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Russia
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 Russia and Belgium 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.

Belgium
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
Russia Population Pyramid
135,824,486
Belgium Population Pyramid
12,220,769
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Russia RUSSIA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Russia RUSSIA   Belgium BELGIUM
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
67.5
73.4
70.4
13
12
11
1970
63.1
73.4
68.1
60
27
42
 
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
1980
61.4
73.0
67.0
85
47
67
 
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
1990
63.8
74.3
68.9
98
55
79
 
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
2000
58.7
72.0
65.0
132
98
119
 
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
2010
62.4
74.6
68.4
134
97
115
 
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
2019
68.2
78.0
73.2
118
74
96
 
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Russia RUSSIA   Belgium BELGIUM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.2
78.0
118
74
79.3
83.5
23
25
Age 5
68.6
78.4
138
84
79.6
83.8
24
27
Age 10
68.7
78.5
140
84
79.6
83.8
25
27
Age 15
68.7
78.5
143
84
79.7
83.8
25
27
Age 20
68.9
78.6
145
84
79.7
83.9
25
27
Age 25
69.3
78.8
144
84
79.9
83.9
26
27
Age 30
69.7
78.9
144
83
80.0
84.0
26
27
Age 35
70.4
79.2
144
81
80.2
84.1
26
27
Age 40
71.3
79.7
144
79
80.4
84.2
26
28
Age 45
72.4
80.2
137
76
80.7
84.4
27
28
Age 50
73.7
80.7
132
73
81.1
84.7
27
28
Age 55
75.1
81.4
130
73
81.5
85.0
29
28
Age 60
76.8
82.2
121
70
82.3
85.6
29
26
Age 65
79.0
83.2
109
70
83.4
86.3
29
23
Age 70
81.5
84.4
91
70
84.8
87.2
28
21
Age 75
84.2
86.0
79
71
86.4
88.2
28
20
Age 80
87.3
88.0
64
72
88.3
89.5
30
24
Age 85
90.8
90.5
36
76
90.6
91.3
49
43
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Russia RUSSIA   Belgium BELGIUM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
204.50
27
44.62
167
2. Stroke
117.23
48
21.11
166
3. Inflammatory/Heart
26.37
5
3.38
126
4. Liver Disease
22.50
82
7.38
149
5. Lung Cancers
22.20
39
28.49
16
6. Suicide
21.60
11
13.93
35
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.55
16
11.97
51
8. Breast Cancer
16.34
98
19.18
58
9. Prostate Cancer
15.95
91
13.32
117
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.22
134
14.69
138
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.07
134
22.30
27
12. Alcohol
15.02
3
2.78
43
13. Lung Disease
13.54
148
20.24
104
14. HIV/AIDS
12.88
52
0.26
139
15. Other Injuries
12.19
43
6.43
110
16. Stomach Cancer
11.80
24
3.31
144
17. Road Traffic Accidents
11.23
119
5.10
154
18. Pancreas Cancer
8.15
20
7.06
43
19. Diabetes Mellitus
7.12
157
4.21
177
20. Violence
7.00
68
1.19
147
21. Hypertension
6.77
149
1.78
179
22. Cervical Cancer
6.54
111
2.23
163
23. Ovary Cancer
5.99
33
4.84
74
24. Falls
5.79
87
5.68
89
25. Drug Use
5.40
7
1.97
46
26. Oral Cancer
4.78
41
3.11
81
27. Kidney Disease
4.70
172
7.64
153
28. Tuberculosis
4.61
85
0.18
165
29. Liver Cancer
4.52
115
3.89
137
30. Uterin Cancer
4.45
25
2.39
88
31. Drownings
4.19
41
0.52
168
32. Lymphomas
3.91
124
5.59
61
33. Leukemia
3.74
85
4.44
48
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.67
74
0.65
167
35. Congenital Anomalies
3.54
146
2.57
165
36. Fires
3.25
43
0.46
146
37. Parkinson's Disease
3.18
137
3.89
104
38. Poisonings
3.11
15
0.25
138
39. Oesophagus Cancer
