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Qatar
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 Qatar and Afghanistan 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.

Afghanistan
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
Qatar Population Pyramid
3,851,121
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%
Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
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
  Qatar QATAR   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Qatar QATAR   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
51.9
55.0
53.4
83
84
83
 
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
59.3
63.0
61.1
75
76
77
 
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
64.7
68.9
66.7
62
74
71
 
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
67.7
72.3
70.0
56
77
64
 
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
75.3
77.8
76.2
17
39
31
 
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
76.4
79.2
77.3
28
41
34
 
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
78.0
76.6
77.2
34
93
50
 
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Qatar QATAR   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.0
76.6
34
93
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
78.0
76.6
34
93
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
78.6
77.1
34
96
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
78.6
77.1
34
97
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
78.7
77.2
34
97
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
78.9
77.2
34
97
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
79.1
77.3
34
100
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
79.2
77.4
36
101
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
79.3
77.4
36
103
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
79.5
77.5
39
105
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
79.7
77.6
39
107
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
79.9
77.8
40
113
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
80.2
78.0
42
124
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
80.6
78.4
42
147
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
81.2
79.1
61
168
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
82.1
80.1
73
178
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
83.6
81.6
111
183
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
85.5
83.5
166
183
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
88.3
87.5
179
181
89.2
89.1
156
171
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Qatar QATAR   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
227.64
22
301.71
6
2. Diabetes Mellitus
112.65
7
40.94
58
3. Stroke
51.69
126
149.10
25
4. Kidney Disease
43.20
18
46.10
15
5. Liver Disease
27.39
65
27.20
67
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
23.53
102
49.80
62
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.69
22
22.34
26
8. Lung Disease
16.88
128
37.01
32
9. Breast Cancer
15.02
117
20.24
48
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
67
4.09
169
11. Lung Cancers
10.46
101
6.90
122
12. Road Traffic Accidents
8.79
128
19.81
76
13. Parkinson's Disease
8.66
4
5.98
24
14. Prostate Cancer
6.20
153
4.49
167
15. Hypertension
6.19
152
65.86
4
16. Falls
6.19
81
5.13
99
17. Ovary Cancer
5.90
36
4.07
106
18. Stomach Cancer
5.12
104
10.39
42
19. Other Injuries
5.08
131
13.02
36
20. Skin Disease
4.68
17
0.77
121
21. Suicide
4.66
145
5.96
129
22. Endocrine Disorders
4.61
72
4.30
80
23. Liver Cancer
4.56
113
4.22
119
24. Lymphomas
4.10
116
4.32
108
25. Bladder Cancer
4.03
25
1.95
98
26. Congenital Anomalies
3.81
138
6.42
70
27. Leukemia
3.39
104
1.95
154
28. Pancreas Cancer
3.34
102
1.54
153
29. Inflammatory/Heart
3.34
129
3.32
130
30. Cervical Cancer
3.25
143
5.73
117
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.64
85
8.78
13
32. Low Birth Weight
2.36
139
12.07
17
33. Uterin Cancer
2.32
90
3.66
32
34. Oral Cancer
2.20
122
8.18
9
35. Fires
2.19
70
1.60
89
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.89
118
10.64
9
37. Drownings
1.56
126
2.78
78
38. Asthma
1.41
122
24.23
13
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.01
118
5.86
17
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.98
136
9.72
68
41. Drug Use
0.80
131
1.36
77
42. Meningitis
0.79
90
5.20
48
43. Violence
0.68
169
9.87
52
44. Birth Trauma
0.66
139
10.16
24
45. Epilepsy
0.57
172
2.70
37
46. Skin Cancers
0.55
159
1.03
138
47. Other Neoplasms
0.38
108
0.20
166
48. Encephalitis
0.33
104
4.57
1
49. Poisonings
0.27
129
1.58
56
50. Alcohol
0.25
166
0.68
133
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Qatar QATAR   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
1,082
26.54
40,195
17.35
2. Diabetes Mellitus
459
11.26
5,750
2.48
3. Stroke
255
6.25
19,060
8.23
4. Road Traffic Accidents
206
5.05
6,033
2.60
5. Liver Disease
202
4.95
4,600
1.99
6. Kidney Disease
179
4.39
6,590
2.85
7. Suicide
165
4.05
1,573
0.68
8. Falls
129
3.16
905
0.39
9. Other Injuries
115
2.82
3,241
1.40
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
108
2.65
14,649
6.32
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
83
2.04
741
0.32
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
75
1.84
1,765
0.76
13. Lung Cancers
73
1.79
1,076
0.46
14. Congenital Anomalies
70
1.72
5,001
2.16
15. Lung Disease
68
1.67
4,650
2.01
16. Leukemia
57
1.40
610
0.26
17. Breast Cancer
53
1.30
1,822
0.79
18. Lymphomas
48
1.18
946
0.41
19. Low Birth Weight
45
1.10
12,631
5.45
20. Drownings
45
1.10
996
0.43
21. Liver Cancer
44
1.08
657
0.28
22. Stomach Cancer
42
1.03
1,501
0.65
23. Fires
42
1.03
348
0.15
24. Endocrine Disorders
39
0.96
1,364
0.59
25. Inflammatory/Heart
32
0.78
527
0.23
26. Parkinson's Disease
28
0.69
628
0.27
27. Bladder Cancer
27
0.66
272
0.12
28. Hypertension
26
0.64
7,995
3.45
29. Oral Cancer
25
0.61
1,467
0.63
30. Pancreas Cancer
25
0.61
229
0.10
31. Prostate Cancer
18
0.44
258
0.11
32. Ovary Cancer
17
0.42
369
0.16
33. Skin Disease
16
0.39
94
0.04
34. Violence
14
0.34
3,217
1.39
35. Birth Trauma
13
0.32
10,723
4.63
36. Oesophagus Cancer
13
0.32
1,314
0.57
37. Cervical Cancer
13
0.32
541
0.23
38. Epilepsy
13
0.32
993
0.43
39. Drug Use
12
0.29
328
0.14
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
10
0.25
5,555
2.40
41. Asthma
10
0.25
3,403
1.47
42. Poisonings
9
0.22
384
0.17
43. Tuberculosis
8
0.20
9,839
4.25
44. Skin Cancers
8
0.20
145
0.06
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8
0.20
1,041
0.45
46. Meningitis
7
0.17
2,626
1.13
47. Alcohol
7
0.17
150
0.06
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.17
1,505
0.65
49. Uterin Cancer
6
0.15
289
0.12
50. Encephalitis
5
0.12
1,190
0.51
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Qatar QATAR   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
15.02
117
20.24
48
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
67
4.09
169
3. Lung Cancers
10.46
101
6.90
122
4. Prostate Cancer
6.20
153
4.49
167
5. Ovary Cancer
5.90
36
4.07
106
6. Stomach Cancer
5.12
104
10.39
42
7. Liver Cancer
4.56
113
4.22
119
8. Lymphomas
4.10
116
4.32
108
9. Bladder Cancer
4.03
25
1.95
98
10. Leukemia
3.39
104
1.95
154
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.34
102
1.54
153
12. Cervical Cancer
3.25
143
5.73
117
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.64
85
8.78
13
14. Uterin Cancer
2.32
90
3.66
32
15. Oral Cancer
2.20
122
8.18
9
16. Skin Cancers
0.55
159
1.03
138
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.