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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 SPAIN

Compare South Africa and Spain 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.

Spain
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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Spain Population Pyramid
43,637,408
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   Spain SPAIN
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Spain SPAIN
       
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
  
66.7
71.7
69.1
22
25
22
1970
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
  
69.3
74.9
72.0
11
11
7
1980
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
  
72.3
78.5
75.3
6
7
6
1990
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
  
73.3
80.5
76.8
14
5
9
2000
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
  
75.6
82.5
79.1
13
3
8
2010
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
  
78.9
85.0
81.9
11
2
4
2019
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
  
80.7
85.7
83.2
11
3
5
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Spain SPAIN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.2
68.3
154
145
80.7
85.7
11
3
Age
62.2
68.3
154
145
80.7
85.7
11
3
Age 5
64.6
70.5
168
153
81.0
85.9
11
3
Age 10
64.8
70.7
167
157
81.0
86.0
11
3
Age 15
65.0
70.8
167
158
81.0
86.0
11
3
Age 20
65.3
71.2
167
158
81.1
86.0
11
3
Age 25
66.0
71.8
167
157
81.2
86.1
13
3
Age 30
67.1
72.8
167
152
81.3
86.1
13
3
Age 35
68.5
74.1
165
141
81.4
86.2
13
3
Age 40
70.2
75.4
156
131
81.5
86.2
13
3
Age 45
71.9
76.8
147
118
81.7
86.4
14
3
Age 50
73.6
78.0
133
107
82.0
86.6
16
3
Age 55
75.5
79.2
119
101
82.5
86.9
16
3
Age 60
77.3
80.5
106
100
83.3
87.3
16
3
Age 65
79.4
82.0
91
96
84.3
87.9
12
3
Age 70
81.8
83.6
84
90
85.5
88.5
11
5
Age 75
84.1
85.4
82
88
86.9
89.3
12
6
Age 80
86.6
87.4
95
97
88.8
90.4
13
8
Age 85
89.6
90.1
115
122
91.1
92.0
21
13
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Spain SPAIN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
121.35
9
0.81
116
2. Coronary Heart Disease
83.76
128
34.87
179
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
83.23
40
7.96
168
4. Stroke
80.50
93
18.37
177
5. Diabetes Mellitus
74.67
16
5.01
169
6. Tuberculosis
39.83
26
0.22
159
7. Violence
37.54
8
0.47
178
8. Kidney Disease
35.72
35
5.51
162
9. Prostate Cancer
35.20
22
10.62
131
10. Hypertension
33.86
36
4.72
157
11. Diarrhoeal diseases
33.37
46
0.61
157
12. Lung Disease
31.41
47
12.26
157
13. Suicide
23.49
8
5.28
137
14. Road Traffic Accidents
22.70
61
3.15
167
15. Cervical Cancer
20.99
37
1.91
171
16. Liver Disease
18.41
95
4.79
163
17. Lung Cancers
18.34
64
22.84
36
18. Breast Cancer
18.21
76
12.72
134
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.44
118
21.52
32
20. Asthma
13.63
45
0.72
145
21. Inflammatory/Heart
12.75
17
4.16
111
22. Endocrine Disorders
11.70
14
3.95
83
23. Other Injuries
10.77
57
4.18
148
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.90
89
14.27
30
25. Oesophagus Cancer
8.50
16
2.11
106
26. Low Birth Weight
7.16
63
0.92
169
27. Meningitis
6.74
41
0.16
165
28. Fires
6.64
4
0.22
173
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.23
83
2.05
174
30. Lymphomas
6.08
39
4.68
92
31. Liver Cancer
5.46
87
4.88
101
32. Pancreas Cancer
4.98
65
6.38
50
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.52
65
0.38
179
34. Malnutrition
4.41
56
0.18
141
35. Drownings
4.06
44
0.69
163
36. Ovary Cancer
3.85
115
3.96
110
37. Stomach Cancer
3.68
