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Tanzania
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
TANZANIA VS SIERRA LEONE

Compare Tanzania and Sierra Leone 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.

Sierra Leone
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
Tanzania Population Pyramid
129,386,845
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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Sierra Leone Population Pyramid
12,944,875
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
  Tanzania TANZANIA   Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE
  Tanzania TANZANIA   Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
42.1
45.5
43.7
129
126
127
  
31.0
33.7
32.3
172
170
171
1970
45.2
48.6
46.9
136
135
136
  
33.5
36.3
34.9
173
172
173
1980
48.7
52.0
50.3
143
141
142
  
36.4
39.2
37.8
175
174
175
1990
49.1
52.8
50.9
160
157
160
  
37.6
40.4
39.0
182
182
182
2000
48.4
50.0
49.2
166
170
167
  
38.4
39.5
39.0
183
183
183
2010
56.4
58.6
57.5
161
162
161
  
47.4
48.7
48.1
182
182
182
2019
65.4
69.3
67.3
134
136
135
  
59.6
61.9
60.8
171
178
174
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tanzania TANZANIA   Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
65.4
69.3
134
136
59.6
61.9
171
178
Age
65.4
69.3
134
136
59.6
61.9
171
178
Age 5
69.1
72.6
134
136
67.3
68.9
148
167
Age 10
69.6
73.1
133
135
68.1
69.7
145
165
Age 15
69.8
73.3
132
135
68.6
70.1
145
164
Age 20
70.2
73.6
130
135
69.0
70.5
143
164
Age 25
70.6
73.9
131
135
69.5
71.0
143
163
Age 30
71.1
74.3
131
135
70.0
71.5
143
163
Age 35
71.7
74.8
128
133
70.7
72.2
143
164
Age 40
72.4
75.4
124
133
71.4
73.0
138
164
Age 45
73.3
76.1
123
131
72.4
73.8
138
164
Age 50
74.3
76.9
120
130
73.5
74.8
135
165
Age 55
75.6
77.9
113
126
74.9
76.0
136
167
Age 60
77.1
79.1
113
127
76.4
77.4
135
166
Age 65
78.9
80.5
111
119
78.4
79.2
135
165
Age 70
81.0
82.3
115
117
80.6
81.3
130
162
Age 75
83.5
84.5
113
109
83.3
83.9
123
152
Age 80
86.5
87.2
110
105
86.3
86.7
120
138
Age 85
89.8
90.4
97
92
89.7
90.1
102
123
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tanzania TANZANIA   Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
91.34
83
120.14
40
2. Coronary Heart Disease
76.15
138
139.43
58
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
71.25
48
131.43
9
4. HIV/AIDS
64.39
19
34.17
30
5. Tuberculosis
60.37
15
43.58
23
6. Road Traffic Accidents
49.33
10
41.61
21
7. Malaria
48.99
10
61.60
1
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
46.84
38
91.13
8
9. Cervical Cancer
46.71
7
13.10
66
10. Diabetes Mellitus
31.47
87
37.99
62
11. Hypertension
31.31
41
20.30
81
12. Prostate Cancer
29.39
30
25.99
38
13. Liver Disease
26.48
72
33.30
49
14. Kidney Disease
22.48
94
30.17
59
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.11
81
19.29
62
16. Lung Disease
17.10
126
27.43
66
17. Maternal Conditions
14.15
16
12.40
23
18. Malnutrition
12.23
22
11.15
27
19. Violence
10.35
47
8.04
61
20. Oesophagus Cancer
10.06
11
0.92
159
21. Other Injuries
9.26
74
15.78
17
22. Birth Trauma
9.12
34
13.12
8
23. Breast Cancer
8.50
171
28.09
16
24. Suicide
8.15
96
11.25
56
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
106
5.44
145
26. Congenital Anomalies
7.48
42
10.44
6
27. Low Birth Weight
7.48
58
12.61
15
28. Asthma
7.03
76
17.26
27
29. Falls
6.85
70
8.98
33
30. Oral Cancer
6.73
20
2.18
125
31. Meningitis
6.36
43
18.76
7
32. Stomach Cancer
5.88
94
6.96
78
33. Liver Cancer
5.65
85
10.33
29
34. Endocrine Disorders
4.70
69
9.40
23
35. Inflammatory/Heart
