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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 SOUTH SUDAN

Compare Sudan and South Sudan 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 Sudan
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
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South Sudan Population Pyramid
19,962,715
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   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Sudan SUDAN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
       
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
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
42.9
45.6
44.2
147
144
146
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
48.0
50.8
49.3
147
145
145
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1990
51.4
54.4
52.9
154
154
155
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
2000
56.8
60.4
58.6
137
137
139
  
47.7
50.2
48.9
169
168
169
2010
60.7
64.3
62.5
140
141
140
  
54.1
56.0
55.0
170
170
170
2019
67.6
70.8
69.1
123
129
125
  
60.8
64.8
62.8
163
164
165
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
67.6
70.8
123
129
60.8
64.8
163
164
Age
67.6
70.8
123
129
60.8
64.8
163
164
Age 5
72.0
74.7
94
120
67.6
71.4
145
145
Age 10
72.4
75.0
89
118
68.4
72.3
141
141
Age 15
72.6
75.2
87
117
68.9
72.6
139
141
Age 20
72.9
75.4
88
117
69.3
72.9
139
141
Age 25
73.2
75.6
88
117
69.8
73.3
139
141
Age 30
73.6
75.9
89
117
70.3
73.8
139
139
Age 35
74.0
76.2
90
117
71.0
74.4
136
138
Age 40
74.4
76.6
89
116
71.8
75.1
135
138
Age 45
75.0
77.1
90
114
72.7
75.9
131
137
Age 50
75.7
77.7
90
114
73.8
76.8
128
134
Age 55
76.6
78.4
89
114
75.1
77.8
128
133
Age 60
77.8
79.4
89
111
76.6
78.9
130
130
Age 65
79.4
80.7
92
111
78.5
80.4
128
127
Age 70
81.4
82.3
98
113
80.7
82.2
127
123
Age 75
83.8
84.5
97
114
83.3
84.5
127
113
Age 80
86.6
87.1
98
112
86.3
87.2
117
99
Age 85
89.8
90.2
90
106
89.7
90.4
101
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TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
231.30
20
67.24
147
2. Stroke
108.71
60
78.18
96
3. Hypertension
40.23
23
26.49
52
4. Road Traffic Accidents
36.38
33
50.94
9
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.74
83
91.82
32
6. Kidney Disease
24.83
75
21.96
98
7. Breast Cancer
24.70
29
24.61
32
8. Lung Disease
23.39
85
20.35
103
9. Liver Disease
19.11
92
33.72
46
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.52
94
16.37
120
11. Malaria
15.39
37
49.70
6
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.23
122
28.11
91
13. Tuberculosis
14.62
56
53.50
17
14. Low Birth Weight
14.18
9
13.19
12
15. Measles
13.26
7
1.79
25
16. Diarrhoeal diseases
13.22
63
89.87
9
17. Asthma
12.79
51
10.14
63
18. Prostate Cancer
7.55
143
20.76
59
19. Birth Trauma
7.45
45
15.46
3
20. HIV/AIDS
6.94
69
92.45
14
21. Lymphomas
6.85
20
7.27
16
22. Violence
6.81
69
20.51
17
23. Other Injuries
6.73
105
12.63
39
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.55
66
7.99
32
25. Ovary Cancer
6.51
24
6.66
22
26. Leukemia
6.37
2
4.90
23
27. Cervical Cancer
6.36
112
26.49
21
28. Maternal Conditions
5.36
46
16.14
14
29. Oesophagus Cancer
5.26
36
8.47
17
30. Falls
4.91
104
5.13
100
31. Suicide
4.76
143
6.69
120
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.61
154
7.03
119
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
90
3.13
139
34. Liver Cancer
4.10
124
6.30
69
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.90
70
3.46
78
