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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 ZAMBIA

Compare South Africa and Zambia 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.

Zambia
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
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Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Zambia ZAMBIA
       
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
  
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
1970
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
  
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
1980
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
  
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
1990
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
  
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
2000
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
  
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
2010
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
  
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
2019
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
  
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Zambia ZAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.2
68.3
154
145
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age
62.2
68.3
154
145
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age 5
64.6
70.5
168
153
63.8
69.3
172
164
Age 10
64.8
70.7
167
157
64.2
69.7
172
164
Age 15
65.0
70.8
167
158
64.5
69.9
172
166
Age 20
65.3
71.2
167
158
64.9
70.2
171
166
Age 25
66.0
71.8
167
157
65.5
70.7
172
166
Age 30
67.1
72.8
167
152
66.1
71.3
172
166
Age 35
68.5
74.1
165
141
66.9
72.0
172
166
Age 40
70.2
75.4
156
131
67.9
72.9
171
165
Age 45
71.9
76.8
147
118
69.2
74.0
170
162
Age 50
73.6
78.0
133
107
70.8
75.2
170
159
Age 55
75.5
79.2
119
101
72.6
76.6
170
155
Age 60
77.3
80.5
106
100
74.7
78.1
171
153
Age 65
79.4
82.0
91
96
77.0
79.7
168
149
Age 70
81.8
83.6
84
90
79.7
81.7
167
146
Age 75
84.1
85.4
82
88
82.6
84.0
160
144
Age 80
86.6
87.4
95
97
85.8
86.7
155
139
Age 85
89.6
90.1
115
122
89.3
89.9
150
142
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Zambia ZAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
121.35
9
132.99
8
2. Coronary Heart Disease
83.76
128
85.40
126
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
83.23
40
87.45
35
4. Stroke
80.50
93
156.50
19
5. Diabetes Mellitus
74.67
16
42.93
53
6. Tuberculosis
39.83
26
49.91
19
7. Violence
37.54
8
7.04
67
8. Kidney Disease
35.72
35
29.46
63
9. Prostate Cancer
35.20
22
37.64
19
10. Hypertension
33.86
36
56.20
6
11. Diarrhoeal diseases
33.37
46
54.75
30
12. Lung Disease
31.41
47
25.95
72
13. Suicide
23.49
8
14.43
32
14. Road Traffic Accidents
22.70
61
32.93
43
15. Cervical Cancer
20.99
37
48.42
6
16. Liver Disease
18.41
95
63.86
4
17. Lung Cancers
18.34
64
4.41
142
18. Breast Cancer
18.21
76
9.51
164
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.44
118
18.87
72
20. Asthma
13.63
45
10.81
57
21. Inflammatory/Heart
12.75
17
6.33
60
22. Endocrine Disorders
11.70
14
3.28
99
23. Other Injuries
10.77
57
13.38
34
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.90
89
2.98
177
25. Oesophagus Cancer
8.50
16
5.61
32
26. Low Birth Weight
7.16
63
9.64
36
27. Meningitis
6.74
41
15.31
15
28. Fires
6.64
4
3.87
31
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.23
83
8.15
24
30. Lymphomas
6.08
39
6.38
29
31. Liver Cancer
5.46
87
2.22
179
32. Pancreas Cancer
4.98
65
0.68
175
