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Afghanistan
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 Afghanistan and Japan 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.

Japan
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
Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
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%
Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
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
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Japan JAPAN
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Japan JAPAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
 
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
1970
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
 
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
1980
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
 
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
1990
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
 
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
2000
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
 
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
2010
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
 
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
2019
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
 
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Japan JAPAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.3
63.2
147
174
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age
63.3
63.2
147
174
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age 5
67.5
66.9
146
177
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 10
67.7
67.0
147
178
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 15
67.8
67.1
150
178
81.8
87.2
2
1
Age 20
68.1
67.4
150
179
81.9
87.2
2
1
Age 25
68.6
67.8
149
180
82.0
87.3
2
1
Age 30
69.2
68.3
149
180
82.1
87.4
2
1
Age 35
69.7
68.9
149
180
82.2
87.4
3
1
Age 40
70.4
69.6
151
180
82.4
87.6
3
1
Age 45
71.3
70.6
156
180
82.6
87.7
3
1
Age 50
72.3
71.8
157
180
82.9
87.9
3
1
Age 55
73.7
73.2
157
180
83.4
88.2
3
1
Age 60
75.4
75.1
157
181
84.0
88.6
3
1
Age 65
77.5
77.2
160
181
84.8
89.0
4
1
Age 70
79.9
79.6
158
181
86.0
89.6
2
1
Age 75
82.7
82.4
156
180
87.3
90.3
6
1
Age 80
85.8
85.6
154
174
89.0
91.3
8
2
Age 85
89.2
89.1
156
171
91.4
92.8
9
3
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Japan JAPAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
301.71
6
30.62
181
2. Stroke
149.10
25
23.21
161
3. War
121.55
1
0.01
142
4. Hypertension
65.86
4
1.07
183
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
49.80
62
16.56
129
6. Kidney Disease
46.10
15
7.61
154
7. Tuberculosis
41.14
24
0.53
140
8. Diabetes Mellitus
40.94
58
1.35
182
9. Lung Disease
37.01
32
12.69
156
10. Liver Disease
27.20
67
4.78
164
11. Maternal Conditions
25.94
4
0.04
175
12. Asthma
24.23
13
0.36
174
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.34
26
7.87
159
14. Breast Cancer
20.24
48
10.31
155
15. Road Traffic Accidents
19.81
76
2.21
175
16. Other Injuries
13.02
36
4.92
133
17. Low Birth Weight
12.07
17
0.32
183
18. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10.64
9
0.61
169
19. Stomach Cancer
10.39
42
11.47
28
20. Birth Trauma
10.16
24
0.17
180
21. Violence
9.87
52
0.19
183
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
9.72
68
0.53
161
23. Oesophagus Cancer
8.78
13
3.28
61
24. Oral Cancer
8.18
9
2.19
124
25. Lung Cancers
6.90
122
18.06
66
26. Congenital Anomalies
6.42
70
2.49
167
27. Parkinson's Disease
5.98
24
2.33
156
28. Suicide
5.96
129
12.24
49
29. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5.86
17
0.40
162
30. Cervical Cancer
5.73
117
2.73
152
31. Meningitis
5.20
