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Belarus
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
BELARUS VS RUSSIA

Compare Belarus and Russia 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.

Russia
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
Belarus Population Pyramid
8,634,216
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Russia Population Pyramid
135,824,486
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belarus BELARUS   Russia RUSSIA
  Belarus BELARUS   Russia RUSSIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
64.0
72.9
68.3
35
16
31
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
68.0
76.0
71.9
21
6
11
  
63.1
73.4
68.1
60
27
42
1980
65.9
75.6
70.6
54
24
36
  
61.4
73.0
67.0
85
47
67
1990
66.3
75.6
70.8
74
39
57
  
63.8
74.3
68.9
98
55
79
2000
62.6
73.5
68.0
115
84
103
  
58.7
72.0
65.0
132
98
119
2010
64.5
76.3
70.3
122
81
103
  
62.4
74.6
68.4
134
97
115
2019
69.7
79.6
74.8
104
53
79
  
68.2
78.0
73.2
118
74
96
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belarus BELARUS   Russia RUSSIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.7
79.6
104
53
68.2
78.0
118
74
Age
69.7
79.6
104
53
68.2
78.0
118
74
Age 5
70.0
79.9
123
63
68.6
78.4
138
84
Age 10
70.0
79.9
125
64
68.7
78.5
140
84
Age 15
70.0
79.9
129
64
68.7
78.5
143
84
Age 20
70.1
80.0
131
64
68.9
78.6
145
84
Age 25
70.3
80.1
136
64
69.3
78.8
144
84
Age 30
70.5
80.2
136
65
69.7
78.9
144
83
Age 35
70.9
80.3
138
64
70.4
79.2
144
81
Age 40
71.4
80.5
139
64
71.3
79.7
144
79
Age 45
72.2
80.9
143
64
72.4
80.2
137
76
Age 50
73.2
81.3
145
63
73.7
80.7
132
73
Age 55
74.4
81.8
144
63
75.1
81.4
130
73
Age 60
76.0
82.5
143
64
76.8
82.2
121
70
Age 65
78.1
83.3
140
68
79.0
83.2
109
70
Age 70
80.6
84.5
132
68
81.5
84.4
91
70
Age 75
83.3
85.9
125
73
84.2
86.0
79
71
Age 80
86.3
88.0
116
74
87.3
88.0
64
72
Age 85
89.8
90.6
96
70
90.8
90.5
36
76
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belarus BELARUS   Russia RUSSIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
282.35
10
204.50
27
2. Stroke
88.08
87
117.23
48
3. Alcohol
19.82
1
15.02
3
4. Lung Cancers
18.53
62
22.20
39
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.05
12
16.55
16
6. Suicide
16.49
22
21.60
11
7. Prostate Cancer
16.14
85
15.95
91
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.86
125
15.07
134
9. Liver Disease
14.66
108
22.50
82
10. Breast Cancer
13.60
126
16.34
98
11. Lung Disease
12.05
159
13.54
148
12. Stomach Cancer
10.43
41
11.80
24
13. Inflammatory/Heart
10.19
27
26.37
5
14. Other Injuries
8.33
83
12.19
43
15. Pancreas Cancer
7.23
40
8.15
20
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.00
175
15.22
134
17. Falls
6.97
69
5.79
87
18. Road Traffic Accidents
6.48
146
11.23
119
19. Oral Cancer
6.03
30
4.78
41
20. Drownings
4.91
27
4.19
41
21. Ovary Cancer
4.83
75
5.99
33
22. Lymphomas
4.50
99
3.91
124
23. Fires
4.48
15
3.25
43
24. Cervical Cancer
3.98
138
6.54
111
25. Uterin Cancer
3.90
29
4.45
25
26. Leukemia
3.67
87
3.74
85
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.20
63
3.07
69
28. Drug Use
3.17
23
5.40
7
29. Parkinson's Disease
3.10
141
3.18
137
30. Congenital Anomalies
2.85
159
3.54
146
31. Kidney Disease
2.70
181
4.70
172
32. Tuberculosis
2.52
100
4.61
85
33. Poisonings
2.52
32
3.11
15
34. Liver Cancer
2.31
177
4.52
115
35. Violence
2.29
124
7.00
68
36. Diabetes Mellitus
2.20
181
7.12
157
37. Hypertension
2.07
176
6.77
149
38. Skin Cancers
1.81
99
2.35
58
39. Bladder Cancer
1.70
112
