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DR Congo
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
DR CONGO VS AFGHANISTAN

Compare DR Congo and Afghanistan 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.

Afghanistan
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
DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
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Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
  
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
  
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
  
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
  
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
  
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
  
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
  
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.0
64.8
170
165
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
60.0
64.8
170
165
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
66.0
70.3
161
156
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
66.7
71.0
159
153
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
67.4
71.5
157
153
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
67.8
71.8
158
153
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
68.3
72.2
157
153
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
68.8
72.6
157
154
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
69.4
73.1
157
156
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
70.1
73.7
157
157
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
71.0
74.5
158
158
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
72.2
75.4
158
157
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
73.6
76.5
160
156
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
75.4
77.9
160
157
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
77.5
79.6
159
155
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
80.0
81.5
156
154
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
82.8
83.9
152
147
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
85.9
86.7
148
143
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
89.4
90.0
139
137
89.2
89.1
156
171
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
117.32
16
49.80
62
2. Stroke
112.53
56
149.10
25
3. Coronary Heart Disease
108.48
92
301.71
6
4. Tuberculosis
79.20
9
41.14
24
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.99
28
9.72
68
6. Hypertension
50.51
14
65.86
4
7. Lung Disease
44.15
23
37.01
32
8. Road Traffic Accidents
39.80
25
19.81
76
9. Diabetes Mellitus
36.82
69
40.94
58
10. Liver Disease
36.25
41
27.20
67
11. Prostate Cancer
31.05
27
4.49
167
12. Malaria
28.55
33
0.55
49
13. Measles
24.57
4
0.56
30
14. Kidney Disease
24.38
79
46.10
15
15. Cervical Cancer
22.64
30
5.73
117
16. Asthma
20.76
18
24.23
13
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.83
52
22.34
26
18. HIV/AIDS
19.43
44
1.72
110
19. Violence
16.45
27
9.87
52
20. Maternal Conditions
16.42
13
25.94
4
21. Breast Cancer
15.42
112
20.24
48
22. Other Injuries
12.62
40
13.02
36
23. Suicide
12.41
45
5.96
129
24. Malnutrition
11.91
24
1.44
89
25. Low Birth Weight
11.44
22
12.07
17
26. Meningitis
11.11
32
5.20
48
27. Birth Trauma
10.95
18
10.16
24
28. Endocrine Disorders
10.69
18
4.30
80
29. Inflammatory/Heart
9.82
29
3.32
130
30. Liver Cancer
9.59
31
4.22
119
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.05
87
4.09
169
32. Falls
8.41
41
5.13
99
33. Congenital Anomalies
7.74
35
6.42
70
34. Stomach Cancer
6.55
82
10.39
42
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.00
58
10.64
9
36. Pertussis
4.63
14
3.38
22
37. Lymphomas
4.48
101
4.32
108
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.14
24
5.86
17
39. Parkinson's Disease
3.70
117
5.98
24
40. Lung Cancers
3.48
152
6.90
122
41. Leukemia
3.40
102
1.95
154
42. Drownings
3.10
72
2.78
78
43. Ovary Cancer
3.08
143
4.07
106
44. Fires
3.03
48
1.60
89
45. Pancreas Cancer
2.92
114
1.54
153
46. Schistosomiasis
2.63
13
0.00
75
47. Poisonings
2.58
30
1.58
56
48. Epilepsy
2.36
50
2.70
37
49. Oral Cancer
2.21
121
8.18
9
50. Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
101
8.78
13
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
73,546
11.18
14,649
6.32
2. Tuberculosis
43,759
6.65
9,839
4.25
3. Measles
42,254
6.42
350
0.15
4. Malaria
41,813
6.35
185
0.08
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
41,301
6.28
5,555
2.40
6. Stroke
36,596
5.56
19,060
8.23
7. Coronary Heart Disease
34,713
5.28
40,195
17.35
8. Low Birth Weight
34,668
5.27
12,631
5.45
9. Birth Trauma
33,075
5.03
10,723
4.63
10. Road Traffic Accidents
30,256
4.60
6,033
2.60
11. Congenital Anomalies
16,256
2.47
5,001
2.16
12. Hypertension
15,743
2.39
7,995
3.45
13. Liver Disease
15,044
2.29
4,600
1.99
14. Lung Disease
13,527
2.06
4,650
2.01
15. HIV/AIDS
13,286
2.02
464
0.20
16. Diabetes Mellitus
12,902
1.96
5,750
2.48
17. Meningitis
11,568
1.76
2,626
1.13
18. Violence
11,120
1.69
3,217
1.39
19. Maternal Conditions
10,513
1.60
7,807
3.37
20. Kidney Disease
9,077
1.38
6,590
2.85
21. Malnutrition
8,910
1.35
589
0.25
22. Other Injuries
8,272
1.26
3,241
1.40
23. Pertussis
7,921
1.20
2,107
0.91
24. Asthma
7,733
1.18
3,403
1.47
25. Endocrine Disorders
7,380
1.12
1,364
0.59
26. Suicide
5,812
0.88
1,573
0.68
27. Cervical Cancer
4,823
0.73
541
0.23
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,548
0.69
1,765
0.76
29. Inflammatory/Heart
4,045
0.61
527
0.23
30. Prostate Cancer
3,948
0.60
258
0.11
31. Liver Cancer
3,840
0.58
657
0.28
32. Syphilis
3,751
0.57
94
0.04
33. Falls
3,483
0.53
905
0.39
34. Drownings
3,454
0.52
996
0.43
35. Breast Cancer
3,416
0.52
1,822
0.79
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,966
0.45
741
0.32
37. Stomach Cancer
2,579
0.39
1,501
0.65
38. Lymphomas
2,061
0.31
946
0.41
39. Fires
2,007
0.31
348
0.15
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,923
0.29
1,505
0.65
41. Leukemia
1,871
0.28
610
0.26
42. Poisonings
1,729
0.26
384
0.17
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,728
0.26
1,041
0.45
44. Epilepsy
1,727
0.26
993
0.43
45. War
1,658
0.25
25,620
11.06
46. Tetanus
1,166
0.18
1,254
0.54
47. Lung Cancers
1,158
0.18
1,076
0.46
48. Schistosomiasis
1,071
0.16
0
0.00
49. Parkinson's Disease
1,035
0.16
628
0.27
50. Pancreas Cancer
1,017
0.15
229
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
31.05
27
4.49
167
2. Cervical Cancer
22.64
30
5.73
117
3. Breast Cancer
15.42
112
20.24
48
4. Liver Cancer
9.59
31
4.22
119
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.05
87
4.09
169
6. Stomach Cancer
6.55
82
10.39
42
7. Lymphomas
4.48
101
4.32
108
8. Lung Cancers
3.48
152
6.90
122
9. Leukemia
3.40
102
1.95
154
10. Ovary Cancer
3.08
143
4.07
106
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.92
114
1.54
153
12. Oral Cancer
2.21
121
8.18
9
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
101
8.78
13
14. Skin Cancers
2.16
74
1.03
138
15. Uterin Cancer
1.91
111
3.66
32
16. Bladder Cancer
0.78
167
1.95
98
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.