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Somalia
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
SOMALIA VS JAPAN

Compare Somalia and Japan 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.

Japan
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
Somalia Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Somalia SOMALIA   Japan JAPAN
      Somalia SOMALIA   Japan JAPAN
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    34.7
    37.7
    36.2
    163
    158
    163
    		  
    65.3
    70.1
    67.7
    31
    35
    35
    1970
    38.7
    41.8
    40.2
    162
    159
    162
    		  
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
    1980
    41.0
    44.2
    42.6
    171
    169
    169
    		  
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
    1990
    40.0
    43.3
    41.6
    180
    179
    179
    		  
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
    2000
    49.1
    51.8
    50.5
    163
    164
    162
    		  
    77.6
    84.5
    81.1
    2
    1
    1
    2010
    50.8
    54.1
    52.4
    176
    173
    174
    		  
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
    2019
    54.0
    59.2
    56.5
    180
    181
    181
    		  
    81.5
    86.9
    84.3
    2
    1
    1
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Somalia SOMALIA   Japan JAPAN
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    54.0
    59.2
    180
    181
    81.5
    86.9
    2
    1
    Age 5
    61.4
    66.4
    177
    178
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 10
    62.3
    67.4
    176
    177
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 15
    62.8
    67.8
    175
    176
    81.8
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 20
    63.4
    68.2
    175
    176
    81.9
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 25
    64.1
    68.6
    175
    176
    82.0
    87.3
    2
    1
    Age 30
    64.8
    69.2
    175
    177
    82.1
    87.4
    2
    1
    Age 35
    65.5
    69.8
    176
    178
    82.2
    87.4
    3
    1
    Age 40
    66.4
    70.6
    176
    178
    82.4
    87.6
    3
    1
    Age 45
    67.6
    71.6
    177
    178
    82.6
    87.7
    3
    1
    Age 50
    69.1
    72.8
    177
    178
    82.9
    87.9
    3
    1
    Age 55
    71.0
    74.3
    179
    178
    83.4
    88.2
    3
    1
    Age 60
    73.2
    76.0
    179
    178
    84.0
    88.6
    3
    1
    Age 65
    75.8
    78.1
    179
    178
    84.8
    89.0
    4
    1
    Age 70
    78.7
    80.3
    179
    176
    86.0
    89.6
    2
    1
    Age 75
    81.9
    83.0
    178
    172
    87.3
    90.3
    6
    1
    Age 80
    85.4
    86.1
    171
    166
    89.0
    91.3
    8
    2
    Age 85
    89.1
    89.5
    159
    163
    91.4
    92.8
    9
    3
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Somalia SOMALIA   Japan JAPAN
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Influenza and Pneumonia
    155.59
    3
    16.56
    129
    2. Stroke
    150.17
    23
    23.21
    161
    3. Coronary Heart Disease
    129.66
    67
    30.62
    181
    4. Diarrhoeal diseases
    128.81
    3
    0.53
    161
    5. Tuberculosis
    109.27
    5
    0.53
    140
    6. Liver Disease
    57.15
    7
    4.78
    164
    7. Hypertension
    50.05
    15
    1.07
    183
    8. Diabetes Mellitus
    48.19
    41
    1.35
    182
    9. Lung Disease
    44.55
    22
    12.69
    156
    10. Malnutrition
    42.27
    1
    0.41
    118
    11. Road Traffic Accidents
    38.94
    28
    2.21
    175
    12. Maternal Conditions
    38.60
    1
    0.04
    175
    13. Measles
    37.65
    1
    0.00
    137
    14. Breast Cancer
    33.65
    7
    10.31
    155
    15. Kidney Disease
    31.84
    49
    7.61
    154
    16. Meningitis
    31.66
    1
    0.09
    180
    17. Other Injuries
    31.38
    1
    4.92
    133
    18. Asthma
    25.62
    9
    0.36
    174
    19. Cervical Cancer
    23.71
    28
    2.73
    152
    20. Alzheimers & Dementia
    18.02
    82
    7.87
    159
    21. Birth Trauma
    16.45
    1
    0.17
    180
    22. Malaria
    16.08
    36
    0.00
    120
    23. Suicide
    14.66
    29
    12.24
    49
    24. Tetanus
    14.50
    1
    0.00
    143
    25. Prostate Cancer
    12.27
    123
    6.05
    157
    26. Low Birth Weight
    11.34
    25
    0.32
    183
    27. War
    9.09
    5
    0.01
    142
    28. Congenital Anomalies
    8.94
    20
    2.49
    167
    29. Ovary Cancer
    8.19
    6
    3.30
    136
    30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.09
    101
    13.59
    37
    31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    8.06
    22
    0.61
    169
    32. Oesophagus Cancer
    7.97
    19
    3.28
    61
    33. Falls
    7.93
    52
    1.98
    173
    34. Lymphomas
    7.68
    12
    4.22
    111
    35. Pertussis
    6.89
    3
    0.00
    149
    36. Violence
    6.81
    70
    0.19
    183
