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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 Russia 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.

Russia
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
Russia Population Pyramid
135,824,486
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Russia RUSSIA
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Russia RUSSIA
       
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
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
 
63.1
73.4
68.1
60
27
42
1980
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
 
61.4
73.0
67.0
85
47
67
1990
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
 
63.8
74.3
68.9
98
55
79
2000
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
 
58.7
72.0
65.0
132
98
119
2010
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
 
62.4
74.6
68.4
134
97
115
2019
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
 
68.2
78.0
73.2
118
74
96
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Russia RUSSIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.2
64.1
160
169
68.2
78.0
118
74
Age
61.2
64.1
160
169
68.2
78.0
118
74
Age 5
69.5
71.9
128
140
68.6
78.4
138
84
Age 10
70.4
72.7
120
138
68.7
78.5
140
84
Age 15
70.9
73.1
117
136
68.7
78.5
143
84
Age 20
71.2
73.4
116
136
68.9
78.6
145
84
Age 25
71.6
73.7
116
136
69.3
78.8
144
84
Age 30
72.0
74.1
115
136
69.7
78.9
144
83
Age 35
72.5
74.6
112
135
70.4
79.2
144
81
Age 40
73.2
75.2
109
135
71.3
79.7
144
79
Age 45
74.1
75.9
104
136
72.4
80.2
137
76
Age 50
75.1
76.8
101
133
73.7
80.7
132
73
Age 55
76.2
77.7
95
136
75.1
81.4
130
73
Age 60
77.6
78.9
95
136
76.8
82.2
121
70
Age 65
79.3
80.3
94
133
79.0
83.2
109
70
Age 70
81.3
82.1
101
130
81.5
84.4
91
70
Age 75
83.8
84.4
93
126
84.2
86.0
79
71
Age 80
86.7
87.1
88
107
87.3
88.0
64
72
Age 85
90.0
90.4
81
94
90.8
90.5
36
76
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Russia RUSSIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
100.91
107
204.50
27
2. Tuberculosis
99.13
6
4.61
85
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
98.12
28
15.22
134
4. Stroke
88.68
86
117.23
48
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
78.99
13
0.22
173
6. Liver Disease
41.99
21
22.50
82
7. Malaria
34.69
27
0.00
155
8. Diabetes Mellitus
33.50
82
7.12
157
9. Road Traffic Accidents
27.25
54
11.23
119
10. HIV/AIDS
26.81
36
12.88
52
11. Kidney Disease
23.87
88
4.70
172
12. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
6.54
111
13. Lung Disease
20.77
99
13.54
148
14. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
16.34
98
15. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
15.95
91
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.45
59
15.07
134
17. Meningitis
17.54
9
0.56
109
18. Hypertension
16.07
103
6.77
149
19. Birth Trauma
15.51
2
0.56
148
20. Low Birth Weight
14.70
5
1.62
153
21. Maternal Conditions
14.14
17
0.20
131
22. Violence
11.97
42
7.00
68
23. Congenital Anomalies
11.22
5
3.54
146
24. Other Injuries
10.98
56
12.19
43
25. Asthma
10.71
58
0.72
147
26. Falls
8.54
40
5.79
87
27. Measles
7.92
10
0.00
161
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.03
31
3.67
74
29. Endocrine Disorders
7.01
35
1.08
172
30. Suicide
6.87
117
21.60
11
31. Pertussis
6.32
6
0.00
154
32. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
4.52
115
33. Lymphomas
5.96
45
3.91
124
34. Drug Use
5.81
5
5.40
7
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.60
29
3.18
137
36. Inflammatory/Heart
5.49
76
26.37
5
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
16.55
16
38. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
5.99
33
39. Fires
3.44
37
3.25
43
40. Epilepsy
3.25
