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Viet Nam
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 Viet Nam and Singapore 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.

Singapore
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
Viet Nam Population Pyramid
109,605,010
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%
Singapore Population Pyramid
6,407,528
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
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   Singapore SINGAPORE
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
42.6
46.3
44.4
123
119
120
 
61.7
65.7
63.7
47
50
45
1970
46.9
51.9
49.4
129
118
123
 
65.4
70.2
67.7
45
45
44
1980
55.5
59.9
57.7
119
114
116
 
68.9
74.2
71.5
33
36
29
1990
64.1
67.7
65.9
95
108
103
 
71.9
76.9
74.3
28
30
30
2000
68.5
78.2
73.4
76
35
46
 
75.9
80.9
78.3
11
17
13
2010
70.3
80.1
75.2
81
36
51
 
79.2
84.7
82.0
8
3
3
2019
69.6
78.1
73.7
106
73
92
 
81.0
85.5
83.2
6
4
4
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   Singapore SINGAPORE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.6
78.1
106
73
81.0
85.5
6
4
Age
69.6
78.1
106
73
81.0
85.5
6
4
Age 5
71.2
79.4
103
69
81.3
85.6
6
4
Age 10
71.3
79.4
107
69
81.3
85.7
6
4
Age 15
71.4
79.5
108
69
81.3
85.7
6
4
Age 20
71.7
79.6
108
69
81.4
85.8
6
4
Age 25
72.0
79.7
108
69
81.5
85.8
6
4
Age 30
72.4
79.9
109
69
81.7
85.9
6
4
Age 35
72.7
80.0
110
69
81.9
86.0
5
4
Age 40
73.1
80.2
112
69
82.1
86.1
5
4
Age 45
73.7
80.5
114
70
82.4
86.3
5
4
Age 50
74.5
80.9
115
71
82.7
86.5
4
4
Age 55
75.5
81.4
116
74
83.2
86.8
4
4
Age 60
76.9
82.0
117
73
83.8
87.2
5
4
Age 65
78.6
82.9
121
76
84.7
87.8
6
5
Age 70
80.7
84.1
125
79
85.8
88.5
8
6
Age 75
83.2
85.7
130
80
87.2
89.4
8
4
Age 80
86.1
87.8
129
87
89.2
90.8
4
3
Age 85
89.4
90.4
132
83
91.7
92.6
3
4
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   Singapore SINGAPORE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
155.75
20
18.41
175
2. Coronary Heart Disease
86.67
125
60.68
149
3. Lung Disease
34.16
39
4.45
183
4. Diabetes Mellitus
33.78
78
1.28
183
5. Road Traffic Accidents
29.81
50
1.69
181
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.84
97
61.08
56
7. Liver Cancer
24.37
7
8.32
46
8. Kidney Disease
24.12
83
12.04
135
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.72
20
0.43
183
10. Liver Disease
23.34
81
2.40
180
11. Lung Cancers
21.48
46
17.56
69
12. Hypertension
18.94
88
8.44
138
13. Stomach Cancer
15.13
9
4.80
117
14. Falls
13.80
10
2.93
153
15. Breast Cancer
11.36
148
13.37
129
16. Tuberculosis
9.33
70
0.34
146
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.23
98
13.72
36
18. Asthma
7.89
73
0.45
167
19. Suicide
7.22
112
9.65
75
20. Oral Cancer
7.03
18
3.49
71
21. Congenital Anomalies
6.59
63
1.92
178
22. Low Birth Weight
5.69
84
0.65
176
23. Drownings
5.36
24
0.44
175
24. Other Injuries
5.34
126
1.03
183
25. Parkinson's Disease
5.18
44
1.09
174
26. Inflammatory/Heart
4.93
88
2.67
148
27. Leukemia
4.93
22
3.16
115
28. HIV/AIDS
4.72
77
0.20
145
29. Prostate Cancer
4.61
166
8.49
138
30. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.47
82
0.34
168
31. Cervical Cancer
4.34
134
1.97
167
32. Lymphomas
2.94
151
4.76
87
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
97
1.56
122
34. Uterin Cancer
2.12
103
3.27
42
35. Endocrine Disorders
2.08
149
0.49
182
36. Measles
2.01
23
0.00
165
37. Birth Trauma
1.86
94
0.07
183
38. Violence
1.81
136
