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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 PHILIPPINES

Compare Nigeria and Philippines 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.

Philippines
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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Philippines Population Pyramid
144,488,171
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   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
       
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
  
51.6
55.3
53.4
85
83
85
1970
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
  
55.7
59.2
57.4
88
90
89
1980
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
  
59.4
63.3
61.3
95
97
96
1990
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
  
63.6
67.8
65.6
102
107
106
2000
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
  
63.9
69.9
66.8
110
113
111
2010
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
  
64.8
71.2
67.9
118
116
121
2019
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
  
67.4
73.6
70.4
124
113
119
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.2
64.1
160
169
67.4
73.6
124
113
Age
61.2
64.1
160
169
67.4
73.6
124
113
Age 5
69.5
71.9
128
140
69.6
75.5
125
113
Age 10
70.4
72.7
120
138
69.8
75.7
131
113
Age 15
70.9
73.1
117
136
69.9
75.8
131
113
Age 20
71.2
73.4
116
136
70.1
75.9
132
113
Age 25
71.6
73.7
116
136
70.4
76.1
133
113
Age 30
72.0
74.1
115
136
70.8
76.3
133
112
Age 35
72.5
74.6
112
135
71.3
76.6
133
111
Age 40
73.2
75.2
109
135
71.9
76.9
133
110
Age 45
74.1
75.9
104
136
72.6
77.4
134
110
Age 50
75.1
76.8
101
133
73.4
78.0
139
110
Age 55
76.2
77.7
95
136
74.6
78.7
140
109
Age 60
77.6
78.9
95
136
75.8
79.6
147
109
Age 65
79.3
80.3
94
133
77.6
80.7
155
112
Age 70
81.3
82.1
101
130
79.9
82.2
160
120
Age 75
83.8
84.4
93
126
82.3
83.7
169
158
Age 80
86.7
87.1
88
107
84.8
85.4
182
179
Age 85
90.0
90.4
81
94
86.8
87.4
183
182
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
100.91
107
192.11
32
2. Tuberculosis
99.13
6
26.98
40
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
98.12
28
146.92
6
4. Stroke
88.68
86
104.08
66
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
78.99
13
6.44
75
6. Liver Disease
41.99
21
8.65
135
7. Malaria
34.69
27
0.10
58
8. Diabetes Mellitus
33.50
82
44.43
49
9. Road Traffic Accidents
27.25
54
13.42
109
10. HIV/AIDS
26.81
36
0.19
146
11. Kidney Disease
23.87
88
51.96
10
12. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
6.78
110
13. Lung Disease
20.77
99
51.31
14
14. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
21.58
42
15. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
17.74
76
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.45
59
3.10
172
17. Meningitis
17.54
9
0.97
81
18. Hypertension
16.07
103
49.65
16
19. Birth Trauma
15.51
2
5.07
65
20. Low Birth Weight
14.70
5
6.40
72
21. Maternal Conditions
14.14
17
1.87
72
22. Violence
11.97
42
14.87
28
23. Congenital Anomalies
11.22
5
5.74
95
24. Other Injuries
10.98
56
3.79
156
25. Asthma
10.71
58
15.56
36
26. Falls
8.54
40
5.41
95
27. Measles
7.92
10
0.78
29
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.03
31
9.95
12
29. Endocrine Disorders
7.01
35
15.28
8
30. Suicide
6.87
117
2.54
173
31. Pertussis
6.32
6
1.52
53
32. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
9.73
30
33. Lymphomas
5.96
45
2.77
155
34. Drug Use
5.81
5
0.73
138
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.60
29
0.92
178
36. Inflammatory/Heart
5.49
76
4.37
96
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
10.50
69
38. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
4.41
93
39. Fires
3.44
37
0.64
128
40. Epilepsy
3.25
23
1.10
129
41. Poisonings
2.82
22
0.24
143
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
2.81
120
43. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
2.47
171
44. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
3.74
62
45. Malnutrition
2.36
83
6.71
42
46. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
0.52
161
47. Drownings
2.17
107
3.74
53
48. Leukemia
2.06
151
3.83
80
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.05
69
1.81
75
50. Tetanus
1.79
9
0.55
43
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
207,281
14.00
93,807
13.91
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
144,724
9.77
6,189
0.92
3. Tuberculosis
127,335
8.60
27,061
4.01
4. Malaria
100,963
6.82
94
0.01
5. Birth Trauma
100,186
6.76
7,960
1.18
6. Low Birth Weight
95,959
6.48
10,141
1.50
7. Coronary Heart Disease
61,374
4.14
129,955
19.27
8. Stroke
57,744
3.90
74,167
11.00
9. Congenital Anomalies
49,696
3.36
8,051
1.19
10. HIV/AIDS
44,124
2.98
204
0.03
11. Meningitis
43,651
2.95
1,041
0.15
12. Road Traffic Accidents
41,693
2.82
13,017
1.93
13. Liver Disease
38,326
2.59
7,076
1.05
14. Measles
29,439
1.99
894
0.13
15. Maternal Conditions
23,540
1.59
2,042
0.30
16. Pertussis
23,282
1.57
1,760
0.26
17. Other Injuries
22,696
1.53
3,536
0.52
18. Diabetes Mellitus
22,497
1.52
32,260
4.78
19. Violence
18,407
1.24
14,835
2.20
20. Kidney Disease
18,189
1.23
39,380
5.84
21. Endocrine Disorders
15,799
1.07
10,464
1.55
22. Lung Disease
12,569
0.85
32,559
4.83
23. Breast Cancer
11,884
0.80
9,802
1.45
24. Hypertension
10,692
0.72
34,500
5.12
25. Cervical Cancer
10,574
0.71
3,076
0.46
26. Tetanus
8,355
0.56
521
0.08
27. Asthma
8,192
0.55
11,404
1.69
28. Falls
7,528
0.51
3,861
0.57
29. Fires
7,132
0.48
600
0.09
30. Suicide
7,019
0.47
2,325
0.34
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,786
0.46
2,010
0.30
32. Drownings
6,584
0.44
3,881
0.58
33. Poisonings
6,570
0.44
226
0.03
34. Drug Use
6,273
0.42
695
0.10
35. Prostate Cancer
5,914
0.40
4,149
0.62
36. Malnutrition
5,896
0.40
4,311
0.64
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5,846
0.39
6,865
1.02
38. Syphilis
5,449
0.37
1,157
0.17
39. Liver Cancer
5,289
0.36
7,663
1.14
40. Lymphomas
5,202
0.35
2,279
0.34
41. Epilepsy
5,001
0.34
1,120
0.17
42. Inflammatory/Heart
4,826
0.33
3,545
0.53
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,152
0.28
8,063
1.20
44. Diphtheria
3,800
0.26
14
0.00
45. War
3,245
0.22
817
0.12
46. Parkinson's Disease
2,473
0.17
594
0.09
47. Leukemia
2,257
0.15
3,596
0.53
48. Oral Cancer
2,238
0.15
2,916
0.43
49. Ovary Cancer
2,133
0.14
1,994
0.30
50. Stomach Cancer
2,129
0.14
1,868
0.28
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
6.78
110
2. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
21.58
42
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
17.74
76
4. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
9.73
30
5. Lymphomas
5.96
45
2.77
155
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
10.50
69
7. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
4.41
93
8. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
2.81
120
9. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
2.47
171
10. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
3.74
62
11. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
0.52
161
12. Leukemia
2.06
151
3.83
80
13. Uterin Cancer
1.60
132
1.71
128
14. Lung Cancers
1.37
178
13.46
85
15. Bladder Cancer
0.81
166
0.82
164
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.75
171
0.87
166
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.