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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 SINGAPORE

Compare Nigeria and Singapore 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.

Singapore
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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Singapore Population Pyramid
6,407,528
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Singapore SINGAPORE
       
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
  
61.7
65.7
63.7
47
50
45
1970
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
  
65.4
70.2
67.7
45
45
44
1980
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
  
68.9
74.2
71.5
33
36
29
1990
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
  
71.9
76.9
74.3
28
30
30
2000
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
  
75.9
80.9
78.3
11
17
13
2010
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
  
79.2
84.7
82.0
8
3
3
2019
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
  
81.0
85.5
83.2
6
4
4
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Singapore SINGAPORE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.2
64.1
160
169
81.0
85.5
6
4
Age
61.2
64.1
160
169
81.0
85.5
6
4
Age 5
69.5
71.9
128
140
81.3
85.6
6
4
Age 10
70.4
72.7
120
138
81.3
85.7
6
4
Age 15
70.9
73.1
117
136
81.3
85.7
6
4
Age 20
71.2
73.4
116
136
81.4
85.8
6
4
Age 25
71.6
73.7
116
136
81.5
85.8
6
4
Age 30
72.0
74.1
115
136
81.7
85.9
6
4
Age 35
72.5
74.6
112
135
81.9
86.0
5
4
Age 40
73.2
75.2
109
135
82.1
86.1
5
4
Age 45
74.1
75.9
104
136
82.4
86.3
5
4
Age 50
75.1
76.8
101
133
82.7
86.5
4
4
Age 55
76.2
77.7
95
136
83.2
86.8
4
4
Age 60
77.6
78.9
95
136
83.8
87.2
5
4
Age 65
79.3
80.3
94
133
84.7
87.8
6
5
Age 70
81.3
82.1
101
130
85.8
88.5
8
6
Age 75
83.8
84.4
93
126
87.2
89.4
8
4
Age 80
86.7
87.1
88
107
89.2
90.8
4
3
Age 85
90.0
90.4
81
94
91.7
92.6
3
4
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Singapore SINGAPORE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
100.91
107
60.68
149
2. Tuberculosis
99.13
6
0.34
146
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
98.12
28
61.08
56
4. Stroke
88.68
86
18.41
175
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
78.99
13
0.34
168
6. Liver Disease
41.99
21
2.40
180
7. Malaria
34.69
27
0.00
162
8. Diabetes Mellitus
33.50
82
1.28
183
9. Road Traffic Accidents
27.25
54
1.69
181
10. HIV/AIDS
26.81
36
0.20
145
11. Kidney Disease
23.87
88
12.04
135
12. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
1.97
167
13. Lung Disease
20.77
99
4.45
183
14. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
13.37
129
15. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
8.49
138
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.45
59
0.43
183
17. Meningitis
17.54
9
0.10
179
18. Hypertension
16.07
103
8.44
138
19. Birth Trauma
15.51
2
0.07
183
20. Low Birth Weight
14.70
5
0.65
176
21. Maternal Conditions
14.14
17
0.06
167
22. Violence
11.97
42
0.22
182
23. Congenital Anomalies
11.22
5
1.92
178
24. Other Injuries
10.98
56
1.03
183
25. Asthma
10.71
58
0.45
167
26. Falls
8.54
40
2.93
153
27. Measles
7.92
10
0.00
165
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.03
31
0.78
161
29. Endocrine Disorders
7.01
35
0.49
182
30. Suicide
6.87
117
9.65
75
31. Pertussis
6.32
6
0.00
155
32. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
8.32
46
33. Lymphomas
5.96
45
4.76
87
34. Drug Use
5.81
5
0.26
178
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.60
29
1.09
174
36. Inflammatory/Heart
5.49
76
2.67
148
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
13.72
36
38. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
4.49
89
39. Fires
3.44
37
0.09
182
40. Epilepsy
3.25
23
0.42
180
41. Poisonings
2.82
22
0.02
181
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
6.08
55
43. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
4.80
117
44. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
3.49
71
45. Malnutrition
2.36
83
0.00
181
46. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
0.71
150
47. Drownings
2.17
107
0.44
175
48. Leukemia
2.06
151
3.16
115
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.05
69
0.28
173
50. Tetanus
1.79
9
0.00
180
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
207,281
14.00
5,189
21.83
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
144,724
9.77
28
0.12
3. Tuberculosis
127,335
8.60
26
0.11
4. Malaria
100,963
6.82
0
0.00
5. Birth Trauma
100,186
6.76
3
0.01
6. Low Birth Weight
95,959
6.48
25
0.11
7. Coronary Heart Disease
61,374
4.14
5,292
22.26
8. Stroke
57,744
3.90
1,559
6.56
9. Congenital Anomalies
49,696
3.36
80
0.34
10. HIV/AIDS
44,124
2.98
18
0.08
11. Meningitis
43,651
2.95
8
0.03
12. Road Traffic Accidents
41,693
2.82
121
0.51
13. Liver Disease
38,326
2.59
209
0.88
14. Measles
29,439
1.99
0
0.00
15. Maternal Conditions
23,540
1.59
3
0.01
16. Pertussis
23,282
1.57
0
0.00
17. Other Injuries
22,696
1.53
79
0.33
18. Diabetes Mellitus
22,497
1.52
108
0.45
19. Violence
18,407
1.24
15
0.06
20. Kidney Disease
18,189
1.23
1,028
4.32
21. Endocrine Disorders
15,799
1.07
30
0.13
22. Lung Disease
12,569
0.85
383
1.61
23. Breast Cancer
11,884
0.80
605
2.55
24. Hypertension
10,692
0.72
732
3.08
25. Cervical Cancer
10,574
0.71
85
0.36
26. Tetanus
8,355
0.56
0
0.00
27. Asthma
8,192
0.55
37
0.16
28. Falls
7,528
0.51
218
0.92
29. Fires
7,132
0.48
7
0.03
30. Suicide
7,019
0.47
650
2.73
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,786
0.46
32
0.13
32. Drownings
6,584
0.44
29
0.12
33. Poisonings
6,570
0.44
1
0.00
34. Drug Use
6,273
0.42
19
0.08
35. Prostate Cancer
5,914
0.40
303
1.27
36. Malnutrition
5,896
0.40
0
0.00
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5,846
0.39
69
0.29
38. Syphilis
5,449
0.37
0
0.00
39. Liver Cancer
5,289
0.36
746
3.14
40. Lymphomas
5,202
0.35
397
1.67
41. Epilepsy
5,001
0.34
25
0.11
42. Inflammatory/Heart
4,826
0.33
215
0.90
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,152
0.28
1,203
5.06
44. Diphtheria
3,800
0.26
0
0.00
45. War
3,245
0.22
2
0.01
46. Parkinson's Disease
2,473
0.17
90
0.38
47. Leukemia
2,257
0.15
249
1.05
48. Oral Cancer
2,238
0.15
317
1.33
49. Ovary Cancer
2,133
0.14
204
0.86
50. Stomach Cancer
2,129
0.14
405
1.70
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
1.97
167
2. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
13.37
129
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
8.49
138
4. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
8.32
46
5. Lymphomas
5.96
45
4.76
87
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
13.72
36
7. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
4.49
89
8. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
6.08
55
9. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
4.80
117
10. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
3.49
71
11. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
0.71
150
12. Leukemia
2.06
151
3.16
115
13. Uterin Cancer
1.60
132
3.27
42
14. Lung Cancers
1.37
178
17.56
69
15. Bladder Cancer
0.81
166
1.40
133
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.75
171
1.56
122
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.