23
0.41
181
41. Poisonings
2.82
22
3.11
15
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
8.15
20
43. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
11.80
24
44. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
4.78
41
45. Malnutrition
2.36
83
0.11
152
46. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
2.35
58
47. Drownings
2.17
107
4.19
41
48. Leukemia
2.06
151
3.74
85
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.05
69
1.19
102
50. Tetanus
1.79
9
0.00
145
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Russia RUSSIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
207,281
14.00
32,404
1.97
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
144,724
9.77
403
0.02
3. Tuberculosis
127,335
8.60
8,422
0.51
4. Malaria
100,963
6.82
0
0.00
5. Birth Trauma
100,186
6.76
714
0.04
6. Low Birth Weight
95,959
6.48
2,153
0.13
7. Coronary Heart Disease
61,374
4.14
562,711
34.17
8. Stroke
57,744
3.90
327,199
19.87
9. Congenital Anomalies
49,696
3.36
4,201
0.26
10. HIV/AIDS
44,124
2.98
21,262
1.29
11. Meningitis
43,651
2.95
1,037
0.06
12. Road Traffic Accidents
41,693
2.82
17,507
1.06
13. Liver Disease
38,326
2.59
45,463
2.76
14. Measles
29,439
1.99
0
0.00
15. Maternal Conditions
23,540
1.59
267
0.02
16. Pertussis
23,282
1.57
2
0.00
17. Other Injuries
22,696
1.53
22,517
1.37
18. Diabetes Mellitus
22,497
1.52
18,345
1.11
19. Violence
18,407
1.24
11,450
0.70
20. Kidney Disease
18,189
1.23
11,581
0.70
21. Endocrine Disorders
15,799
1.07
2,004
0.12
22. Lung Disease
12,569
0.85
36,600
2.22
23. Breast Cancer
11,884
0.80
23,242
1.41
24. Hypertension
10,692
0.72
18,348
1.11
25. Cervical Cancer
10,574
0.71
7,423
0.45
26. Tetanus
8,355
0.56
3
0.00
27. Asthma
8,192
0.55
1,764
0.11
28. Falls
7,528
0.51
11,705
0.71
29. Fires
7,132
0.48
6,387
0.39
30. Suicide
7,019
0.47
36,625
2.22
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,786
0.46
48,522
2.95
32. Drownings
6,584
0.44
6,629
0.40
33. Poisonings
6,570
0.44
5,565
0.34
34. Drug Use
6,273
0.42
9,113
0.55
35. Prostate Cancer
5,914
0.40
14,107
0.86
36. Malnutrition
5,896
0.40
242
0.01
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5,846
0.39
8,938
0.54
38. Syphilis
5,449
0.37
19
0.00
39. Liver Cancer
5,289
0.36
11,165
0.68
40. Lymphomas
5,202
0.35
8,919
0.54
41. Epilepsy
5,001
0.34
718
0.04
42. Inflammatory/Heart
4,826
0.33
54,060
3.28
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,152
0.28
42,633
2.59
44. Diphtheria
3,800
0.26
0
0.00
45. War
3,245
0.22
123
0.01
46. Parkinson's Disease
2,473
0.17
9,371
0.57
47. Leukemia
2,257
0.15
8,238
0.50
48. Oral Cancer
2,238
0.15
10,880
0.66
49. Ovary Cancer
2,133
0.14
8,123
0.49
50. Stomach Cancer
2,129
0.14
29,386
1.78
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Russia RUSSIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
6.54
111
2. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
16.34
98
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
15.95
91
4. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
4.52
115
5. Lymphomas
5.96
45
3.91
124
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
16.55
16
7. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
5.99
33
8. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
8.15
20
9. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
11.80
24
10. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
4.78
41
11. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
2.35
58
12. Leukemia
2.06
151
3.74
85
13. Uterin Cancer
1.60
132
4.45
25
14. Lung Cancers
1.37
178
22.20
39
15. Bladder Cancer
0.81
166
2.41
73
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.75
171
3.07
69
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.