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Spain
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 Spain and Germany 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.

Germany
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
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%
Germany Population Pyramid
80,103,973
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
  Spain SPAIN   Germany GERMANY
  Spain SPAIN   Germany GERMANY
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.7
71.7
69.1
22
25
22
 
66.9
72.3
69.5
19
21
18
1970
69.3
74.9
72.0
11
11
7
 
67.4
73.7
70.5
23
23
23
1980
72.3
78.5
75.3
6
7
6
 
69.4
76.1
72.6
27
20
26
1990
73.3
80.5
76.8
14
5
9
 
72.0
78.6
75.2
25
19
22
2000
75.6
82.5
79.1
13
3
8
 
74.8
80.9
78.0
23
16
18
2010
78.9
85.0
81.9
11
2
4
 
77.5
82.6
80.1
21
22
22
2019
80.7
85.7
83.2
11
3
5
 
78.7
84.8
81.7
26
10
20
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Spain SPAIN   Germany GERMANY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.7
85.7
11
3
78.7
84.8
26
10
Age
80.7
85.7
11
3
78.7
84.8
26
10
Age 5
81.0
85.9
11
3
79.0
85.1
29
10
Age 10
81.0
86.0
11
3
79.1
85.1
29
10
Age 15
81.0
86.0
11
3
79.1
85.1
29
10
Age 20
81.1
86.0
11
3
79.2
85.2
29
10
Age 25
81.2
86.1
13
3
79.3
85.2
29
10
Age 30
81.3
86.1
13
3
79.4
85.3
32
10
Age 35
81.4
86.2
13
3
79.6
85.4
33
10
Age 40
81.5
86.2
13
3
79.8
85.5
33
9
Age 45
81.7
86.4
14
3
80.0
85.7
34
9
Age 50
82.0
86.6
16
3
80.4
85.9
33
8
Age 55
82.5
86.9
16
3
81.0
86.3
35
7
Age 60
83.3
87.3
16
3
81.9
86.9
35
6
Age 65
84.3
87.9
12
3
83.1
87.7
35
6
Age 70
85.5
88.5
11
5
84.6
88.7
35
3
Age 75
86.9
89.3
12
6
86.3
90.0
30
2
Age 80
88.8
90.4
13
8
88.3
91.6
25
1
Age 85
91.1
92.0
21
13
90.9
94.1
31
1
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Spain SPAIN   Germany GERMANY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
34.87
179
56.09
155
2. Lung Cancers
22.84
36
24.77
27
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.52
32
15.54
128
4. Stroke
18.37
177
18.75
173
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.27
30
12.18
48
6. Breast Cancer
12.72
134
18.80
66
7. Lung Disease
12.26
157
18.00
116
8. Prostate Cancer
10.62
131
14.89
102
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.96
168
7.66
170
10. Pancreas Cancer
6.38
50
8.75
12
11. Kidney Disease
5.51
162
7.81
152
12. Suicide
5.28
137
8.27
93
13. Stomach Cancer
5.23
102
4.80
118
14. Diabetes Mellitus
5.01
169
6.48
161
15. Liver Cancer
4.88
101
4.03
129
16. Liver Disease
4.79
163
9.69
128
17. Hypertension
4.72
157
8.36
139
18. Lymphomas
4.68
92
5.60
60
19. Other Injuries
4.18
148
4.05
151
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.16
111
4.30
99
21. Bladder Cancer
3.99
26
2.51
70
22. Ovary Cancer
3.96
110
5.13
60
23. Endocrine Disorders
3.95
83
5.15
62
24. Leukemia
3.46
98
4.20
59
25. Other Neoplasms
3.41
27
3.28
29
26. Road Traffic Accidents
3.15
167
2.98
170
27. Parkinson's Disease
2.99
145
4.25
83
28. Oral Cancer
2.74
93
3.52
69
29. Uterin Cancer
2.57
78
1.95
110
30. Falls
2.48
166
5.64
93
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.11
106
3.39
58
32. Congenital Anomalies
2.05
174
2.95
157
33. Cervical Cancer
1.91
171
2.68
155
34. Skin Cancers
1.54
115
2.02
84
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.15
106
1.34
96
36. Drug Use
1.10
104
2.00
45
37. Skin Disease
1.03
109
0.62
130
38. Low Birth Weight
0.92
169
1.30
161
39. HIV/AIDS
0.81
116
0.30
135
40. Epilepsy
0.81
155
1.72
86
41. Asthma
0.72
145
0.46
165
42. Drownings
0.69
163
0.42
177
43. Hepatitis C
0.63
12
0.33
