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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 CHINA

Compare France and China 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.

China
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
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China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   China CHINA
  France FRANCE   China CHINA
       
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
  
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
68.4
75.8
72.0
17
8
8
  
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
70.2
78.4
74.2
19
8
11
  
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
72.8
80.9
76.7
19
2
10
  
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
75.0
82.7
78.8
20
2
10
  
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
78.0
84.6
81.3
18
4
10
  
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
79.8
85.1
82.5
20
6
11
  
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.8
85.1
20
6
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
79.8
85.1
20
6
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
80.2
85.4
20
5
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
80.2
85.5
20
5
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
80.2
85.5
20
5
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
80.3
85.5
19
5
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
80.4
85.6
19
5
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
80.6
85.7
21
5
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
80.8
85.7
21
5
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
81.0
85.9
21
5
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
81.3
86.0
22
5
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
81.8
86.3
22
5
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
82.3
86.7
21
5
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
83.3
87.2
17
5
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
84.5
87.8
10
4
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
85.8
88.5
7
4
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
87.3
89.4
5
3
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
89.0
90.5
9
6
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
91.1
91.9
15
16
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.17
182
97.57
115
2. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
36.63
5
3. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
8.95
169
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.19
64
17.36
97
5. Stroke
16.74
181
110.80
58
6. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
6.41
152
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
13.02
42
8. Suicide
9.65
76
6.67
121
9. Lung Disease
8.62
172
54.18
13
10. Other Injuries
8.36
82
3.50
161
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
5.72
59
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.06
167
11.28
152
13. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
9.30
33
14. Liver Disease
6.54
154
7.57
146
15. Lymphomas
6.05
40
3.04
145
16. Diabetes Mellitus
5.71
165
8.56
148
17. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
2.76
153
18. Kidney Disease
4.86
169
10.39
141
19. Endocrine Disorders
4.79
65
1.51
162
20. Leukemia
4.65
33
3.48
97
21. Road Traffic Accidents
4.60
156
15.09
96
22. Other Neoplasms
4.55
18
0.24
152
23. Falls
3.99
125
8.04
50
24. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
2.81
89
25. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
20.55
3
26. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
2.04
94
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
12.42
6
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.35
128
1.73
168
29. Parkinson's Disease
3.31
132
3.95
98
30. Alcohol
3.29
30
1.05
111
31. Congenital Anomalies
3.19
154
3.32
150
32. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
1.16
157
33. Hypertension
2.64
170
16.80
98
34. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
5.16
124
35. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
1.05
137
36. Drug Use
1.71
60
1.34
79
37. Malnutrition
1.52
88
0.78
107
38. Epilepsy
1.42
107
0.74
163
39. Low Birth Weight
1.29
162
1.76
150
40. Drownings
0.91
151
3.66
56
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.86
146
0.72
150
42. Violence
0.80
162
0.73
166
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.70
140
3.53
34
44. Skin Disease
0.67
127
0.30
162
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.65
25
0.09
167
46. Asthma
0.62
152
1.29
123
47. Birth Trauma
0.60
144
1.40
108
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.49
177
2.05
106
49. Schizophrenia
0.46
9
0.00
83
50. HIV/AIDS
0.45
125
1.62
111
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  France FRANCE   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
63,181
13.22
1.772m
18.44
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
53,157
11.12
304,455
3.17
3. Stroke
36,354
7.60
2.043m
21.27
4. Lung Cancers
35,657
7.46
714,311
7.44
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21,854
4.57
248,388
2.59
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,771
4.14
183,342
1.91
7. Lung Disease
18,232
3.81
968,607
10.08
8. Breast Cancer
15,536
3.25
92,757
0.97
9. Other Injuries
15,119
3.16
54,087
0.56
10. Pancreas Cancer
12,360
2.59
111,537
1.16
11. Kidney Disease
11,477
2.40
192,302
2.00
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10,912
2.28
161,672
1.68
13. Prostate Cancer
10,873
2.27
51,056
0.53
14. Lymphomas
10,067
2.11
57,838
0.60
15. Liver Cancer
9,573
2.00
180,952
1.88
16. Suicide
8,961
1.87
116,324
1.21
17. Other Neoplasms
8,771
1.83
4,374
0.05
18. Falls
8,284
1.73
138,878
1.45
19. Endocrine Disorders
8,086
1.69
25,613
0.27
20. Parkinson's Disease
7,570
1.58
70,699
0.74
21. Leukemia
7,457
1.56
58,145
0.61
22. Liver Disease
7,382
1.54
145,603
1.52
23. Hypertension
7,109
1.49
301,183
3.14
24. Bladder Cancer
6,566
1.37
37,873
0.39
25. Inflammatory/Heart
6,065
1.27
29,954
0.31
26. Stomach Cancer
5,530
1.16
398,439
4.15
27. Oral Cancer
4,676
0.98
54,695
0.57
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4,673
0.98
242,891
2.53
29. Malnutrition
4,212
0.88
12,995
0.14
30. Ovary Cancer
3,964
0.83
28,078
0.29
31. Road Traffic Accidents
3,339
0.70
250,272
2.61
32. Skin Cancers
3,256
0.68
19,669
0.20
33. Alcohol
3,189
0.67
19,071
0.20
34. Uterin Cancer
2,721
0.57
11,751
0.12
35. Congenital Anomalies
2,012
0.42
36,613
0.38
36. Drug Use
1,881
0.39
24,214
0.25
37. Epilepsy
1,865
0.39
11,365
0.12
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,807
0.38
8,719
0.09
39. Skin Disease
1,598
0.33
5,222
0.05
40. Cervical Cancer
1,574
0.33
51,650
0.54
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,384
0.29
65,350
0.68
42. Asthma
1,039
0.22
23,147
0.24
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
986
0.21
37,723
0.39
44. Anemia
973
0.20
0
0.00
45. Drownings
868
0.18
52,807
0.55
46. Multiple Sclerosis
752
0.16
1,734
0.02
47. Low Birth Weight
651
0.14
21,631
0.23
48. Schizophrenia
647
0.14
0
0.00
49. Violence
538
0.11
11,115
0.12
50. Tuberculosis
435
0.09
34,802
0.36
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
36.63
5
2. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
8.95
169
3. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
6.41
152
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
13.02
42
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
5.72
59
6. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
9.30
33
7. Lymphomas
6.05
40
3.04
145
8. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
2.76
153
9. Leukemia
4.65
33
3.48
97
10. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
2.81
89
11. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
20.55
3
12. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
2.04
94
13. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
12.42
6
14. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
1.16
157
15. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
5.16
124
16. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
1.05
137
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.