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Turkey
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 Turkey 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
Turkey Population Pyramid
97,139,565
Congo Population Pyramid
10,701,991
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Turkey TURKEY   Congo CONGO
  Turkey TURKEY   Congo CONGO
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.9
52.1
50.5
94
94
93
 
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
1970
54.9
58.6
56.7
93
92
91
 
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
1980
59.2
63.8
61.4
96
93
94
 
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
1990
63.8
68.3
66.0
99
103
101
 
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
2000
67.1
73.8
70.4
93
80
89
 
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
2010
70.9
77.6
74.2
73
59
65
 
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
2019
76.4
80.7
78.6
38
43
39
 
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Turkey TURKEY   Congo CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.4
80.7
38
43
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age
76.4
80.7
38
43
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age 5
77.3
81.4
40
42
67.3
68.6
147
171
Age 10
77.3
81.5
40
42
67.6
68.9
148
172
Age 15
77.4
81.6
40
42
67.8
69.0
148
172
Age 20
77.5
81.6
40
42
68.2
69.4
147
172
Age 25
77.7
81.7
41
43
68.7
69.7
147
172
Age 30
77.8
81.8
42
43
69.2
70.3
147
172
Age 35
78.0
81.9
42
44
69.8
70.9
147
171
Age 40
78.2
82.0
43
45
70.5
71.8
148
173
Age 45
78.5
82.2
43
45
71.4
72.8
150
174
Age 50
79.0
82.4
43
45
72.6
74.1
151
172
Age 55
79.7
82.8
43
48
74.0
75.5
151
171
Age 60
80.6
83.2
43
50
75.7
77.1
150
171
Age 65
81.9
83.9
43
54
77.8
78.9
149
171
Age 70
83.6
84.9
45
58
80.2
80.9
147
170
Age 75
85.7
86.4
43
60
82.9
83.4
146
167
Age 80
88.2
88.4
33
59
86.0
86.3
140
164
Age 85
90.8
90.9
37
58
89.3
89.5
148
165
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Turkey TURKEY   Congo CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
95.94
117
133.74
63
2. Stroke
49.06
129
120.40
39
3. Lung Cancers
39.65
3
2.77
164
4. Lung Disease
28.02
63
31.45
46
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.07
109
51.04
38
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.07
69
20.22
43
7. Kidney Disease
19.06
111
29.78
60
8. Hypertension
16.35
100
52.27
12
9. Prostate Cancer
15.64
94
31.52
25
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.42
140
86.29
37
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
53
4.17
161
12. Breast Cancer
11.74
142
9.95
160
13. Stomach Cancer
11.66
25
3.94
131
14. Pancreas Cancer
7.76
26
1.96
144
15. Liver Disease
7.14
150
36.31
40
16. Road Traffic Accidents
6.52
145
39.65
27
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.98
89
6.57
65
18. Leukemia
5.60
13
1.70
157
19. Lymphomas
5.51
62
2.21
171
20. Liver Cancer
5.13
96
6.39
68
21. Bladder Cancer
5.04
8
0.72
168
22. Falls
4.90
105
7.27
66
23. Violence
4.73
90
11.99
41
24. Ovary Cancer
4.73
78
3.37
130
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.81
109
4.68
62
26. Low Birth Weight
3.74
108
9.29
42
27. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
108
6.36
46
28. Asthma
2.72
104
13.81
44
29. Cervical Cancer
2.71
153
13.92
60
30. Suicide
2.34
174
11.62
55
31. Uterin Cancer
2.20
98
1.40
146
32. Other Injuries
1.96
181
9.74
68
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.86
164
9.18
32
34. Skin Cancers
1.73
103
1.82
96
35. Oesophagus Cancer
1.49
128
0.87
164
36. Oral Cancer
1.48
163
1.35
166
37. Epilepsy
1.35
112
2.02
67
38. Drug Use
