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South Sudan
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 SUDAN VS BOTSWANA

Compare South Sudan and Botswana 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.

Botswana
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 Sudan Population Pyramid
19,962,715
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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Botswana Population Pyramid
3,509,813
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 Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Botswana BOTSWANA
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Botswana BOTSWANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
48.9
52.5
50.7
95
91
92
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
53.0
56.7
54.8
100
98
98
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
58.5
62.6
60.5
101
102
101
1990
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
60.5
65.6
63.0
118
116
116
2000
47.7
50.2
48.9
169
168
169
  
47.9
47.7
47.8
168
177
173
2010
54.1
56.0
55.0
170
170
170
  
58.7
63.7
61.1
150
143
149
2019
60.8
64.8
62.8
163
164
165
  
59.0
65.5
62.2
174
160
171
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Botswana BOTSWANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.8
64.8
163
164
59.0
65.5
174
160
Age
60.8
64.8
163
164
59.0
65.5
174
160
Age 5
67.6
71.4
145
145
61.8
68.1
176
173
Age 10
68.4
72.3
141
141
62.0
68.3
177
174
Age 15
68.9
72.6
139
141
62.1
68.4
177
174
Age 20
69.3
72.9
139
141
62.6
68.7
177
174
Age 25
69.8
73.3
139
141
63.2
69.2
178
174
Age 30
70.3
73.8
139
139
63.9
69.8
178
174
Age 35
71.0
74.4
136
138
64.9
70.7
177
173
Age 40
71.8
75.1
135
138
66.1
71.9
177
172
Age 45
72.7
75.9
131
137
67.7
73.3
176
169
Age 50
73.8
76.8
128
134
69.6
74.8
176
164
Age 55
75.1
77.8
128
133
71.8
76.4
174
159
Age 60
76.6
78.9
130
130
74.2
78.0
172
156
Age 65
78.5
80.4
128
127
76.7
79.7
171
150
Age 70
80.7
82.2
127
123
79.4
81.7
170
148
Age 75
83.3
84.5
127
113
82.4
84.0
166
145
Age 80
86.3
87.2
117
99
85.7
86.7
159
145
Age 85
89.7
90.4
101
79
89.2
89.9
155
144
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Botswana BOTSWANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
92.45
14
252.76
3
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
91.82
32
110.71
21
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
89.87
9
30.71
49
4. Stroke
78.18
96
133.30
30
5. Coronary Heart Disease
67.24
147
133.53
65
6. Tuberculosis
53.50
17
34.54
30
7. Road Traffic Accidents
50.94
9
30.39
48
8. Malaria
49.70
6
0.03
62
9. Liver Disease
33.72
46
30.38
56
10. Diabetes Mellitus
28.11
91
99.86
9
11. Hypertension
26.49
52
39.78
24
12. Cervical Cancer
26.49
21
18.90
40
13. Breast Cancer
24.61
32
8.55
170
14. Kidney Disease
21.96
98
38.81
24
15. Prostate Cancer
20.76
59
13.09
119
16. Violence
20.51
17
18.25
22
17. Lung Disease
20.35
103
40.61
28
18. Malnutrition
17.61
12
8.21
37
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.37
120
18.91
71
20. Maternal Conditions
16.14
14
4.92
49
21. Birth Trauma
15.46
3
5.97
56
22. Meningitis
13.97
18
5.86
45
23. Low Birth Weight
13.19
12
10.36
34
24. Other Injuries
12.63
39
11.76
48
25. Asthma
10.14
63
17.13
28
26. Oesophagus Cancer
8.47
17
8.01
18
27. Congenital Anomalies
7.99
32
8.12
28
28. Lymphomas
7.27
16
4.43
104
29. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.03
119
