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Sweden
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
SWEDEN VS CONGO

Compare Sweden and Congo 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.

Congo
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
Sweden Population Pyramid
11,389,198
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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Congo Population Pyramid
10,701,991
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
  Sweden SWEDEN   Congo CONGO
  Sweden SWEDEN   Congo CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
71.2
74.9
73.0
3
3
3
  
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
1970
72.2
77.2
74.6
1
2
1
  
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
1980
72.8
78.9
75.7
2
3
3
  
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
1990
74.8
80.4
77.5
4
6
2
  
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
2000
77.3
81.9
79.6
3
7
4
  
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
2010
79.5
83.5
81.5
6
11
9
  
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
2019
80.8
84.0
82.4
8
18
13
  
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Congo CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
84.0
8
18
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age
80.8
84.0
8
18
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age 5
81.1
84.2
9
20
67.3
68.6
147
171
Age 10
81.1
84.2
9
20
67.6
68.9
148
172
Age 15
81.1
84.2
9
21
67.8
69.0
148
172
Age 20
81.2
84.3
10
21
68.2
69.4
147
172
Age 25
81.4
84.3
9
21
68.7
69.7
147
172
Age 30
81.6
84.4
8
20
69.2
70.3
147
172
Age 35
81.8
84.5
7
20
69.8
70.9
147
171
Age 40
82.0
84.6
8
20
70.5
71.8
148
173
Age 45
82.2
84.7
8
20
71.4
72.8
150
174
Age 50
82.4
84.9
10
22
72.6
74.1
151
172
Age 55
82.8
85.2
11
24
74.0
75.5
151
171
Age 60
83.3
85.6
14
25
75.7
77.1
150
171
Age 65
84.1
86.2
16
26
77.8
78.9
149
171
Age 70
85.2
87.0
17
27
80.2
80.9
147
170
Age 75
86.5
88.0
25
30
82.9
83.4
146
167
Age 80
88.2
89.3
36
35
86.0
86.3
140
164
Age 85
90.3
91.0
59
54
89.3
89.5
148
165
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Congo CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
50.98
161
133.74
63
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30.96
10
20.22
43
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
31.52
25
4. Stroke
19.81
170
120.40
39
5. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
2.77
164
6. Lung Disease
14.83
144
31.45
46
7. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
9.95
160
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
4.17
161
9. Suicide
12.37
47
11.62
55
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.29
165
86.29
37
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
1.96
144
12. Diabetes Mellitus
6.85
159
51.04
38
13. Hypertension
5.32
154
52.27
12
14. Lymphomas
5.29
73
2.21
171
15. Kidney Disease
5.07
167
29.78
60
16. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
3.37
130
17. Other Injuries
4.92
134
9.74
68
18. Drug Use
4.10
18
1.92
49
19. Liver Disease
3.99
170
36.31
40
20. Falls
3.92
127
7.27
66
21. Other Neoplasms
3.65
24
0.39
105
22. Leukemia
3.40
103
1.70
157
23. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
6.39
68
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.12
140
4.68
62
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.09
106
6.36
46
26. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
1.82
96
27. Congenital Anomalies
2.78
162
6.57
65
28. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
3.94
131
29. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
0.72
168
30. Inflammatory/Heart
2.58
150
9.18
32
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.57
174
39.65
27
32. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
1.40
146
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
0.87
164
34. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
13.92
60
35. Alcohol
2.09
58
1.55
80
36. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
1.35
166
37. Violence
1.22
143
11.99
41
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.08
148
5.10
56
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
143
43.98
42
40. Multiple Sclerosis
0.84
15
0.13
133
41. Drownings
0.83
156
1.92
118
42. Epilepsy
0.78
158
2.02
67
43. Skin Disease
0.70
124
2.02
62
44. Low Birth Weight
0.61
178
9.29
42
45. Asthma
0.56
158
13.81
44
46. Anemia
0.47
24
0.00
89
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.43
71
0.73
20
48. Fires
0.40
154
2.74
56
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.38
167
2.80
45
50. Birth Trauma
0.38
165
7.30
48
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sweden SWEDEN   Congo CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,136
19.91
2,494
7.60
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
10,917
14.36
230
0.70
3. Stroke
6,035
7.94
2,267
6.90
4. Lung Disease
4,344
5.72
541
1.65
5. Lung Cancers
3,722
4.90
54
0.16
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,049
4.01
89
0.27
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,659
3.50
2,576
7.85
8. Prostate Cancer
2,622
3.45
198
0.60
9. Pancreas Cancer
1,849
2.43
42
0.13
10. Hypertension
1,838
2.42
933
2.84
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,834
2.41
1,050
3.20
12. Kidney Disease
1,629
2.14
613
1.87
13. Breast Cancer
1,582
2.08
159
0.48
14. Suicide
1,479
1.95
349
1.06
15. Other Injuries
1,374
1.81
333
1.01
16. Lymphomas
1,357
1.79
61
0.19
17. Falls
1,109
1.46
149
0.45
18. Other Neoplasms
1,036
1.36
8
0.02
19. Parkinson's Disease
943
1.24
69
0.21
20. Leukemia
825
1.09
57
0.17
21. Bladder Cancer
760
1.00
15
0.05
22. Liver Cancer
752
0.99
169
0.51
23. Liver Disease
723
0.95
931
2.84
24. Endocrine Disorders
702
0.92
208
0.63
25. Skin Cancers
650
0.86
36
0.11
26. Stomach Cancer
612
0.81
88
0.27
27. Ovary Cancer
553
0.73
49
0.15
28. Inflammatory/Heart
547
0.72
220
0.67
29. Oesophagus Cancer
538
0.71
19
0.06
30. Drug Use
423
0.56
65
0.20
31. Oral Cancer
379
0.50
33
0.10
32. Alcohol
359
0.47
46
0.14
33. Uterin Cancer
345
0.45
15
0.05
34. Road Traffic Accidents
315
0.41
1,598
4.87
35. Congenital Anomalies
308
0.41
729
2.22
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
289
0.38
1,304
3.97
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
277
0.36
105
0.32
38. Cervical Cancer
228
0.30
196
0.60
39. Skin Disease
220
0.29
46
0.14
40. Anemia
175
0.23
0
0.00
41. Multiple Sclerosis
170
0.22
4
0.01
42. Asthma
158
0.21
291
0.89
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
129
0.17
15
0.05
44. Epilepsy
121
0.16
76
0.23
45. Malnutrition
117
0.15
272
0.83
46. Drownings
114
0.15
104
0.32
47. Violence
113
0.15
539
1.64
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
110
0.14
67
0.20
49. Fires
65
0.09
90
0.27
50. Schizophrenia
63
0.08
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Congo CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
31.52
25
2. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
2.77
164
3. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
9.95
160
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
4.17
161
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
1.96
144
6. Lymphomas
5.29
73
2.21
171
7. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
3.37
130
8. Leukemia
3.40
103
1.70
157
9. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
6.39
68
10. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
1.82
96
11. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
3.94
131
12. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
0.72
168
13. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
1.40
146
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
0.87
164
15. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
13.92
60
16. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
1.35
166
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.