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Norway
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 Norway and Malawi 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.

Malawi
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
Norway Population Pyramid
3,265,274
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%
Malawi Population Pyramid
2,953,871
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
  Norway NORWAY   Malawi MALAWI
  Norway NORWAY   Malawi MALAWI
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
71.3
75.9
73.6
2
1
1
 
37.4
38.5
37.9
153
155
157
1970
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
 
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
1980
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
 
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
1990
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
 
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
2000
75.7
81.3
78.5
12
10
12
 
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
2010
78.8
83.1
81.0
12
13
12
 
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
2019
81.1
84.1
82.6
5
14
10
 
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Malawi MALAWI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.1
84.1
5
14
62.3
68.9
153
138
Age 5
81.3
84.3
5
16
65.3
71.6
165
142
Age 10
81.3
84.3
5
16
65.8
72.1
165
143
Age 15
81.4
84.4
5
16
66.1
72.3
165
143
Age 20
81.4
84.4
5
16
66.5
72.6
165
143
Age 25
81.5
84.5
5
16
67.0
73.0
165
143
Age 30
81.7
84.5
4
17
67.6
73.4
165
142
Age 35
81.9
84.6
6
16
68.3
74.0
166
142
Age 40
82.0
84.7
6
18
69.1
74.8
167
142
Age 45
82.2
84.8
7
18
70.2
75.6
167
140
Age 50
82.5
85.0
8
18
71.6
76.6
166
141
Age 55
82.9
85.3
10
21
73.3
77.8
166
132
Age 60
83.5
85.8
11
22
75.1
79.0
164
128
Age 65
84.2
86.3
13
24
77.3
80.5
164
120
Age 70
85.3
87.1
13
25
79.8
82.3
162
116
Age 75
86.6
88.1
19
28
82.7
84.5
158
107
Age 80
88.3
89.4
28
28
85.9
87.2
153
102
Age 85
90.5
91.2
51
49
89.4
90.3
141
97
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Malawi MALAWI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.10
172
82.36
130
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
28.94
12
19.90
48
3. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
1.92
173
4. Lung Disease
21.82
92
23.06
86
5. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
13.89
113
6. Stroke
18.16
178
99.81
73
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
2.90
178
8. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
13.43
128
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.78
150
79.50
43
10. Suicide
9.91
71
10.58
63
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
0.45
180
12. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
3.33
134
13. Lymphomas
5.70
56
7.19
18
14. Falls
5.70
88
8.32
43
15. Diabetes Mellitus
4.85
170
36.03
73
16. Other Injuries
4.72
137
10.06
67
17. Drug Use
4.45
11
0.57
152
18. Kidney Disease
4.28
175
23.88
86
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.23
84
3.95
97
20. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
4.59
9
21. Leukemia
3.34
107
0.62
179
22. Endocrine Disorders
3.19
105
2.36
134
23. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
2.55
167
24. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
4.76
13
25. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
3.24
158
26. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
62.51
2
27. Other Neoplasms
2.47
43
0.27
147
28. Congenital Anomalies
2.44
169
6.35
75
29. Liver Disease
2.41
179
43.20
16
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
21.94
1
31. Alcohol
2.35
51
1.46
86
32. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
0.51
175
33. Inflammatory/Heart
2.10
162
4.28
101
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.76
179
57.15
3
35. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
3.05
83
36. Hypertension
1.54
181
32.87
38
37. Epilepsy
1.48
100
2.04
64
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.30
139
3.68
73
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.29
2
0.10
154
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.92
138
60.66
25
41. Drownings
0.90
152
2.23
104
42. Malnutrition
0.87
105
14.32
16
43. Skin Disease
0.85
116
1.36
100
44. Asthma
0.64
151
9.68
66
45. Low Birth Weight
0.57
179
8.83
48
46. Violence
0.56
175
3.12
112
47. Fires
0.54
136
2.94
51
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.50
52
0.50
53
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.47
158
1.88
74
50. Anemia
0.45
28
0.00
128
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Norway NORWAY   Malawi MALAWI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,321
15.60
4,929
5.11
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,464
13.09
782
0.81
3. Lung Disease
2,723
7.98
1,340
1.39
4. Stroke
2,475
7.26
5,939
6.16
5. Lung Cancers
2,320
6.80
131
0.14
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,797
5.27
7,739
8.03
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,787
5.24
234
0.24
8. Prostate Cancer
1,172
3.44
271
0.28
9. Falls
777
2.28
562
0.58
10. Pancreas Cancer
770
2.26
38
0.04
11. Breast Cancer
698
2.05
600
0.62
12. Lymphomas
646
1.89
839
0.87
13. Suicide
633
1.86
1,007
1.04
14. Kidney Disease
611
1.79
1,567
1.63
15. Other Injuries
583
1.71
1,266
1.31
16. Diabetes Mellitus
560
1.64
2,267
2.35
17. Parkinson's Disease
554
1.62
200
0.21
18. Skin Cancers
407
1.19
331
0.34
19. Endocrine Disorders
359
1.05
257
0.27
20. Bladder Cancer
356
1.04
388
0.40
21. Leukemia
354
1.04
82
0.09
22. Stomach Cancer
343
1.01
206
0.21
23. Other Neoplasms
324
0.95
17
0.02
24. Ovary Cancer
309
0.91
158
0.16
25. Drug Use
264
0.77
47
0.05
26. Liver Cancer
259
0.76
317
0.33
27. Oesophagus Cancer
248
0.73
1,842
1.91
28. Hypertension
230
0.67
1,797
1.86
29. Inflammatory/Heart
221
0.65
370
0.38
30. Liver Disease
214
0.63
3,259
3.38
31. Alcohol
205
0.60
114
0.12
32. Oral Cancer
168
0.49
251
0.26
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
160
0.47
280
0.29
34. Congenital Anomalies
136
0.40
2,509
2.60
35. Malnutrition
135
0.40
1,499
1.55
36. Uterin Cancer
134
0.39
23
0.02
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
128
0.38
5,782
6.00
38. Skin Disease
128
0.38
101
0.10
39. Cervical Cancer
125
0.37
2,876
2.98
40. Epilepsy
119
0.35
260
0.27
41. Multiple Sclerosis
119
0.35
9
0.01
42. Road Traffic Accidents
114
0.33
6,221
6.45
43. Asthma
85
0.25
705
0.73
44. Anemia
75
0.22
0
0.00
45. Drownings
65
0.19
458
0.47
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
61
0.18
154
0.16
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
60
0.18
29
0.03
48. Fires
45
0.13
380
0.39
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
32
0.09
0
0.00
50. Violence
32
0.09
406
0.42
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Malawi MALAWI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
1.92
173
2. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
13.89
113
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
2.90
178
4. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
13.43
128
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
0.45
180
6. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
3.33
134
7. Lymphomas
5.70
56
7.19
18
8. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
4.59
9
9. Leukemia
3.34
107
0.62
179
10. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
2.55
167
11. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
4.76
13
12. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
3.24
158
13. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
62.51
2
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
21.94
1
15. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
0.51
175
16. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
3.05
83
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.