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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

Compare Somalia and Libya 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.

Libya
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
34,922,449
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%
Libya Population Pyramid
8,525,412
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
  Somalia SOMALIA   Libya LIBYA
  Somalia SOMALIA   Libya LIBYA
       
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
 
45.7
48.2
46.9
107
112
108
1970
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
 
50.4
53.4
51.9
115
116
115
1980
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
 
58.8
62.2
60.5
100
104
102
1990
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
 
65.9
70.6
68.2
77
87
88
2000
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
 
69.3
72.7
70.9
68
96
84
2010
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
 
70.6
75.3
72.8
79
90
87
2019
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
 
74.2
77.3
75.8
59
85
72
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Somalia SOMALIA   Libya LIBYA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
54.0
59.2
180
181
74.2
77.3
59
85
Age
54.0
59.2
180
181
74.2
77.3
59
85
Age 5
61.4
66.4
177
178
75.2
78.2
56
88
Age 10
62.3
67.4
176
177
75.3
78.3
56
87
Age 15
62.8
67.8
175
176
75.5
78.4
54
87
Age 20
63.4
68.2
175
176
75.8
78.6
52
87
Age 25
64.1
68.6
175
176
76.3
78.8
52
83
Age 30
64.8
69.2
175
177
76.7
79.0
47
82
Age 35
65.5
69.8
176
178
77.1
79.2
47
83
Age 40
66.4
70.6
176
178
77.6
79.5
46
82
Age 45
67.6
71.6
177
178
78.1
79.9
46
83
Age 50
69.1
72.8
177
178
78.8
80.4
45
82
Age 55
71.0
74.3
179
178
79.5
81.1
44
79
Age 60
73.2
76.0
179
178
80.6
81.9
44
77
Age 65
75.8
78.1
179
178
81.9
83.1
44
71
Age 70
78.7
80.3
179
176
83.6
84.8
44
61
Age 75
81.9
83.0
178
172
85.7
86.6
41
57
Age 80
85.4
86.1
171
166
88.3
89.0
29
50
Age 85
89.1
89.5
159
163
90.9
91.2
29
47
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Somalia SOMALIA   Libya LIBYA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
155.59
3
16.90
127
2. Stroke
150.17
23
64.09
114
3. Coronary Heart Disease
129.66
67
158.90
40
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
128.81
3
1.78
108
5. Tuberculosis
109.27
5
13.26
59
6. Liver Disease
57.15
7
13.95
112
7. Hypertension
50.05
15
23.41
66
8. Diabetes Mellitus
48.19
41
19.17
111
9. Lung Disease
44.55
22
15.44
138
10. Malnutrition
42.27
1
0.25
129
11. Road Traffic Accidents
38.94
28
22.90
59
12. Maternal Conditions
38.60
1
1.57
76
13. Measles
37.65
1
0.00
141
14. Breast Cancer
33.65
7
6.73
179
15. Kidney Disease
31.84
49
28.70
66
16. Meningitis
31.66
1
0.76
93
17. Other Injuries
31.38
1
6.89
100
18. Asthma
25.62
9
7.09
75
19. Cervical Cancer
23.71
28
5.45
120
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.02
82
22.36
25
21. Birth Trauma
16.45
1
1.48
106
22. Malaria
16.08
36
0.00
129
23. Suicide
14.66
29
4.50
148
24. Tetanus
14.50
1
0.02
113
25. Prostate Cancer
12.27
123
6.62
148
26. Low Birth Weight
11.34
25
4.09
102
27. War
9.09
5
15.38
4
28. Congenital Anomalies
8.94
20
6.46
69
29. Ovary Cancer
8.19
6
3.10
142
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.09
101
8.87
90
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.06
22
2.45
95
32. Oesophagus Cancer
7.97
19
0.80
170
33. Falls
7.93
52
4.06
124
34. Lymphomas
7.68
12
