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South Africa
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
SOUTH AFRICA VS PAKISTAN

Compare South Africa and Pakistan 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.

Pakistan
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
South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
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%
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Pakistan Population Pyramid
338,013,194
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
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Pakistan PAKISTAN
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Pakistan PAKISTAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
  
47.8
45.9
46.9
99
120
110
1970
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
  
51.7
50.5
51.1
106
126
118
1980
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
  
55.6
55.1
55.3
118
131
125
1990
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
  
59.7
60.1
59.9
121
133
129
2000
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
  
62.0
63.6
62.8
117
128
124
2010
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
  
64.1
66.1
65.1
125
134
133
2019
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
  
64.6
66.7
65.6
135
152
144
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Pakistan PAKISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.2
68.3
154
145
64.6
66.7
135
152
Age
62.2
68.3
154
145
64.6
66.7
135
152
Age 5
64.6
70.5
168
153
69.5
71.1
129
149
Age 10
64.8
70.7
167
157
69.8
71.4
130
150
Age 15
65.0
70.8
167
158
70.0
71.6
130
151
Age 20
65.3
71.2
167
158
70.3
71.9
128
151
Age 25
66.0
71.8
167
157
70.8
72.3
127
151
Age 30
67.1
72.8
167
152
71.3
72.7
124
153
Age 35
68.5
74.1
165
141
71.8
73.2
123
154
Age 40
70.2
75.4
156
131
72.4
73.8
123
154
Age 45
71.9
76.8
147
118
73.2
74.5
124
157
Age 50
73.6
78.0
133
107
74.1
75.3
124
158
Age 55
75.5
79.2
119
101
75.3
76.4
125
158
Age 60
77.3
80.5
106
100
76.8
77.8
120
160
Age 65
79.4
82.0
91
96
78.7
79.5
116
157
Age 70
81.8
83.6
84
90
80.9
81.5
118
155
Age 75
84.1
85.4
82
88
83.5
83.9
115
149
Age 80
86.6
87.4
95
97
86.4
86.7
114
140
Age 85
89.6
90.1
115
122
89.7
90.0
103
132
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Pakistan PAKISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
121.35
9
3.61
84
2. Coronary Heart Disease
83.76
128
193.56
30
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
83.23
40
37.37
72
4. Stroke
80.50
93
116.52
51
5. Diabetes Mellitus
74.67
16
52.40
35
6. Tuberculosis
39.83
26
23.21
49
7. Violence
37.54
8
6.16
78
8. Kidney Disease
35.72
35
42.04
19
9. Prostate Cancer
35.20
22
5.99
159
10. Hypertension
33.86
36
20.05
82
11. Diarrhoeal diseases
33.37
46
65.76
19
12. Lung Disease
31.41
47
77.79
8
13. Suicide
23.49
8
9.77
73
14. Road Traffic Accidents
22.70
61
15.18
95
15. Cervical Cancer
20.99
37
5.56
119
16. Liver Disease
18.41
95
38.05
29
17. Lung Cancers
18.34
64
7.37
120
18. Breast Cancer
18.21
76
25.28
26
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.44
118
16.30
121
20. Asthma
13.63
45
16.73
30
21. Inflammatory/Heart
12.75
17
1.61
171
22. Endocrine Disorders
11.70
14
6.05
52
23. Other Injuries
10.77
57
13.00
37
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.90
89
3.71
171
25. Oesophagus Cancer
8.50
16
5.67
31
26. Low Birth Weight
7.16
63
17.20
2
27. Meningitis
6.74
41
6.99
40
28. Fires
6.64
4
1.95
76
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.23
83
6.64
62
30. Lymphomas
6.08
39
4.73
89
31. Liver Cancer
5.46
87
3.19
159
32. Pancreas Cancer
4.98
65
0.79
172
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.52
65
4.53
64
