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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
AFGHANISTAN VS LEBANON

Compare Afghanistan and Lebanon 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.

Lebanon
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%
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Lebanon Population Pyramid
6,528,162
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   Lebanon LEBANON
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Lebanon LEBANON
       
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
  
59.3
63.0
61.1
59
55
59
1970
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
  
62.8
66.9
64.8
61
61
62
1980
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
  
64.4
69.1
66.7
66
71
72
1990
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
  
66.6
71.2
68.8
68
83
80
2000
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
  
71.2
74.3
72.7
44
77
53
2010
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
  
73.6
76.3
74.9
41
80
57
2019
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
  
74.0
79.2
76.4
60
60
59
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Lebanon LEBANON
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.3
63.2
147
174
74.0
79.2
60
60
Age
63.3
63.2
147
174
74.0
79.2
60
60
Age 5
67.5
66.9
146
177
74.6
79.7
62
67
Age 10
67.7
67.0
147
178
74.7
79.8
61
67
Age 15
67.8
67.1
150
178
74.8
79.8
62
67
Age 20
68.1
67.4
150
179
75.0
79.9
62
66
Age 25
68.6
67.8
149
180
75.3
80.0
63
65
Age 30
69.2
68.3
149
180
75.5
80.2
63
64
Age 35
69.7
68.9
149
180
75.8
80.3
65
65
Age 40
70.4
69.6
151
180
76.1
80.5
65
65
Age 45
71.3
70.6
156
180
76.5
80.8
70
66
Age 50
72.3
71.8
157
180
77.0
81.2
74
66
Age 55
73.7
73.2
157
180
77.7
81.7
76
65
Age 60
75.4
75.1
157
181
78.8
82.4
77
65
Age 65
77.5
77.2
160
181
80.2
83.4
77
65
Age 70
79.9
79.6
158
181
81.9
84.6
80
64
Age 75
82.7
82.4
156
180
84.2
86.2
80
65
Age 80
85.8
85.6
154
174
86.8
88.2
80
65
Age 85
89.2
89.1
156
171
89.9
90.7
82
66
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Lebanon LEBANON
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
301.71
6
211.21
25
2. Stroke
149.10
25
28.55
153
3. War
121.55
1
0.36
32
4. Hypertension
65.86
4
22.75
69
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
49.80
62
14.80
137
6. Kidney Disease
46.10
15
19.79
108
7. Tuberculosis
41.14
24
1.02
127
8. Diabetes Mellitus
40.94
58
15.05
123
9. Lung Disease
37.01
32
14.23
146
10. Liver Disease
27.20
67
10.40
125
11. Maternal Conditions
25.94
4
0.43
117
12. Asthma
24.23
13
4.75
92
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.34
26
19.14
67
14. Breast Cancer
20.24
48
29.51
12
15. Road Traffic Accidents
19.81
76
16.56
89
16. Other Injuries
13.02
36
2.52
177
17. Low Birth Weight
12.07
17
2.25
142
18. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10.64
9
1.81
122
19. Stomach Cancer
10.39
42
7.38
71
20. Birth Trauma
10.16
24
0.80
133
21. Violence
9.87
52
4.10
99
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
9.72
68
1.26
124
23. Oesophagus Cancer
8.78
13
0.80
169
24. Oral Cancer
8.18
9
2.47
104
25. Lung Cancers
6.90
122
23.21
35
26. Congenital Anomalies
6.42
70
4.05
135
27. Parkinson's Disease
5.98
24
3.63
121
28. Suicide
5.96
129
2.76
164
29. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5.86
17
0.73
133
30. Cervical Cancer
5.73
117
4.05
137
31. Meningitis
5.20
48
0.54
111
32. Falls
5.13
99
2.27
168
33. Hepatitis B
4.96
1
1.95
12
34. Encephalitis
4.57
1
0.24
113
35. Prostate Cancer