33
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.61
157
1.39
119
45. Violence
0.47
178
0.84
161
46. Anemia
0.45
29
0.32
39
47. Alcohol
0.41
150
4.32
25
48. Birth Trauma
0.40
162
0.40
160
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.38
179
0.90
152
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.35
47
0.96
11
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Spain SPAIN   Germany GERMANY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
51,684
15.64
147,055
20.98
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
42,339
12.81
51,168
7.30
3. Stroke
29,004
8.78
49,794
7.11
4. Lung Cancers
22,131
6.70
46,560
6.64
5. Lung Disease
18,926
5.73
42,797
6.11
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16,957
5.13
26,026
3.71
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
13,717
4.15
20,712
2.96
8. Kidney Disease
9,725
2.94
22,770
3.25
9. Hypertension
9,115
2.76
26,796
3.82
10. Diabetes Mellitus
7,773
2.35
15,560
2.22
11. Breast Cancer
7,067
2.14
18,842
2.69
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,752
2.04
17,971
2.56
13. Prostate Cancer
6,420
1.94
16,487
2.35
14. Stomach Cancer
5,796
1.75
9,658
1.38
15. Other Injuries
5,536
1.68
8,248
1.18
16. Lymphomas
5,335
1.61
12,249
1.75
17. Bladder Cancer
5,222
1.58
6,193
0.88
18. Liver Cancer
5,098
1.54
8,057
1.15
19. Inflammatory/Heart
4,984
1.51
8,891
1.27
20. Parkinson's Disease
4,943
1.50
12,594
1.80
21. Endocrine Disorders
4,863
1.47
10,677
1.52
22. Other Neoplasms
4,748
1.44
8,161
1.16
23. Liver Disease
4,231
1.28
15,194
2.17
24. Leukemia
3,772
1.14
8,737
1.25
25. Suicide
3,609
1.09
10,284
1.47
26. Falls
3,246
0.98
15,325
2.19
27. Oral Cancer
2,583
0.78
6,023
0.86
28. Ovary Cancer
2,026
0.61
5,192
0.74
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2,011
0.61
6,212
0.89
30. Skin Disease
1,840
0.56
1,543
0.22
31. Road Traffic Accidents
1,829
0.55
3,160
0.45
32. Skin Cancers
1,803
0.55
4,055
0.58
33. Uterin Cancer
1,612
0.49
2,231
0.32
34. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,612
0.49
3,615
0.52
35. Asthma
1,133
0.34
924
0.13
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,064
0.32
3,830
0.55
37. Anemia
914
0.28
994
0.14
38. Congenital Anomalies
863
0.26
2,291
0.33
39. Cervical Cancer
855
0.26
2,131
0.30
40. Epilepsy
824
0.25
3,091
0.44
41. Drug Use
776
0.23
1,930
0.28
42. Hepatitis C
652
0.20
507
0.07
43. HIV/AIDS
538
0.16
345
0.05
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
475
0.14
2,166
0.31
45. Drownings
446
0.13
459
0.07
46. Alcohol
333
0.10
6,257
0.89
47. Malnutrition
302
0.09
450
0.06
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
294
0.09
543
0.08
49. Multiple Sclerosis
287
0.09
1,571
0.22
50. Tuberculosis
270
0.08
281
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Spain SPAIN   Germany GERMANY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.84
36
24.77
27
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.27
30
12.18
48
3. Breast Cancer
12.72
134
18.80
66
4. Prostate Cancer
10.62
131
14.89
102
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.38
50
8.75
12
6. Stomach Cancer
5.23
102
4.80
118
7. Liver Cancer
4.88
101
4.03
129
8. Lymphomas
4.68
92
5.60
60
9. Bladder Cancer
3.99
26
2.51
70
10. Ovary Cancer
3.96
110
5.13
60
11. Leukemia
3.46
98
4.20
59
12. Oral Cancer
2.74
93
3.52
69
13. Uterin Cancer
2.57
78
1.95
110
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.11
106
3.39
58
15. Cervical Cancer
1.91
171
2.68
155
16. Skin Cancers
1.54
115
2.02
84
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.