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Ethiopia
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 Ethiopia and Nepal 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.

Nepal
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
Ethiopia Population Pyramid
205,410,671
Nepal Population Pyramid
35,323,925
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Nepal NEPAL
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Nepal NEPAL
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.3
40.2
38.7
155
152
155
 
39.0
38.4
38.7
148
156
154
1970
41.5
44.5
43.0
155
152
153
 
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
1980
43.3
46.3
44.8
164
160
161
 
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
1990
46.1
49.1
47.5
168
168
168
 
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
2000
49.3
53.1
51.2
162
156
160
 
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
2010
60.1
63.6
61.8
144
144
146
 
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
2019
66.9
70.5
68.7
126
130
128
 
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Nepal NEPAL
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.9
70.5
126
130
68.9
72.7
113
119
Age
66.9
70.5
126
130
68.9
72.7
113
119
Age 5
70.8
73.8
112
127
71.2
74.9
102
118
Age 10
71.2
74.2
108
125
71.4
75.1
103
117
Age 15
71.5
74.4
105
124
71.6
75.2
104
118
Age 20
71.9
74.7
103
124
71.8
75.4
104
119
Age 25
72.2
74.9
103
123
72.2
75.6
105
119
Age 30
72.6
75.2
103
123
72.5
75.8
106
118
Age 35
73.1
75.6
103
122
72.9
76.0
106
118
Age 40
73.6
76.1
102
121
73.3
76.3
107
118
Age 45
74.2
76.7
102
121
73.8
76.8
111
117
Age 50
75.1
77.5
102
116
74.5
77.4
112
118
Age 55
76.1
78.4
101
115
75.5
78.2
118
117
Age 60
77.4
79.4
101
112
76.8
79.2
123
120
Age 65
79.1
80.7
105
110
78.5
80.4
123
124
Age 70
81.2
82.4
108
111
80.7
82.0
129
134
Age 75
83.6
84.5
107
106
83.2
84.1
133
137
Age 80
86.5
87.2
105
101
86.1
86.7
132
146
Age 85
89.8
90.4
94
91
89.4
89.8
145
151
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Nepal NEPAL
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
83.71
90
67.32
106
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
79.86
42
29.37
86
3. Coronary Heart Disease
78.39
134
102.19
104
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
63.15
22
29.68
51
5. Liver Disease
50.31
11
30.02
57
6. Road Traffic Accidents
42.41
19
20.65
72
7. Diabetes Mellitus
33.58
80
16.12
117
8. Hypertension
29.73
46
11.58
122
9. Breast Cancer
26.35
21
8.50
172
10. Lung Disease
25.66
75
149.01
1
11. Tuberculosis
25.31
44
72.19
12
12. Kidney Disease
24.20
81
21.28
103
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.74
30
13.60
145
14. Cervical Cancer
16.48
49
15.27
52
15. Other Injuries
14.07
29
7.36
96
16. HIV/AIDS
13.62
51
3.15
91
17. Meningitis
13.13
25
1.69
68
18. Malnutrition
11.17
26
4.05
59
19. Birth Trauma
10.53
20
6.00
55
20. Low Birth Weight
9.52
37
8.46
51
21. Suicide
9.45
80
9.77
74
22. Maternal Conditions
9.44
34
3.56
54
23. Violence
8.85
58
2.57
119
24. Falls
8.65
38
15.55
5
25. Asthma
8.13
71
30.93
6
26. Ovary Cancer
7.86
9
4.60
83
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.59
127
5.77
137
28. Congenital Anomalies
6.38
73
4.79
117
29. Leukemia
6.06
6
2.61
139
30. Prostate Cancer
6.02
158
0.95
182
31. Lymphomas
5.49
64
3.51
134
32. Malaria
5.39
42
0.00
141
33. Poisonings
4.29
7
1.74
52
34. Lung Cancers
4.05
145
18.16
65
35. Pertussis
3.77
18
1.48
54
36. Fires
3.73
33
0.94
117
37. Parkinson's Disease
3.68
119
4.37
77
38. Inflammatory/Heart