34. Malnutrition
4.41
56
3.52
61
35. Drownings
4.06
44
2.12
110
36. Ovary Cancer
3.85
115
4.95
71
37. Stomach Cancer
3.68
137
2.97
157
38. Birth Trauma
3.36
78
11.30
15
39. Parkinson's Disease
3.36
130
5.79
27
40. Leukemia
3.34
108
2.78
130
41. Epilepsy
3.28
22
2.83
35
42. Oral Cancer
3.18
80
11.65
5
43. Falls
2.99
150
6.29
80
44. Skin Disease
2.91
30
0.08
177
45. Maternal Conditions
2.65
62
5.74
45
46. Skin Cancers
2.47
53
1.16
132
47. Bladder Cancer
2.19
83
2.19
82
48. Uterin Cancer
2.15
99
1.80
121
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.04
70
17.89
2
50. Alcohol
1.93
61
1.57
78
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Pakistan PAKISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
71,996
15.84
6,797
0.47
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
39,341
8.65
83,483
5.72
3. Coronary Heart Disease
32,739
7.20
240,720
16.49
4. Stroke
30,693
6.75
141,432
9.69
5. Diabetes Mellitus
30,188
6.64
63,852
4.37
6. Tuberculosis
21,965
4.83
42,103
2.88
7. Violence
21,000
4.62
12,925
0.89
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
15,843
3.49
104,383
7.15
9. Kidney Disease
15,302
3.37
56,796
3.89
10. Suicide
13,774
3.03
19,331
1.32
11. Road Traffic Accidents
13,014
2.86
28,170
1.93
12. Hypertension
12,789
2.81
22,917
1.57
13. Lung Disease
11,895
2.62
86,968
5.96
14. Liver Disease
9,013
1.98
54,835
3.76
15. Lung Cancers
7,705
1.70
9,688
0.66
16. Low Birth Weight
6,250
1.37
93,373
6.40
17. Other Injuries
6,014
1.32
27,010
1.85
18. Asthma
5,966
1.31
20,750
1.42
19. Endocrine Disorders
5,890
1.30
11,439
0.78
20. Cervical Cancer
5,555
1.22
4,009
0.27
21. Inflammatory/Heart
5,408
1.19
2,318
0.16
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,676
1.03
15,216
1.04
23. Breast Cancer
4,533
1.00
18,009
1.23
24. Prostate Cancer
4,374
0.96
3,559
0.24
25. Congenital Anomalies
4,351
0.96
26,320
1.80
26. Meningitis
3,660
0.81
18,025
1.23
27. Fires
3,618
0.80
4,305
0.29
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,587
0.79
5,279
0.36
29. Oesophagus Cancer
3,486
0.77
7,866
0.54
30. Birth Trauma
3,004
0.66
59,559
4.08
31. Lymphomas
2,818
0.62
7,020
0.48
32. Drownings
2,403
0.53
5,376
0.37
33. Liver Cancer
2,383
0.52
4,427
0.30
34. Malnutrition
2,381
0.52
8,852
0.61
35. Pancreas Cancer
2,007
0.44
1,069
0.07
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,894
0.42
5,450
0.37
37. Epilepsy
1,870
0.41
4,873
0.33
38. Maternal Conditions
1,700
0.37
12,392
0.85
39. Stomach Cancer
1,535
0.34
4,044
0.28
40. Leukemia
1,464
0.32
5,254
0.36
41. Oral Cancer
1,406
0.31
17,181
1.18
42. Falls
1,399
0.31
8,642
0.59
43. Pertussis
1,142
0.25
6,358
0.44
44. Syphilis
1,130
0.25
1,289
0.09
45. Skin Disease
1,101
0.24
132
0.01
46. Parkinson's Disease
1,077
0.24
6,145
0.42
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,015
0.22
26,017
1.78
48. Skin Cancers
993
0.22
1,539
0.11
49. Alcohol
987
0.22
2,520
0.17
50. Poisonings
975
0.21
3,364
0.23
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Pakistan PAKISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
35.20
22
5.99
159
2. Cervical Cancer
20.99
37
5.56
119
3. Lung Cancers
18.34
64
7.37
120
4. Breast Cancer
18.21
76
25.28
26
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.90
89
3.71
171
6. Oesophagus Cancer
8.50
16
5.67
31
7. Lymphomas
6.08
39
4.73
89
8. Liver Cancer
5.46
87
3.19
159
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.98
65
0.79
172
10. Ovary Cancer
3.85
115
4.95
71
11. Stomach Cancer
3.68
137
2.97
157
12. Leukemia
3.34
108
2.78
130
13. Oral Cancer
3.18
80
11.65
5
14. Skin Cancers
2.47
53
1.16
132
15. Bladder Cancer
2.19
83
2.19
82
16. Uterin Cancer
2.15
99
1.80
121
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.