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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 LAOS

Compare France and Laos 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.

Laos
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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Laos Population Pyramid
9,479,753
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Laos LAOS
  France FRANCE   Laos LAOS
       
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
  
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
1970
68.4
75.8
72.0
17
8
8
  
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
1980
70.2
78.4
74.2
19
8
11
  
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
1990
72.8
80.9
76.7
19
2
10
  
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
2000
75.0
82.7
78.8
20
2
10
  
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
2010
78.0
84.6
81.3
18
4
10
  
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
2019
79.8
85.1
82.5
20
6
11
  
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Laos LAOS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.8
85.1
20
6
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age
79.8
85.1
20
6
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age 5
80.2
85.4
20
5
69.6
73.9
126
125
Age 10
80.2
85.5
20
5
69.8
74.1
128
126
Age 15
80.2
85.5
20
5
70.1
74.3
126
126
Age 20
80.3
85.5
19
5
70.4
74.5
126
125
Age 25
80.4
85.6
19
5
70.9
74.8
124
125
Age 30
80.6
85.7
21
5
71.3
75.0
125
125
Age 35
80.8
85.7
21
5
71.7
75.4
126
124
Age 40
81.0
85.9
21
5
72.2
75.8
127
125
Age 45
81.3
86.0
22
5
72.9
76.3
128
127
Age 50
81.8
86.3
22
5
73.7
76.9
131
128
Age 55
82.3
86.7
21
5
74.9
77.8
135
130
Age 60
83.3
87.2
17
5
76.4
78.9
138
132
Age 65
84.5
87.8
10
4
78.2
80.3
137
135
Age 70
85.8
88.5
7
4
80.5
82.0
137
135
Age 75
87.3
89.4
5
3
83.1
84.2
135
135
Age 80
89.0
90.5
9
6
86.1
86.8
134
135
Age 85
91.1
91.9
15
16
89.4
90.0
136
140
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Laos LAOS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.17
182
139.74
56
2. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
21.02
48
3. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
17.83
80
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.19
64
16.42
119
5. Stroke
16.74
181
152.50
21
6. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
3.01
174
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
10.17
74
8. Suicide
9.65
76
5.98
128
9. Lung Disease
8.62
172
46.19
20
10. Other Injuries
8.36
82
7.53
92
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
1.38
157
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.06
167
59.07
61
13. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
25.37
4
14. Liver Disease
6.54
154
24.75
75
15. Lymphomas
6.05
40
4.47
102
16. Diabetes Mellitus
5.71
165
36.38
71
17. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
4.05
108
18. Kidney Disease
4.86
169
38.60
25
19. Endocrine Disorders
4.79
65
3.39
92
20. Leukemia
4.65
33
5.00
19
21. Road Traffic Accidents
4.60
156
19.78
77
22. Other Neoplasms
4.55
18
0.29
143
23. Falls
3.99
125
9.16
28
24. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
7.55
14
25. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
11.97
22
26. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
1.36
137
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
4.43
41
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.35
128
4.66
93
29. Parkinson's Disease
3.31
132
4.40
75
30. Alcohol
3.29
30
1.13
107
31. Congenital Anomalies
3.19
154
5.84
92
32. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
1.27
151
33. Hypertension
2.64
170
24.41
59
34. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
7.80
96
35. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
1.43
123
36. Drug Use
1.71
60
0.53
157
37. Malnutrition
1.52
88
3.82
60
38. Epilepsy
1.42
107
0.86
144
39. Low Birth Weight
1.29
162
8.47
50
40. Drownings
0.91
151
7.51
9
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.86
146
27.89
53
42. Violence
0.80
162
6.67
74
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.70
140
3.57
33
44. Skin Disease
0.67
127
2.37
45
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.65
25
0.12
138
46. Asthma
0.62
152
19.60
22
47. Birth Trauma
0.60
144
8.00
40
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.49
177
16.83
4
49. Schizophrenia
0.46
9
0.00
120
50. HIV/AIDS
0.45
125
4.45
78
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  France FRANCE   Laos LAOS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
63,181
13.22
5,190
12.89
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
53,157
11.12
458
1.14
3. Stroke
36,354
7.60
5,769
14.33
4. Lung Cancers
35,657
7.46
919
2.28
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21,854
4.57
422
1.05
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,771
4.14
2,820
7.01
7. Lung Disease
18,232
3.81
1,626
4.04
8. Breast Cancer
15,536
3.25
437
1.09
9. Other Injuries
15,119
3.16
519
1.29
10. Pancreas Cancer
12,360
2.59
61
0.15
11. Kidney Disease
11,477
2.40
1,646
4.09
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10,912
2.28
1,466
3.64
13. Prostate Cancer
10,873
2.27
37
0.09
14. Lymphomas
10,067
2.11
211
0.52
15. Liver Cancer
9,573
2.00
1,104
2.74
16. Suicide
8,961
1.87
390
0.97
17. Other Neoplasms
8,771
1.83
12
0.03
18. Falls
8,284
1.73
440
1.09
19. Endocrine Disorders
8,086
1.69
186
0.46
20. Parkinson's Disease
7,570
1.58
139
0.35
21. Leukemia
7,457
1.56
290
0.72
22. Liver Disease
7,382
1.54
1,171
2.91
23. Hypertension
7,109
1.49
890
2.21
24. Bladder Cancer
6,566
1.37
49
0.12
25. Inflammatory/Heart
6,065
1.27
206
0.51
26. Stomach Cancer
5,530
1.16
530
1.32
27. Oral Cancer
4,676
0.98
349
0.87
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4,673
0.98
214
0.53
29. Malnutrition
4,212
0.88
166
0.41
30. Ovary Cancer
3,964
0.83
101
0.25
31. Road Traffic Accidents
3,339
0.70
1,281
3.18
32. Skin Cancers
3,256
0.68
59
0.15
33. Alcohol
3,189
0.67
61
0.15
34. Uterin Cancer
2,721
0.57
29
0.07
35. Congenital Anomalies
2,012
0.42
647
1.61
36. Drug Use
1,881
0.39
33
0.08
37. Epilepsy
1,865
0.39
58
0.14
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,807
0.38
1,552
3.86
39. Skin Disease
1,598
0.33
89
0.22
40. Cervical Cancer
1,574
0.33
187
0.46
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,384
0.29
207
0.51
42. Asthma
1,039
0.22
840
2.09
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
986
0.21
651
1.62
44. Anemia
973
0.20
0
0.00
45. Drownings
868
0.18
568
1.41
46. Multiple Sclerosis
752
0.16
6
0.01
47. Low Birth Weight
651
0.14
1,156
2.87
48. Schizophrenia
647
0.14
0
0.00
49. Violence
538
0.11
475
1.18
50. Tuberculosis
435
0.09
1,949
4.84
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Laos LAOS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
21.02
48
2. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
17.83
80
3. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
3.01
174
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
10.17
74
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
1.38
157
6. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
25.37
4
7. Lymphomas
6.05
40
4.47
102
8. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
4.05
108
9. Leukemia
4.65
33
5.00
19
10. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
7.55
14
11. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
11.97
22
12. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
1.36
137
13. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
4.43
41
14. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
1.27
151
15. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
7.80
96
16. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
1.43
123
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.