3.59
120
1.08
183
39. Measles
3.40
20
0.20
47
40. Oesophagus Cancer
3.35
59
2.40
92
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.22
83
1.16
144
42. Liver Cancer
3.00
167
1.19
183
43. Stomach Cancer
2.77
163
6.79
79
44. Oral Cancer
2.58
101
6.52
23
45. Drownings
2.44
90
5.38
23
46. Endocrine Disorders
2.30
141
1.14
171
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.22
60
11.28
7
48. Bladder Cancer
2.06
92
1.62
119
49. Epilepsy
2.02
65
3.57
12
50. Skin Cancers
1.82
97
2.13
76
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Nepal NEPAL
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
59,931
10.63
6,237
3.88
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
44,361
7.87
6,071
3.78
3. Stroke
39,362
6.98
12,909
8.04
4. Coronary Heart Disease
36,530
6.48
19,677
12.26
5. Road Traffic Accidents
31,564
5.60
4,654
2.90
6. Birth Trauma
31,107
5.52
2,676
1.67
7. Low Birth Weight
28,020
4.97
3,822
2.38
8. Liver Disease
27,270
4.84
6,383
3.98
9. Tuberculosis
21,455
3.81
16,535
10.30
10. Diabetes Mellitus
16,258
2.88
2,929
1.82
11. Congenital Anomalies
15,638
2.77
1,949
1.21
12. Hypertension
13,470
2.39
2,092
1.30
13. Kidney Disease
12,103
2.15
4,284
2.67
14. Meningitis
12,019
2.13
377
0.23
15. Lung Disease
11,870
2.11
27,027
16.83
16. Other Injuries
11,735
2.08
1,655
1.03
17. HIV/AIDS
11,471
2.03
737
0.46
18. Maternal Conditions
8,887
1.58
977
0.61
19. Malnutrition
8,643
1.53
845
0.53
20. Breast Cancer
8,485
1.51
1,038
0.65
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
8,258
1.46
2,022
1.26
22. Violence
8,076
1.43
704
0.44
23. Pertussis
6,896
1.22
453
0.28
24. Measles
6,324
1.12
60
0.04
25. Suicide
6,030
1.07
2,571
1.60
26. Malaria
5,626
1.00
0
0.00
27. Cervical Cancer
5,019
0.89
1,969
1.23
28. Falls
4,510
0.80
3,321
2.07
29. Asthma
4,484
0.80
5,930
3.69
30. Leukemia
4,222
0.75
668
0.42
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,755
0.67
1,167
0.73
32. Poisonings
3,668
0.65
474
0.30
33. Lymphomas
3,590
0.64
768
0.48
34. Fires
3,255
0.58
184
0.11
35. Drownings
3,133
0.56
1,505
0.94
36. Ovary Cancer
2,424
0.43
585
0.36
37. Tetanus
2,203
0.39
134
0.08
38. Lung Cancers
2,202
0.39
3,586
2.23
39. Inflammatory/Heart
2,168
0.38
217
0.14
40. Oesophagus Cancer
1,839
0.33
491
0.31
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,758
0.31
191
0.12
42. Liver Cancer
1,730
0.31
256
0.16
43. Syphilis
1,699
0.30
134
0.08
44. Epilepsy
1,625
0.29
874
0.54
45. Endocrine Disorders
1,623
0.29
257
0.16
46. Parkinson's Disease
1,578
0.28
760
0.47
47. Stomach Cancer
1,519
0.27
1,379
0.86
48. Oral Cancer
1,477
0.26
1,389
0.87
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,339
0.24
2,320
1.44
50. Prostate Cancer
1,244
0.22
85
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Nepal NEPAL
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
26.35
21
8.50
172
2. Cervical Cancer
16.48
49
15.27
52
3. Ovary Cancer
7.86
9
4.60
83
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.59
127
5.77
137
5. Leukemia
6.06
6
2.61
139
6. Prostate Cancer
6.02
158
0.95
182
7. Lymphomas
5.49
64
3.51
134
8. Lung Cancers
4.05
145
18.16
65
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.35
59
2.40
92
10. Liver Cancer
3.00
167
1.19
183
11. Stomach Cancer
2.77
163
6.79
79
12. Oral Cancer
2.58
101
6.52
23
13. Bladder Cancer
2.06
92
1.62
119
14. Skin Cancers
1.82
97
2.13
76
15. Uterin Cancer
1.54
136
0.48
176
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.83
170
2.18
138
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.