1.13
100
1.92
49
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.88
154
5.10
56
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.87
145
43.98
42
41. Birth Trauma
0.79
134
7.30
48
42. Other Neoplasms
0.73
68
0.39
105
43. Drownings
0.66
164
1.92
118
44. Malnutrition
0.66
110
9.47
31
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.51
156
2.80
45
46. Poisonings
0.43
105
2.00
44
47. Fires
0.40
155
2.74
56
48. War
0.38
30
0.01
161
49. Skin Disease
0.36
153
2.02
62
50. Tuberculosis
0.35
145
75.20
10
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Turkey TURKEY   Congo CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
85,905
22.08
2,494
7.60
2. Stroke
44,006
11.31
2,267
6.90
3. Lung Cancers
35,070
9.01
54
0.16
4. Lung Disease
25,088
6.45
541
1.65
5. Diabetes Mellitus
17,900
4.60
1,050
3.20
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17,308
4.45
230
0.70
7. Kidney Disease
17,021
4.37
613
1.87
8. Hypertension
14,763
3.79
933
2.84
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
12,845
3.30
2,576
7.85
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,606
2.73
89
0.27
11. Stomach Cancer
10,333
2.66
88
0.27
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,882
1.77
42
0.13
13. Liver Disease
6,340
1.63
931
2.84
14. Breast Cancer
5,643
1.45
159
0.48
15. Prostate Cancer
5,608
1.44
198
0.60
16. Road Traffic Accidents
5,573
1.43
1,598
4.87
17. Congenital Anomalies
4,966
1.28
729
2.22
18. Leukemia
4,870
1.25
57
0.17
19. Lymphomas
4,849
1.25
61
0.19
20. Liver Cancer
4,542
1.17
169
0.51
21. Bladder Cancer
4,485
1.15
15
0.05
22. Falls
4,373
1.12
149
0.45
23. Violence
4,010
1.03
539
1.64
24. Low Birth Weight
3,478
0.89
1,283
3.91
25. Parkinson's Disease
3,439
0.88
69
0.21
26. Endocrine Disorders
2,612
0.67
208
0.63
27. Asthma
2,434
0.63
291
0.89
28. Ovary Cancer
2,287
0.59
49
0.15
29. Suicide
2,003
0.51
349
1.06
30. Other Injuries
1,678
0.43
333
1.01
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,632
0.42
220
0.67
32. Skin Cancers
1,548
0.40
36
0.11
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1,321
0.34
19
0.06
34. Cervical Cancer
1,311
0.34
196
0.60
35. Oral Cancer
1,305
0.34
33
0.10
36. Epilepsy
1,147
0.29
76
0.23
37. Uterin Cancer
1,090
0.28
15
0.05
38. Drug Use
972
0.25
65
0.20
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
789
0.20
105
0.32
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
741
0.19
1,304
3.97
41. Birth Trauma
720
0.19
997
3.04
42. Other Neoplasms
646
0.17
8
0.02
43. Malnutrition
588
0.15
272
0.83
44. Drownings
549
0.14
104
0.32
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
452
0.12
67
0.20
46. Poisonings
369
0.09
71
0.22
47. Fires
343
0.09
90
0.27
48. Skin Disease
324
0.08
46
0.14
49. War
318
0.08
1
0.00
50. Tuberculosis
303
0.08
2,781
8.47
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Turkey TURKEY   Congo CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
39.65
3
2.77
164
2. Prostate Cancer
15.64
94
31.52
25
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
53
4.17
161
4. Breast Cancer
11.74
142
9.95
160
5. Stomach Cancer
11.66
25
3.94
131
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.76
26
1.96
144
7. Leukemia
5.60
13
1.70
157
8. Lymphomas
5.51
62
2.21
171
9. Liver Cancer
5.13
96
6.39
68
10. Bladder Cancer
5.04
8
0.72
168
11. Ovary Cancer
4.73
78
3.37
130
12. Cervical Cancer
2.71
153
13.92
60
13. Uterin Cancer
2.20
98
1.40
146
14. Skin Cancers
1.73
103
1.82
96
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.49
128
0.87
164
16. Oral Cancer
1.48
163
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.