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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

Compare Sri Lanka and Ethiopia 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.

Ethiopia
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
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%
Ethiopia Population Pyramid
205,410,671
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
       
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
 
37.3
40.2
38.7
155
152
155
1970
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
 
41.5
44.5
43.0
155
152
153
1980
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
 
43.3
46.3
44.8
164
160
161
1990
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
 
46.1
49.1
47.5
168
168
168
2000
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
 
49.3
53.1
51.2
162
156
160
2010
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
 
60.1
63.6
61.8
144
144
146
2019
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
 
66.9
70.5
68.7
126
130
128
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.8
79.8
61
52
66.9
70.5
126
130
Age 5
74.4
80.3
64
53
70.8
73.8
112
127
Age 10
74.4
80.4
65
53
71.2
74.2
108
125
Age 15
74.5
80.4
65
54
71.5
74.4
105
124
Age 20
74.7
80.6
64
54
71.9
74.7
103
124
Age 25
75.1
80.7
67
54
72.2
74.9
103
123
Age 30
75.3
80.9
68
54
72.6
75.2
103
123
Age 35
75.6
81.0
71
55
73.1
75.6
103
122
Age 40
75.8
81.1
74
55
73.6
76.1
102
121
Age 45
76.2
81.4
77
56
74.2
76.7
102
121
Age 50
76.7
81.6
76
57
75.1
77.5
102
116
Age 55
77.6
82.1
79
59
76.1
78.4
101
115
Age 60
78.6
82.6
79
60
77.4
79.4
101
112
Age 65
80.1
83.4
79
66
79.1
80.7
105
110
Age 70
81.5
84.2
93
73
81.2
82.4
108
111
Age 75
83.8
85.8
96
76
83.6
84.5
107
106
Age 80
87.0
88.3
74
62
86.5
87.2
105
101
Age 85
90.8
91.2
35
44
89.8
90.4
94
91
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
101.31
106
78.39
134
2. Diabetes Mellitus
47.34
45
33.58
80
3. Lung Disease
36.99
33
25.66
75
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.62
14
21.74
30
5. Stroke
26.55
154
83.71
90
6. Kidney Disease
26.23
72
24.20
81
7. Asthma
25.43
10
8.13
71
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.42
113
79.86
42
9. Road Traffic Accidents
18.07
82
42.41
19
10. Suicide
12.89
42
9.45
80
11. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
2.58
101
12. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
26.35
21
13. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
4.05
145
14. Other Injuries
6.41
112
14.07
29
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
3.35
59
16. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
16.48
49
17. Liver Disease
4.96
160
50.31
11
18. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
2.77
163
19. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
6.02
158
20. Leukemia
4.61
35
6.06
6
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.53
125
6.38
73
22. Hypertension
4.08
161
29.73
46
23. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
3.00
167
24. Lymphomas
3.88
126
5.49
64
25. Falls
3.85
129
8.65
38
26. Tuberculosis
3.45
95
25.31
44
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
6.59
127
28. Drownings
3.24
68
2.44
90
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.47
100
63.15
22
30. Violence
2.36
122
8.85
58
31. Low Birth Weight
2.13
145
9.52
37
32. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
7.86
9
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.83
165
3.59
120
34. Endocrine Disorders
1.82
154
2.30
141
35. Anemia
1.74
8
0.00
100
36. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
2.06
92
37. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
1.54
136
38. War
1.35
16
0.26
36
39. Drug Use
1.16
96
0.71
140
40. Skin Disease
1.14
107
1.67
88
41. Epilepsy
1.14
127
2.02
65
42. Fires
1.04
112
3.73
33
43. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
0.83
170
44. Birth Trauma
0.78
135
10.53
20
45. Parkinson's Disease
0.65
181
3.68
119
46. Dengue
0.60
12
0.01
52
47. Meningitis
0.59
106
13.13
25
48. Maternal Conditions
0.50
110
9.44
34
49. Poisonings
0.39
113
4.29
7
50. Alcohol
0.33
159
1.38
91
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
26,304
22.66
36,530
6.48
2. Diabetes Mellitus
12,460
10.73
16,258
2.88
3. Lung Disease
9,456
8.15
11,870
2.11
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,939
5.98
8,258
1.46
5. Kidney Disease
6,858
5.91
12,103
2.15
6. Stroke
6,805
5.86
39,362
6.98
7. Asthma
6,471
5.57
4,484
0.80
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,117
4.41
59,931
10.63
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,200
3.62
31,564
5.60
10. Suicide
2,977
2.56
6,030
1.07
11. Oral Cancer
2,893
2.49
1,477
0.26
12. Lung Cancers
1,775
1.53
2,202
0.39
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1,544
1.33
1,839
0.33
14. Other Injuries
1,529
1.32
11,735
2.08
15. Breast Cancer
1,383
1.19
8,485
1.51
16. Stomach Cancer
1,321
1.14
1,519
0.27
17. Liver Disease
1,303
1.12
27,270
4.84
18. Leukemia
1,155
0.99
4,222
0.75
19. Liver Cancer
1,090
0.94
1,730
0.31
20. Hypertension
1,055
0.91
13,470
2.39
21. Lymphomas
1,027
0.88
3,590
0.64
22. Congenital Anomalies
989
0.85
15,638
2.77
23. Falls
964
0.83
4,510
0.80
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
911
0.78
3,755
0.67
25. Tuberculosis
769
0.66
21,455
3.81
26. Cervical Cancer
762
0.66
5,019
0.89
27. Drownings
731
0.63
3,133
0.56
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
605
0.52
44,361
7.87
29. Low Birth Weight
536
0.46
28,020
4.97
30. Prostate Cancer
507
0.44
1,244
0.22
31. Violence
499
0.43
8,076
1.43
32. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.40
1,623
0.29
33. Anemia
445
0.38
0
0.00
34. Bladder Cancer
432
0.37
1,080
0.19
35. Inflammatory/Heart
425
0.37
2,168
0.38
36. Skin Disease
293
0.25
904
0.16
37. Ovary Cancer
281
0.24
2,424
0.43
38. War
280
0.24
281
0.05
39. Epilepsy
269
0.23
1,625
0.29
40. Drug Use
257
0.22
513
0.09
41. Fires
239
0.21
3,255
0.58
42. Uterin Cancer
218
0.19
421
0.07
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.18
488
0.09
44. Birth Trauma
193
0.17
31,107
5.52
45. Parkinson's Disease
168
0.14
1,578
0.28
46. Meningitis
146
0.13
12,019
2.13
47. Dengue
131
0.11
20
0.00
48. Maternal Conditions
96
0.08
8,887
1.58
49. Poisonings
93
0.08
3,668
0.65
50. Other Neoplasms
86
0.07
148
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sri Lanka SRI LANKA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oral Cancer
10.87
7
2.58
101
2. Breast Cancer
9.49
165
26.35
21
3. Lung Cancers
6.56
126
4.05
145
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.72
30
3.35
59
5. Cervical Cancer
5.15
125
16.48
49
6. Stomach Cancer
4.94
107
2.77
163
7. Prostate Cancer
4.61
165
6.02
158
8. Leukemia
4.61
35
6.06
6
9. Liver Cancer
4.05
128
3.00
167
10. Lymphomas
3.88
126
5.49
64
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.43
175
6.59
127
12. Ovary Cancer
1.93
174
7.86
9
13. Bladder Cancer
1.63
117
2.06
92
14. Uterin Cancer
1.40
144
1.54
136
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.80
171
0.83
170
16. Skin Cancers
0.22
174
1.82
97
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.