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Benin
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

Compare Benin and Congo 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.

Congo
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
Benin Population Pyramid
24,280,484
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%
Congo Population Pyramid
10,701,991
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
  Benin BENIN   Congo CONGO
  Benin BENIN   Congo CONGO
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
40.5
42.9
41.7
140
137
138
 
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
1970
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
 
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
1980
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
 
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
1990
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
 
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
2000
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
 
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
2010
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
 
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
2019
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
 
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Congo CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.2
65.7
161
157
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age
61.2
65.7
161
157
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age 5
67.7
71.7
144
141
67.3
68.6
147
171
Age 10
68.4
72.5
142
139
67.6
68.9
148
172
Age 15
68.9
72.9
141
138
67.8
69.0
148
172
Age 20
69.3
73.2
140
138
68.2
69.4
147
172
Age 25
69.7
73.5
141
138
68.7
69.7
147
172
Age 30
70.2
73.9
141
138
69.2
70.3
147
172
Age 35
70.7
74.3
141
139
69.8
70.9
147
171
Age 40
71.4
74.9
142
140
70.5
71.8
148
173
Age 45
72.2
75.6
141
142
71.4
72.8
150
174
Age 50
73.3
76.3
142
144
72.6
74.1
151
172
Age 55
74.6
77.3
139
147
74.0
75.5
151
171
Age 60
76.1
78.5
141
144
75.7
77.1
150
171
Age 65
78.1
80.1
142
143
77.8
78.9
149
171
Age 70
80.4
81.9
138
140
80.2
80.9
147
170
Age 75
83.1
84.3
137
130
82.9
83.4
146
167
Age 80
86.2
87.1
127
113
86.0
86.3
140
164
Age 85
89.6
90.3
118
98
89.3
89.5
148
165
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Congo CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
119.03
42
120.40
39
2. Coronary Heart Disease
113.27
90
133.74
63
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
112.94
20
86.29
37
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
67.45
16
43.98
42
5. Prostate Cancer
47.73
8
31.52
25
6. Malaria
42.51
22
49.23
9
7. Liver Disease
39.37
27
36.31
40
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.49
67
51.04
38
9. Road Traffic Accidents
33.95
38
39.65
27
10. Kidney Disease
33.45
44
29.78
60
11. Lung Disease
25.54
76
31.45
46
12. HIV/AIDS
25.19
39
101.72
12
13. Breast Cancer
23.23
37
9.95
160
14. Cervical Cancer
22.59
31
13.92
60
15. Hypertension
21.93
72
52.27
12
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.23
42
20.22
43
17. Meningitis
15.80
13
6.68
42
18. Asthma
15.55
37
13.81
44
19. Other Injuries
15.04
24
9.74
68
20. Low Birth Weight
13.84
10
9.29
42
21. Suicide
12.71
43
11.62
55
22. Birth Trauma
11.26
16
7.30
48
23. Tuberculosis
10.94
64
75.20
10
24. Endocrine Disorders
10.91
17
6.36
46
25. Maternal Conditions
10.57
31
12.50
22
26. Congenital Anomalies
9.44
13
6.57
65
27. Falls
9.00
32
7.27
66
28. Malnutrition
8.09
38
9.47
31
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.54
27
5.10
56
30. Inflammatory/Heart
7.05
48
