asthma
10.71
58
0.36
174
26. Falls
8.54
40
1.98
173
27. Measles
7.92
10
0.00
137
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.03
31
0.61
169
29. Endocrine Disorders
7.01
35
2.36
135
30. Suicide
6.87
117
12.24
49
31. Pertussis
6.32
6
0.00
149
32. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
6.62
62
33. Lymphomas
5.96
45
4.22
111
34. Drug Use
5.81
5
0.33
177
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.60
29
2.33
156
36. Inflammatory/Heart
5.49
76
2.08
163
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
13.59
37
38. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
3.30
136
39. Fires
3.44
37
0.33
161
40. Epilepsy
3.25
23
0.51
176
41. Poisonings
2.82
22
0.14
160
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
8.87
10
43. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
11.47
28
44. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
2.19
124
45. Malnutrition
2.36
83
0.41
118
46. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
0.42
167
47. Drownings
2.17
107
2.12
109
48. Leukemia
2.06
151
2.76
133
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.05
69
0.40
162
50. Tetanus
1.79
9
0.00
143
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Japan JAPAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
207,281
14.00
107,899
9.77
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
144,724
9.77
2,731
0.25
3. Tuberculosis
127,335
8.60
3,459
0.31
4. Malaria
100,963
6.82
0
0.00
5. Birth Trauma
100,186
6.76
104
0.01
6. Low Birth Weight
95,959
6.48
202
0.02
7. Coronary Heart Disease
61,374
4.14
163,905
14.84
8. Stroke
57,744
3.90
121,823
11.03
9. Congenital Anomalies
49,696
3.36
2,473
0.22
10. HIV/AIDS
44,124
2.98
48
0.00
11. Meningitis
43,651
2.95
308
0.03
12. Road Traffic Accidents
41,693
2.82
4,566
0.41
13. Liver Disease
38,326
2.59
14,195
1.29
14. Measles
29,439
1.99
0
0.00
15. Maternal Conditions
23,540
1.59
39
0.00
16. Pertussis
23,282
1.57
1
0.00
17. Other Injuries
22,696
1.53
22,068
2.00
18. Diabetes Mellitus
22,497
1.52
5,433
0.49
19. Violence
18,407
1.24
266
0.02
20. Kidney Disease
18,189
1.23
44,779
4.05
21. Endocrine Disorders
15,799
1.07
11,486
1.04
22. Lung Disease
12,569
0.85
78,169
7.08
23. Breast Cancer
11,884
0.80
15,805
1.43
24. Hypertension
10,692
0.72
6,673
0.60
25. Cervical Cancer
10,574
0.71
3,799
0.34
26. Tetanus
8,355
0.56
9
0.00
27. Asthma
8,192
0.55
1,922
0.17
28. Falls
7,528
0.51
9,736
0.88
29. Fires
7,132
0.48
1,007
0.09
30. Suicide
7,019
0.47
19,466
1.76
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,786
0.46
56,937
5.15
32. Drownings
6,584
0.44
8,409
0.76
33. Poisonings
6,570
0.44
255
0.02
34. Drug Use
6,273
0.42
732
0.07
35. Prostate Cancer
5,914
0.40
13,515
1.22
36. Malnutrition
5,896
0.40
1,910
0.17
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5,846
0.39
2,922
0.26
38. Syphilis
5,449
0.37
16
0.00
39. Liver Cancer
5,289
0.36
29,384
2.66
40. Lymphomas
5,202
0.35
19,273
1.74
41. Epilepsy
5,001
0.34
1,558
0.14
42. Inflammatory/Heart
4,826
0.33
8,232
0.75
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,152
0.28
57,340
5.19
44. Diphtheria
3,800
0.26
0
0.00
45. War
3,245
0.22
15
0.00
46. Parkinson's Disease
2,473
0.17
14,007
1.27
47. Leukemia
2,257
0.15
9,607
0.87
48. Oral Cancer
2,238
0.15
8,333
0.75
49. Ovary Cancer
2,133
0.14
5,061
0.46
50. Stomach Cancer
2,129
0.14
50,433
4.57
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Japan JAPAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
2.73
152
2. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
10.31
155
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
6.05
157
4. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
6.62
62
5. Lymphomas
5.96
45
4.22
111
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
13.59
37
7. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
3.30
136
8. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
8.87
10
9. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
11.47
28
10. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
2.19
124
11. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
0.42
167
12. Leukemia
2.06
151
2.76
133
13. Uterin Cancer
1.60
132
2.02
106
14. Lung Cancers
1.37
178
18.06
66
15. Bladder Cancer
0.81
166
1.86
104
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.75
171
3.28
61
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.