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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
NORWAY VS SRI LANKA

Compare Norway and Sri Lanka 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.

Sri Lanka
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
6,600,338
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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Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
21,813,964
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   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Norway NORWAY   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
       
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
  
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
1970
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
  
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
1980
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
  
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
1990
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
  
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
2000
75.7
81.3
78.5
12
10
12
  
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
2010
78.8
83.1
81.0
12
13
12
  
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
2019
81.1
84.1
82.6
5
14
10
  
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.1
84.1
5
14
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age
81.1
84.1
5
14
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age 5
81.3
84.3
5
16
74.4
80.3
64
53
Age 10
81.3
84.3
5
16
74.4
80.4
65
53
Age 15
81.4
84.4
5
16
74.5
80.4
65
54
Age 20
81.4
84.4
5
16
74.7
80.6
64
54
Age 25
81.5
84.5
5
16
75.1
80.7
67
54
Age 30
81.7
84.5
4
17
75.3
80.9
68
54
Age 35
81.9
84.6
6
16
75.6
81.0
71
55
Age 40
82.0
84.7
6
18
75.8
81.1
74
55
Age 45
82.2
84.8
7
18
76.2
81.4
77
56
Age 50
82.5
85.0
8
18
76.7
81.6
76
57
Age 55
82.9
85.3
10
21
77.6
82.1
79
59
Age 60
83.5
85.8
11
22
78.6
82.6
79
60
Age 65
84.2
86.3
13
24
80.1
83.4
79
66
Age 70
85.3
87.1
13
25
81.5
84.2
93
73
Age 75
86.6
88.1
19
28
83.8
85.8
96
76
Age 80
88.3
89.4
28
28
87.0
88.3
74
62
Age 85
90.5
91.2
51
49
90.8
91.2
35
44
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.10
172
101.31
106
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
28.94
12
27.62
14
3. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
6.56
126
4. Lung Disease
21.82
92
36.99
33
5. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
4.61
165
6. Stroke
18.16
178
26.55
154
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
3.43
175
8. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
9.49
165
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.78
150
20.42
113
10. Suicide
9.91
71
12.89
42
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
0.80
171
12. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
1.93
174
13. Lymphomas
5.70
56
3.88
126
14. Falls
5.70
88
3.85
129
15. Diabetes Mellitus
4.85
170
47.34
45
16. Other Injuries
4.72
137
6.41
112
17. Drug Use
4.45
11
1.16
96
18. Kidney Disease
4.28
175
26.23
72
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.23
84
0.65
181
20. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
0.22
174
21. Leukemia
3.34
107
4.61
35
22. Endocrine Disorders
3.19
105
1.82
154
23. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
4.94
107
24. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
1.63
117
25. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
4.05
128
26. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
5.15
125
27. Other Neoplasms
2.47
43
0.33
130
28. Congenital Anomalies
2.44
169
4.53
125
29. Liver Disease
2.41
179
4.96
160
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
5.72
30
31. Alcohol
2.35
51
0.33
159
32. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
1.40
144
33. Inflammatory/Heart
2.10
162
1.83
165
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.76
179
18.07
82
35. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
10.87
7
36. Hypertension
1.54
181
4.08
161
37. Epilepsy
1.48
100
1.14
127
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.30
139
0.15
183
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.29
2
0.01
179
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.92
138
2.47
100
41. Drownings
0.90
152
3.24
68
42. Malnutrition
0.87
105
0.18
142
43. Skin Disease
0.85
116
1.14
107
44. Asthma
0.64
151
25.43
10
45. Low Birth Weight
0.57
179
2.13
145
46. Violence
0.56
175
2.36
122
47. Fires
0.54
136
1.04
112
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.50
52
0.04
178
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.47
158
0.20
178
50. Anemia
0.45
28
1.74
8
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Norway NORWAY   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,321
15.60
26,304
22.66
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,464
13.09
6,939
5.98
3. Lung Disease
2,723
7.98
9,456
8.15
4. Stroke
2,475
7.26
6,805
5.86
5. Lung Cancers
2,320
6.80
1,775
1.53
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,797
5.27
5,117
4.41
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,787
5.24
911
0.78
8. Prostate Cancer
1,172
3.44
507
0.44
9. Falls
777
2.28
964
0.83
10. Pancreas Cancer
770
2.26
214
0.18
11. Breast Cancer
698
2.05
1,383
1.19
12. Lymphomas
646
1.89
1,027
0.88
13. Suicide
633
1.86
2,977
2.56
14. Kidney Disease
611
1.79
6,858
5.91
15. Other Injuries
583
1.71
1,529
1.32
16. Diabetes Mellitus
560
1.64
12,460
10.73
17. Parkinson's Disease
554
1.62
168
0.14
18. Skin Cancers
407
1.19
58
0.05
19. Endocrine Disorders
359
1.05
462
0.40
20. Bladder Cancer
356
1.04
432
0.37
21. Leukemia
354
1.04
1,155
0.99
22. Stomach Cancer
343
1.01
1,321
1.14
23. Other Neoplasms
324
0.95
86
0.07
24. Ovary Cancer
309
0.91
281
0.24
25. Drug Use
264
0.77
257
0.22
26. Liver Cancer
259
0.76
1,090
0.94
27. Oesophagus Cancer
248
0.73
1,544
1.33
28. Hypertension
230
0.67
1,055
0.91
29. Inflammatory/Heart
221
0.65
425
0.37
30. Liver Disease
214
0.63
1,303
1.12
31. Alcohol
205
0.60
82
0.07
32. Oral Cancer
168
0.49
2,893
2.49
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
160
0.47
38
0.03
34. Congenital Anomalies
136
0.40
989
0.85
35. Malnutrition
135
0.40
43
0.04
36. Uterin Cancer
134
0.39
218
0.19
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
128
0.38
605
0.52
38. Skin Disease
128
0.38
293
0.25
39. Cervical Cancer
125
0.37
762
0.66
40. Epilepsy
119
0.35
269
0.23
41. Multiple Sclerosis
119
0.35
2
0.00
42. Road Traffic Accidents
114
0.33
4,200
3.62
43. Asthma
85
0.25
6,471
5.57
44. Anemia
75
0.22
445
0.38
45. Drownings
65
0.19
731
0.63
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
61
0.18
49
0.04
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
60
0.18
11
0.01
48. Fires
45
0.13
239
0.21
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
32
0.09
2
0.00
50. Violence
32
0.09
499
0.43
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
6.56
126
2. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
4.61
165
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
3.43
175
4. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
9.49
165
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
0.80
171
6. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
1.93
174
7. Lymphomas
5.70
56
3.88
126
8. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
0.22
174
9. Leukemia
3.34
107
4.61
35
10. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
4.94
107
11. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
1.63
117
12. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
4.05
128
13. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
5.15
125
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
5.72
30
15. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
1.40
144
16. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
10.87
7
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.