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Yemen
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 Yemen and Canada 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.

Canada
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
Yemen Population Pyramid
48,080,012
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%
Canada Population Pyramid
45,669,453
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
  Yemen YEMEN   Canada CANADA
  Yemen YEMEN   Canada CANADA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
34.5
34.9
34.7
164
167
166
 
68.3
74.2
71.1
8
5
8
1970
38.5
38.9
38.7
164
167
167
 
69.3
76.3
72.7
10
4
6
1980
46.9
47.4
47.1
150
158
155
 
71.6
78.7
75.1
12
6
7
1990
53.8
55.2
54.5
146
150
150
 
74.3
80.7
77.4
6
4
3
2000
59.5
62.2
60.8
131
131
131
 
76.4
81.7
79.1
7
8
7
2010
63.1
65.8
64.4
129
135
134
 
79.0
83.4
81.2
10
12
11
2019
64.4
68.9
66.6
136
139
137
 
80.4
84.1
82.2
14
16
15
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Canada CANADA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
64.4
68.9
136
139
80.4
84.1
14
16
Age
64.4
68.9
136
139
80.4
84.1
14
16
Age 5
68.7
72.8
137
134
80.8
84.4
13
14
Age 10
69.1
73.3
136
134
80.8
84.4
13
14
Age 15
69.5
73.6
137
134
80.9
84.5
13
14
Age 20
69.9
73.9
137
134
81.0
84.6
12
14
Age 25
70.7
74.2
129
133
81.2
84.7
11
14
Age 30
71.3
74.6
123
132
81.5
84.8
11
14
Age 35
71.9
75.0
122
132
81.7
84.9
10
13
Age 40
72.6
75.4
122
134
82.0
85.0
7
12
Age 45
73.3
76.0
122
135
82.3
85.2
6
12
Age 50
74.2
76.7
123
137
82.7
85.5
6
13
Age 55
75.3
77.6
123
140
83.1
85.9
5
13
Age 60
76.8
78.7
124
139
83.8
86.4
4
12
Age 65
78.6
80.2
120
141
84.8
87.1
3
10
Age 70
80.8
82.0
121
137
85.9
87.9
3
9
Age 75
83.4
84.2
121
133
87.4
89.0
2
8
Age 80
86.3
86.9
121
131
89.2
90.4
2
9
Age 85
89.6
90.1
119
128
91.6
92.2
5
9
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Canada CANADA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
278.48
14
45.15
166
2. Stroke
127.49
32
15.12
182
3. Hypertension
52.65
11
2.79
169
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
44.65
63
7.69
169
5. War
43.23
3
0.06
66
6. Road Traffic Accidents
34.92
36
4.58
157
7. Lung Disease
30.33
49
15.91
133
8. Kidney Disease
22.46
95
4.99
168
9. Liver Disease
21.23
84
5.73
159
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.18
65
27.87
13
11. Asthma
17.56
26
0.37
173
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.42
120
7.22
156
13. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
15.43
111
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
13.11
64
0.90
140
15. Low Birth Weight
12.37
16
1.90
148
16. Violence
10.22
49
1.60
139
17. Tuberculosis
9.58
68
0.13
171
18. Other Injuries
8.91
78
3.35
164
19. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
29
2.99
156
20. Birth Trauma
8.05
39
0.65
140
21. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
2.86
161
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
12.23
46
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.19
30
0.54
172
24. Suicide
7.06
115
10.34
67
25. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
3.01
73
26. Malaria
6.67
41
0.00
91
27. Measles
6.60
12
0.00
114
28. Falls
6.19
82
5.07
101
29. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
27.23
22
30. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
4.21
120
31. Malnutrition
4.37
57
0.21
136
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.35
21
0.73
135
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.06
95
3.46
128
34. Fires
4.01
27
0.41
153
35. Inflammatory/Heart
3.58
121
2.94
141
36. Leukemia
3.41
101
4.06
67
37. Drownings
3.37
65
0.71
160
38. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
2.18
126
39. Meningitis
3.13
52
0.14
167
40. Maternal Conditions
3.12
56
0.13
137
41. Endocrine Disorders
2.84
118
4.41
77
42. Pertussis
2.74
26
0.00
140
43. Drug Use
2.68
29
8.70
2
44. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
6.57
47
45. Lymphomas
2.30
168
6.52
26
46. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
5.08
63
47. Hepatitis B
2.02
7
0.11
129
48. Poisonings
1.93
46
0.25
135
49. HIV/AIDS
1.93
107
0.33
131
50. Epilepsy
1.86
77
0.81
153
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Yemen YEMEN   Canada CANADA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30,158
19.39
40,063
17.18
2. Stroke
13,570
8.72
14,159
6.07
3. War
12,915
8.30
21
0.01
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,978
7.70
7,431
3.19
5. Low Birth Weight
8,810
5.66
553
0.24
6. Road Traffic Accidents
8,561
5.50
1,998
0.86
7. Birth Trauma
5,939
3.82
193
0.08
8. Hypertension
5,293
3.40
2,563
1.10
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,372
2.81
840
0.36
10. Congenital Anomalies
4,291
2.76
1,081
0.46
11. Lung Disease
3,196
2.05
14,212
6.09
12. Measles
3,019
1.94
0
0.00
13. Liver Disease
2,891
1.86
3,624
1.55
14. Violence
2,839
1.83
605
0.26
15. Kidney Disease
2,679
1.72
4,578
1.96
16. Other Injuries
2,225
1.43
2,392
1.03
17. Asthma
2,106
1.35
262
0.11
18. Tuberculosis
1,899
1.22
97
0.04
19. Diabetes Mellitus
1,794
1.15
5,718
2.45
20. Malaria
1,719
1.11
0
0.00
21. Suicide
1,699
1.09
4,417
1.89
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,405
0.90
30,970
13.28
23. Pertussis
1,239
0.80
1
0.00
24. Falls
1,170
0.75
4,829
2.07
25. Drownings
1,142
0.73
283
0.12
26. Breast Cancer
1,134
0.73
5,910
2.53
27. Malnutrition
1,058
0.68
192
0.08
28. Meningitis
1,018
0.65
68
0.03
29. Fires
991
0.64
192
0.08
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
913
0.59
9,651
4.14
31. Stomach Cancer
902
0.58
2,177
0.93
32. Maternal Conditions
890
0.57
45
0.02
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
833
0.54
442
0.19
34. Leukemia
776
0.50
3,098
1.33
35. Oesophagus Cancer
765
0.49
2,230
0.96
36. Endocrine Disorders
738
0.47
3,233
1.39
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
707
0.45
636
0.27
38. Drug Use
613
0.39
3,686
1.58
39. Liver Cancer
609
0.39
3,113
1.33
40. Inflammatory/Heart
585
0.38
2,060
0.88
41. Lung Cancers
569
0.37
20,937
8.98
42. Oral Cancer
547
0.35
1,592
0.68
43. Epilepsy
539
0.35
384
0.16
44. Poisonings
532
0.34
121
0.05
45. Lymphomas
433
0.28
5,146
2.21
46. HIV/AIDS
396
0.25
163
0.07
47. Tetanus
395
0.25
0
0.00
48. Encephalitis
369
0.24
3
0.00
49. Parkinson's Disease
362
0.23
3,359
1.44
50. Hepatitis B
299
0.19
66
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Canada CANADA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
15.43
111
2. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
2.86
161
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
12.23
46
4. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
3.01
73
5. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
27.23
22
6. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
4.21
120
7. Leukemia
3.41
101
4.06
67
8. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
2.18
126
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
6.57
47
10. Lymphomas
2.30
168
6.52
26
11. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
5.08
63
12. Cervical Cancer
1.52
178
1.94
169
13. Bladder Cancer
1.50
129
2.89
59
14. Prostate Cancer
0.88
183
11.92
124
15. Skin Cancers
0.81
144
2.27
65
16. Uterin Cancer
0.05
181
2.91
63
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.