0.22
182
39. Ovary Cancer
1.62
178
4.49
89
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.57
89
0.28
173
41. Encephalitis
1.54
9
0.00
176
42. Skin Disease
1.34
102
1.60
93
43. Drug Use
1.31
83
0.26
178
44. Pancreas Cancer
0.92
167
6.08
55
45. Bladder Cancer
0.90
160
1.40
133
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.86
155
0.78
161
47. Alcohol
0.82
127
0.12
181
48. Poisonings
0.79
76
0.02
181
49. Pertussis
0.79
71
0.00
155
50. Maternal Conditions
0.76
95
0.06
167
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
159,032
23.20
1,559
6.56
2. Coronary Heart Disease
91,939
13.41
5,292
22.26
3. Lung Disease
35,875
5.23
383
1.61
4. Diabetes Mellitus
33,860
4.94
108
0.45
5. Road Traffic Accidents
29,475
4.30
121
0.51
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
29,307
4.27
32
0.13
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
27,836
4.06
5,189
21.83
8. Kidney Disease
25,251
3.68
1,028
4.32
9. Liver Cancer
24,995
3.65
746
3.14
10. Liver Disease
23,900
3.49
209
0.88
11. Lung Cancers
21,294
3.11
1,540
6.48
12. Hypertension
19,880
2.90
732
3.08
13. Falls
15,427
2.25
218
0.92
14. Stomach Cancer
15,134
2.21
405
1.70
15. Tuberculosis
9,446
1.38
26
0.11
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8,258
1.20
1,203
5.06
17. Asthma
8,150
1.19
37
0.16
18. Suicide
7,249
1.06
650
2.73
19. Low Birth Weight
7,132
1.04
25
0.11
20. Oral Cancer
7,088
1.03
317
1.33
21. Congenital Anomalies
7,064
1.03
80
0.34
22. Breast Cancer
6,187
0.90
605
2.55
23. Other Injuries
5,539
0.81
79
0.33
24. Inflammatory/Heart
5,357
0.78
215
0.90
25. Parkinson's Disease
5,338
0.78
90
0.38
26. Drownings
5,097
0.74
29
0.12
27. HIV/AIDS
4,993
0.73
18
0.08
28. Leukemia
4,899
0.71
249
1.05
29. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,390
0.64
28
0.12
30. Lymphomas
2,964
0.43
397
1.67
31. Cervical Cancer
2,391
0.35
85
0.36
32. Birth Trauma
2,340
0.34
3
0.01
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2,265
0.33
137
0.58
34. Endocrine Disorders
2,082
0.30
30
0.13
35. Prostate Cancer
1,911
0.28
303
1.27
36. Violence
1,785
0.26
15
0.06
37. Measles
1,780
0.26
0
0.00
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,708
0.25
22
0.09
39. Encephalitis
1,558
0.23
0
0.00
40. Skin Disease
1,515
0.22
136
0.57
41. Drug Use
1,366
0.20
19
0.08
42. Uterin Cancer
1,159
0.17
147
0.62
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
957
0.14
69
0.29
44. Pancreas Cancer
929
0.14
537
2.26
45. Bladder Cancer
896
0.13
120
0.50
46. Alcohol
867
0.13
10
0.04
47. Ovary Cancer
864
0.13
204
0.86
48. Poisonings
832
0.12
1
0.00
49. Maternal Conditions
773
0.11
3
0.01
50. Pertussis
705
0.10
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Viet Nam VIET NAM   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
24.37
7
8.32
46
2. Lung Cancers
21.48
46
17.56
69
3. Stomach Cancer
15.13
9
4.80
117
4. Breast Cancer
11.36
148
13.37
129
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.23
98
13.72
36
6. Oral Cancer
7.03
18
3.49
71
7. Leukemia
4.93
22
3.16
115
8. Prostate Cancer
4.61
166
8.49
138
9. Cervical Cancer
4.34
134
1.97
167
10. Lymphomas
2.94
151
4.76
87
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
97
1.56
122
12. Uterin Cancer
2.12
103
3.27
42
13. Ovary Cancer
1.62
178
4.49
89
14. Pancreas Cancer
0.92
167
6.08
55
15. Bladder Cancer
0.90
160
1.40
133
16. Skin Cancers
0.46
165
0.71
150
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.