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Australia
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 Australia and Kuwait 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.

Kuwait
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
Australia Population Pyramid
32,814,106
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%
Kuwait Population Pyramid
5,393,471
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
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Kuwait KUWAIT
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Kuwait KUWAIT
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.8
74.0
70.8
11
7
10
 
58.1
61.5
59.8
63
65
64
1970
67.8
74.4
71.0
22
17
19
 
64.8
68.8
66.8
48
51
52
1980
70.9
78.0
74.3
14
9
10
 
68.7
72.9
70.8
34
48
34
1990
74.0
80.2
77.0
8
8
5
 
73.2
76.9
75.0
16
31
24
2000
76.7
82.2
79.5
6
6
5
 
72.4
74.4
73.2
36
74
48
2010
79.6
84.1
81.9
4
7
5
 
73.2
75.2
74.0
47
91
69
2019
81.3
84.8
83.0
3
9
7
 
79.3
83.9
81.0
24
19
29
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Kuwait KUWAIT
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.3
84.8
3
9
79.3
83.9
24
19
Age
81.3
84.8
3
9
79.3
83.9
24
19
Age 5
81.6
85.1
3
9
79.9
84.5
21
13
Age 10
81.6
85.1
3
9
80.0
84.6
21
13
Age 15
81.6
85.2
3
9
80.1
84.7
21
13
Age 20
81.7
85.2
3
9
80.2
84.7
21
13
Age 25
81.9
85.3
3
9
80.4
84.8
20
13
Age 30
82.1
85.4
3
8
80.6
84.8
19
13
Age 35
82.3
85.5
2
8
80.8
84.9
22
14
Age 40
82.5
85.6
2
7
81.0
84.9
23
14
Age 45
82.8
85.8
2
7
81.2
85.1
23
15
Age 50
83.2
86.0
1
6
81.6
85.2
23
15
Age 55
83.7
86.4
1
6
82.1
85.5
23
15
Age 60
84.4
86.8
1
7
82.8
85.9
23
16
Age 65
85.2
87.4
1
7
83.8
86.5
22
17
Age 70
86.2
88.1
1
7
85.0
87.4
21
16
Age 75
87.5
89.0
1
9
86.7
88.5
17
15
Age 80
89.2
90.2
3
12
88.7
90.0
17
13
Age 85
91.3
91.9
10
17
91.1
92.0
18
12
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Kuwait KUWAIT
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
37.36
176
94.14
119
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.63
23
17.42
96
3. Lung Cancers
18.97
58
8.20
113
4. Stroke
17.13
179
37.49
140
5. Lung Disease
15.32
141
6.49
182
6. Breast Cancer
14.85
119
25.21
27
7. Prostate Cancer
14.71
105
10.40
133
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.81
43
9.88
77
9. Suicide
11.25
57
2.66
167
10. Diabetes Mellitus
8.50
149
14.78
127
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.99
176
26.91
93
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.62
46
4.60
74
13. Drug Use
6.56
3
1.35
78
14. Lymphomas
6.10
38
6.31
32
15. Kidney Disease
5.16
166
12.44
132
16. Falls
4.99
102
2.93
152
17. Endocrine Disorders
4.82
63
1.67
157
18. Skin Cancers
4.76
4
1.24
129
19. Liver Cancer
4.61
112
6.12
72
20. Road Traffic Accidents
4.46
158
18.99
80
21. Leukemia
4.40
52
4.74
29
22. Ovary Cancer
4.28
99
4.56
85
23. Liver Disease
3.89
172
6.90
153
24. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
125
1.37
177
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.35
131
2.84
148
26. Other Injuries
3.28
166
2.62
174
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.26
62
2.17
102
28. Stomach Cancer
2.80
162
3.19
151
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.62
163
5.27
105
30. Hypertension
2.60
172
15.74
106
31. Other Neoplasms
2.28
47
0.20
164
32. Oral Cancer
2.22
120
2.60
100
33. Uterin Cancer
2.12
101
4.90
19
34. Bladder Cancer
2.11
89
3.76
33
35. Cervical Cancer
1.78
173
2.99
146
36. Alcohol
1.07
110
0.24
168
37. Low Birth Weight
1.02
166
3.94
106
38. Violence
0.98
156
1.82
135
39. Skin Disease
