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Gabon
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 Gabon 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
Gabon Population Pyramid
3,809,049
Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gabon GABON   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Gabon GABON   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
38.3
41.5
39.9
150
143
148
 
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
45.5
48.7
47.0
134
133
135
 
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
53.5
56.7
55.1
126
123
126
 
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
59.4
62.6
60.9
124
127
126
 
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
59.5
60.7
60.1
130
136
133
 
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
62.4
62.1
62.3
133
150
141
 
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
63.6
69.7
66.5
143
134
138
 
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gabon GABON   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.6
69.7
143
134
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
63.6
69.7
143
134
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
66.6
72.5
153
137
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
67.0
72.8
155
136
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
67.4
73.1
155
137
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
67.8
73.3
155
137
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
68.3
73.6
156
137
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
68.8
74.0
158
137
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
69.3
74.5
159
137
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
70.0
75.2
161
136
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
70.8
76.0
163
133
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
72.0
77.0
163
127
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
73.4
78.1
164
122
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
75.2
79.3
163
117
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
77.3
80.7
165
114
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
79.7
82.3
164
115
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
82.6
84.4
162
120
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
85.7
86.9
157
129
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
89.2
90.0
154
138
89.2
89.1
156
171
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gabon GABON   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Tuberculosis
113.96
4
41.14
24
2. Coronary Heart Disease
107.54
94
301.71
6
3. Stroke
94.08
79
149.10
25
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
73.73
46
49.80
62
5. Diabetes Mellitus
64.41
22
40.94
58
6. HIV/AIDS
60.61
20
1.72
110
7. Hypertension
44.80
19
65.86
4
8. Kidney Disease
37.95
27
46.10
15
9. Liver Disease
35.26
43
27.20
67
10. Malaria
28.76
32
0.55
49
11. Road Traffic Accidents
28.47
53
19.81
76
12. Lung Disease
23.69
84
37.01
32
13. Diarrhoeal diseases
21.09
57
9.72
68
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.55
40
22.34
26
15. Prostate Cancer
20.47
61
4.49
167
16. Cervical Cancer
14.89
56
5.73
117
17. Breast Cancer
13.28
131
20.24
48
18. Suicide
13.11
40
5.96
129
19. Violence
9.80
53
9.87
52
20. Other Injuries
9.28
73
13.02
36
21. Inflammatory/Heart
8.92
37
3.32
130
22. Low Birth Weight
8.92
45
12.07
17
23. Asthma
8.68
69
24.23
13
24. Lung Cancers
8.18
114
6.90
122
25. Falls
7.99
51
5.13
99
26. Maternal Conditions
6.80
41
25.94
4
27. Oral Cancer
6.76
19
8.18
9
28. Endocrine Disorders
6.74
42
4.30
80
29. Birth Trauma
6.57
52
10.16
24
30. Congenital Anomalies
6.38
72
6.42
70
31. Malnutrition
6.07
45
1.44
89
32. Meningitis
5.91
44
5.20
48
33. Parkinson's Disease
5.55
33
5.98
24
34. Measles
4.14
17
0.56
30
35. Ovary Cancer
4.13
101
4.07
106
36. Liver Cancer
3.71
143
4.22
119
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.54
174
4.09
169
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.48
76
10.64
9
39. Bladder Cancer
3.39
46
1.95
98
40. Uterin Cancer
3.26
45
3.66
32
41. Skin Cancers
3.19
24
1.03
138
42. Oesophagus Cancer
2.91
76
8.78
13
43. Stomach Cancer
2.73
165
10.39
42
44. Fires
2.62
62
1.60
89
45. Lymphomas
2.32
166
4.32
108
46. Pertussis
2.32
36
3.38
22
47. Drug Use
2.27
40
1.36
77
48. Epilepsy
2.20
54
2.70
37
49. Pancreas Cancer
2.05
140
1.54
153
50. Skin Disease
2.01
65
0.77
121
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Gabon GABON   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Tuberculosis
1,819
13.74
9,839
4.25
2. HIV/AIDS
1,128
8.52
464
0.20
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,019
7.70
40,195
17.35
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
966
7.30
14,649
6.32
5. Stroke
896
6.77
19,060
8.23
6. Diabetes Mellitus
643
4.86
5,750
2.48
7. Malaria
540
4.08
185
0.08
8. Road Traffic Accidents
518
3.91
6,033
2.60
9. Low Birth Weight
494
3.73
12,631
5.45
10. Liver Disease
416
3.14
4,600
1.99
11. Hypertension
412
3.11
7,995
3.45
12. Kidney Disease
384
2.90
6,590
2.85
13. Birth Trauma
362
2.73
10,723
4.63
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
318
2.40
5,555
2.40
15. Congenital Anomalies
285
2.15
5,001
2.16
16. Lung Disease
215
1.62
4,650
2.01
17. Violence
184
1.39
3,217
1.39
18. Suicide
183
1.38
1,573
0.68
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
152
1.15
1,765
0.76
20. Measles
146
1.10
350
0.15
21. Maternal Conditions
145
1.10
7,807
3.37
22. Other Injuries
140
1.06
3,241
1.40
23. Meningitis
113
0.85
2,626
1.13
24. Inflammatory/Heart
101
0.76
527
0.23
25. Endocrine Disorders
98
0.74
1,364
0.59
26. Cervical Cancer
96
0.73
541
0.23
27. Breast Cancer
92
0.70
1,822
0.79
28. Asthma
90
0.68
3,403
1.47
29. Lung Cancers
87
0.66
1,076
0.46
30. Falls
84
0.63
905
0.39
31. Pertussis
81
0.61
2,107
0.91
32. Prostate Cancer
80
0.60
258
0.11
33. Malnutrition
78
0.59
589
0.25
34. Oral Cancer
69
0.52
1,467
0.63
35. Liver Cancer
53
0.40
657
0.28
36. Parkinson's Disease
47
0.36
628
0.27
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
43
0.32
741
0.32
38. Drownings
42
0.32
996
0.43
39. Fires
39
0.29
348
0.15
40. Epilepsy
37
0.28
993
0.43
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
36
0.27
1,505
0.65
42. Trypanosomiasis
35
0.26
0
0.00
43. Bladder Cancer
35
0.26
272
0.12
44. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.26
1,314
0.57
45. Drug Use
34
0.26
328
0.14
46. Skin Cancers
34
0.26
145
0.06
47. Syphilis
33
0.25
94
0.04
48. Stomach Cancer
32
0.24
1,501
0.65
49. Lymphomas
32
0.24
946
0.41
50. Poisonings
28
0.21
384
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gabon GABON   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.47
61
4.49
167
2. Cervical Cancer
14.89
56
5.73
117
3. Breast Cancer
13.28
131
20.24
48
4. Lung Cancers
8.18
114
6.90
122
5. Oral Cancer
6.76
19
8.18
9
6. Ovary Cancer
4.13
101
4.07
106
7. Liver Cancer
3.71
143
4.22
119
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.54
174
4.09
169
9. Bladder Cancer
3.39
46
1.95
98
10. Uterin Cancer
3.26
45
3.66
32
11. Skin Cancers
3.19
24
1.03
138
12. Oesophagus Cancer
2.91
76
8.78
13
13. Stomach Cancer
2.73
165
10.39
42
14. Lymphomas
2.32
166
4.32
108
15. Pancreas Cancer
2.05
140
1.54
153
16. Leukemia
1.42
162
1.95
154
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.