48
0.09
180
32. Falls
5.13
99
1.98
173
33. Hepatitis B
4.96
1
0.34
77
34. Encephalitis
4.57
1
0.01
169
35. Prostate Cancer
4.49
167
6.05
157
36. Lymphomas
4.32
108
4.22
111
37. Endocrine Disorders
4.30
80
2.36
135
38. Liver Cancer
4.22
119
6.62
62
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
169
13.59
37
40. Ovary Cancer
4.07
106
3.30
136
41. Uterin Cancer
3.66
32
2.02
106
42. Pertussis
3.38
22
0.00
149
43. Inflammatory/Heart
3.32
130
2.08
163
44. Drownings
2.78
78
2.12
109
45. Epilepsy
2.70
37
0.51
176
46. Tetanus
2.49
6
0.00
143
47. Bladder Cancer
1.95
98
1.86
104
48. Leukemia
1.95
154
2.76
133
49. HIV/AIDS
1.72
110
0.03
164
50. Fires
1.60
89
0.33
161
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Japan JAPAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40,195
17.35
163,905
14.84
2. War
25,620
11.06
15
0.00
3. Stroke
19,060
8.23
121,823
11.03
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
14,649
6.32
107,899
9.77
5. Low Birth Weight
12,631
5.45
202
0.02
6. Birth Trauma
10,723
4.63
104
0.01
7. Tuberculosis
9,839
4.25
3,459
0.31
8. Hypertension
7,995
3.45
6,673
0.60
9. Maternal Conditions
7,807
3.37
39
0.00
10. Kidney Disease
6,590
2.85
44,779
4.05
11. Road Traffic Accidents
6,033
2.60
4,566
0.41
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,750
2.48
5,433
0.49
13. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,555
2.40
2,731
0.25
14. Congenital Anomalies
5,001
2.16
2,473
0.22
15. Lung Disease
4,650
2.01
78,169
7.08
16. Liver Disease
4,600
1.99
14,195
1.29
17. Asthma
3,403
1.47
1,922
0.17
18. Other Injuries
3,241
1.40
22,068
2.00
19. Violence
3,217
1.39
266
0.02
20. Meningitis
2,626
1.13
308
0.03
21. Pertussis
2,107
0.91
1
0.00
22. Breast Cancer
1,822
0.79
15,805
1.43
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,765
0.76
56,937
5.15
24. Suicide
1,573
0.68
19,466
1.76
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,505
0.65
2,922
0.26
26. Stomach Cancer
1,501
0.65
50,433
4.57
27. Oral Cancer
1,467
0.63
8,333
0.75
28. Endocrine Disorders
1,364
0.59
11,486
1.04
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1,314
0.57
12,316
1.11
30. Tetanus
1,254
0.54
9
0.00
31. Encephalitis
1,190
0.51
5
0.00
32. Lung Cancers
1,076
0.46
79,688
7.21
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,041
0.45
2,555
0.23
34. Drownings
996
0.43
8,409
0.76
35. Epilepsy
993
0.43
1,558
0.14
36. Lymphomas
946
0.41
19,273
1.74
37. Falls
905
0.39
9,736
0.88
38. Hepatitis B
863
0.37
1,423
0.13
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
741
0.32
57,340
5.19
40. Liver Cancer
657
0.28
29,384
2.66
41. Parkinson's Disease
628
0.27
14,007
1.27
42. Leukemia
610
0.26
9,607
0.87
43. Malnutrition
589
0.25
1,910
0.17
44. Cervical Cancer
541
0.23
3,799
0.34
45. Inflammatory/Heart
527
0.23
8,232
0.75
46. HIV/AIDS
464
0.20
48
0.00
47. Poisonings
384
0.17
255
0.02
48. Ovary Cancer
369
0.16
5,061
0.46
49. Measles
350
0.15
0
0.00
50. Fires
348
0.15
1,007
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Japan JAPAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
20.24
48
10.31
155
2. Stomach Cancer
10.39
42
11.47
28
3. Oesophagus Cancer
8.78
13
3.28
61
4. Oral Cancer
8.18
9
2.19
124
5. Lung Cancers
6.90
122
18.06
66
6. Cervical Cancer
5.73
117
2.73
152
7. Prostate Cancer
4.49
167
6.05
157
8. Lymphomas
4.32
108
4.22
111
9. Liver Cancer
4.22
119
6.62
62
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
169
13.59
37
11. Ovary Cancer
4.07
106
3.30
136
12. Uterin Cancer
3.66
32
2.02
106
13. Leukemia
1.95
154
2.76
133
14. Bladder Cancer
1.95
98
1.86
104
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.54
153
8.87
10
16. Skin Cancers
1.03
138
0.42
167
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.