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Ghana
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 Ghana and Egypt 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.

Egypt
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
Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
Egypt Population Pyramid
159,956,809
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Egypt EGYPT
  Ghana GHANA   Egypt EGYPT
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
 
45.1
46.9
46.0
112
115
115
1970
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
 
49.5
51.3
50.4
121
120
119
1980
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
 
54.1
55.9
54.9
124
127
127
1990
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
 
60.8
63.6
62.2
117
123
120
2000
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
 
66.4
71.4
68.8
96
100
100
2010
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
 
67.9
72.2
70.0
99
113
105
2019
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
 
69.6
74.1
71.8
105
111
112
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Egypt EGYPT
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.7
69.2
142
137
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age
63.7
69.2
142
137
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age 5
67.0
72.1
150
138
71.1
75.6
106
112
Age 10
67.4
72.5
150
140
71.3
75.8
106
112
Age 15
67.7
72.7
152
140
71.4
75.9
107
112
Age 20
68.1
73.0
151
140
71.7
76.0
107
112
Age 25
68.6
73.3
151
139
72.0
76.2
109
112
Age 30
69.1
73.7
150
140
72.2
76.3
111
113
Age 35
69.7
74.3
150
140
72.5
76.5
114
113
Age 40
70.4
75.0
150
139
72.9
76.7
115
114
Age 45
71.4
75.8
152
138
73.3
77.0
121
115
Age 50
72.5
76.7
153
140
73.9
77.4
126
117
Age 55
74.0
77.7
154
138
75.0
78.1
132
119
Age 60
75.7
78.9
153
133
76.5
79.1
134
122
Age 65
77.7
80.4
151
128
78.5
80.5
131
117
Age 70
80.1
82.2
151
124
81.0
82.6
116
105
Age 75
82.9
84.4
147
121
83.4
84.7
119
103
Age 80
86.0
87.0
142
118
86.5
87.2
109
103
Age 85
89.4
90.2
134
113
89.8
90.1
98
120
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Egypt EGYPT
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
124.02
35
65.24
110
2. Coronary Heart Disease
119.93
79
268.11
15
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.08
26
25.25
99
4. HIV/AIDS
51.92
22
0.41
127
5. Malaria
48.00
12
0.00
101
6. Diabetes Mellitus
44.68
47
27.97
92
7. Tuberculosis
44.25
21
0.54
138
8. Liver Disease
36.74
35
93.37
1
9. Road Traffic Accidents
31.33
46
11.77
116
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
30.48
50
3.32
88
11. Kidney Disease
30.38
56
32.58
46
12. Lung Disease
26.48
69
20.69
100
13. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
1.68
175
14. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
6.17
154
15. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
24.04
33
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.79
85
13.14
148
17. Hypertension
17.73
94
34.03
35
18. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
34.11
2
19. Asthma
13.95
42
10.51
59
20. Meningitis
13.70
21
0.78
92
21. Inflammatory/Heart
11.13
23
3.07
135
22. Other Injuries
10.75
58
4.29
144
23. Suicide
10.54
64
3.41
158
24. Low Birth Weight
9.43
38
6.01
80
25. Falls
8.85
34
2.57
161
26. Birth Trauma
8.81
36
3.36
79
27. Malnutrition
8.62
36
1.10
99
28. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
5.11
61
29. Congenital Anomalies
7.03
51
7.73
38
30. Endocrine Disorders
6.88
37
2.96
113
31. Maternal Conditions
6.87
40
0.80
93
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
4.35
156
33. Violence
6.73
72
4.42
93
34. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
2.54
168
35. Lymphomas
5.70
55
11.00
2
36. Parkinson's Disease
4.48
70
4.12
91
37. Fires
3.31
41
1.72
83
38. Drug Use
3.31
22
0.13
183
39. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
1.16
170
40. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
1.19
154
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
1.39
132
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
4.11
83
43. Drownings
2.38
93
1.09
146
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.19
103
1.89
119
45. Poisonings
2.15
42
0.20
151
46. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
8.13
2
47. Skin Disease
1.87
77
0.35
155
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.73
80
1.62
82
49. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
8.02
115
50. Encephalitis
1.69
8
0.92
27
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ghana GHANA   Egypt EGYPT
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,262
9.29
20,694
3.86
2. Stroke
15,163
8.67
43,839
8.17
3. Coronary Heart Disease
14,103
8.06
173,871
32.40
4. HIV/AIDS
13,565
7.75
397
0.07
5. Malaria
11,162
6.38
0
0.00
6. Tuberculosis
10,214
5.84
432
0.08
7. Road Traffic Accidents
7,808
4.46
10,141
1.89
8. Low Birth Weight
6,662
3.81
11,391
2.12
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,538
3.74
3,692
0.69
10. Birth Trauma
6,194
3.54
6,109
1.14
11. Liver Disease
6,053
3.46
60,122
11.20
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,929
3.39
19,131
3.57
13. Kidney Disease
4,161
2.38
21,087
3.93
14. Congenital Anomalies
3,935
2.25
12,163
2.27
15. Lung Disease
3,120
1.78
13,393
2.50
16. Meningitis
2,983
1.70
827
0.15
17. Liver Cancer
2,851
1.63
24,512
4.57
18. Other Injuries
2,433
1.39
3,819
0.71
19. Hypertension
2,231
1.28
21,094
3.93
20. Cervical Cancer
2,161
1.24
625
0.12
21. Suicide
1,993
1.14
3,022
0.56
22. Maternal Conditions
1,991
1.14
795
0.15
23. Asthma
1,979
1.13
7,104
1.32
24. Endocrine Disorders
1,965
1.12
2,372
0.44
25. Breast Cancer
1,937
1.11
9,180
1.71
26. Malnutrition
1,868
1.07
759
0.14
27. Violence
1,857
1.06
4,165
0.78
28. Inflammatory/Heart
1,615
0.92
2,489
0.46
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,294
0.74
6,975
1.30
30. Falls
1,168
0.67
2,019
0.38
31. Prostate Cancer
1,031
0.59
1,282
0.24
32. Lymphomas
875
0.50
7,539
1.40
33. Stomach Cancer
870
0.50
1,844
0.34
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
803
0.46
3,083
0.57
35. Pertussis
744
0.43
906
0.17
36. Drownings
740
0.42
1,122
0.21
37. Fires
729
0.42
1,568
0.29
38. Ovary Cancer
698
0.40
1,944
0.36
39. Drug Use
630
0.36
116
0.02
40. Poisonings
522
0.30
195
0.04
41. Syphilis
483
0.28
159
0.03
42. Oral Cancer
483
0.28
793
0.15
43. Parkinson's Disease
387
0.22
2,391
0.45
44. Encephalitis
357
0.20
1,046
0.19
45. Leukemia
340
0.19
3,763
0.70
46. Pancreas Cancer
334
0.19
2,906
0.54
47. Epilepsy
329
0.19
451
0.08
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
321
0.18
1,339
0.25
49. Oesophagus Cancer
285
0.16
951
0.18
50. Skin Disease
264
0.15
219
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Egypt EGYPT
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
1.68
175
2. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
6.17
154
3. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
24.04
33
4. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
34.11
2
5. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
5.11
61
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
4.35
156
7. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
2.54
168
8. Lymphomas
5.70
55
11.00
2
9. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
1.16
170
10. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
1.19
154
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
1.39
132
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
4.11
83
13. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
8.13
2
14. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
8.02
115
15. Skin Cancers
1.57
114
1.52
117
16. Leukemia
1.38
163
4.53
42
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.