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Belgium
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
BELGIUM VS NIGER

Compare Belgium and Niger 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.

Niger
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
Belgium Population Pyramid
12,220,769
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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Niger Population Pyramid
65,593,043
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
  Belgium BELGIUM   Niger NIGER
  Belgium BELGIUM   Niger NIGER
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.5
73.4
70.4
13
12
11
  
41.9
37.1
39.6
130
161
149
1970
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
  
42.6
38.6
40.6
150
169
161
1980
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
  
43.7
40.8
42.3
161
172
170
1990
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
  
47.7
45.3
46.5
163
175
173
2000
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
  
49.9
50.0
50.0
159
169
164
2010
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
  
57.8
58.8
58.2
153
161
157
2019
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
  
62.1
64.6
63.3
156
167
159
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Niger NIGER
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.5
23
25
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age
79.3
83.5
23
25
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age 5
79.6
83.8
24
27
67.8
69.9
142
159
Age 10
79.6
83.8
25
27
68.7
70.9
137
156
Age 15
79.7
83.8
25
27
69.7
71.7
134
150
Age 20
79.7
83.9
25
27
70.0
72.0
133
150
Age 25
79.9
83.9
26
27
70.5
72.4
132
149
Age 30
80.0
84.0
26
27
71.0
72.8
132
151
Age 35
80.2
84.1
26
27
71.5
73.3
131
150
Age 40
80.4
84.2
26
28
72.2
73.9
129
151
Age 45
80.7
84.4
27
28
73.0
74.6
127
153
Age 50
81.1
84.7
27
28
73.9
75.4
127
156
Age 55
81.5
85.0
29
28
75.1
76.5
127
157
Age 60
82.3
85.6
29
26
76.6
77.8
131
159
Age 65
83.4
86.3
29
23
78.5
79.4
130
158
Age 70
84.8
87.2
28
21
80.7
81.4
128
159
Age 75
86.4
88.2
28
20
83.3
83.9
124
150
Age 80
88.3
89.5
30
24
86.3
86.8
119
136
Age 85
90.6
91.3
49
43
89.7
90.1
105
118
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Niger NIGER
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
44.62
167
118.53
82
2. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
0.54
182
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.30
27
20.18
44
4. Stroke
21.11
166
114.20
55
5. Lung Disease
20.24
104
30.61
48
6. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
18.52
70
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.69
138
118.92
14
8. Suicide
13.93
35
10.15
70
9. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
4.34
169
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
5.52
142
11. Kidney Disease
7.64
153
29.61
61
12. Liver Disease
7.38
149
40.78
24
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
1.47
155
14. Other Injuries
6.43
110
17.29
11
15. Falls
5.68
89
12.36
12
16. Lymphomas
5.59
61
3.33
139
17. Other Neoplasms
5.38
11
0.31
135
18. Road Traffic Accidents
5.10
154
33.36
41
19. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
7.90
8
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.82
64
6.27
49
21. Leukemia
4.44
48
2.32
145
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.21
177
33.65
79
23. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
7.86
47
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
104
5.13
47
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
1.71
119
26. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
2.24
79
27. Inflammatory/Heart
3.38
126
7.46
44
28. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
3.59
138
29. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
2.55
102
30. Alcohol
2.78
43
1.27
101
31. Congenital Anomalies
2.57
165
7.56
40
32. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
1.99
109
33. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
9.28
88
34. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
3.18
25
35. Drug Use
1.97
46
1.13
99
36. Hypertension
1.78
179
18.25
91
37. Epilepsy
1.63
89
3.33
21
38. Violence
1.19
147
12.61
36
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.14
131
93.61
7
40. Skin Disease
0.98
112
2.14
57
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.81
129
4.21
23
42. Low Birth Weight
0.79
170
11.39
23
43. Malnutrition
0.71
108
6.98
40
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.67
24
0.22
81
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.65
167
10.80
8
46. Birth Trauma
0.53
151
9.50
31
47. Drownings
0.52
168
4.32
38
48. Fires
0.46
146
4.88
12
49. Asthma
0.46
166
20.43
19
50. Anemia
0.45
27
0.00
141
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Belgium BELGIUM   Niger NIGER
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,281
16.50
8,229
5.12
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
9,416
10.17
858
0.53
3. Stroke
7,408
8.00
8,717
5.42
4. Lung Cancers
6,777
7.32
42
0.03
5. Lung Disease
6,438
6.95
2,172
1.35
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,677
6.13
21,093
13.13
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,329
3.59
522
0.32
8. Kidney Disease
2,952
3.19
2,732
1.70
9. Breast Cancer
2,587
2.79
1,075
0.67
10. Suicide
2,111
2.28
1,227
0.76
11. Other Injuries
2,006
2.17
3,826
2.38
12. Other Neoplasms
1,828
1.97
24
0.01
13. Prostate Cancer
1,824
1.97
128
0.08
14. Pancreas Cancer
1,809
1.95
138
0.09
15. Falls
1,756
1.90
1,297
0.81
16. Lymphomas
1,552
1.68
350
0.22
17. Liver Disease
1,433
1.55
4,116
2.56
18. Endocrine Disorders
1,432
1.55
1,806
1.12
19. Parkinson's Disease
1,378
1.49
275
0.17
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,269
1.37
2,630
1.64
21. Leukemia
1,199
1.29
258
0.16
22. Bladder Cancer
1,078
1.16
161
0.10
23. Inflammatory/Heart
1,060
1.14
769
0.48
24. Liver Cancer
976
1.05
745
0.46
25. Oesophagus Cancer
898
0.97
132
0.08
26. Stomach Cancer
863
0.93
300
0.19
27. Hypertension
740
0.80
1,356
0.84
28. Oral Cancer
675
0.73
242
0.15
29. Road Traffic Accidents
666
0.72
5,946
3.70
30. Ovary Cancer
653
0.71
425
0.26
31. Skin Cancers
522
0.56
287
0.18
32. Alcohol
500
0.54
120
0.07
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
418
0.45
16,030
9.97
34. Uterin Cancer
384
0.41
86
0.05
35. Skin Disease
380
0.41
213
0.13
36. Epilepsy
348
0.38
676
0.42
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
293
0.32
467
0.29
38. Malnutrition
291
0.31
2,170
1.35
39. Drug Use
287
0.31
126
0.08
40. Congenital Anomalies
282
0.30
4,346
2.70
41. Cervical Cancer
243
0.26
487
0.30
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
213
0.23
1,044
0.65
43. Anemia
199
0.21
0
0.00
44. Violence
149
0.16
2,244
1.40
45. Multiple Sclerosis
147
0.16
22
0.01
46. Asthma
128
0.14
1,902
1.18
47. Drownings
79
0.09
1,581
0.98
48. Fires
75
0.08
1,120
0.70
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
73
0.08
18
0.01
50. Low Birth Weight
70
0.08
9,560
5.95
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Niger NIGER
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
0.54
182
2. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
18.52
70
3. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
4.34
169
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
5.52
142
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
1.47
155
6. Lymphomas
5.59
61
3.33
139
7. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
7.90
8
8. Leukemia
4.44
48
2.32
145
9. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
7.86
47
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
1.71
119
11. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
2.24
79
12. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
3.59
138
13. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
2.55
102
14. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
1.99
109
15. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
9.28
88
16. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
3.18
25
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.