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Barbados
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
BARBADOS VS NIGERIA

Compare Barbados and Nigeria 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.

Nigeria
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
Barbados Population Pyramid
277,019
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Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Barbados BARBADOS   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
62.2
67.0
64.5
42
42
40
  
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
66.2
71.2
68.7
33
41
39
  
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
69.6
74.7
72.1
24
31
28
  
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
72.0
77.1
74.5
26
29
29
  
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
70.9
75.5
73.3
47
60
47
  
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
72.3
77.1
74.7
57
69
59
  
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
74.3
77.7
76.0
58
83
62
  
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.3
77.7
58
83
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
74.3
77.7
58
83
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
75.3
78.5
54
80
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
75.4
78.6
54
80
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
75.4
78.6
55
80
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
75.7
78.8
55
79
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
75.9
79.0
55
79
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
76.3
79.1
55
79
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
76.8
79.3
51
78
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
77.2
79.6
50
80
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
77.6
80.0
50
80
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
78.2
80.4
51
81
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
78.9
81.0
55
80
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
79.9
81.8
57
79
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
81.2
82.9
58
78
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
82.8
84.2
60
75
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
84.9
85.9
62
74
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
87.4
88.0
61
75
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
90.2
90.4
69
84
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
59.91
2
20.40
63
2. Stroke
58.54
119
88.68
86
3. Coronary Heart Disease
55.52
156
100.91
107
4. Diabetes Mellitus
40.44
59
33.50
82
5. Breast Cancer
35.36
5
20.56
47
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.42
84
98.12
28
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.22
6
4.32
157
8. Endocrine Disorders
16.58
6
7.01
35
9. Kidney Disease
16.30
120
23.87
88
10. Other Injuries
15.13
23
10.98
56
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.38
139
19.45
59
12. Hypertension
11.09
126
16.07
103
13. Lung Disease
10.68
166
20.77
99
14. Lymphomas
10.54
3
5.96
45
15. Violence
10.16
51
11.97
42
16. Cervical Cancer
10.05
83
21.11
35
17. Skin Disease
8.82
4
1.64
90
18. Inflammatory/Heart
8.39
40
5.49
76
19. HIV/AIDS
8.36
62
26.81
36
20. Lung Cancers
8.22
112
1.37
178
21. Road Traffic Accidents
7.96
132
27.25
54
22. Pancreas Cancer
7.44
31
2.64
126
23. Uterin Cancer
7.04
5
1.60
132
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.78
58
11.22
5
25. Leukemia
6.34
3
2.06
151
26. Ovary Cancer
5.52
51
3.90
112
27. Other Neoplasms
5.02
13
0.50
88
28. Liver Disease
4.94
161
41.99
21
29. Stomach Cancer
4.94
108
2.52
169
30. Oral Cancer
3.49
72
2.44
107
31. Liver Cancer
2.86
170
6.19
71
32. Asthma
2.63
105
10.71
58
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.49
153
5.60
29
34. Birth Trauma
2.34
88
15.51
2
35. Low Birth Weight
2.29
141
14.70
5
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.26
98
7.03
31
37. Prostatic Hypertrophy
2.20
3
0.00
142
38. Epilepsy
2.07
61
3.25
23
39. Oesophagus Cancer
1.90
113
0.75
171
40. Anemia
1.67
10
0.00
142
41. Bladder Cancer
1.51
128
0.81
166
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.38
120
78.99
13
43. Falls
1.34
178
8.54
40
44. Meningitis
1.03
78
17.54
9
45. Alcohol
0.84
126
1.16
106
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.73
19
0.26
99
47. Skin Cancers
0.57
158
2.29
62
48. Drownings
0.54
167
2.17
107
49. Maternal Conditions
0.47
113
14.14
17
50. Poisonings
0.44
104
2.82
22
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Barbados BARBADOS   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
384
13.60
57,744
3.90
2. Coronary Heart Disease
358
12.68
61,374
4.14
3. Diabetes Mellitus
260
9.21
22,497
1.52
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
221
7.83
207,281
14.00
5. Prostate Cancer
165
5.84
5,914
0.40
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
115
4.07
4,152
0.28
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
114
4.04
6,786
0.46
8. Breast Cancer
95
3.37
11,884
0.80
9. Endocrine Disorders
93
3.29
15,799
1.07
10. Kidney Disease
92
3.26
18,189
1.23
11. Other Injuries
79
2.80
22,696
1.53
12. Lung Disease
74
2.62
12,569
0.85
13. Hypertension
72
2.55
10,692
0.72
14. Skin Disease
62
2.20
1,468
0.10
15. Lymphomas
51
1.81
5,202
0.35
16. Lung Cancers
43
1.52
1,295
0.09
17. Pancreas Cancer
39
1.38
1,975
0.13
18. Inflammatory/Heart
39
1.38
4,826
0.33
19. Violence
32
1.13
18,407
1.24
20. Leukemia
29
1.03
2,257
0.15
21. HIV/AIDS
28
0.99
44,124
2.98
22. Stomach Cancer
28
0.99
2,129
0.14
23. Cervical Cancer
28
0.99
10,574
0.71
24. Other Neoplasms
26
0.92
290
0.02
25. Liver Disease
23
0.81
38,326
2.59
26. Road Traffic Accidents
23
0.81
41,693
2.82
27. Uterin Cancer
21
0.74
679
0.05
28. Oral Cancer
18
0.64
2,238
0.15
29. Congenital Anomalies
18
0.64
49,696
3.36
30. Prostatic Hypertrophy
17
0.60
0
0.00
31. Ovary Cancer
16
0.57
2,133
0.14
32. Parkinson's Disease
16
0.57
2,473
0.17
33. Liver Cancer
14
0.50
5,289
0.36
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.50
5,846
0.39
35. Asthma
13
0.46
8,192
0.55
36. Oesophagus Cancer
12
0.43
560
0.04
37. Anemia
11
0.39
0
0.00
38. Bladder Cancer
9
0.32
670
0.05
39. Epilepsy
9
0.32
5,001
0.34
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
7
0.25
144,724
9.77
41. Falls
7
0.25
7,528
0.51
42. Low Birth Weight
5
0.18
95,959
6.48
43. Birth Trauma
5
0.18
100,186
6.76
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
5
0.18
165
0.01
45. Meningitis
4
0.14
43,651
2.95
46. Skin Cancers
4
0.14
1,933
0.13
47. Alcohol
4
0.14
1,031
0.07
48. Hepatitis B
2
0.07
1,488
0.10
49. Malnutrition
2
0.07
5,896
0.40
50. Osteoarthritis
2
0.07
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
59.91
2
20.40
63
2. Breast Cancer
35.36
5
20.56
47
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.22
6
4.32
157
4. Lymphomas
10.54
3
5.96
45
5. Cervical Cancer
10.05
83
21.11
35
6. Lung Cancers
8.22
112
1.37
178
7. Pancreas Cancer
7.44
31
2.64
126
8. Uterin Cancer
7.04
5
1.60
132
9. Leukemia
6.34
3
2.06
151
10. Ovary Cancer
5.52
51
3.90
112
11. Stomach Cancer
4.94
108
2.52
169
12. Oral Cancer
3.49
72
2.44
107
13. Liver Cancer
2.86
170
6.19
71
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.90
113
0.75
171
15. Bladder Cancer
1.51
128
0.81
166
16. Skin Cancers
0.57
158
2.29
62
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.