4.49
167
16.29
84
36. Lymphomas
4.32
108
10.14
4
37. Endocrine Disorders
4.30
80
2.24
143
38. Liver Cancer
4.22
119
3.41
155
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
169
13.10
41
40. Ovary Cancer
4.07
106
6.94
16
41. Uterin Cancer
3.66
32
3.02
55
42. Pertussis
3.38
22
0.24
91
43. Inflammatory/Heart
3.32
130
2.39
156
44. Drownings
2.78
78
0.90
153
45. Epilepsy
2.70
37
0.73
165
46. Tetanus
2.49
6
0.36
55
47. Bladder Cancer
1.95
98
11.10
1
48. Leukemia
1.95
154
5.06
17
49. HIV/AIDS
1.72
110
0.74
119
50. Fires
1.60
89
1.48
94
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Lebanon LEBANON
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40,195
17.35
13,328
38.76
2. War
25,620
11.06
25
0.07
3. Stroke
19,060
8.23
1,795
5.22
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
14,649
6.32
931
2.71
5. Low Birth Weight
12,631
5.45
190
0.55
6. Birth Trauma
10,723
4.63
67
0.19
7. Tuberculosis
9,839
4.25
70
0.20
8. Hypertension
7,995
3.45
1,426
4.15
9. Maternal Conditions
7,807
3.37
30
0.09
10. Kidney Disease
6,590
2.85
1,243
3.62
11. Road Traffic Accidents
6,033
2.60
1,127
3.28
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,750
2.48
934
2.72
13. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,555
2.40
81
0.24
14. Congenital Anomalies
5,001
2.16
298
0.87
15. Lung Disease
4,650
2.01
889
2.59
16. Liver Disease
4,600
1.99
663
1.93
17. Asthma
3,403
1.47
298
0.87
18. Other Injuries
3,241
1.40
168
0.49
19. Violence
3,217
1.39
285
0.83
20. Meningitis
2,626
1.13
35
0.10
21. Pertussis
2,107
0.91
16
0.05
22. Breast Cancer
1,822
0.79
987
2.87
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,765
0.76
1,213
3.53
24. Suicide
1,573
0.68
190
0.55
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,505
0.65
114
0.33
26. Stomach Cancer
1,501
0.65
479
1.39
27. Oral Cancer
1,467
0.63
162
0.47
28. Endocrine Disorders
1,364
0.59
145
0.42
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1,314
0.57
52
0.15
30. Tetanus
1,254
0.54
23
0.07
31. Encephalitis
1,190
0.51
16
0.05
32. Lung Cancers
1,076
0.46
1,498
4.36
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,041
0.45
47
0.14
34. Drownings
996
0.43
62
0.18
35. Epilepsy
993
0.43
49
0.14
36. Lymphomas
946
0.41
646
1.88
37. Falls
905
0.39
148
0.43
38. Hepatitis B
863
0.37
123
0.36
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
741
0.32
841
2.45
40. Liver Cancer
657
0.28
217
0.63
41. Parkinson's Disease
628
0.27
226
0.66
42. Leukemia
610
0.26
334
0.97
43. Malnutrition
589
0.25
11
0.03
44. Cervical Cancer
541
0.23
135
0.39
45. Inflammatory/Heart
527
0.23
153
0.44
46. HIV/AIDS
464
0.20
51
0.15
47. Poisonings
384
0.17
39
0.11
48. Ovary Cancer
369
0.16
224
0.65
49. Measles
350
0.15
12
0.03
50. Fires
348
0.15
99
0.29
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Lebanon LEBANON
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
20.24
48
29.51
12
2. Stomach Cancer
10.39
42
7.38
71
3. Oesophagus Cancer
8.78
13
0.80
169
4. Oral Cancer
8.18
9
2.47
104
5. Lung Cancers
6.90
122
23.21
35
6. Cervical Cancer
5.73
117
4.05
137
7. Prostate Cancer
4.49
167
16.29
84
8. Lymphomas
4.32
108
10.14
4
9. Liver Cancer
4.22
119
3.41
155
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
169
13.10
41
11. Ovary Cancer
4.07
106
6.94
16
12. Uterin Cancer
3.66
32
3.02
55
13. Leukemia
1.95
154
5.06
17
14. Bladder Cancer
1.95
98
11.10
1
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.54
153
4.21
81
16. Skin Cancers
1.03
138
4.60
8
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.