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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
SUDAN VS AFGHANISTAN

Compare Sudan 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
Sudan Population Pyramid
81,192,821
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%
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Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
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
  Sudan SUDAN   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Sudan SUDAN   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.0
41.8
40.4
147
142
145
  
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
42.9
45.6
44.2
147
144
146
  
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
48.0
50.8
49.3
147
145
145
  
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
51.4
54.4
52.9
154
154
155
  
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
56.8
60.4
58.6
137
137
139
  
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
60.7
64.3
62.5
140
141
140
  
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
67.6
70.8
69.1
123
129
125
  
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
67.6
70.8
123
129
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
67.6
70.8
123
129
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
72.0
74.7
94
120
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
72.4
75.0
89
118
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
72.6
75.2
87
117
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
72.9
75.4
88
117
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
73.2
75.6
88
117
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
73.6
75.9
89
117
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
74.0
76.2
90
117
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
74.4
76.6
89
116
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
75.0
77.1
90
114
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
75.7
77.7
90
114
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
76.6
78.4
89
114
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
77.8
79.4
89
111
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
79.4
80.7
92
111
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
81.4
82.3
98
113
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
83.8
84.5
97
114
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
86.6
87.1
98
112
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
89.8
90.2
90
106
89.2
89.1
156
171
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
231.30
20
301.71
6
2. Stroke
108.71
60
149.10
25
3. Hypertension
40.23
23
65.86
4
4. Road Traffic Accidents
36.38
33
19.81
76
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.74
83
49.80
62
6. Kidney Disease
24.83
75
46.10
15
7. Breast Cancer
24.70
29
20.24
48
8. Lung Disease
23.39
85
37.01
32
9. Liver Disease
19.11
92
27.20
67
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.52
94
22.34
26
11. Malaria
15.39
37
0.55
49
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.23
122
40.94
58
13. Tuberculosis
14.62
56
41.14
24
14. Low Birth Weight
14.18
9
12.07
17
15. Measles
13.26
7
0.56
30
16. Diarrhoeal diseases
13.22
63
9.72
68
17. Asthma
12.79
51
24.23
13
18. Prostate Cancer
7.55
143
4.49
167
19. Birth Trauma
7.45
45
10.16
24
20. HIV/AIDS
6.94
69
1.72
110
21. Lymphomas
6.85
20
4.32
108
22. Violence
6.81
69
9.87
52
23. Other Injuries
6.73
105
13.02
36
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.55
66
6.42
70
25. Ovary Cancer
6.51
24
4.07
106
26. Leukemia
6.37
2
1.95
154
27. Cervical Cancer
6.36
112
5.73
117
28. Maternal Conditions
5.36
46
25.94
4
29. Oesophagus Cancer
5.26
36
8.78
13
30. Falls
4.91
104
5.13
99
31. Suicide
4.76
143
5.96
129
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.61
154
4.09
169
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
90
5.98
24
34. Liver Cancer
4.10
124
4.22
119
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.90
70
10.64
9
36. Endocrine Disorders
3.60
87
4.30
80
37. Drug Use
3.34
21
1.36
77
38. Fires
3.17
44
1.60
89
39. Drownings
3.02
74
2.78
78
40. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
140
3.32
130
41. Hepatitis B
2.84
3
4.96
1
42. Pertussis
2.72
27
3.38
22
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.53
54
5.86
17
44. Lung Cancers
2.40
168
6.90
122
45. Malnutrition
2.39
82
1.44
89
46. Oral Cancer
2.23
119
8.18
9
47. Stomach Cancer
2.16
175
10.39
42
48. Meningitis
2.06
61
5.20
48
49. Bladder Cancer
1.94
101
1.95
98
50. Skin Cancers
1.67
108
1.03
138
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sudan SUDAN   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43,966
20.16
40,195
17.35
2. Stroke
20,582
9.44
19,060
8.23
3. Low Birth Weight
16,036
7.35
12,631
5.45
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
12,619
5.79
14,649
6.32
5. Road Traffic Accidents
11,459
5.25
6,033
2.60
6. Measles
9,301
4.26
350
0.15
7. Birth Trauma
8,526
3.91
10,723
4.63
8. Hypertension
7,287
3.34
7,995
3.45
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,277
2.88
5,555
2.40
10. Malaria
5,614
2.57
185
0.08
11. Congenital Anomalies
5,507
2.53
5,001
2.16
12. Kidney Disease
5,095
2.34
6,590
2.85
13. Lung Disease
4,382
2.01
4,650
2.01
14. Liver Disease
4,348
1.99
4,600
1.99
15. Tuberculosis
4,250
1.95
9,839
4.25
16. Breast Cancer
3,071
1.41
1,822
0.79
17. Diabetes Mellitus
3,070
1.41
5,750
2.48
18. Other Injuries
2,912
1.34
3,241
1.40
19. Asthma
2,636
1.21
3,403
1.47
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,584
1.18
1,765
0.76
21. Violence
2,478
1.14
3,217
1.39
22. HIV/AIDS
2,331
1.07
464
0.20
23. Maternal Conditions
1,961
0.90
7,807
3.37
24. Pertussis
1,899
0.87
2,107
0.91
25. Leukemia
1,828
0.84
610
0.26
26. Drownings
1,684
0.77
996
0.43
27. Suicide
1,644
0.75
1,573
0.68
28. Falls
1,559
0.71
905
0.39
29. Lymphomas
1,533
0.70
946
0.41
30. Endocrine Disorders
1,459
0.67
1,364
0.59
31. Fires
1,310
0.60
348
0.15
32. Oesophagus Cancer
1,126
0.52
1,314
0.57
33. Meningitis
1,092
0.50
2,626
1.13
34. Malnutrition
1,089
0.50
589
0.25
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,049
0.48
741
0.32
36. Drug Use
1,036
0.48
328
0.14
37. Liver Cancer
946
0.43
657
0.28
38. Inflammatory/Heart
839
0.38
527
0.23
39. Ovary Cancer
794
0.36
369
0.16
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
775
0.36
1,505
0.65
41. Cervical Cancer
770
0.35
541
0.23
42. Poisonings
744
0.34
384
0.17
43. Epilepsy
735
0.34
993
0.43
44. Hepatitis B
730
0.33
863
0.37
45. Parkinson's Disease
705
0.32
628
0.27
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
684
0.31
1,041
0.45
47. Syphilis
603
0.28
94
0.04
48. Lung Cancers
545
0.25
1,076
0.46
49. Prostate Cancer
523
0.24
258
0.11
50. Oral Cancer
493
0.23
1,467
0.63
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
24.70
29
20.24
48
2. Prostate Cancer
7.55
143
4.49
167
3. Lymphomas
6.85
20
4.32
108
4. Ovary Cancer
6.51
24
4.07
106
5. Leukemia
6.37
2
1.95
154
6. Cervical Cancer
6.36
112
5.73
117
7. Oesophagus Cancer
5.26
36
8.78
13
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.61
154
4.09
169
9. Liver Cancer
4.10
124
4.22
119
10. Lung Cancers
2.40
168
6.90
122
11. Oral Cancer
2.23
119
8.18
9
12. Stomach Cancer
2.16
175
10.39
42
13. Bladder Cancer
1.94
101
1.95
98
14. Skin Cancers
1.67
108
1.03
138
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.20
163
1.54
153
16. Uterin Cancer
0.67
172
3.66
32
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.