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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 SRI LANKA

Compare Somalia 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
Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
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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
  Somalia SOMALIA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Somalia SOMALIA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
       
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
  
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
1970
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
  
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
1980
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
  
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
1990
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
  
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
2000
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
  
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
2010
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
  
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
2019
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
  
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Somalia SOMALIA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
54.0
59.2
180
181
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age
54.0
59.2
180
181
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age 5
61.4
66.4
177
178
74.4
80.3
64
53
Age 10
62.3
67.4
176
177
74.4
80.4
65
53
Age 15
62.8
67.8
175
176
74.5
80.4
65
54
Age 20
63.4
68.2
175
176
74.7
80.6
64
54
Age 25
64.1
68.6
175
176
75.1
80.7
67
54
Age 30
64.8
69.2
175
177
75.3
80.9
68
54
Age 35
65.5
69.8
176
178
75.6
81.0
71
55
Age 40
66.4
70.6
176
178
75.8
81.1
74
55
Age 45
67.6
71.6
177
178
76.2
81.4
77
56
Age 50
69.1
72.8
177
178
76.7
81.6
76
57
Age 55
71.0
74.3
179
178
77.6
82.1
79
59
Age 60
73.2
76.0
179
178
78.6
82.6
79
60
Age 65
75.8
78.1
179
178
80.1
83.4
79
66
Age 70
78.7
80.3
179
176
81.5
84.2
93
73
Age 75
81.9
83.0
178
172
83.8
85.8
96
76
Age 80
85.4
86.1
171
166
87.0
88.3
74
62
Age 85
89.1
89.5
159
163
90.8
91.2
35
44
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Somalia SOMALIA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
155.59
3
20.42
113
2. Stroke
150.17
23
26.55
154
3. Coronary Heart Disease
129.66
67
101.31
106
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
128.81
3
2.47
100
5. Tuberculosis
109.27
5
3.45
95
6. Liver Disease
57.15
7
4.96
160
7. Hypertension
50.05
15
4.08
161
8. Diabetes Mellitus
48.19
41
47.34
45
9. Lung Disease
44.55
22
36.99
33
10. Malnutrition
42.27
1
0.18
142
11. Road Traffic Accidents
38.94
28
18.07
82
12. Maternal Conditions
38.60
1
0.50
110
13. Measles
37.65
1
0.00
170
14. Breast Cancer
33.65
7
9.49
165
15. Kidney Disease
31.84
49
26.23
72
16. Meningitis
31.66
1
0.59
106
17. Other Injuries
31.38
1
6.41
112
18. Asthma
25.62
9
25.43
10
19. Cervical Cancer
23.71
28
5.15
125
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.02
82
27.62
14
21. Birth Trauma
16.45
1
0.78
135
22. Malaria
16.08
36
0.00
166
23. Suicide
14.66
29
12.89
42
24. Tetanus
14.50
1
0.11
80
25. Prostate Cancer
12.27
123
4.61
165
26. Low Birth Weight
11.34
25
2.13
145
27. War
9.09
5
1.35
16
28. Congenital Anomalies
8.94
20
4.53
125
29. Ovary Cancer
8.19
6
1.93
174
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.09
101
3.43
175
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.06