0.98
111
0.28
163
40. Asthma
0.96
136
1.12
126
41. Epilepsy
0.86
145
0.61
169
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.71
136
0.35
169
43. Drownings
0.66
165
0.52
169
44. Birth Trauma
0.57
146
0.18
179
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.52
173
0.96
150
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.51
162
0.24
172
47. Hepatitis C
0.51
18
0.01
145
48. Multiple Sclerosis
0.47
37
0.11
151
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.42
72
0.05
175
50. Anemia
0.23
43
0.00
120
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Kuwait KUWAIT
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
21,548
15.79
2,325
30.48
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
15,588
11.42
139
1.82
3. Stroke
10,331
7.57
599
7.85
4. Lung Cancers
8,769
6.43
161
2.11
5. Lung Disease
8,487
6.22
84
1.10
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6,209
4.55
198
2.60
7. Diabetes Mellitus
4,471
3.28
242
3.17
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
4,446
3.26
340
4.46
9. Prostate Cancer
3,766
2.76
58
0.76
10. Breast Cancer
3,405
2.49
230
3.01
11. Suicide
3,150
2.31
122
1.60
12. Kidney Disease
3,139
2.30
204
2.67
13. Pancreas Cancer
3,118
2.28
89
1.17
14. Falls
3,116
2.28
102
1.34
15. Lymphomas
3,039
2.23
132
1.73
16. Endocrine Disorders
2,328
1.71
44
0.58
17. Skin Cancers
2,319
1.70
28
0.37
18. Leukemia
2,126
1.56
123
1.61
19. Liver Cancer
2,036
1.49
129
1.69
20. Parkinson's Disease
2,036
1.49
29
0.38
21. Drug Use
1,783
1.31
38
0.50
22. Other Injuries
1,642
1.20
83
1.09
23. Hypertension
1,631
1.20
256
3.36
24. Inflammatory/Heart
1,571
1.15
36
0.47
25. Oesophagus Cancer
1,494
1.09
35
0.46
26. Liver Disease
1,421
1.04
192
2.52
27. Stomach Cancer
1,288
0.94
72
0.94
28. Other Neoplasms
1,252
0.92
4
0.05
29. Road Traffic Accidents
1,245
0.91
649
8.51
30. Bladder Cancer
1,187
0.87
52
0.68
31. Ovary Cancer
1,003
0.73
41
0.54
32. Oral Cancer
972
0.71
74
0.97
33. Congenital Anomalies
711
0.52
202
2.65
34. Skin Disease
594
0.44
4
0.05
35. Uterin Cancer
524
0.38
31
0.41
36. Asthma
455
0.33
21
0.28
37. Alcohol
380
0.28
12
0.16
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
379
0.28
8
0.10
39. Cervical Cancer
342
0.25
32
0.42
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
296
0.22
6
0.08
41. Epilepsy
285
0.21
22
0.29
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
276
0.20
14
0.18
43. Low Birth Weight
248
0.18
158
2.07
44. Violence
243
0.18
75
0.98
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
229
0.17
1
0.01
46. Multiple Sclerosis
188
0.14
5
0.07
47. Drownings
177
0.13
19
0.25
48. Hepatitis C
173
0.13
0
0.00
49. Anemia
157
0.12
0
0.00
50. Birth Trauma
140
0.10
7
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Kuwait KUWAIT
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.97
58
8.20
113
2. Breast Cancer
14.85
119
25.21
27
3. Prostate Cancer
14.71
105
10.40
133
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.81
43
9.88
77
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.62
46
4.60
74
6. Lymphomas
6.10
38
6.31
32
7. Skin Cancers
4.76
4
1.24
129
8. Liver Cancer
4.61
112
6.12
72
9. Leukemia
4.40
52
4.74
29
10. Ovary Cancer
4.28
99
4.56
85
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.26
62
2.17
102
12. Stomach Cancer
2.80
162
3.19
151
13. Oral Cancer
2.22
120
2.60
100
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
101
4.90
19
15. Bladder Cancer
2.11
89
3.76
33
16. Cervical Cancer
1.78
173
2.99
146
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.