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Sri Lanka
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
SRI LANKA VS AFGHANISTAN

Compare Sri Lanka and Afghanistan 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.

Afghanistan
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
Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
21,813,964
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Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
  
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
  
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
  
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
  
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
  
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
  
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
  
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.8
79.8
61
52
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
73.8
79.8
61
52
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
74.4
80.3
64
53
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
74.4
80.4
65
53
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
74.5
80.4
65
54
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
74.7
80.6
64
54
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
75.1
80.7
67
54
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
75.3
80.9
68
54
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
75.6
81.0
71
55
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
75.8
81.1
74
55
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
76.2
81.4
77
56
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
76.7
81.6
76
57
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
77.6
82.1
79
59
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
78.6
82.6
79
60
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
80.1
83.4
79
66
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
81.5
84.2
93
73
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
83.8
85.8
96
76
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
87.0
88.3
74
62
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
90.8
91.2
35
44
89.2
89.1
156
171
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
101.31
106
301.71
6
2. Diabetes Mellitus
47.34
45
40.94
58
3. Lung Disease
36.99
33
37.01
32
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.62
14
22.34
26
5. Stroke
26.55
154
149.10
25
6. Kidney Disease
26.23
72
46.10
15
7. Asthma
25.43
10
24.23
13
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.42
113
49.80
62
9. Road Traffic Accidents
18.07
82
19.81
76
10. Suicide
12.89
42
5.96
129
11. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
8.18
9
12. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
20.24
48
13. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
6.90
122
14. Other Injuries
6.41
112
13.02
36
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
8.78
13
16. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
5.73
117
17. Liver Disease
4.96
160
27.20
67
18. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
10.39
42
19. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
4.49
167
20. Leukemia
4.61
35
1.95
154
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.53
125
6.42
70
22. Hypertension
4.08
161
65.86
4
23. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
4.22
119
24. Lymphomas
3.88
126
4.32
108
25. Falls
3.85
129
5.13
99
26. Tuberculosis
3.45
95
41.14
24
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
4.09
169
28. Drownings
3.24
68
2.78
78
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.47
100
9.72
68
30. Violence
2.36
122
9.87
52
31. Low Birth Weight
2.13
145
12.07
17
32. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
4.07
106
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.83
165
3.32
130
34. Endocrine Disorders
1.82
154
4.30
80
35. Anemia
1.74
8
0.00
65
36. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
1.95
98
37. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
3.66
32
38. War
1.35
16
121.55
1
39. Drug Use
1.16
96
1.36
77
40. Skin Disease
1.14
107
0.77
121
41. Epilepsy
1.14
127
2.70
37
42. Fires
1.04
112
1.60
89
43. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
1.54
153
44. Birth Trauma
0.78
135
10.16
24
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.65
181
5.98
24
46. Dengue
0.60
12
0.00
74
47. Meningitis
0.59
106
5.20
48
48. Maternal Conditions
0.50
110
25.94
4
49. Poisonings
0.39
113
1.58
56
50. Alcohol
0.33
159
0.68
133
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
26,304
22.66
40,195
17.35
2. Diabetes Mellitus
12,460
10.73
5,750
2.48
3. Lung Disease
9,456
8.15
4,650
2.01
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,939
5.98
1,765
0.76
5. Kidney Disease
6,858
5.91
6,590
2.85
6. Stroke
6,805
5.86
19,060
8.23
7. Asthma
6,471
5.57
3,403
1.47
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,117
4.41
14,649
6.32
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,200
3.62
6,033
2.60
10. Suicide
2,977
2.56
1,573
0.68
11. Oral Cancer
2,893
2.49
1,467
0.63
12. Lung Cancers
1,775
1.53
1,076
0.46
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1,544
1.33
1,314
0.57
14. Other Injuries
1,529
1.32
3,241
1.40
15. Breast Cancer
1,383
1.19
1,822
0.79
16. Stomach Cancer
1,321
1.14
1,501
0.65
17. Liver Disease
1,303
1.12
4,600
1.99
18. Leukemia
1,155
0.99
610
0.26
19. Liver Cancer
1,090
0.94
657
0.28
20. Hypertension
1,055
0.91
7,995
3.45
21. Lymphomas
1,027
0.88
946
0.41
22. Congenital Anomalies
989
0.85
5,001
2.16
23. Falls
964
0.83
905
0.39
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
911
0.78
741
0.32
25. Tuberculosis
769
0.66
9,839
4.25
26. Cervical Cancer
762
0.66
541
0.23
27. Drownings
731
0.63
996
0.43
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
605
0.52
5,555
2.40
29. Low Birth Weight
536
0.46
12,631
5.45
30. Prostate Cancer
507
0.44
258
0.11
31. Violence
499
0.43
3,217
1.39
32. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.40
1,364
0.59
33. Anemia
445
0.38
0
0.00
34. Bladder Cancer
432
0.37
272
0.12
35. Inflammatory/Heart
425
0.37
527
0.23
36. Skin Disease
293
0.25
94
0.04
37. Ovary Cancer
281
0.24
369
0.16
38. War
280
0.24
25,620
11.06
39. Epilepsy
269
0.23
993
0.43
40. Drug Use
257
0.22
328
0.14
41. Fires
239
0.21
348
0.15
42. Uterin Cancer
218
0.19
289
0.12
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.18
229
0.10
44. Birth Trauma
193
0.17
10,723
4.63
45. Parkinson's Disease
168
0.14
628
0.27
46. Meningitis
146
0.13
2,626
1.13
47. Dengue
131
0.11
0
0.00
48. Maternal Conditions
96
0.08
7,807
3.37
49. Poisonings
93
0.08
384
0.17
50. Other Neoplasms
86
0.07
29
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
8.18
9
2. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
20.24
48
3. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
6.90
122
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
8.78
13
5. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
5.73
117
6. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
10.39
42
7. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
4.49
167
8. Leukemia
4.61
35
1.95
154
9. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
4.22
119
10. Lymphomas
3.88
126
4.32
108
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
4.09
169
12. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
4.07
106
13. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
1.95
98
14. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
3.66
32
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
1.54
153
16. Skin Cancers
0.22
174
1.03
138
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.