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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

Compare South Sudan and Ghana 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.

Ghana
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%
Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
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   Ghana GHANA
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Ghana GHANA
       
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
 
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
47.7
50.2
48.9
169
168
169
 
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
54.1
56.0
55.0
170
170
170
 
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
60.8
64.8
62.8
163
164
165
 
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.8
64.8
163
164
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
67.6
71.4
145
145
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
68.4
72.3
141
141
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
68.9
72.6
139
141
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
69.3
72.9
139
141
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
69.8
73.3
139
141
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
70.3
73.8
139
139
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
71.0
74.4
136
138
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
71.8
75.1
135
138
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
72.7
75.9
131
137
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
73.8
76.8
128
134
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
75.1
77.8
128
133
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
76.6
78.9
130
130
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
78.5
80.4
128
127
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
80.7
82.2
127
123
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
83.3
84.5
127
113
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
86.3
87.2
117
99
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
89.7
90.4
101
79
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
92.45
14
51.92
22
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
91.82
32
99.08
26
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
89.87
9
30.48
50
4. Stroke
78.18
96
124.02
35
5. Coronary Heart Disease
67.24
147
119.93
79
6. Tuberculosis
53.50
17
44.25
21
7. Road Traffic Accidents
50.94
9
31.33
46
8. Malaria
49.70
6
48.00
12
9. Liver Disease
33.72
46
36.74
35
10. Diabetes Mellitus
28.11
91
44.68
47
11. Hypertension
26.49
52
17.73
94
12. Cervical Cancer
26.49
21
24.53
27
13. Breast Cancer
24.61
32
19.09
60
14. Kidney Disease
21.96
98
30.38
56
15. Prostate Cancer
20.76
59
24.21
50
16. Violence
20.51
17
6.73
72
17. Lung Disease
20.35
103
26.48
69
18. Malnutrition
17.61
12
8.62
36
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.37
120
17.79
85
20. Maternal Conditions
16.14
14
6.87
40
21. Birth Trauma
15.46
3
8.81
36
22. Meningitis
13.97
18
13.70
21
23. Low Birth Weight
13.19
12
9.43
38
24. Other Injuries
12.63
39
10.75
58
25. Asthma
10.14
63
13.95
42
26. Oesophagus Cancer
8.47
17
2.61
87
27. Congenital Anomalies
7.99
32
7.03
51
28. Lymphomas
7.27
16
5.70
55
29. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.03
119
6.86
121
30. Suicide
6.69
120
10.54
64
31. Leishmaniasis
6.67
1
0.00
115
32. Ovary Cancer
6.66
22
8.00
7
33. Liver Cancer
6.30
69
17.60
10
34. War
5.52
9
0.10
51
35. Falls
5.13
100
8.85
34
36. Leukemia
4.90
23
1.38
163
37. Stomach Cancer
4.83
115
6.41
86
38. Oral Cancer
4.79
40
2.86
86
39. Pertussis
4.19
16
1.62
51
40. Fires
3.92
30
3.31
41
41. Tetanus
3.75
4
0.59
40
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.46
78
2.19
103
43. Lung Cancers
3.26
155
1.71
177
44. Inflammatory/Heart
3.15
132
11.13
23
45. Parkinson's Disease
3.13
139
4.48
70
46. Drownings
3.07
73
2.38
93
47. Skin Cancers
2.57
49
1.57
114
48. Uterin Cancer
2.48
81
2.86
68
49. Poisonings
2.36
37
2.15
42
50. Endocrine Disorders
2.34
137
6.88
37
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,918
11.82
16,262
9.29
2. HIV/AIDS
7,915
9.44
13,565
7.75
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
7,270
8.67
6,538
3.74
4. Malaria
5,342
6.37
11,162
6.38
5. Birth Trauma
5,210
6.21
6,194
3.54
6. Low Birth Weight
4,339
5.17
6,662
3.81
7. Road Traffic Accidents
4,063
4.84
7,808
4.46
8. Tuberculosis
3,771
4.50
10,214
5.84
9. Stroke
3,541
4.22
15,163
8.67
10. Coronary Heart Disease
2,930
3.49
14,103
8.06
11. Congenital Anomalies
2,020
2.41
3,935
2.25
12. Liver Disease
1,823
2.17
6,053
3.46
13. Meningitis
1,780
2.12
2,983
1.70
14. Malnutrition
1,660
1.98
1,868
1.07
15. Violence
1,584
1.89
1,857
1.06
16. Maternal Conditions
1,521
1.81
1,991
1.14
17. Diabetes Mellitus
1,312
1.56
5,929
3.39
18. Other Injuries
1,207
1.44
2,433
1.39
19. Hypertension
1,131
1.35
2,231
1.28
20. Kidney Disease
1,090
1.30
4,161
2.38
21. Leishmaniasis
1,005
1.20
0
0.00
22. Tetanus
937
1.12
220
0.13
23. Lung Disease
894
1.07
3,120
1.78
24. Pertussis
784
0.93
744
0.43
25. Cervical Cancer
761
0.91
2,161
1.24
26. Breast Cancer
695
0.83
1,937
1.11
27. War
614
0.73
29
0.02
28. Asthma
587
0.70
1,979
1.13
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
543
0.65
1,294
0.74
30. Drownings
466
0.56
740
0.42
31. Oesophagus Cancer
435
0.52
285
0.16
32. Fires
433
0.52
729
0.42
33. Suicide
425
0.51
1,993
1.14
34. Lymphomas
422
0.50
875
0.50
35. Prostate Cancer
409
0.49
1,031
0.59
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
360
0.43
803
0.46
37. Syphilis
351
0.42
483
0.28
38. Liver Cancer
346
0.41
2,851
1.63
39. Measles
334
0.40
135
0.08
40. Leukemia
314
0.37
340
0.19
41. Falls
269
0.32
1,168
0.67
42. Oral Cancer
259
0.31
483
0.28
43. Poisonings
259
0.31
522
0.30
44. Stomach Cancer
241
0.29
870
0.50
45. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.26
1,615
0.92
46. Endocrine Disorders
192
0.23
1,965
1.12
47. Ovary Cancer
188
0.22
698
0.40
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
186
0.22
321
0.18
49. Lung Cancers
164
0.20
237
0.14
50. Epilepsy
152
0.18
329
0.19
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
26.49
21
24.53
27
2. Breast Cancer
24.61
32
19.09
60
3. Prostate Cancer
20.76
59
24.21
50
4. Oesophagus Cancer
8.47
17
2.61
87
5. Lymphomas
7.27
16
5.70
55
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.03
119
6.86
121
7. Ovary Cancer
6.66
22
8.00
7
8. Liver Cancer
6.30
69
17.60
10
9. Leukemia
4.90
23
1.38
163
10. Stomach Cancer
4.83
115
6.41
86
11. Oral Cancer
4.79
40
2.86
86
12. Lung Cancers
3.26
155
1.71
177
13. Skin Cancers
2.57
49
1.57
114
14. Uterin Cancer
2.48
81
2.86
68
15. Pancreas Cancer
2.21
137
2.52
128
16. Bladder Cancer
1.83
105
1.91
102
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.