    37. Drownings
    6.47
    16
    2.12
    109
    38. Leukemia
    6.38
    1
    2.76
    133
    39. HIV/AIDS
    6.27
    71
    0.03
    164
    40. Fires
    6.16
    6
    0.33
    161
    41. Schistosomiasis
    6.08
    2
    0.00
    125
    42. Poisonings
    5.99
    1
    0.14
    160
    43. Inflammatory/Heart
    5.86
    70
    2.08
    163
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    5.27
    20
    0.40
    162
    45. Stomach Cancer
    4.92
    109
    11.47
    28
    46. Oral Cancer
    4.64
    44
    2.19
    124
    47. Hepatitis B
    4.08
    2
    0.34
    77
    48. Parkinson's Disease
    3.95
    100
    2.33
    156
    49. Lung Cancers
    3.67
    149
    18.06
    66
    50. Liver Cancer
    3.62
    148
    6.62
    62
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Somalia SOMALIA   Japan JAPAN
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Influenza and Pneumonia
    21,712
    13.71
    107,899
    9.77
    2. Diarrhoeal diseases
    15,363
    9.70
    2,731
    0.25
    3. Measles
    11,576
    7.31
    0
    0.00
    4. Tuberculosis
    10,261
    6.48
    3,459
    0.31
    5. Birth Trauma
    9,573
    6.04
    104
    0.01
    6. Stroke
    8,595
    5.43
    121,823
    11.03
    7. Coronary Heart Disease
    7,233
    4.57
    163,905
    14.84
    8. Low Birth Weight
    6,250
    3.95
    202
    0.02
    9. Meningitis
    5,381
    3.40
    308
    0.03
    10. Malnutrition
    4,825
    3.05
    1,910
    0.17
    11. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,231
    2.67
    4,566
    0.41
    12. Maternal Conditions
    4,127
    2.61
    39
    0.00
    13. Liver Disease
    3,917
    2.47
    14,195
    1.29
    14. Other Injuries
    3,602
    2.27
    22,068
    2.00
    15. Congenital Anomalies
    3,410
    2.15
    2,473
    0.22
    16. Diabetes Mellitus
    2,888
    1.82
    5,433
    0.49
    17. Tetanus
    2,648
    1.67
    9
    0.00
    18. Hypertension
    2,643
    1.67
    6,673
    0.60
    19. Lung Disease
    2,442
    1.54
    78,169
    7.08
    20. Pertussis
    2,054
    1.30
    1
    0.00
    21. Kidney Disease
    2,051
    1.29
    44,779
    4.05
    22. Malaria
    1,942
    1.23
    0
    0.00
    23. Asthma
    1,878
    1.19
    1,922
    0.17
    24. War
    1,318
    0.83
    15
    0.00
    25. Drownings
    1,272
    0.80
    8,409
    0.76
    26. Breast Cancer
    1,232
    0.78
    15,805
    1.43
    27. Suicide
    1,219
    0.77
    19,466
    1.76
    28. Cervical Cancer
    883
    0.56
    3,799
    0.34
    29. Violence
    828
    0.52
    266
    0.02
    30. Fires
    810
    0.51
    1,007
    0.09
    31. Poisonings
    758
    0.48
    255
    0.02
    32. Alzheimers & Dementia
    647
    0.41
    56,937
    5.15
    33. HIV/AIDS
    610
    0.39
    48
    0.00
    34. Lymphomas
    605
    0.38
    19,273
    1.74
    35. Leukemia
    562
    0.35
    9,607
    0.87
    36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    559
    0.35
    2,922
    0.26
    37. Falls
    548
    0.35
    9,736
    0.88
    38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    546
    0.34
    57,340
    5.19
    39. Inflammatory/Heart
    521
    0.33
    8,232
    0.75
    40. Oesophagus Cancer
    516
    0.33
    12,316
    1.11
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    446
    0.28
    2,555
    0.23
    42. Schistosomiasis
    435
    0.27
    0
    0.00
    43. Epilepsy
    419
    0.26
    1,558
    0.14
    44. Endocrine Disorders
    406
    0.26
    11,486
    1.04
    45. Syphilis
    378
    0.24
    16
    0.00
    46. Oral Cancer
    328
    0.21
    8,333
    0.75
    47. Upper Respiratory
    326
    0.21
    159
    0.01
    48. Hepatitis B
    315
    0.20
    1,423
    0.13
    49. Stomach Cancer
    310
    0.20
    50,433
    4.57
    50. Ovary Cancer
    295
    0.19
    5,061
    0.46
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Somalia SOMALIA   Japan JAPAN
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    33.65
    7
    10.31
    155
    2. Cervical Cancer
    23.71
    28
    2.73
    152
    3. Prostate Cancer
    12.27
    123
    6.05
    157
    4. Ovary Cancer
    8.19
    6
    3.30
    136
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.09
    101
    13.59
    37
    6. Oesophagus Cancer
    7.97
    19
    3.28
    61
    7. Lymphomas
    7.68
    12
    4.22
    111
    8. Leukemia
    6.38
    1
    2.76
    133
    9. Stomach Cancer
    4.92
    109
    11.47
    28
    10. Oral Cancer
    4.64
    44
    2.19
    124
    11. Lung Cancers
    3.67
    149
    18.06
    66
    12. Liver Cancer
    3.62
    148
    6.62
    62
    13. Skin Cancers
    2.55
    50
    0.42
    167
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.44
    83
    2.02
    106
    15. Bladder Cancer
    2.40
    74
    1.86
    104
    16. Pancreas Cancer
    1.69
    148
    8.87
    10
    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.