4.21
107
6.88
51
36. Parkinson's Disease
3.49
124
5.12
48
37. Skin Cancers
3.42
22
2.64
45
38. Fires
2.84
53
4.26
23
39. Bladder Cancer
2.76
63
2.29
77
40. Pertussis
2.58
30
3.69
19
41. Lymphomas
2.46
162
3.11
143
42. Poisonings
2.34
38
2.88
19
43. Ovary Cancer
2.25
167
3.62
125
44. Drownings
2.22
105
3.97
47
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.98
110
8.40
20
46. Uterin Cancer
1.84
117
1.66
130
47. Epilepsy
1.76
83
3.49
16
48. Syphilis
1.75
14
1.07
34
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.58
86
3.14
39
50. Drug Use
1.48
68
3.17
24
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Tanzania TANZANIA   Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
27,402
9.29
2,546
4.20
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,028
8.83
7,420
12.24
3. Malaria
21,758
7.38
6,824
11.25
4. Tuberculosis
20,269
6.87
2,414
3.98
5. Road Traffic Accidents
18,054
6.12
2,581
4.26
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
17,587
5.96
5,275
8.70
7. Stroke
16,894
5.73
3,769
6.22
8. Birth Trauma
15,086
5.12
2,888
4.76
9. Coronary Heart Disease
13,215
4.48
4,027
6.64
10. Low Birth Weight
12,173
4.13
2,791
4.60
11. Congenital Anomalies
9,791
3.32
1,532
2.53
12. Maternal Conditions
6,835
2.32
880
1.45
13. Liver Disease
6,586
2.23
1,312
2.16
14. Cervical Cancer
6,424
2.18
264
0.44
15. Diabetes Mellitus
6,247
2.12
1,190
1.96
16. Malnutrition
5,574
1.89
924
1.52
17. Hypertension
5,209
1.77
623
1.03
18. Violence
4,713
1.60
618
1.02
19. Kidney Disease
4,547
1.54
1,082
1.78
20. Other Injuries
4,270
1.45
1,040
1.72
21. Meningitis
3,188
1.08
1,415
2.33
22. Lung Disease
3,051
1.03
791
1.30
23. Pertussis
2,774
0.94
469
0.77
24. Suicide
2,474
0.84
521
0.86
25. Oesophagus Cancer
2,247
0.76
37
0.06
26. Syphilis
2,115
0.72
180
0.30
27. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,048
0.69
373
0.62
28. Prostate Cancer
1,819
0.62
274
0.45
29. Endocrine Disorders
1,778
0.60
798
1.32
30. Asthma
1,700
0.58
613
1.01
31. Oral Cancer
1,646
0.56
82
0.14
32. Drownings
1,642
0.56
366
0.60
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,567
0.53
192
0.32
34. Falls
1,533
0.52
324
0.53
35. Fires
1,424
0.48
275
0.45
36. Liver Cancer
1,413
0.48
400
0.66
37. Breast Cancer
1,285
0.44
615
1.01
38. Inflammatory/Heart
1,227
0.42
288
0.47
39. Stomach Cancer
1,190
0.40
232
0.38
40. Poisonings
1,170
0.40
218
0.36
41. Lymphomas
805
0.27
132
0.22
42. Skin Cancers
744
0.25
86
0.14
43. Epilepsy
707
0.24
230
0.38
44. Bladder Cancer
667
0.23
78
0.13
45. Parkinson's Disease
513
0.17
117
0.19
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
462
0.16
308
0.51
47. Leukemia
416
0.14
37
0.06
48. Drug Use
404
0.14
185
0.31
49. Tetanus
402
0.14
103
0.17
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
401
0.14
127
0.21
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tanzania TANZANIA   Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
46.71
7
13.10
66
2. Prostate Cancer
29.39
30
25.99
38
3. Oesophagus Cancer
10.06
11
0.92
159
4. Breast Cancer
8.50
171
28.09
16
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
106
5.44
145
6. Oral Cancer
6.73
20
2.18
125
7. Stomach Cancer
5.88
94
6.96
78
8. Liver Cancer
5.65
85
10.33
29
9. Skin Cancers
3.42
22
2.64
45
10. Bladder Cancer
2.76
63
2.29
77
11. Lymphomas
2.46
162
3.11
143
12. Ovary Cancer
2.25
167
3.62
125
13. Uterin Cancer
1.84
117
1.66
130
14. Leukemia
1.24
165
0.73
177
15. Pancreas Cancer
0.71
174
1.68
150
16. Lung Cancers
0.60
181
2.37
169
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.