9.18
32
31. Violence
6.79
71
11.99
41
32. Liver Cancer
6.58
63
6.39
68
33. Stomach Cancer
6.49
83
3.94
131
34. Oesophagus Cancer
6.30
26
0.87
164
35. Lymphomas
5.99
42
2.21
171
36. Pertussis
5.61
10
3.65
20
37. Parkinson's Disease
5.27
41
4.68
62
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.06
150
4.17
161
39. Fires
4.20
25
2.74
56
40. Drownings
3.85
49
1.92
118
41. Measles
3.77
19
1.76
26
42. Epilepsy
3.60
10
2.02
67
43. Leukemia
3.48
96
1.70
157
44. Uterin Cancer
3.34
38
1.40
146
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.06
41
2.80
45
46. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
111
1.96
144
47. Schistosomiasis
2.90
9
1.72
28
48. Oral Cancer
2.67
96
1.35
166
49. Poisonings
2.64
29
2.00
44
50. Ovary Cancer
2.43
165
3.37
130
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Benin BENIN   Congo CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
10,205
12.25
2,576
7.85
2. Malaria
7,037
8.45
1,977
6.02
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,830
8.20
1,304
3.97
4. Stroke
5,855
7.03
2,267
6.90
5. Coronary Heart Disease
5,397
6.48
2,494
7.60
6. Low Birth Weight
4,908
5.89
1,283
3.91
7. Birth Trauma
3,950
4.74
997
3.04
8. Road Traffic Accidents
3,162
3.80
1,598
4.87
9. Liver Disease
2,447
2.94
931
2.84
10. Congenital Anomalies
2,265
2.72
729
2.22
11. HIV/AIDS
2,263
2.72
4,509
13.73
12. Meningitis
1,967
2.36
299
0.91
13. Kidney Disease
1,929
2.32
613
1.87
14. Diabetes Mellitus
1,912
2.29
1,050
3.20
15. Other Injuries
1,532
1.84
333
1.01
16. Endocrine Disorders
1,454
1.75
208
0.63
17. Lung Disease
1,220
1.46
541
1.65
18. Pertussis
1,168
1.40
329
1.00
19. Hypertension
1,088
1.31
933
2.84
20. Maternal Conditions
1,039
1.25
578
1.76
21. Malnutrition
928
1.11
272
0.83
22. Suicide
922
1.11
349
1.06
23. Tuberculosis
919
1.10
2,781
8.47
24. Asthma
891
1.07
291
0.89
25. Prostate Cancer
867
1.04
198
0.60
26. Measles
788
0.95
159
0.48
27. Breast Cancer
784
0.94
159
0.48
28. Violence
726
0.87
539
1.64
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
715
0.86
230
0.70
30. Cervical Cancer
669
0.80
196
0.60
31. Drownings
570
0.68
104
0.32
32. Falls
543
0.65
149
0.45
33. Inflammatory/Heart
457
0.55
220
0.67
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
442
0.53
105
0.32
35. Fires
431
0.52
90
0.27
36. Lymphomas
387
0.46
61
0.19
37. Epilepsy
369
0.44
76
0.23
38. Stomach Cancer
361
0.43
88
0.27
39. Oesophagus Cancer
326
0.39
19
0.06
40. Liver Cancer
322
0.39
169
0.51
41. Colon-Rectum Cancers
311
0.37
89
0.27
42. Poisonings
307
0.37
71
0.22
43. Parkinson's Disease
212
0.25
69
0.21
44. Drug Use
197
0.24
65
0.20
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
67
0.20
46. Leukemia
196
0.24
57
0.17
47. Schistosomiasis
183
0.22
45
0.14
48. Pancreas Cancer
177
0.21
42
0.13
49. Tetanus
156
0.19
23
0.07
50. Oral Cancer
156
0.19
33
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Congo CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
47.73
8
31.52
25
2. Breast Cancer
23.23
37
9.95
160
3. Cervical Cancer
22.59
31
13.92
60
4. Liver Cancer
6.58
63
6.39
68
5. Stomach Cancer
6.49
83
3.94
131
6. Oesophagus Cancer
6.30
26
0.87
164
7. Lymphomas
5.99
42
2.21
171
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.06
150
4.17
161
9. Leukemia
3.48
96
1.70
157
10. Uterin Cancer
3.34
38
1.40
146
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
111
1.96
144
12. Oral Cancer
2.67
96
1.35
166
13. Ovary Cancer
2.43
165
3.37
130
14. Skin Cancers
2.06
80
1.82
96
15. Lung Cancers
1.08
180
2.77
164
16. Bladder Cancer
0.67
172
0.72
168
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.