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Bangladesh
COUNTRY #1
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BANGLADESH VS NEPAL

Compare Bangladesh and Nepal 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.

Nepal
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
Bangladesh Population Pyramid
192,567,779
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Nepal Population Pyramid
35,323,925
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Nepal NEPAL
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Nepal NEPAL
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
41.0
39.9
40.5
136
153
144
  
39.0
38.4
38.7
148
156
154
1970
44.8
44.3
44.5
138
153
144
  
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
1980
48.9
48.7
48.8
142
152
147
  
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
1990
54.5
55.1
54.8
144
151
146
  
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
2000
64.9
65.6
65.3
103
124
118
  
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
2010
68.9
71.1
69.9
95
118
106
  
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
2019
73.0
75.6
74.3
71
98
85
  
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Nepal NEPAL
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.0
75.6
71
98
68.9
72.7
113
119
Age
73.0
75.6
71
98
68.9
72.7
113
119
Age 5
75.4
77.8
51
91
71.2
74.9
102
118
Age 10
75.7
78.1
50
91
71.4
75.1
103
117
Age 15
76.0
78.2
48
91
71.6
75.2
104
118
Age 20
76.2
78.4
46
89
71.8
75.4
104
119
Age 25
76.4
78.6
46
89
72.2
75.6
105
119
Age 30
76.6
78.8
48
89
72.5
75.8
106
118
Age 35
76.9
79.0
48
89
72.9
76.0
106
118
Age 40
77.2
79.2
48
87
73.3
76.3
107
118
Age 45
77.6
79.6
51
88
73.8
76.8
111
117
Age 50
78.2
80.0
50
88
74.5
77.4
112
118
Age 55
79.2
80.7
50
87
75.5
78.2
118
117
Age 60
80.3
81.5
49
86
76.8
79.2
123
120
Age 65
81.7
82.6
48
84
78.5
80.4
123
124
Age 70
83.5
84.1
49
82
80.7
82.0
129
134
Age 75
85.4
85.8
49
75
83.2
84.1
133
137
Age 80
87.5
87.8
57
80
86.1
86.7
132
146
Age 85
90.3
90.5
60
73
89.4
89.8
145
151
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Nepal NEPAL
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
119.20
41
67.32
106
2. Coronary Heart Disease
94.27
118
102.19
104
3. Lung Disease
41.72
25
149.01
1
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.61
52
29.68
51
5. Tuberculosis
25.88
42
72.19
12
6. Diabetes Mellitus
25.49
98
16.12
117
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.96
103
29.37
86
8. Road Traffic Accidents
16.74
88
20.65
72
9. Liver Disease
16.64
101
30.02
57
10. Oesophagus Cancer
15.32
4
2.40
92
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.89
142
13.60
145
12. Hypertension
13.27
114
11.58
122
13. Oral Cancer
12.13
4
6.52
23
14. Breast Cancer
10.69
152
8.50
172
15. Lung Cancers
10.24
102
18.16
65
16. Kidney Disease
9.14
143
21.28
103
17. Cervical Cancer
7.75
97
15.27
52
18. Asthma
7.70
74
30.93
6
19. Low Birth Weight
7.38
60
8.46
51
20. Birth Trauma
5.68
58
6.00
55
21. Other Injuries
5.56
123
7.36
96
22. Measles
5.50
13
0.20
47
23. Stomach Cancer
5.45
100
6.79
79
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.70
121
4.79
117
25. Drownings
4.55
33
5.38
23
26. Suicide
3.85
153
9.77
74
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.57
172
5.77
137
28. Parkinson's Disease
3.49
125
4.37
77
29. Ovary Cancer
3.34
133
4.60
83
30. Prostate Cancer
3.07
173
0.95
182
31. Violence
2.89
115
2.57
119
32. Falls
2.64
159
15.55
5
33. Drug Use
2.34
37
0.42
167
34. Liver Cancer
2.29
178
1.19
183
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.25
58
11.28
7
36. Maternal Conditions
2.19
67
3.56
54
37. Lymphomas
