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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 RUSSIA

Compare Belgium 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
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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Russia Population Pyramid
135,824,486
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   Russia RUSSIA
  Belgium BELGIUM   Russia RUSSIA
       
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
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
  
63.1
73.4
68.1
60
27
42
1980
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
  
61.4
73.0
67.0
85
47
67
1990
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
  
63.8
74.3
68.9
98
55
79
2000
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
  
58.7
72.0
65.0
132
98
119
2010
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
  
62.4
74.6
68.4
134
97
115
2019
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
  
68.2
78.0
73.2
118
74
96
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Russia RUSSIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.5
23
25
68.2
78.0
118
74
Age
79.3
83.5
23
25
68.2
78.0
118
74
Age 5
79.6
83.8
24
27
68.6
78.4
138
84
Age 10
79.6
83.8
25
27
68.7
78.5
140
84
Age 15
79.7
83.8
25
27
68.7
78.5
143
84
Age 20
79.7
83.9
25
27
68.9
78.6
145
84
Age 25
79.9
83.9
26
27
69.3
78.8
144
84
Age 30
80.0
84.0
26
27
69.7
78.9
144
83
Age 35
80.2
84.1
26
27
70.4
79.2
144
81
Age 40
80.4
84.2
26
28
71.3
79.7
144
79
Age 45
80.7
84.4
27
28
72.4
80.2
137
76
Age 50
81.1
84.7
27
28
73.7
80.7
132
73
Age 55
81.5
85.0
29
28
75.1
81.4
130
73
Age 60
82.3
85.6
29
26
76.8
82.2
121
70
Age 65
83.4
86.3
29
23
79.0
83.2
109
70
Age 70
84.8
87.2
28
21
81.5
84.4
91
70
Age 75
86.4
88.2
28
20
84.2
86.0
79
71
Age 80
88.3
89.5
30
24
87.3
88.0
64
72
Age 85
90.6
91.3
49
43
90.8
90.5
36
76
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Russia RUSSIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
44.62
167
204.50
27
2. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
22.20
39
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.30
27
15.07
134
4. Stroke
21.11
166
117.23
48
5. Lung Disease
20.24
104
13.54
148
6. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
16.34
98
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.69
138
15.22
134
8. Suicide
13.93
35
21.60
11
9. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
15.95
91
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
16.55
16
11. Kidney Disease
7.64
153
4.70
172
12. Liver Disease
7.38
149
22.50
82
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
8.15
20
14. Other Injuries
6.43
110
12.19
43
15. Falls
5.68
89
5.79
87
16. Lymphomas
5.59
61
3.91
124
17. Other Neoplasms
5.38
11
0.29
141
18. Road Traffic Accidents
5.10
154
11.23
119
19. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
5.99
33
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.82
64
1.08
172
21. Leukemia
4.44
48
3.74
85
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.21
177
7.12
157
23. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
4.52
115
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
104
3.18
137
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
3.07
69
26. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
2.41
73
27. Inflammatory/Heart
3.38
126
26.37
5
28. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
11.80
24
29. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
4.78
41
30. Alcohol
2.78
43
15.02
3
31. Congenital Anomalies
2.57
165
3.54
146
32. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
4.45
25
33. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
6.54
111
34. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
2.35
58
35. Drug Use
1.97
46
5.40
7
36. Hypertension
1.78
179
6.77
149
37. Epilepsy
1.63
89
0.41
181
38. Violence
1.19
147
7.00
68
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.14
131
0.22
173
40. Skin Disease
0.98
112
1.23
104
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.81
129
1.19
102
42. Low Birth Weight
0.79
170
1.62
153
43. Malnutrition
0.71
108
0.11
152
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.67
24
0.44
39
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.65
167
3.67
74
46. Birth Trauma
0.53
151
0.56
148
47. Drownings
0.52
168
4.19
41
48. Fires
0.46
146
3.25
43
49. Asthma
0.46
166
0.72
147
50. Anemia
0.45
27
0.00
148
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Belgium BELGIUM   Russia RUSSIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,281
16.50
562,711
34.17
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
9,416
10.17
48,522
2.95
3. Stroke
7,408
8.00
327,199
19.87
4. Lung Cancers
6,777
7.32
54,361
3.30
5. Lung Disease
6,438
6.95
36,600
2.22
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,677
6.13
32,404
1.97
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,329
3.59
42,633
2.59
8. Kidney Disease
2,952
3.19
11,581
0.70
9. Breast Cancer
2,587
2.79
23,242
1.41
10. Suicide
2,111
2.28
36,625
2.22
11. Other Injuries
2,006
2.17
22,517
1.37
12. Other Neoplasms
1,828
1.97
729
0.04
13. Prostate Cancer
1,824
1.97
14,107
0.86
14. Pancreas Cancer
1,809
1.95
20,282
1.23
15. Falls
1,756
1.90
11,705
0.71
16. Lymphomas
1,552
1.68
8,919
0.54
17. Liver Disease
1,433
1.55
45,463
2.76
18. Endocrine Disorders
1,432
1.55
2,004
0.12
19. Parkinson's Disease
1,378
1.49
9,371
0.57
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,269
1.37
18,345
1.11
21. Leukemia
1,199
1.29
8,238
0.50
22. Bladder Cancer
1,078
1.16
6,307
0.38
23. Inflammatory/Heart
1,060
1.14
54,060
3.28
24. Liver Cancer
976
1.05
11,165
0.68
25. Oesophagus Cancer
898
0.97
7,431
0.45
26. Stomach Cancer
863
0.93
29,386
1.78
27. Hypertension
740
0.80
18,348
1.11
28. Oral Cancer
675
0.73
10,880
0.66
29. Road Traffic Accidents
666
0.72
17,507
1.06
30. Ovary Cancer
653
0.71
8,123
0.49
31. Skin Cancers
522
0.56
5,612
0.34
32. Alcohol
500
0.54
27,984
1.70
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
418
0.45
403
0.02
34. Uterin Cancer
384
0.41
6,867
0.42
35. Skin Disease
380
0.41
2,735
0.17
36. Epilepsy
348
0.38
718
0.04
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
293
0.32
2,770
0.17
38. Malnutrition
291
0.31
242
0.01
39. Drug Use
287
0.31
9,113
0.55
40. Congenital Anomalies
282
0.30
4,201
0.26
41. Cervical Cancer
243
0.26
7,423
0.45
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
213
0.23
8,938
0.54
43. Anemia
199
0.21
0
0.00
44. Violence
149
0.16
11,450
0.70
45. Multiple Sclerosis
147
0.16
827
0.05
46. Asthma
128
0.14
1,764
0.11
47. Drownings
79
0.09
6,629
0.40
48. Fires
75
0.08
6,387
0.39
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
73
0.08
750
0.05
50. Low Birth Weight
70
0.08
2,153
0.13
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Russia RUSSIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
22.20
39
2. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
16.34
98
3. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
15.95
91
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
16.55
16
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
8.15
20
6. Lymphomas
5.59
61
3.91
124
7. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
5.99
33
8. Leukemia
4.44
48
3.74
85
9. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
4.52
115
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
3.07
69
11. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
2.41
73
12. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
11.80
24
13. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
4.78
41
14. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
4.45
25
15. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
6.54
111
16. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
2.35
58
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.