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Botswana
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
BOTSWANA VS CONGO

Compare Botswana 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
Botswana Population Pyramid
3,509,813
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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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
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Congo CONGO
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Congo CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.9
52.5
50.7
95
91
92
  
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
1970
53.0
56.7
54.8
100
98
98
  
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
1980
58.5
62.6
60.5
101
102
101
  
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
1990
60.5
65.6
63.0
118
116
116
  
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
2000
47.9
47.7
47.8
168
177
173
  
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
2010
58.7
63.7
61.1
150
143
149
  
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
2019
59.0
65.5
62.2
174
160
171
  
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Congo CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.0
65.5
174
160
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age
59.0
65.5
174
160
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age 5
61.8
68.1
176
173
67.3
68.6
147
171
Age 10
62.0
68.3
177
174
67.6
68.9
148
172
Age 15
62.1
68.4
177
174
67.8
69.0
148
172
Age 20
62.6
68.7
177
174
68.2
69.4
147
172
Age 25
63.2
69.2
178
174
68.7
69.7
147
172
Age 30
63.9
69.8
178
174
69.2
70.3
147
172
Age 35
64.9
70.7
177
173
69.8
70.9
147
171
Age 40
66.1
71.9
177
172
70.5
71.8
148
173
Age 45
67.7
73.3
176
169
71.4
72.8
150
174
Age 50
69.6
74.8
176
164
72.6
74.1
151
172
Age 55
71.8
76.4
174
159
74.0
75.5
151
171
Age 60
74.2
78.0
172
156
75.7
77.1
150
171
Age 65
76.7
79.7
171
150
77.8
78.9
149
171
Age 70
79.4
81.7
170
148
80.2
80.9
147
170
Age 75
82.4
84.0
166
145
82.9
83.4
146
167
Age 80
85.7
86.7
159
145
86.0
86.3
140
164
Age 85
89.2
89.9
155
144
89.3
89.5
148
165
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Congo CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
252.76
3
101.72
12
2. Coronary Heart Disease
133.53
65
133.74
63
3. Stroke
133.30
30
120.40
39
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
110.71
21
86.29
37
5. Diabetes Mellitus
99.86
9
51.04
38
6. Lung Disease
40.61
28
31.45
46
7. Hypertension
39.78
24
52.27
12
8. Kidney Disease
38.81
24
29.78
60
9. Tuberculosis
34.54
30
75.20
10
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
30.71
49
43.98
42
11. Road Traffic Accidents
30.39
48
39.65
27
12. Liver Disease
30.38
56
36.31
40
13. Suicide
20.22
14
11.62
55
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.91
71
20.22
43
15. Cervical Cancer
18.90
40
13.92
60
16. Violence
18.25
22
11.99
41
17. Asthma
17.13
28
13.81
44
18. Inflammatory/Heart
13.33
15
9.18
32
19. Prostate Cancer
13.09
119
31.52
25
20. Other Injuries
11.76
48
9.74
68
21. Low Birth Weight
10.36
34
9.29
42
22. Breast Cancer
8.55
170
9.95
160
23. Malnutrition
8.21
37
9.47
31
24. Congenital Anomalies
8.12
28
6.57
65
25. Oesophagus Cancer
8.01
18
0.87
164
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.00
32
5.10
56
27. Endocrine Disorders
6.51
44
6.36
46
28. Fires
6.18
5
2.74
56
29. Birth Trauma
5.97
56
7.30
48
30. Meningitis
5.86
45
6.68
42
31. Oral Cancer
5.52
33
1.35
166
32. Maternal Conditions
4.92
49
12.50
22
