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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 South Africa 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.

South Africa
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
South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Spain SPAIN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Spain SPAIN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
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
 
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
69.3
74.9
72.0
11
11
7
 
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
72.3
78.5
75.3
6
7
6
 
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
73.3
80.5
76.8
14
5
9
 
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
75.6
82.5
79.1
13
3
8
 
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
78.9
85.0
81.9
11
2
4
 
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
80.7
85.7
83.2
11
3
5
 
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Spain SPAIN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.7
85.7
11
3
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
80.7
85.7
11
3
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
81.0
85.9
11
3
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
81.0
86.0
11
3
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
81.0
86.0
11
3
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
81.1
86.0
11
3
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
81.2
86.1
13
3
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
81.3
86.1
13
3
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
81.4
86.2
13
3
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
81.5
86.2
13
3
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
81.7
86.4
14
3
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
82.0
86.6
16
3
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
82.5
86.9
16
3
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
83.3
87.3
16
3
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
84.3
87.9
12
3
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
85.5
88.5
11
5
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
86.9
89.3
12
6
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
88.8
90.4
13
8
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
91.1
92.0
21
13
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Spain SPAIN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
34.87
179
83.76
128
2. Lung Cancers
22.84
36
18.34
64
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.52
32
16.44
118
4. Stroke
18.37
177
80.50
93
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.27
30
8.90
89
6. Breast Cancer
12.72
134
18.21
76
7. Lung Disease
12.26
157
31.41
47
8. Prostate Cancer
10.62
131
35.20
22
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.96
168
83.23
40
10. Pancreas Cancer
6.38
50
4.98
65
11. Kidney Disease
5.51
162
35.72
35
12. Suicide
5.28
137
23.49
8
13. Stomach Cancer
5.23
102
3.68
137
14. Diabetes Mellitus
5.01
169
74.67
16
15. Liver Cancer
4.88
101
5.46
87
16. Liver Disease
4.79
163
18.41
95
17. Hypertension
4.72
157
33.86
36
18. Lymphomas
4.68
92
6.08
39
19. Other Injuries
4.18
148
10.77
57
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.16
111
12.75
17
21. Bladder Cancer
3.99
26
2.19
83
22. Ovary Cancer
3.96
110
3.85
115
23. Endocrine Disorders
3.95
83
11.70
14
24. Leukemia
3.46
98
3.34
108
25. Other Neoplasms
3.41
27
0.65
75
26. Road Traffic Accidents
3.15
167
22.70
61
27. Parkinson's Disease
2.99
145
3.36
130
28. Oral Cancer
2.74
93
3.18
80
29. Uterin Cancer
2.57
78
2.15
99
30. Falls
2.48
166
2.99
150
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.11
106
8.50
16
32. Congenital Anomalies
2.05
174
6.23
83
33. Cervical Cancer
1.91
171
20.99
37
34. Skin Cancers
1.54
115
2.47
53
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.15
106
2.04
70
36. Drug Use
1.10
104
1.52
67
37. Skin Disease
1.03
109
2.91
30
38. Low Birth Weight
0.92
169
7.16
63
39. HIV/AIDS
0.81
116
121.35
9
40. Epilepsy
0.81
155
3.28
22
41. Asthma
0.72
145
13.63
45
42. Drownings
0.69
163
4.06
44
43. Hepatitis C
0.63
12
0.02
142
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.61
157
33.37
46
45. Violence
0.47
178
37.54
8
46. Anemia
0.45
29
0.00
160
47. Alcohol
0.41
150
1.93
61
48. Birth Trauma
0.40
162
3.36
78
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.38
179
4.52
65
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.35
47
0.22
80
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Spain SPAIN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
51,684
15.64
32,739
7.20
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
42,339
12.81
4,676
1.03
3. Stroke
29,004
8.78
30,693
6.75
4. Lung Cancers
22,131
6.70
7,705
1.70
5. Lung Disease
18,926
5.73
11,895
2.62
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16,957
5.13
3,587
0.79
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
13,717
4.15
39,341
8.65
8. Kidney Disease
9,725
2.94
15,302
3.37
9. Hypertension
9,115
2.76
12,789
2.81
10. Diabetes Mellitus
7,773
2.35
30,188
6.64
11. Breast Cancer
7,067
2.14
4,533
1.00
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,752
2.04
2,007
0.44
13. Prostate Cancer
6,420
1.94
4,374
0.96
14. Stomach Cancer
5,796
1.75
1,535
0.34
15. Other Injuries
5,536
1.68
6,014
1.32
16. Lymphomas
5,335
1.61
2,818
0.62
17. Bladder Cancer
5,222
1.58
829
0.18
18. Liver Cancer
5,098
1.54
2,383
0.52
19. Inflammatory/Heart
4,984
1.51
5,408
1.19
20. Parkinson's Disease
4,943
1.50
1,077
0.24
21. Endocrine Disorders
4,863
1.47
5,890
1.30
22. Other Neoplasms
4,748
1.44
267
0.06
23. Liver Disease
4,231
1.28
9,013
1.98
24. Leukemia
3,772
1.14
1,464
0.32
25. Suicide
3,609
1.09
13,774
3.03
26. Falls
3,246
0.98
1,399
0.31
27. Oral Cancer
2,583
0.78
1,406
0.31
28. Ovary Cancer
2,026
0.61
951
0.21
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2,011
0.61
3,486
0.77
30. Skin Disease
1,840
0.56
1,101
0.24
31. Road Traffic Accidents
1,829
0.55
13,014
2.86
32. Skin Cancers
1,803
0.55
993
0.22
33. Uterin Cancer
1,612
0.49
512
0.11
34. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,612
0.49
1,015
0.22
35. Asthma
1,133
0.34
5,966
1.31
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,064
0.32
15,843
3.49
37. Anemia
914
0.28
0
0.00
38. Congenital Anomalies
863
0.26
4,351
0.96
39. Cervical Cancer
855
0.26
5,555
1.22
40. Epilepsy
824
0.25
1,870
0.41
41. Drug Use
776
0.23
770
0.17
42. Hepatitis C
652
0.20
8
0.00
43. HIV/AIDS
538
0.16
71,996
15.84
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
475
0.14
1,894
0.42
45. Drownings
446
0.13
2,403
0.53
46. Alcohol
333
0.10
987
0.22
47. Malnutrition
302
0.09
2,381
0.52
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
294
0.09
376
0.08
49. Multiple Sclerosis
287
0.09
113
0.02
50. Tuberculosis
270
0.08
21,965
4.83
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Spain SPAIN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.84
36
18.34
64
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.27
30
8.90
89
3. Breast Cancer
12.72
134
18.21
76
4. Prostate Cancer
10.62
131
35.20
22
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.38
50
4.98
65
6. Stomach Cancer
5.23
102
3.68
137
7. Liver Cancer
4.88
101
5.46
87
8. Lymphomas
4.68
92
6.08
39
9. Bladder Cancer
3.99
26
2.19
83
10. Ovary Cancer
3.96
110
3.85
115
11. Leukemia
3.46
98
3.34
108
12. Oral Cancer
2.74
93
3.18
80
13. Uterin Cancer
2.57
78
2.15
99
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.11
106
8.50
16
15. Cervical Cancer
1.91
171
20.99
37
16. Skin Cancers
1.54
115
2.47
53
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.