2.09
181
30. Suicide
6.69
120
20.22
14
31. Leishmaniasis
6.67
1
0.00
91
32. Ovary Cancer
6.66
22
2.44
164
33. Liver Cancer
6.30
69
4.32
118
34. War
5.52
9
0.02
101
35. Falls
5.13
100
4.45
115
36. Leukemia
4.90
23
0.76
174
37. Stomach Cancer
4.83
115
0.74
182
38. Oral Cancer
4.79
40
5.52
33
39. Pertussis
4.19
16
1.48
55
40. Fires
3.92
30
6.18
5
41. Tetanus
3.75
4
0.18
68
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.46
78
7.00
32
43. Lung Cancers
3.26
155
3.39
153
44. Inflammatory/Heart
3.15
132
13.33
15
45. Parkinson's Disease
3.13
139
4.69
60
46. Drownings
3.07
73
3.71
54
47. Skin Cancers
2.57
49
4.55
11
48. Uterin Cancer
2.48
81
1.23
153
49. Poisonings
2.36
37
1.90
48
50. Endocrine Disorders
2.34
137
6.51
44
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,918
11.82
1,674
8.63
2. HIV/AIDS
7,915
9.44
4,950
25.51
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
7,270
8.67
527
2.72
4. Malaria
5,342
6.37
1
0.01
5. Birth Trauma
5,210
6.21
261
1.34
6. Low Birth Weight
4,339
5.17
447
2.30
7. Road Traffic Accidents
4,063
4.84
608
3.13
8. Tuberculosis
3,771
4.50
649
3.34
9. Stroke
3,541
4.22
1,588
8.18
10. Coronary Heart Disease
2,930
3.49
1,632
8.41
11. Congenital Anomalies
2,020
2.41
287
1.48
12. Liver Disease
1,823
2.17
459
2.37
13. Meningitis
1,780
2.12
108
0.56
14. Malnutrition
1,660
1.98
171
0.88
15. Violence
1,584
1.89
389
2.00
16. Maternal Conditions
1,521
1.81
118
0.61
17. Diabetes Mellitus
1,312
1.56
1,273
6.56
18. Other Injuries
1,207
1.44
216
1.11
19. Hypertension
1,131
1.35
471
2.43
20. Kidney Disease
1,090
1.30
506
2.61
21. Leishmaniasis
1,005
1.20
0
0.00
22. Tetanus
937
1.12
6
0.03
23. Lung Disease
894
1.07
482
2.48
24. Pertussis
784
0.93
45
0.23
25. Cervical Cancer
761
0.91
164
0.85
26. Breast Cancer
695
0.83
68
0.35
27. War
614
0.73
0
0.00
28. Asthma
587
0.70
232
1.20
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
543
0.65
164
0.85
30. Drownings
466
0.56
83
0.43
31. Oesophagus Cancer
435
0.52
103
0.53
32. Fires
433
0.52
108
0.56
33. Suicide
425
0.51
370
1.91
34. Lymphomas
422
0.50
77
0.40
35. Prostate Cancer
409
0.49
45
0.23
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
360
0.43
28
0.14
37. Syphilis
351
0.42
36
0.19
38. Liver Cancer
346
0.41
57
0.29
39. Measles
334
0.40
0
0.00
40. Leukemia
314
0.37
13
0.07
41. Falls
269
0.32
62
0.32
42. Oral Cancer
259
0.31
70
0.36
43. Poisonings
259
0.31
42
0.22
44. Stomach Cancer
241
0.29
10
0.05
45. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.26
177
0.91
46. Endocrine Disorders
192
0.23
103
0.53
47. Ovary Cancer
188
0.22
19
0.10
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
186
0.22
90
0.46
49. Lung Cancers
164
0.20
45
0.23
50. Epilepsy
152
0.18
56
0.29
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
26.49
21
18.90
40
2. Breast Cancer
24.61
32
8.55
170
3. Prostate Cancer
20.76
59
13.09
119
4. Oesophagus Cancer
8.47
17
8.01
18
5. Lymphomas
7.27
16
4.43
104
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.03
119
2.09
181
7. Ovary Cancer
6.66
22
2.44
164
8. Liver Cancer
6.30
69
4.32
118
9. Leukemia
4.90
23
0.76
174
10. Stomach Cancer
4.83
115
0.74
182
11. Oral Cancer
4.79
40
5.52
33
12. Lung Cancers
3.26
155
3.39
153
13. Skin Cancers
2.57
49
4.55
11
14. Uterin Cancer
2.48
81
1.23
153
15. Pancreas Cancer
2.21
137
1.33
159
16. Bladder Cancer
1.83
105
0.52
178
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.