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.69
60
4.68
62
34. Skin Cancers
4.55
11
1.82
96
35. Falls
4.45
115
7.27
66
36. Lymphomas
4.43
104
2.21
171
37. Liver Cancer
4.32
118
6.39
68
38. Drownings
3.71
54
1.92
118
39. Lung Cancers
3.39
153
2.77
164
40. Epilepsy
2.90
31
2.02
67
41. Skin Disease
2.52
37
2.02
62
42. Ovary Cancer
2.44
164
3.37
130
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.43
57
2.80
45
44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.09
181
4.17
161
45. Alcohol
1.92
62
1.55
80
46. Poisonings
1.90
48
2.00
44
47. Pertussis
1.48
55
3.65
20
48. Drug Use
1.40
73
1.92
49
49. Pancreas Cancer
1.33
159
1.96
144
50. Uterin Cancer
1.23
153
1.40
146
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Congo CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
4,950
25.51
4,509
13.73
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,674
8.63
2,576
7.85
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,632
8.41
2,494
7.60
4. Stroke
1,588
8.18
2,267
6.90
5. Diabetes Mellitus
1,273
6.56
1,050
3.20
6. Tuberculosis
649
3.34
2,781
8.47
7. Road Traffic Accidents
608
3.13
1,598
4.87
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
527
2.72
1,304
3.97
9. Kidney Disease
506
2.61
613
1.87
10. Lung Disease
482
2.48
541
1.65
11. Hypertension
471
2.43
933
2.84
12. Liver Disease
459
2.37
931
2.84
13. Low Birth Weight
447
2.30
1,283
3.91
14. Violence
389
2.00
539
1.64
15. Suicide
370
1.91
349
1.06
16. Congenital Anomalies
287
1.48
729
2.22
17. Birth Trauma
261
1.34
997
3.04
18. Asthma
232
1.20
291
0.89
19. Other Injuries
216
1.11
333
1.01
20. Inflammatory/Heart
177
0.91
220
0.67
21. Malnutrition
171
0.88
272
0.83
22. Cervical Cancer
164
0.85
196
0.60
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
164
0.85
230
0.70
24. Maternal Conditions
118
0.61
578
1.76
25. Meningitis
108
0.56
299
0.91
26. Fires
108
0.56
90
0.27
27. Oesophagus Cancer
103
0.53
19
0.06
28. Endocrine Disorders
103
0.53
208
0.63
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
90
0.46
105
0.32
30. Drownings
83
0.43
104
0.32
31. Lymphomas
77
0.40
61
0.19
32. Oral Cancer
70
0.36
33
0.10
33. Breast Cancer
68
0.35
159
0.48
34. Falls
62
0.32
149
0.45
35. Liver Cancer
57
0.29
169
0.51
36. Epilepsy
56
0.29
76
0.23
37. Skin Cancers
52
0.27
36
0.11
38. Parkinson's Disease
47
0.24
69
0.21
39. Pertussis
45
0.23
329
1.00
40. Lung Cancers
45
0.23
54
0.16
41. Prostate Cancer
45
0.23
198
0.60
42. Poisonings
42
0.22
71
0.22
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
37
0.19
67
0.20
44. Syphilis
36
0.19
107
0.33
45. Alcohol
31
0.16
46
0.14
46. Skin Disease
30
0.15
46
0.14
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
28
0.14
89
0.27
48. Drug Use
26
0.13
65
0.20
49. Ovary Cancer
19
0.10
49
0.15
50. Pancreas Cancer
16
0.08
42
0.13
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Congo CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
18.90
40
13.92
60
2. Prostate Cancer
13.09
119
31.52
25
3. Breast Cancer
8.55
170
9.95
160
4. Oesophagus Cancer
8.01
18
0.87
164
5. Oral Cancer
5.52
33
1.35
166
6. Skin Cancers
4.55
11
1.82
96
7. Lymphomas
4.43
104
2.21
171
8. Liver Cancer
4.32
118
6.39
68
9. Lung Cancers
3.39
153
2.77
164
10. Ovary Cancer
2.44
164
3.37
130
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.09
181
4.17
161
12. Pancreas Cancer
1.33
159
1.96
144
13. Uterin Cancer
1.23
153
1.40
146
14. Leukemia
0.76
174
1.70
157
15. Stomach Cancer
0.74
182
3.94
131
16. Bladder Cancer
0.52
178
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.