2.41
73
40. HIV/AIDS
1.60
112
12.88
52
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.59
85
1.19
102
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
133
3.67
74
43. Epilepsy
1.06
131
0.41
181
44. Endocrine Disorders
1.05
173
1.08
172
45. Low Birth Weight
0.98
168
1.62
153
46. Encephalitis
0.75
46
0.61
59
47. Asthma
0.72
146
0.72
147
48. Birth Trauma
0.40
161
0.56
148
49. Multiple Sclerosis
0.32
50
0.44
39
50. Other Neoplasms
0.31
137
0.29
141
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Belarus BELARUS   Russia RUSSIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
53,186
48.88
562,711
34.17
2. Stroke
16,393
15.07
327,199
19.87
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,530
3.24
48,522
2.95
4. Lung Cancers
2,950
2.71
54,361
3.30
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,886
2.65
42,633
2.59
6. Alcohol
2,761
2.54
27,984
1.70
7. Lung Disease
2,208
2.03
36,600
2.22
8. Liver Disease
2,078
1.91
45,463
2.76
9. Suicide
2,004
1.84
36,625
2.22
10. Stomach Cancer
1,690
1.55
29,386
1.78
11. Inflammatory/Heart
1,361
1.25
54,060
3.28
12. Breast Cancer
1,230
1.13
23,242
1.41
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,171
1.08
20,282
1.23
14. Other Injuries
1,099
1.01
22,517
1.37
15. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,086
1.00
32,404
1.97
16. Falls
952
0.87
11,705
0.71
17. Prostate Cancer
936
0.86
14,107
0.86
18. Oral Cancer
901
0.83
10,880
0.66
19. Road Traffic Accidents
722
0.66
17,507
1.06
20. Lymphomas
672
0.62
8,919
0.54
21. Parkinson's Disease
621
0.57
9,371
0.57
22. Fires
620
0.57
6,387
0.39
23. Leukemia
554
0.51
8,238
0.50
24. Drownings
543
0.50
6,629
0.40
25. Oesophagus Cancer
493
0.45
7,431
0.45
26. Kidney Disease
480
0.44
11,581
0.70
27. Ovary Cancer
429
0.39
8,123
0.49
28. Uterin Cancer
391
0.36
6,867
0.42
29. Drug Use
389
0.36
9,113
0.55
30. Diabetes Mellitus
373
0.34
18,345
1.11
31. Hypertension
367
0.34
18,348
1.11
32. Liver Cancer
363
0.33
11,165
0.68
33. Poisonings
311
0.29
5,565
0.34
34. Cervical Cancer
303
0.28
7,423
0.45
35. Bladder Cancer
295
0.27
6,307
0.38
36. Skin Cancers
272
0.25
5,612
0.34
37. Tuberculosis
269
0.25
8,422
0.51
38. Violence
255
0.23
11,450
0.70
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
239
0.22
2,770
0.17
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
235
0.22
8,938
0.54
41. Congenital Anomalies
202
0.19
4,201
0.26
42. HIV/AIDS
167
0.15
21,262
1.29
43. Endocrine Disorders
141
0.13
2,004
0.12
44. Asthma
122
0.11
1,764
0.11
45. Epilepsy
116
0.11
718
0.04
46. Encephalitis
93
0.09
1,076
0.07
47. Low Birth Weight
64
0.06
2,153
0.13
48. Other Neoplasms
52
0.05
729
0.04
49. Multiple Sclerosis
42
0.04
827
0.05
50. Meningitis
36
0.03
1,037
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belarus BELARUS   Russia RUSSIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.53
62
22.20
39
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.05
12
16.55
16
3. Prostate Cancer
16.14
85
15.95
91
4. Breast Cancer
13.60
126
16.34
98
5. Stomach Cancer
10.43
41
11.80
24
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.23
40
8.15
20
7. Oral Cancer
6.03
30
4.78
41
8. Ovary Cancer
4.83
75
5.99
33
9. Lymphomas
4.50
99
3.91
124
10. Cervical Cancer
3.98
138
6.54
111
11. Uterin Cancer
3.90
29
4.45
25
12. Leukemia
3.67
87
3.74
85
13. Oesophagus Cancer
3.20
63
3.07
69
14. Liver Cancer
2.31
177
4.52
115
15. Skin Cancers
1.81
99
2.35
58
16. Bladder Cancer
1.70
112
2.41
73
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.