137
5.23
102
38. Birth Trauma
3.36
78
0.40
162
39. Parkinson's Disease
3.36
130
2.99
145
40. Leukemia
3.34
108
3.46
98
41. Epilepsy
3.28
22
0.81
155
42. Oral Cancer
3.18
80
2.74
93
43. Falls
2.99
150
2.48
166
44. Skin Disease
2.91
30
1.03
109
45. Maternal Conditions
2.65
62
0.03
178
46. Skin Cancers
2.47
53
1.54
115
47. Bladder Cancer
2.19
83
3.99
26
48. Uterin Cancer
2.15
99
2.57
78
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.04
70
1.15
106
50. Alcohol
1.93
61
0.41
150
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Spain SPAIN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
71,996
15.84
538
0.16
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
39,341
8.65
13,717
4.15
3. Coronary Heart Disease
32,739
7.20
51,684
15.64
4. Stroke
30,693
6.75
29,004
8.78
5. Diabetes Mellitus
30,188
6.64
7,773
2.35
6. Tuberculosis
21,965
4.83
270
0.08
7. Violence
21,000
4.62
262
0.08
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
15,843
3.49
1,064
0.32
9. Kidney Disease
15,302
3.37
9,725
2.94
10. Suicide
13,774
3.03
3,609
1.09
11. Road Traffic Accidents
13,014
2.86
1,829
0.55
12. Hypertension
12,789
2.81
9,115
2.76
13. Lung Disease
11,895
2.62
18,926
5.73
14. Liver Disease
9,013
1.98
4,231
1.28
15. Lung Cancers
7,705
1.70
22,131
6.70
16. Low Birth Weight
6,250
1.37
253
0.08
17. Other Injuries
6,014
1.32
5,536
1.68
18. Asthma
5,966
1.31
1,133
0.34
19. Endocrine Disorders
5,890
1.30
4,863
1.47
20. Cervical Cancer
5,555
1.22
855
0.26
21. Inflammatory/Heart
5,408
1.19
4,984
1.51
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,676
1.03
42,339
12.81
23. Breast Cancer
4,533
1.00
7,067
2.14
24. Prostate Cancer
4,374
0.96
6,420
1.94
25. Congenital Anomalies
4,351
0.96
863
0.26
26. Meningitis
3,660
0.81
129
0.04
27. Fires
3,618
0.80
185
0.06
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,587
0.79
16,957
5.13
29. Oesophagus Cancer
3,486
0.77
2,011
0.61
30. Birth Trauma
3,004
0.66
113
0.03
31. Lymphomas
2,818
0.62
5,335
1.61
32. Drownings
2,403
0.53
446
0.13
33. Liver Cancer
2,383
0.52
5,098
1.54
34. Malnutrition
2,381
0.52
302
0.09
35. Pancreas Cancer
2,007
0.44
6,752
2.04
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,894
0.42
475
0.14
37. Epilepsy
1,870
0.41
824
0.25
38. Maternal Conditions
1,700
0.37
14
0.00
39. Stomach Cancer
1,535
0.34
5,796
1.75
40. Leukemia
1,464
0.32
3,772
1.14
41. Oral Cancer
1,406
0.31
2,583
0.78
42. Falls
1,399
0.31
3,246
0.98
43. Pertussis
1,142
0.25
2
0.00
44. Syphilis
1,130
0.25
9
0.00
45. Skin Disease
1,101
0.24
1,840
0.56
46. Parkinson's Disease
1,077
0.24
4,943
1.50
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,015
0.22
1,612
0.49
48. Skin Cancers
993
0.22
1,803
0.55
49. Alcohol
987
0.22
333
0.10
50. Poisonings
975
0.21
170
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Spain SPAIN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
35.20
22
10.62
131
2. Cervical Cancer
20.99
37
1.91
171
3. Lung Cancers
18.34
64
22.84
36
4. Breast Cancer
18.21
76
12.72
134
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.90
89
14.27
30
6. Oesophagus Cancer
8.50
16
2.11
106
7. Lymphomas
6.08
39
4.68
92
8. Liver Cancer
5.46
87
4.88
101
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.98
65
6.38
50
10. Ovary Cancer
3.85
115
3.96
110
11. Stomach Cancer
3.68
137
5.23
102
12. Leukemia
3.34
108
3.46
98
13. Oral Cancer
3.18
80
2.74
93
14. Skin Cancers
2.47
53
1.54
115
15. Bladder Cancer
2.19
83
3.99
26
16. Uterin Cancer
2.15
99
2.57
78
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.