2.05
173
3.51
134
38. Malnutrition
1.70
86
4.05
59
39. Meningitis
1.37
70
1.69
68
40. Leukemia
1.29
164
2.61
139
41. Pertussis
1.24
60
1.48
54
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1.20
180
1.08
183
43. Pancreas Cancer
1.15
164
2.18
138
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.01
149
1.16
144
45. Skin Disease
1.01
110
0.09
176
46. Endocrine Disorders
0.98
176
1.14
171
47. Epilepsy
0.97
138
3.57
12
48. Appendicitis
0.93
21
1.00
16
49. Fires
0.89
119
0.94
117
50. Hepatitis B
0.85
43
0.48
69
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Nepal NEPAL
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
134,166
18.74
12,909
8.04
2. Coronary Heart Disease
108,528
15.16
19,677
12.26
3. Lung Disease
45,699
6.38
27,027
16.83
4. Tuberculosis
37,175
5.19
16,535
10.30
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
36,111
5.05
6,071
3.78
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
29,586
4.13
6,237
3.88
7. Diabetes Mellitus
28,976
4.05
2,929
1.82
8. Road Traffic Accidents
25,023
3.50
4,654
2.90
9. Liver Disease
21,024
2.94
6,383
3.98
10. Oesophagus Cancer
19,525
2.73
491
0.31
11. Low Birth Weight
17,457
2.44
3,822
2.38
12. Oral Cancer
15,511
2.17
1,389
0.87
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
14,993
2.09
2,022
1.26
14. Hypertension
14,776
2.06
2,092
1.30
15. Birth Trauma
13,392
1.87
2,676
1.67
16. Lung Cancers
12,174
1.70
3,586
2.23
17. Kidney Disease
10,841
1.51
4,284
2.67
18. Congenital Anomalies
10,113
1.41
1,949
1.21
19. Measles
9,021
1.26
60
0.04
20. Asthma
8,893
1.24
5,930
3.69
21. Other Injuries
7,629
1.07
1,655
1.03
22. Drownings
7,094
0.99
1,505
0.94
23. Breast Cancer
6,808
0.95
1,038
0.65
24. Stomach Cancer
6,799
0.95
1,379
0.86
25. Suicide
5,998
0.84
2,571
1.60
26. Cervical Cancer
5,132
0.72
1,969
1.23
27. Violence
4,623
0.65
704
0.44
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,534
0.63
1,167
0.73
29. Maternal Conditions
3,920
0.55
977
0.61
30. Parkinson's Disease
3,782
0.53
760
0.47
31. Falls
3,328
0.46
3,321
2.07
32. Drug Use
2,967
0.41
93
0.06
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,922
0.41
2,320
1.44
34. Liver Cancer
2,884
0.40
256
0.16
35. Lymphomas
2,667
0.37
768
0.48
36. Malnutrition
2,418
0.34
845
0.53
37. Ovary Cancer
2,231
0.31
585
0.36
38. Meningitis
2,105
0.29
377
0.23
39. Pertussis
2,011
0.28
453
0.28
40. Leukemia
1,895
0.26
668
0.42
41. Prostate Cancer
1,664
0.23
85
0.05
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1,485
0.21
217
0.14
43. Pancreas Cancer
1,414
0.20
445
0.28
44. Epilepsy
1,353
0.19
874
0.54
45. Endocrine Disorders
1,335
0.19
257
0.16
46. Fires
1,271
0.18
184
0.11
47. Appendicitis
1,262
0.18
220
0.14
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,251
0.17
191
0.12
49. Syphilis
1,227
0.17
134
0.08
50. Skin Disease
1,131
0.16
17
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Nepal NEPAL
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oesophagus Cancer
15.32
4
2.40
92
2. Oral Cancer
12.13
4
6.52
23
3. Breast Cancer
10.69
152
8.50
172
4. Lung Cancers
10.24
102
18.16
65
5. Cervical Cancer
7.75
97
15.27
52
6. Stomach Cancer
5.45
100
6.79
79
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.57
172
5.77
137
8. Ovary Cancer
3.34
133
4.60
83
9. Prostate Cancer
3.07
173
0.95
182
10. Liver Cancer
2.29
178
1.19
183
11. Lymphomas
2.05
173
3.51
134
12. Leukemia
1.29
164
2.61
139
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.15
164
2.18
138
14. Bladder Cancer
0.84
162
1.62
119
15. Skin Cancers
0.68
153
2.13
76
16. Uterin Cancer
0.68
170
0.48
176
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.