3.07
69
3.84
48
40. Bladder Cancer
2.41
73
3.54
39
41. Skin Cancers
2.35
58
2.14
75
42. Low Birth Weight
1.62
153
0.79
170
43. Skin Disease
1.23
104
0.98
112
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.19
102
0.81
129
45. Endocrine Disorders
1.08
172
4.82
64
46. Asthma
0.72
147
0.46
166
47. Encephalitis
0.61
59
0.02
155
48. Meningitis
0.56
109
0.18
160
49. Birth Trauma
0.56
148
0.53
151
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.44
39
0.67
24
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Russia RUSSIA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
562,711
34.17
15,281
16.50
2. Stroke
327,199
19.87
7,408
8.00
3. Lung Cancers
54,361
3.30
6,777
7.32
4. Inflammatory/Heart
54,060
3.28
1,060
1.14
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
48,522
2.95
9,416
10.17
6. Liver Disease
45,463
2.76
1,433
1.55
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
42,633
2.59
3,329
3.59
8. Suicide
36,625
2.22
2,111
2.28
9. Lung Disease
36,600
2.22
6,438
6.95
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
32,404
1.97
5,677
6.13
11. Stomach Cancer
29,386
1.78
863
0.93
12. Alcohol
27,984
1.70
500
0.54
13. Breast Cancer
23,242
1.41
2,587
2.79
14. Other Injuries
22,517
1.37
2,006
2.17
15. HIV/AIDS
21,262
1.29
36
0.04
16. Pancreas Cancer
20,282
1.23
1,809
1.95
17. Hypertension
18,348
1.11
740
0.80
18. Diabetes Mellitus
18,345
1.11
1,269
1.37
19. Road Traffic Accidents
17,507
1.06
666
0.72
20. Prostate Cancer
14,107
0.86
1,824
1.97
21. Falls
11,705
0.71
1,756
1.90
22. Kidney Disease
11,581
0.70
2,952
3.19
23. Violence
11,450
0.70
149
0.16
24. Liver Cancer
11,165
0.68
976
1.05
25. Oral Cancer
10,880
0.66
675
0.73
26. Parkinson's Disease
9,371
0.57
1,378
1.49
27. Drug Use
9,113
0.55
287
0.31
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8,938
0.54
213
0.23
29. Lymphomas
8,919
0.54
1,552
1.68
30. Tuberculosis
8,422
0.51
46
0.05
31. Leukemia
8,238
0.50
1,199
1.29
32. Ovary Cancer
8,123
0.49
653
0.71
33. Oesophagus Cancer
7,431
0.45
898
0.97
34. Cervical Cancer
7,423
0.45
243
0.26
35. Uterin Cancer
6,867
0.42
384
0.41
36. Drownings
6,629
0.40
79
0.09
37. Fires
6,387
0.39
75
0.08
38. Bladder Cancer
6,307
0.38
1,078
1.16
39. Skin Cancers
5,612
0.34
522
0.56
40. Poisonings
5,565
0.34
41
0.04
41. Congenital Anomalies
4,201
0.26
282
0.30
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,770
0.17
293
0.32
43. Skin Disease
2,735
0.17
380
0.41
44. Low Birth Weight
2,153
0.13
70
0.08
45. Endocrine Disorders
2,004
0.12
1,432
1.55
46. Asthma
1,764
0.11
128
0.14
47. Encephalitis
1,076
0.07
1
0.00
48. Meningitis
1,037
0.06
28
0.03
49. Multiple Sclerosis
827
0.05
147
0.16
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
750
0.05
73
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Russia RUSSIA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.20
39
28.49
16
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.55
16
11.97
51
3. Breast Cancer
16.34
98
19.18
58
4. Prostate Cancer
15.95
91
13.32
117
5. Stomach Cancer
11.80
24
3.31
144
6. Pancreas Cancer
8.15
20
7.06
43
7. Cervical Cancer
6.54
111
2.23
163
8. Ovary Cancer
5.99
33
4.84
74
9. Oral Cancer
4.78
41
3.11
81
10. Liver Cancer
4.52
115
3.89
137
11. Uterin Cancer
4.45
25
2.39
88
12. Lymphomas
3.91
124
5.59
61
13. Leukemia
3.74
85
4.44
48
14. Oesophagus Cancer
3.07
69
3.84
48
15. Bladder Cancer
2.41
73
3.54
39
16. Skin Cancers
2.35
58
2.14
75
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.