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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
YEMEN VS SOUTH AFRICA

Compare Yemen and South Africa 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.

South Africa
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
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South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Yemen YEMEN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Yemen YEMEN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
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
  
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
38.5
38.9
38.7
164
167
167
  
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
46.9
47.4
47.1
150
158
155
  
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
53.8
55.2
54.5
146
150
150
  
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
59.5
62.2
60.8
131
131
131
  
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
63.1
65.8
64.4
129
135
134
  
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
64.4
68.9
66.6
136
139
137
  
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
64.4
68.9
136
139
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
64.4
68.9
136
139
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
68.7
72.8
137
134
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
69.1
73.3
136
134
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
69.5
73.6
137
134
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
69.9
73.9
137
134
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
70.7
74.2
129
133
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
71.3
74.6
123
132
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
71.9
75.0
122
132
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
72.6
75.4
122
134
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
73.3
76.0
122
135
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
74.2
76.7
123
137
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
75.3
77.6
123
140
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
76.8
78.7
124
139
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
78.6
80.2
120
141
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
80.8
82.0
121
137
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
83.4
84.2
121
133
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
86.3
86.9
121
131
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
89.6
90.1
119
128
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
278.48
14
83.76
128
2. Stroke
127.49
32
80.50
93
3. Hypertension
52.65
11
33.86
36
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
44.65
63
83.23
40
5. War
43.23
3
0.11
49
6. Road Traffic Accidents
34.92
36
22.70
61
7. Lung Disease
30.33
49
31.41
47
8. Kidney Disease
22.46
95
35.72
35
9. Liver Disease
21.23
84
18.41
95
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.18
65
16.44
118
11. Asthma
17.56
26
13.63
45
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.42
120
74.67
16
13. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
18.21
76
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
13.11
64
33.37
46
15. Low Birth Weight
12.37
16
7.16
63
16. Violence
10.22
49
37.54
8
17. Tuberculosis
9.58
68
39.83
26
18. Other Injuries
8.91
78
10.77
57
19. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
29
6.23
83
20. Birth Trauma
8.05
39
3.36
78
21. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
3.68
137
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
8.90
89
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.19
30
4.52
65
24. Suicide
7.06
115
23.49
8
25. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
8.50
16
26. Malaria
6.67
41
0.14
56
27. Measles
6.60
12
0.42
32
28. Falls
6.19
82
2.99
150
29. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
18.34
64
30. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
5.46
87
31. Malnutrition
4.37
57
4.41
56
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.35
21
2.04
70
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.06
95
3.36
130
34. Fires
4.01
27
6.64
4
35. Inflammatory/Heart
3.58
121
12.75
17
36. Leukemia
3.41
101
3.34
108
37. Drownings
3.37
65
4.06
44
38. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
3.18
80
39. Meningitis
3.13
52
6.74
41
40. Maternal Conditions
3.12
56
2.65
62
41. Endocrine Disorders
2.84
118
11.70
14
42. Pertussis
2.74
26
1.79
48
43. Drug Use
2.68
29
1.52
67
44. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
4.98
65
45. Lymphomas
2.30
168
6.08
39
46. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
3.85
115
47. Hepatitis B
2.02
7
0.28
86
48. Poisonings
1.93
46
1.62
54
49. HIV/AIDS
1.93
107
121.35
9
50. Epilepsy
1.86
77
3.28
22
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Yemen YEMEN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30,158
19.39
32,739
7.20
2. Stroke
13,570
8.72
30,693
6.75
3. War
12,915
8.30
66
0.01
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,978
7.70
39,341
8.65
5. Low Birth Weight
8,810
5.66
6,250
1.37
6. Road Traffic Accidents
8,561
5.50
13,014
2.86
7. Birth Trauma
5,939
3.82
3,004
0.66
8. Hypertension
5,293
3.40
12,789
2.81
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,372
2.81
15,843
3.49
10. Congenital Anomalies
4,291
2.76
4,351
0.96
11. Lung Disease
3,196
2.05
11,895
2.62
12. Measles
3,019
1.94
270
0.06
13. Liver Disease
2,891
1.86
9,013
1.98
14. Violence
2,839
1.83
21,000
4.62
15. Kidney Disease
2,679
1.72
15,302
3.37
16. Other Injuries
2,225
1.43
6,014
1.32
17. Asthma
2,106
1.35
5,966
1.31
18. Tuberculosis
1,899
1.22
21,965
4.83
19. Diabetes Mellitus
1,794
1.15
30,188
6.64
20. Malaria
1,719
1.11
83
0.02
21. Suicide
1,699
1.09
13,774
3.03
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,405
0.90
4,676
1.03
23. Pertussis
1,239
0.80
1,142
0.25
24. Falls
1,170
0.75
1,399
0.31
25. Drownings
1,142
0.73
2,403
0.53
26. Breast Cancer
1,134
0.73
4,533
1.00
27. Malnutrition
1,058
0.68
2,381
0.52
28. Meningitis
1,018
0.65
3,660
0.81
29. Fires
991
0.64
3,618
0.80
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
913
0.59
3,587
0.79
31. Stomach Cancer
902
0.58
1,535
0.34
32. Maternal Conditions
890
0.57
1,700
0.37
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
833
0.54
1,894
0.42
34. Leukemia
776
0.50
1,464
0.32
35. Oesophagus Cancer
765
0.49
3,486
0.77
36. Endocrine Disorders
738
0.47
5,890
1.30
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
707
0.45
1,015
0.22
38. Drug Use
613
0.39
770
0.17
39. Liver Cancer
609
0.39
2,383
0.52
40. Inflammatory/Heart
585
0.38
5,408
1.19
41. Lung Cancers
569
0.37
7,705
1.70
42. Oral Cancer
547
0.35
1,406
0.31
43. Epilepsy
539
0.35
1,870
0.41
44. Poisonings
532
0.34
975
0.21
45. Lymphomas
433
0.28
2,818
0.62
46. HIV/AIDS
396
0.25
71,996
15.84
47. Tetanus
395
0.25
38
0.01
48. Encephalitis
369
0.24
234
0.05
49. Parkinson's Disease
362
0.23
1,077
0.24
50. Hepatitis B
299
0.19
139
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
18.21
76
2. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
3.68
137
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
8.90
89
4. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
8.50
16
5. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
18.34
64
6. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
5.46
87
7. Leukemia
3.41
101
3.34
108
8. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
3.18
80
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
4.98
65
10. Lymphomas
2.30
168
6.08
39
11. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
3.85
115
12. Cervical Cancer
1.52
178
20.99
37
13. Bladder Cancer
1.50
129
2.19
83
14. Prostate Cancer
0.88
183
35.20
22
15. Skin Cancers
0.81
144
2.47
53
16. Uterin Cancer
0.05
181
2.15
99
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.