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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 ZIMBABWE

Compare Belgium and Zimbabwe 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.

Zimbabwe
COUNTRY #2
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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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Zimbabwe Population Pyramid
23,947,921
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   Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE
  Belgium BELGIUM   Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE
       
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
  
50.1
53.3
51.6
89
90
89
1970
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
  
53.4
56.7
55.0
99
97
97
1980
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
  
57.6
61.2
59.3
107
108
108
1990
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
  
59.0
63.7
61.3
129
121
125
2000
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
  
46.0
46.0
46.0
175
180
177
2010
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
  
51.4
53.5
52.4
174
175
175
2019
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
  
57.5
63.6
60.7
176
170
175
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.5
23
25
57.5
63.6
176
170
Age
79.3
83.5
23
25
57.5
63.6
176
170
Age 5
79.6
83.8
24
27
61.3
67.1
178
176
Age 10
79.6
83.8
25
27
61.6
67.4
178
176
Age 15
79.7
83.8
25
27
62.0
67.7
178
177
Age 20
79.7
83.9
25
27
62.5
68.1
178
177
Age 25
79.9
83.9
26
27
63.2
68.5
177
177
Age 30
80.0
84.0
26
27
63.9
69.1
177
178
Age 35
80.2
84.1
26
27
64.8
69.9
178
177
Age 40
80.4
84.2
26
28
65.9
70.9
178
177
Age 45
80.7
84.4
27
28
67.3
72.2
178
177
Age 50
81.1
84.7
27
28
69.1
73.7
178
176
Age 55
81.5
85.0
29
28
71.2
75.3
177
174
Age 60
82.3
85.6
29
26
73.6
77.0
177
173
Age 65
83.4
86.3
29
23
76.2
78.9
177
172
Age 70
84.8
87.2
28
21
79.0
81.0
176
169
Age 75
86.4
88.2
28
20
82.1
83.4
176
166
Age 80
88.3
89.5
30
24
85.5
86.3
168
163
Age 85
90.6
91.3
49
43
89.1
89.6
164
160
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
44.62
167
155.90
42
2. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
4.78
139
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.30
27
18.41
75
4. Stroke
21.11
166
93.42
80
5. Lung Disease
20.24
104
22.07
90
6. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
20.68
46
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.69
138
139.11
8
8. Suicide
13.93
35
23.63
7
9. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
39.98
14
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
8.05
103
11. Kidney Disease
7.64
153
35.89
34
12. Liver Disease
7.38
149
28.41
59
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
3.66
93
14. Other Injuries
6.43
110
16.74
12
15. Falls
5.68
89
7.54
64
16. Lymphomas
5.59
61
13.16
1
17. Other Neoplasms
5.38
11
0.53
85
18. Road Traffic Accidents
5.10
154
63.47
2
19. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
4.46
91
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.82
64
6.77
41
21. Leukemia
4.44
48
2.82
128
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.21
177
57.77
29
23. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
7.78
49
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
104
4.78
58
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
14.22
5
26. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
2.29
76
27. Inflammatory/Heart
3.38
126
15.59
10
28. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
9.72
47
29. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
3.24
78
30. Alcohol
2.78
43
0.62
136
31. Congenital Anomalies
2.57
165
8.15
25
32. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
5.22
14
33. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
50.23
5
34. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
4.64
7
35. Drug Use
1.97
46
2.31
38
36. Hypertension
1.78
179
20.93
78
37. Epilepsy
1.63
89
5.43
2
38. Violence
1.19
147
14.57
29
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.14
131
52.01
32
40. Skin Disease
0.98
112
3.01
28
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.81
129
5.66
18
42. Low Birth Weight
0.79
170
11.85
20
43. Malnutrition
0.71
108
23.88
7
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.67
24
0.18
99
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.65
167
8.45
19
46. Birth Trauma
0.53
151
10.09
25
47. Drownings
0.52
168
6.69
14
48. Fires
0.46
146
7.79
3
49. Asthma
0.46
166
24.21
14
50. Anemia
0.45
27
0.00
183
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Belgium BELGIUM   Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,281
16.50
8,493
7.84
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
9,416
10.17
768
0.71
3. Stroke
7,408
8.00
5,126
4.73
4. Lung Cancers
6,777
7.32
286
0.26
5. Lung Disease
6,438
6.95
1,163
1.07
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,677
6.13
10,779
9.95
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,329
3.59
505
0.47
8. Kidney Disease
2,952
3.19
2,214
2.04
9. Breast Cancer
2,587
2.79
839
0.77
10. Suicide
2,111
2.28
2,069
1.91
11. Other Injuries
2,006
2.17
1,656
1.53
12. Other Neoplasms
1,828
1.97
37
0.03
13. Prostate Cancer
1,824
1.97
628
0.58
14. Pancreas Cancer
1,809
1.95
217
0.20
15. Falls
1,756
1.90
465
0.43
16. Lymphomas
1,552
1.68
960
0.89
17. Liver Disease
1,433
1.55
1,941
1.79
18. Endocrine Disorders
1,432
1.55
553
0.51
19. Parkinson's Disease
1,378
1.49
226
0.21
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,269
1.37
3,344
3.09
21. Leukemia
1,199
1.29
244
0.23
22. Bladder Cancer
1,078
1.16
125
0.12
23. Inflammatory/Heart
1,060
1.14
1,047
0.97
24. Liver Cancer
976
1.05
510
0.47
25. Oesophagus Cancer
898
0.97
801
0.74
26. Stomach Cancer
863
0.93
559
0.52
27. Hypertension
740
0.80
1,146
1.06
28. Oral Cancer
675
0.73
208
0.19
29. Road Traffic Accidents
666
0.72
6,037
5.57
30. Ovary Cancer
653
0.71
173
0.16
31. Skin Cancers
522
0.56
264
0.24
32. Alcohol
500
0.54
48
0.04
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
418
0.45
4,595
4.24
34. Uterin Cancer
384
0.41
182
0.17
35. Skin Disease
380
0.41
173
0.16
36. Epilepsy
348
0.38
508
0.47
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
293
0.32
542
0.50
38. Malnutrition
291
0.31
2,396
2.21
39. Drug Use
287
0.31
213
0.20
40. Congenital Anomalies
282
0.30
2,217
2.05
41. Cervical Cancer
243
0.26
2,023
1.87
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
213
0.23
548
0.51
43. Anemia
199
0.21
0
0.00
44. Violence
149
0.16
1,916
1.77
45. Multiple Sclerosis
147
0.16
14
0.01
46. Asthma
128
0.14
1,531
1.41
47. Drownings
79
0.09
956
0.88
48. Fires
75
0.08
793
0.73
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
73
0.08
26
0.02
50. Low Birth Weight
70
0.08
4,038
3.73
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
4.78
139
2. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
20.68
46
3. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
39.98
14
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
8.05
103
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
3.66
93
6. Lymphomas
5.59
61
13.16
1
7. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
4.46
91
8. Leukemia
4.44
48
2.82
128
9. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
7.78
49
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
14.22
5
11. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
2.29
76
12. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
9.72
47
13. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
3.24
78
14. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
5.22
14
15. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
50.23
5
16. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
4.64
7
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.