22
0.15
183
32. Oesophagus Cancer
7.97
19
5.72
30
33. Falls
7.93
52
3.85
129
34. Lymphomas
7.68
12
3.88
126
35. Pertussis
6.89
3
0.08
108
36. Violence
6.81
70
2.36
122
37. Drownings
6.47
16
3.24
68
38. Leukemia
6.38
1
4.61
35
39. HIV/AIDS
6.27
71
0.18
147
40. Fires
6.16
6
1.04
112
41. Schistosomiasis
6.08
2
0.00
169
42. Poisonings
5.99
1
0.39
113
43. Inflammatory/Heart
5.86
70
1.83
165
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5.27
20
0.20
178
45. Stomach Cancer
4.92
109
4.94
107
46. Oral Cancer
4.64
44
10.87
7
47. Hepatitis B
4.08
2
0.03
169
48. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
100
0.65
181
49. Lung Cancers
3.67
149
6.56
126
50. Liver Cancer
3.62
148
4.05
128
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Somalia SOMALIA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
21,712
13.71
5,117
4.41
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
15,363
9.70
605
0.52
3. Measles
11,576
7.31
0
0.00
4. Tuberculosis
10,261
6.48
769
0.66
5. Birth Trauma
9,573
6.04
193
0.17
6. Stroke
8,595
5.43
6,805
5.86
7. Coronary Heart Disease
7,233
4.57
26,304
22.66
8. Low Birth Weight
6,250
3.95
536
0.46
9. Meningitis
5,381
3.40
146
0.13
10. Malnutrition
4,825
3.05
43
0.04
11. Road Traffic Accidents
4,231
2.67
4,200
3.62
12. Maternal Conditions
4,127
2.61
96
0.08
13. Liver Disease
3,917
2.47
1,303
1.12
14. Other Injuries
3,602
2.27
1,529
1.32
15. Congenital Anomalies
3,410
2.15
989
0.85
16. Diabetes Mellitus
2,888
1.82
12,460
10.73
17. Tetanus
2,648
1.67
27
0.02
18. Hypertension
2,643
1.67
1,055
0.91
19. Lung Disease
2,442
1.54
9,456
8.15
20. Pertussis
2,054
1.30
15
0.01
21. Kidney Disease
2,051
1.29
6,858
5.91
22. Malaria
1,942
1.23
0
0.00
23. Asthma
1,878
1.19
6,471
5.57
24. War
1,318
0.83
280
0.24
25. Drownings
1,272
0.80
731
0.63
26. Breast Cancer
1,232
0.78
1,383
1.19
27. Suicide
1,219
0.77
2,977
2.56
28. Cervical Cancer
883
0.56
762
0.66
29. Violence
828
0.52
499
0.43
30. Fires
810
0.51
239
0.21
31. Poisonings
758
0.48
93
0.08
32. Alzheimers & Dementia
647
0.41
6,939
5.98
33. HIV/AIDS
610
0.39
39
0.03
34. Lymphomas
605
0.38
1,027
0.88
35. Leukemia
562
0.35
1,155
0.99
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
559
0.35
38
0.03
37. Falls
548
0.35
964
0.83
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
546
0.34
911
0.78
39. Inflammatory/Heart
521
0.33
425
0.37
40. Oesophagus Cancer
516
0.33
1,544
1.33
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
446
0.28
49
0.04
42. Schistosomiasis
435
0.27
0
0.00
43. Epilepsy
419
0.26
269
0.23
44. Endocrine Disorders
406
0.26
462
0.40
45. Syphilis
378
0.24
15
0.01
46. Oral Cancer
328
0.21
2,893
2.49
47. Upper Respiratory
326
0.21
5
0.00
48. Hepatitis B
315
0.20
6
0.01
49. Stomach Cancer
310
0.20
1,321
1.14
50. Ovary Cancer
295
0.19
281
0.24
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Somalia SOMALIA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
33.65
7
9.49
165
2. Cervical Cancer
23.71
28
5.15
125
3. Prostate Cancer
12.27
123
4.61
165
4. Ovary Cancer
8.19
6
1.93
174
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.09
101
3.43
175
6. Oesophagus Cancer
7.97
19
5.72
30
7. Lymphomas
7.68
12
3.88
126
8. Leukemia
6.38
1
4.61
35
9. Stomach Cancer
4.92
109
4.94
107
10. Oral Cancer
4.64
44
10.87
7
11. Lung Cancers
3.67
149
6.56
126
12. Liver Cancer
3.62
148
4.05
128
13. Skin Cancers
2.55
50
0.22
174
14. Uterin Cancer
2.44
83
1.40
144
15. Bladder Cancer
2.40
74
1.63
117
16. Pancreas Cancer
1.69
148
0.80
171
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.