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.52
65
3.48
77
34. Malnutrition
4.41
56
17.63
11
35. Drownings
4.06
44
3.21
69
36. Ovary Cancer
3.85
115
2.00
173
37. Stomach Cancer
3.68
137
3.21
149
38. Birth Trauma
3.36
78
10.07
26
39. Parkinson's Disease
3.36
130
4.09
94
40. Leukemia
3.34
108
2.93
124
41. Epilepsy
3.28
22
2.68
38
42. Oral Cancer
3.18
80
2.39
110
43. Falls
2.99
150
9.14
30
44. Skin Disease
2.91
30
1.69
87
45. Maternal Conditions
2.65
62
7.77
38
46. Skin Cancers
2.47
53
1.87
93
47. Bladder Cancer
2.19
83
2.36
75
48. Uterin Cancer
2.15
99
0.90
164
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.04
70
2.70
47
50. Alcohol
1.93
61
1.90
63
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
71,996
15.84
17,234
15.43
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
39,341
8.65
9,517
8.52
3. Coronary Heart Disease
32,739
7.20
4,432
3.97
4. Stroke
30,693
6.75
7,948
7.12
5. Diabetes Mellitus
30,188
6.64
2,395
2.14
6. Tuberculosis
21,965
4.83
5,941
5.32
7. Violence
21,000
4.62
1,153
1.03
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
15,843
3.49
6,275
5.62
9. Kidney Disease
15,302
3.37
1,760
1.58
10. Suicide
13,774
3.03
1,303
1.17
11. Road Traffic Accidents
13,014
2.86
3,654
3.27
12. Hypertension
12,789
2.81
2,616
2.34
13. Lung Disease
11,895
2.62
1,273
1.14
14. Liver Disease
9,013
1.98
4,501
4.03
15. Lung Cancers
7,705
1.70
226
0.20
16. Low Birth Weight
6,250
1.37
4,857
4.35
17. Other Injuries
6,014
1.32
1,729
1.55
18. Asthma
5,966
1.31
741
0.66
19. Endocrine Disorders
5,890
1.30
354
0.32
20. Cervical Cancer
5,555
1.22
1,799
1.61
21. Inflammatory/Heart
5,408
1.19
501
0.45
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,676
1.03
590
0.53
23. Breast Cancer
4,533
1.00
366
0.33
24. Prostate Cancer
4,374
0.96
561
0.50
25. Congenital Anomalies
4,351
0.96
3,146
2.82
26. Meningitis
3,660
0.81
1,976
1.77
27. Fires
3,618
0.80
546
0.49
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,587
0.79
203
0.18
29. Oesophagus Cancer
3,486
0.77
359
0.32
30. Birth Trauma
3,004
0.66
5,062
4.53
31. Lymphomas
2,818
0.62
548
0.49
32. Drownings
2,403
0.53
689
0.62
33. Liver Cancer
2,383
0.52
177
0.16
34. Malnutrition
2,381
0.52
2,303
2.06
35. Pancreas Cancer
2,007
0.44
42
0.04
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,894
0.42
246
0.22
37. Epilepsy
1,870
0.41
332
0.30
38. Maternal Conditions
1,700
0.37
1,188
1.06
39. Stomach Cancer
1,535
0.34
206
0.18
40. Leukemia
1,464
0.32
261
0.23
41. Oral Cancer
1,406
0.31
155
0.14
42. Falls
1,399
0.31
596
0.53
43. Pertussis
1,142
0.25
743
0.67
44. Syphilis
1,130
0.25
885
0.79
45. Skin Disease
1,101
0.24
126
0.11
46. Parkinson's Disease
1,077
0.24
164
0.15
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,015
0.22
190
0.17
48. Skin Cancers
993
0.22
108
0.10
49. Alcohol
987
0.22
140
0.13
50. Poisonings
975
0.21
456
0.41
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
35.20
22
37.64
19
2. Cervical Cancer
20.99
37
48.42
6
3. Lung Cancers
18.34
64
4.41
142
4. Breast Cancer
18.21
76
9.51
164
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.90
89
2.98
177
6. Oesophagus Cancer
8.50
16
5.61
32
7. Lymphomas
6.08
39
6.38
29
8. Liver Cancer
5.46
87
2.22
179
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.98
65
0.68
175
10. Ovary Cancer
3.85
115
2.00
173
11. Stomach Cancer
3.68
137
3.21
149
12. Leukemia
3.34
108
2.93
124
13. Oral Cancer
3.18
80
2.39
110
14. Skin Cancers
2.47
53
1.87
93
15. Bladder Cancer
2.19
83
2.36
75
16. Uterin Cancer
2.15
99
0.90
164
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.