36. Endocrine Disorders
3.60
87
2.34
137
37. Drug Use
3.34
21
0.59
151
38. Fires
3.17
44
3.92
30
39. Drownings
3.02
74
3.07
73
40. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
140
3.15
132
41. Hepatitis B
2.84
3
1.25
28
42. Pertussis
2.72
27
4.19
16
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.53
54
1.89
73
44. Lung Cancers
2.40
168
3.26
155
45. Malnutrition
2.39
82
17.61
12
46. Oral Cancer
2.23
119
4.79
40
47. Stomach Cancer
2.16
175
4.83
115
48. Meningitis
2.06
61
13.97
18
49. Bladder Cancer
1.94
101
1.83
105
50. Skin Cancers
1.67
108
2.57
49
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sudan SUDAN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43,966
20.16
2,930
3.49
2. Stroke
20,582
9.44
3,541
4.22
3. Low Birth Weight
16,036
7.35
4,339
5.17
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
12,619
5.79
9,918
11.82
5. Road Traffic Accidents
11,459
5.25
4,063
4.84
6. Measles
9,301
4.26
334
0.40
7. Birth Trauma
8,526
3.91
5,210
6.21
8. Hypertension
7,287
3.34
1,131
1.35
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,277
2.88
7,270
8.67
10. Malaria
5,614
2.57
5,342
6.37
11. Congenital Anomalies
5,507
2.53
2,020
2.41
12. Kidney Disease
5,095
2.34
1,090
1.30
13. Lung Disease
4,382
2.01
894
1.07
14. Liver Disease
4,348
1.99
1,823
2.17
15. Tuberculosis
4,250
1.95
3,771
4.50
16. Breast Cancer
3,071
1.41
695
0.83
17. Diabetes Mellitus
3,070
1.41
1,312
1.56
18. Other Injuries
2,912
1.34
1,207
1.44
19. Asthma
2,636
1.21
587
0.70
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,584
1.18
543
0.65
21. Violence
2,478
1.14
1,584
1.89
22. HIV/AIDS
2,331
1.07
7,915
9.44
23. Maternal Conditions
1,961
0.90
1,521
1.81
24. Pertussis
1,899
0.87
784
0.93
25. Leukemia
1,828
0.84
314
0.37
26. Drownings
1,684
0.77
466
0.56
27. Suicide
1,644
0.75
425
0.51
28. Falls
1,559
0.71
269
0.32
29. Lymphomas
1,533
0.70
422
0.50
30. Endocrine Disorders
1,459
0.67
192
0.23
31. Fires
1,310
0.60
433
0.52
32. Oesophagus Cancer
1,126
0.52
435
0.52
33. Meningitis
1,092
0.50
1,780
2.12
34. Malnutrition
1,089
0.50
1,660
1.98
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,049
0.48
360
0.43
36. Drug Use
1,036
0.48
33
0.04
37. Liver Cancer
946
0.43
346
0.41
38. Inflammatory/Heart
839
0.38
217
0.26
39. Ovary Cancer
794
0.36
188
0.22
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
775
0.36
186
0.22
41. Cervical Cancer
770
0.35
761
0.91
42. Poisonings
744
0.34
259
0.31
43. Epilepsy
735
0.34
152
0.18
44. Hepatitis B
730
0.33
77
0.09
45. Parkinson's Disease
705
0.32
125
0.15
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
684
0.31
121
0.14
47. Syphilis
603
0.28
351
0.42
48. Lung Cancers
545
0.25
164
0.20
49. Prostate Cancer
523
0.24
409
0.49
50. Oral Cancer
493
0.23
259
0.31
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
24.70
29
24.61
32
2. Prostate Cancer
7.55
143
20.76
59
3. Lymphomas
6.85
20
7.27
16
4. Ovary Cancer
6.51
24
6.66
22
5. Leukemia
6.37
2
4.90
23
6. Cervical Cancer
6.36
112
26.49
21
7. Oesophagus Cancer
5.26
36
8.47
17
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.61
154
7.03
119
9. Liver Cancer
4.10
124
6.30
69
10. Lung Cancers
2.40
168
3.26
155
11. Oral Cancer
2.23
119
4.79
40
12. Stomach Cancer
2.16
175
4.83
115
13. Bladder Cancer
1.94
101
1.83
105
14. Skin Cancers
1.67
108
2.57
49
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.20
163
2.21
137
16. Uterin Cancer
0.67
172
2.48
81
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.