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France
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
FRANCE VS AFGHANISTAN

Compare France 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
France Population Pyramid
67,586,729
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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Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
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
  France FRANCE   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  France FRANCE   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.0
73.6
70.2
16
10
13
  
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
68.4
75.8
72.0
17
8
8
  
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
70.2
78.4
74.2
19
8
11
  
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
72.8
80.9
76.7
19
2
10
  
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
75.0
82.7
78.8
20
2
10
  
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
78.0
84.6
81.3
18
4
10
  
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
79.8
85.1
82.5
20
6
11
  
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.8
85.1
20
6
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
79.8
85.1
20
6
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
80.2
85.4
20
5
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
80.2
85.5
20
5
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
80.2
85.5
20
5
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
80.3
85.5
19
5
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
80.4
85.6
19
5
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
80.6
85.7
21
5
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
80.8
85.7
21
5
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
81.0
85.9
21
5
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
81.3
86.0
22
5
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
81.8
86.3
22
5
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
82.3
86.7
21
5
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
83.3
87.2
17
5
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
84.5
87.8
10
4
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
85.8
88.5
7
4
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
87.3
89.4
5
3
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
89.0
90.5
9
6
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
91.1
91.9
15
16
89.2
89.1
156
171
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.17
182
301.71
6
2. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
6.90
122
3. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
20.24
48
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.19
64
22.34
26
5. Stroke
16.74
181
149.10
25
6. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
4.49
167
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
4.09
169
8. Suicide
9.65
76
5.96
129
9. Lung Disease
8.62
172
37.01
32
10. Other Injuries
8.36
82
13.02
36
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
1.54
153
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.06
167
49.80
62
13. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
4.22
119
14. Liver Disease
6.54
154
27.20
67
15. Lymphomas
6.05
40
4.32
108
16. Diabetes Mellitus
5.71
165
40.94
58
17. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
4.07
106
18. Kidney Disease
4.86
169
46.10
15
19. Endocrine Disorders
4.79
65
4.30
80
20. Leukemia
4.65
33
1.95
154
21. Road Traffic Accidents
4.60
156
19.81
76
22. Other Neoplasms
4.55
18
0.20
166
23. Falls
3.99
125
5.13
99
24. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
8.18
9
25. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
10.39
42
26. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
1.95
98
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
8.78
13
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.35
128
3.32
130
29. Parkinson's Disease
3.31
132
5.98
24
30. Alcohol
3.29
30
0.68
133
31. Congenital Anomalies
3.19
154
6.42
70
32. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
3.66
32
33. Hypertension
2.64
170
65.86
4
34. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
5.73
117
35. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
1.03
138
36. Drug Use
1.71
60
1.36
77
37. Malnutrition
1.52
88
1.44
89
38. Epilepsy
1.42
107
2.70
37
39. Low Birth Weight
1.29
162
12.07
17
40. Drownings
0.91
151
2.78
78
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.86
146
9.72
68
42. Violence
0.80
162
9.87
52
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.70
140
5.86
17
44. Skin Disease
0.67
127
0.77
121
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.65
25
0.42
41
46. Asthma
0.62
152
24.23
13
47. Birth Trauma
0.60
144
10.16
24
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.49
177
10.64
9
49. Schizophrenia
0.46
9
0.00
61
50. HIV/AIDS
0.45
125
1.72
110
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  France FRANCE   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
63,181
13.22
40,195
17.35
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
53,157
11.12
1,765
0.76
3. Stroke
36,354
7.60
19,060
8.23
4. Lung Cancers
35,657
7.46
1,076
0.46
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21,854
4.57
741
0.32
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,771
4.14
14,649
6.32
7. Lung Disease
18,232
3.81
4,650
2.01
8. Breast Cancer
15,536
3.25
1,822
0.79
9. Other Injuries
15,119
3.16
3,241
1.40
10. Pancreas Cancer
12,360
2.59
229
0.10
11. Kidney Disease
11,477
2.40
6,590
2.85
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10,912
2.28
5,750
2.48
13. Prostate Cancer
10,873
2.27
258
0.11
14. Lymphomas
10,067
2.11
946
0.41
15. Liver Cancer
9,573
2.00
657
0.28
16. Suicide
8,961
1.87
1,573
0.68
17. Other Neoplasms
8,771
1.83
29
0.01
18. Falls
8,284
1.73
905
0.39
19. Endocrine Disorders
8,086
1.69
1,364
0.59
20. Parkinson's Disease
7,570
1.58
628
0.27
21. Leukemia
7,457
1.56
610
0.26
22. Liver Disease
7,382
1.54
4,600
1.99
23. Hypertension
7,109
1.49
7,995
3.45
24. Bladder Cancer
6,566
1.37
272
0.12
25. Inflammatory/Heart
6,065
1.27
527
0.23
26. Stomach Cancer
5,530
1.16
1,501
0.65
27. Oral Cancer
4,676
0.98
1,467
0.63
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4,673
0.98
1,314
0.57
29. Malnutrition
4,212
0.88
589
0.25
30. Ovary Cancer
3,964
0.83
369
0.16
31. Road Traffic Accidents
3,339
0.70
6,033
2.60
32. Skin Cancers
3,256
0.68
145
0.06
33. Alcohol
3,189
0.67
150
0.06
34. Uterin Cancer
2,721
0.57
289
0.12
35. Congenital Anomalies
2,012
0.42
5,001
2.16
36. Drug Use
1,881
0.39
328
0.14
37. Epilepsy
1,865
0.39
993
0.43
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,807
0.38
5,555
2.40
39. Skin Disease
1,598
0.33
94
0.04
40. Cervical Cancer
1,574
0.33
541
0.23
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,384
0.29
1,041
0.45
42. Asthma
1,039
0.22
3,403
1.47
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
986
0.21
1,505
0.65
44. Anemia
973
0.20
0
0.00
45. Drownings
868
0.18
996
0.43
46. Multiple Sclerosis
752
0.16
84
0.04
47. Low Birth Weight
651
0.14
12,631
5.45
48. Schizophrenia
647
0.14
0
0.00
49. Violence
538
0.11
3,217
1.39
50. Tuberculosis
435
0.09
9,839
4.25
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
6.90
122
2. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
20.24
48
3. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
4.49
167
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
4.09
169
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
1.54
153
6. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
4.22
119
7. Lymphomas
6.05
40
4.32
108
8. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
4.07
106
9. Leukemia
4.65
33
1.95
154
10. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
8.18
9
11. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
10.39
42
12. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
1.95
98
13. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
8.78
13
14. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
3.66
32
15. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
5.73
117
16. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
1.03
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.