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Denmark
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
DENMARK VS NIGERIA

Compare Denmark and Nigeria 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.

Nigeria
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
Denmark Population Pyramid
6,245,374
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Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Denmark DENMARK   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
70.4
74.0
72.2
4
8
4
  
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
70.9
75.9
73.3
3
7
4
  
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
71.2
77.2
74.1
13
13
12
  
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
72.0
77.7
74.8
24
25
26
  
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
74.5
79.2
76.9
25
30
27
  
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
77.1
81.3
79.2
25
29
28
  
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
79.6
83.0
81.3
21
30
26
  
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.6
83.0
21
30
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
79.6
83.0
21
30
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
79.9
83.3
22
31
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
79.9
83.3
22
31
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
80.0
83.3
22
32
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
80.0
83.4
22
32
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
80.1
83.4
24
32
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
80.2
83.4
25
32
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
80.4
83.5
25
33
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
80.5
83.6
25
33
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
80.7
83.8
26
33
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
81.0
84.0
28
34
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
81.5
84.3
30
35
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
82.3
84.9
30
36
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
83.3
85.6
33
37
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
84.6
86.5
34
37
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
86.1
87.6
36
40
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
87.9
89.1
48
43
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
90.2
91.0
67
57
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36.00
178
100.91
107
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
29.41
11
19.45
59
3. Lung Disease
29.30
56
20.77
99
4. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
1.37
178
5. Stroke
23.60
160
88.68
86
6. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
20.40
63
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
20.56
47
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
4.32
157
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.49
144
98.12
28
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.05
147
33.50
82
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
2.64
126
12. Suicide
7.63
106
6.87
117
13. Liver Disease
6.98
151
41.99
21
14. Alcohol
6.10
13
1.16
106
15. Kidney Disease
5.79
161
23.87
88
16. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
3.90
112
17. Lymphomas
5.26
76
5.96
45
18. Endocrine Disorders
4.43
75
7.01
35
19. Leukemia
4.10
64
2.06
151
20. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
2.52
169
21. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
0.75
171
22. Hypertension
3.86
162
16.07
103
23. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
0.81
166
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.79
111
5.60
29
25. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
6.19
71
26. Falls
3.55
136
8.54
40
27. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
2.44
107
28. Drug Use
3.09
26
5.81
5
29. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
2.29
62
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3.00
169
27.25
54
31. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
21.11
35
32. Other Injuries
2.56
175
10.98
56
33. Other Neoplasms
2.50
41
0.50
88
34. Low Birth Weight
2.39
136
14.70
5
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
155
5.49
76
36. Congenital Anomalies
2.33
172
11.22
5
37. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
1.60
132
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
134
7.03
31
39. Epilepsy
1.24
121
3.25
23
40. Multiple Sclerosis
1.19
3
0.18
103
41. Violence
1.08
151
11.97
42
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
142
78.99
13
43. Asthma
0.59
157
10.71
58
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
147
2.05
69
45. Fires
0.53
138
3.44
37
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.53
45
0.26
99
47. Schizophrenia
0.52
7
0.00
140
48. Skin Disease
0.51
140
1.64
90
49. Drownings
0.46
174
2.17
107
50. Birth Trauma
0.44
155
15.51
2
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Denmark DENMARK   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,341
11.90
61,374
4.14
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,218
11.62
6,786
0.46
3. Lung Disease
4,387
9.77
12,569
0.85
4. Lung Cancers
3,721
8.29
1,295
0.09
5. Stroke
3,662
8.16
57,744
3.90
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,244
5.00
207,281
14.00
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,147
4.78
4,152
0.28
8. Prostate Cancer
1,480
3.30
5,914
0.40
9. Breast Cancer
1,299
2.89
11,884
0.80
10. Diabetes Mellitus
1,284
2.86
22,497
1.52
11. Pancreas Cancer
1,096
2.44
1,975
0.13
12. Kidney Disease
911
2.03
18,189
1.23
13. Lymphomas
730
1.63
5,202
0.35
14. Liver Disease
692
1.54
38,326
2.59
15. Hypertension
642
1.43
10,692
0.72
16. Suicide
617
1.37
7,019
0.47
17. Parkinson's Disease
600
1.34
2,473
0.17
18. Alcohol
598
1.33
1,031
0.07
19. Endocrine Disorders
575
1.28
15,799
1.07
20. Leukemia
558
1.24
2,257
0.15
21. Bladder Cancer
545
1.21
670
0.05
22. Falls
541
1.21
7,528
0.51
23. Stomach Cancer
484
1.08
2,129
0.14
24. Oesophagus Cancer
477
1.06
560
0.04
25. Liver Cancer
464
1.03
5,289
0.36
26. Skin Cancers
388
0.86
1,933
0.13
27. Other Neoplasms
378
0.84
290
0.02
28. Oral Cancer
371
0.83
2,238
0.15
29. Ovary Cancer
367
0.82
2,133
0.14
30. Other Injuries
347
0.77
22,696
1.53
31. Inflammatory/Heart
284
0.63
4,826
0.33
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
216
0.48
5,846
0.39
33. Road Traffic Accidents
213
0.47
41,693
2.82
34. Drug Use
197
0.44
6,273
0.42
35. Uterin Cancer
156
0.35
679
0.05
36. Cervical Cancer
153
0.34
10,574
0.71
37. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.34
49,696
3.36
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
145
0.32
144,724
9.77
39. Multiple Sclerosis
132
0.29
179
0.01
40. Epilepsy
125
0.28
5,001
0.34
41. Low Birth Weight
116
0.26
95,959
6.48
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
96
0.21
1,946
0.13
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
84
0.19
165
0.01
44. Asthma
82
0.18
8,192
0.55
45. Skin Disease
79
0.18
1,468
0.10
46. Anemia
73
0.16
0
0.00
47. Violence
63
0.14
18,407
1.24
48. Schizophrenia
57
0.13
0
0.00
49. Fires
53
0.12
7,132
0.48
50. Drownings
37
0.08
6,584
0.44
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
1.37
178
2. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
20.40
63
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
20.56
47
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
4.32
157
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
2.64
126
6. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
3.90
112
7. Lymphomas
5.26
76
5.96
45
8. Leukemia
4.10
64
2.06
151
9. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
2.52
169
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
0.75
171
11. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
0.81
166
12. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
6.19
71
13. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
2.44
107
14. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
2.29
62
15. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
21.11
35
16. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
1.60
132
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.