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Bhutan
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
BHUTAN VS CHINA

Compare Bhutan and China 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.

China
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
Bhutan Population Pyramid
904,614
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China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   China CHINA
  Bhutan BHUTAN   China CHINA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
36.9
37.7
37.3
158
159
158
  
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
40.2
41.7
40.9
159
160
159
  
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
45.6
47.8
46.7
155
156
157
  
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
51.6
54.7
53.1
153
152
154
  
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
60.0
60.3
60.2
128
138
132
  
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
67.7
68.2
67.9
100
128
120
  
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
72.0
74.4
73.1
79
108
99
  
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.0
74.4
79
108
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
72.0
74.4
79
108
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
74.3
76.3
67
105
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
74.4
76.4
64
105
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
74.7
76.7
63
104
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
75.0
76.8
63
104
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
75.2
77.0
64
104
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
75.5
77.1
64
104
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
75.8
77.4
64
104
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
76.1
77.6
64
103
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
76.5
78.0
68
103
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
77.1
78.5
70
103
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
77.9
79.1
73
103
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
78.9
80.0
75
104
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
80.3
81.1
75
104
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
82.0
82.5
78
108
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
84.2
84.4
81
118
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
86.8
86.9
82
130
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
90.0
90.1
80
119
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
117.54
84
97.57
115
2. Lung Disease
87.76
4
54.18
13
3. Stroke
60.70
117
110.80
58
4. Diabetes Mellitus
27.56
94
8.56
148
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.08
92
11.28
152
6. Liver Disease
26.66
70
7.57
146
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
26.23
55
0.72
150
8. Kidney Disease
24.53
78
10.39
141
9. Stomach Cancer
20.62
2
20.55
3
10. Tuberculosis
18.33
53
1.88
111
11. Falls
17.91
4
8.04
50
12. Road Traffic Accidents
17.35
85
15.09
96
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.73
112
17.36
97
14. Asthma
12.98
49
1.29
123
15. Hypertension
12.74
117
16.80
98
16. Rheumatic Heart Disease
10.92
9
3.53
34
17. Cervical Cancer
10.80
80
5.16
124
18. HIV/AIDS
8.08
64
1.62
111
19. Lung Cancers
7.68
118
36.63
5
20. Oesophagus Cancer
7.67
20
12.42
6
21. Low Birth Weight
7.39
59
1.76
150
22. Oral Cancer
7.12
15
2.81
89
23. Other Injuries
6.45
108
3.50
161
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.37
39
2.05
106
25. Liver Cancer
5.90
80
9.30
33
26. Congenital Anomalies
5.36
102
3.32
150
27. Ovary Cancer
5.31
57
2.76
153
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.20
43
3.95
98
29. Suicide
5.07
142
6.67
121
30. Birth Trauma
4.78
68
1.40
108
31. Encephalitis
4.26
2
0.21
117
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
168
13.02
42
33. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
97
5.72
59
34. Breast Cancer
2.89
183
8.95
169
35. Drownings
2.83
76
3.66
56
36. Leukemia
2.69
136
3.48
97
37. Meningitis
2.45
56
0.39
128
38. Violence
2.26
126
0.73
166
39. Epilepsy
2.00
69
0.74
163
40. Endocrine Disorders
1.66
158
1.51
162
41. Skin Cancers
1.61
109
1.05
137
42. Syphilis
1.37
26
0.16
84
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.24
179
1.73
168
44. Skin Disease
1.19
106
0.30
162
45. Prostate Cancer
1.13
181
6.41
152
46. Fires
1.13
106
0.62
129
47. Bladder Cancer
1.12
149
2.04
94
48. Maternal Conditions
1.04
83
0.26
128
49. Drug Use
0.97
117
1.34
79
50. Alcohol
0.92
123
1.05
111
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bhutan BHUTAN   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
702
17.06
1.772m
18.44
2. Lung Disease
524
12.73
968,607
10.08
3. Stroke
360
8.75
2.043m
21.27
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
177
4.30
183,342
1.91
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
169
4.11
8,719
0.09
6. Liver Disease
166
4.03
145,603
1.52
7. Diabetes Mellitus
164
3.99
161,672
1.68
8. Kidney Disease
149
3.62
192,302
2.00
9. Tuberculosis
138
3.35
34,802
0.36
10. Road Traffic Accidents
123
2.99
250,272
2.61
11. Stomach Cancer
118
2.87
398,439
4.15
12. Falls
111
2.70
138,878
1.45
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
105
2.55
304,455
3.17
14. Low Birth Weight
79
1.92
21,631
0.23
15. Asthma
78
1.90
23,147
0.24
16. Hypertension
77
1.87
301,183
3.14
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
68
1.65
65,350
0.68
18. HIV/AIDS
58
1.41
28,746
0.30
19. Birth Trauma
51
1.24
17,644
0.18
20. Congenital Anomalies
50
1.22
36,613
0.38
21. Lung Cancers
44
1.07
714,311
7.44
22. Oesophagus Cancer
44
1.07
242,891
2.53
23. Oral Cancer
43
1.04
54,695
0.57
24. Other Injuries
43
1.04
54,087
0.56
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
39
0.95
37,723
0.39
26. Liver Cancer
35
0.85
180,952
1.88
27. Suicide
35
0.85
116,324
1.21
28. Parkinson's Disease
31
0.75
70,699
0.74
29. Cervical Cancer
30
0.73
51,650
0.54
30. Encephalitis
28
0.68
2,796
0.03
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
24
0.58
248,388
2.59
32. Pancreas Cancer
20
0.49
111,537
1.16
33. Drownings
20
0.49
52,807
0.55
34. Leukemia
19
0.46
58,145
0.61
35. Violence
18
0.44
11,115
0.12
36. Meningitis
17
0.41
5,704
0.06
37. Epilepsy
14
0.34
11,365
0.12
38. Ovary Cancer
14
0.34
28,078
0.29
39. Endocrine Disorders
11
0.27
25,613
0.27
40. Syphilis
11
0.27
1,824
0.02
41. Maternal Conditions
9
0.22
3,596
0.04
42. Skin Cancers
9
0.22
19,669
0.20
43. Fires
8
0.19
10,498
0.11
44. Inflammatory/Heart
8
0.19
29,954
0.31
45. Breast Cancer
8
0.19
92,757
0.97
46. Drug Use
7
0.17
24,214
0.25
47. Skin Disease
7
0.17
5,222
0.05
48. Alcohol
6
0.15
19,071
0.20
49. Bladder Cancer
6
0.15
37,873
0.39
50. Appendicitis
5
0.12
1,468
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
20.62
2
20.55
3
2. Cervical Cancer
10.80
80
5.16
124
3. Lung Cancers
7.68
118
36.63
5
4. Oesophagus Cancer
7.67
20
12.42
6
5. Oral Cancer
7.12
15
2.81
89
6. Liver Cancer
5.90
80
9.30
33
7. Ovary Cancer
5.31
57
2.76
153
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
168
13.02
42
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
97
5.72
59
10. Breast Cancer
2.89
183
8.95
169
11. Leukemia
2.69
136
3.48
97
12. Skin Cancers
1.61
109
1.05
137
13. Prostate Cancer
1.13
181
6.41
152
14. Bladder Cancer
1.12
149
2.04
94
15. Lymphomas
0.81
180
3.04
145
16. Uterin Cancer
0.00
182
1.16
157
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.