4.24
109
35. Pertussis
6.89
3
0.24
90
36. Violence
6.81
70
2.11
132
37. Drownings
6.47
16
1.11
144
38. Leukemia
6.38
1
4.41
51
39. HIV/AIDS
6.27
71
3.03
92
40. Fires
6.16
6
1.98
75
41. Schistosomiasis
6.08
2
0.18
53
42. Poisonings
5.99
1
0.86
73
43. Inflammatory/Heart
5.86
70
2.16
161
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5.27
20
0.99
120
45. Stomach Cancer
4.92
109
2.96
158
46. Oral Cancer
4.64
44
1.71
148
47. Hepatitis B
4.08
2
0.68
53
48. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
100
4.34
79
49. Lung Cancers
3.67
149
13.37
86
50. Liver Cancer
3.62
148
3.69
145
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Somalia SOMALIA   Libya LIBYA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
21,712
13.71
744
2.96
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
15,363
9.70
92
0.37
3. Measles
11,576
7.31
0
0.00
4. Tuberculosis
10,261
6.48
812
3.23
5. Birth Trauma
9,573
6.04
132
0.53
6. Stroke
8,595
5.43
2,603
10.36
7. Coronary Heart Disease
7,233
4.57
6,610
26.30
8. Low Birth Weight
6,250
3.95
359
1.43
9. Meningitis
5,381
3.40
41
0.16
10. Malnutrition
4,825
3.05
11
0.04
11. Road Traffic Accidents
4,231
2.67
1,444
5.75
12. Maternal Conditions
4,127
2.61
124
0.49
13. Liver Disease
3,917
2.47
630
2.51
14. Other Injuries
3,602
2.27
432
1.72
15. Congenital Anomalies
3,410
2.15
493
1.96
16. Diabetes Mellitus
2,888
1.82
803
3.20
17. Tetanus
2,648
1.67
1
0.00
18. Hypertension
2,643
1.67
915
3.64
19. Lung Disease
2,442
1.54
607
2.42
20. Pertussis
2,054
1.30
17
0.07
21. Kidney Disease
2,051
1.29
1,186
4.72
22. Malaria
1,942
1.23
0
0.00
23. Asthma
1,878
1.19
297
1.18
24. War
1,318
0.83
1,055
4.20
25. Drownings
1,272
0.80
74
0.29
26. Breast Cancer
1,232
0.78
190
0.76
27. Suicide
1,219
0.77
304
1.21
28. Cervical Cancer
883
0.56
135
0.54
29. Violence
828
0.52
145
0.58
30. Fires
810
0.51
115
0.46
31. Poisonings
758
0.48
56
0.22
32. Alzheimers & Dementia
647
0.41
743
2.96
33. HIV/AIDS
610
0.39
224
0.89
34. Lymphomas
605
0.38
189
0.75
35. Leukemia
562
0.35
217
0.86
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
559
0.35
99
0.39
37. Falls
548
0.35
204
0.81
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
546
0.34
427
1.70
39. Inflammatory/Heart
521
0.33
107
0.43
40. Oesophagus Cancer
516
0.33
33
0.13
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
446
0.28
49
0.19
42. Schistosomiasis
435
0.27
9
0.04
43. Epilepsy
419
0.26
67
0.27
44. Endocrine Disorders
406
0.26
153
0.61
45. Syphilis
378
0.24
6
0.02
46. Oral Cancer
328
0.21
81
0.32
47. Upper Respiratory
326
0.21
0
0.00
48. Hepatitis B
315
0.20
34
0.14
49. Stomach Cancer
310
0.20
134
0.53
50. Ovary Cancer
295
0.19
75
0.30
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Somalia SOMALIA   Libya LIBYA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
33.65
7
6.73
179
2. Cervical Cancer
23.71
28
5.45
120
3. Prostate Cancer
12.27
123
6.62
148
4. Ovary Cancer
8.19
6
3.10
142
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.09
101
8.87
90
6. Oesophagus Cancer
7.97
19
0.80
170
7. Lymphomas
7.68
12
4.24
109
8. Leukemia
6.38
1
4.41
51
9. Stomach Cancer
4.92
109
2.96
158
10. Oral Cancer
4.64
44
1.71
148
11. Lung Cancers
3.67
149
13.37
86
12. Liver Cancer
3.62
148
3.69
145
13. Skin Cancers
2.55
50
0.50
162
14. Uterin Cancer
2.44
83
0.42
179
15. Bladder Cancer
2.40
74
3.67
36
16. Pancreas Cancer
1.69
148
4.87
67
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.