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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 Uganda 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.

Uganda
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
Uganda Population Pyramid
89,446,901
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Uganda UGANDA
  Ghana GHANA   Uganda UGANDA
       
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
 
42.7
45.9
44.2
122
121
122
1970
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
 
48.4
51.4
49.9
123
119
122
1980
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
 
48.6
51.6
50.1
146
144
144
1990
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
 
48.1
51.8
49.9
162
162
162
2000
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
 
45.1
48.0
46.6
176
176
176
2010
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
 
57.2
59.5
58.4
157
158
156
2019
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
 
63.2
70.1
66.7
148
133
136
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Uganda UGANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.7
69.2
142
137
63.2
70.1
148
133
Age
63.7
69.2
142
137
63.2
70.1
148
133
Age 5
67.0
72.1
150
138
66.5
73.0
155
133
Age 10
67.4
72.5
150
140
67.1
73.5
154
132
Age 15
67.7
72.7
152
140
67.4
73.8
154
131
Age 20
68.1
73.0
151
140
67.9
74.1
154
130
Age 25
68.6
73.3
151
139
68.3
74.4
154
129
Age 30
69.1
73.7
150
140
68.9
74.8
154
129
Age 35
69.7
74.3
150
140
69.5
75.4
154
126
Age 40
70.4
75.0
150
139
70.3
75.9
153
123
Age 45
71.4
75.8
152
138
71.3
76.6
154
123
Age 50
72.5
76.7
153
140
72.5
77.4
154
119
Age 55
74.0
77.7
154
138
74.0
78.3
153
116
Age 60
75.7
78.9
153
133
75.7
79.4
152
113
Age 65
77.7
80.4
151
128
77.7
80.8
154
109
Age 70
80.1
82.2
151
124
80.1
82.4
153
109
Age 75
82.9
84.4
147
121
82.8
84.6
151
105
Age 80
86.0
87.0
142
118
86.0
87.2
145
98
Age 85
89.4
90.2
134
113
89.5
90.4
131
86
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Uganda UGANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
124.02
35
99.89
72
2. Coronary Heart Disease
119.93
79
82.33
131
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.08
26
81.99
41
4. HIV/AIDS
51.92
22
69.15
18
5. Malaria
48.00
12
30.23
31
6. Diabetes Mellitus
44.68
47
40.31
60
7. Tuberculosis
44.25
21
24.27
45
8. Liver Disease
36.74
35
33.70
47
9. Road Traffic Accidents
31.33
46
53.60
6
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
30.48
50
46.00
40
11. Kidney Disease
30.38
56
24.60
77
12. Lung Disease
26.48
69
28.73
59
13. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
45.76
8
14. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
25.14
45
15. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
11.12
150
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.79
85
19.36
60
17. Hypertension
17.73
94
30.73
43
18. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
7.69
50
19. Asthma
13.95
42
11.28
56
20. Meningitis
13.70
21
9.73
36
21. Inflammatory/Heart
11.13
23
4.44
95
22. Other Injuries
10.75
58
10.15
64
23. Suicide
10.54
64
10.45
65
24. Low Birth Weight
9.43
38
7.36
61
25. Falls
8.85
34
7.78
59
26. Birth Trauma
8.81
36
7.85
42
27. Malnutrition
8.62
36
11.07
28
28. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
5.62
44
29. Congenital Anomalies
7.03
51
6.31
78
30. Endocrine Disorders
6.88
37
2.94
115
31. Maternal Conditions
6.87
40
9.90
33
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
7.45
112
33. Violence
6.73
72
17.69
24
34. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
4.55
124
35. Lymphomas
5.70
55
8.13
7
36. Parkinson's Disease
4.48
70
4.10
93
37. Fires
3.31
41
2.83
54
38. Drug Use
3.31
22
1.09
109
39. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
4.38
50
40. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
2.93
60
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
11.56
7
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
2.88
116
43. Drownings
2.38
93
2.33
95
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.19
103
4.66
63
45. Poisonings
2.15
42
2.33
39
46. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
1.70
113
47. Skin Disease
1.87
77
1.53
95
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.73
80
1.93
72
49. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
3.20
157
50. Encephalitis
1.69
8
0.44
86
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ghana GHANA   Uganda UGANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,262
9.29
18,865
9.09
2. Stroke
15,163
8.67
11,181
5.39
3. Coronary Heart Disease
14,103
8.06
8,784
4.23
4. HIV/AIDS
13,565
7.75
21,188
10.21
5. Malaria
11,162
6.38
13,576
6.54
6. Tuberculosis
10,214
5.84
7,255
3.50
7. Road Traffic Accidents
7,808
4.46
13,012
6.27
8. Low Birth Weight
6,662
3.81
9,673
4.66
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,538
3.74
12,103
5.83
10. Birth Trauma
6,194
3.54
10,405
5.01
11. Liver Disease
6,053
3.46
5,122
2.47
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,929
3.39
4,794
2.31
13. Kidney Disease
4,161
2.38
3,168
1.53
14. Congenital Anomalies
3,935
2.25
6,641
3.20
15. Lung Disease
3,120
1.78
3,051
1.47
16. Meningitis
2,983
1.70
3,718
1.79
17. Liver Cancer
2,851
1.63
1,522
0.73
18. Other Injuries
2,433
1.39
3,130
1.51
19. Hypertension
2,231
1.28
3,120
1.50
20. Cervical Cancer
2,161
1.24
4,378
2.11
21. Suicide
1,993
1.14
2,033
0.98
22. Maternal Conditions
1,991
1.14
3,641
1.75
23. Asthma
1,979
1.13
1,745
0.84
24. Endocrine Disorders
1,965
1.12
761
0.37
25. Breast Cancer
1,937
1.11
1,128
0.54
26. Malnutrition
1,868
1.07
3,317
1.60
27. Violence
1,857
1.06
6,175
2.98
28. Inflammatory/Heart
1,615
0.92
859
0.41
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,294
0.74
1,286
0.62
30. Falls
1,168
0.67
1,127
0.54
31. Prostate Cancer
1,031
0.59
950
0.46
32. Lymphomas
875
0.50
1,762
0.85
33. Stomach Cancer
870
0.50
515
0.25
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
803
0.46
919
0.44
35. Pertussis
744
0.43
1,909
0.92
36. Drownings
740
0.42
1,238
0.60
37. Fires
729
0.42
872
0.42
38. Ovary Cancer
698
0.40
519
0.25
39. Drug Use
630
0.36
233
0.11
40. Poisonings
522
0.30
745
0.36
41. Syphilis
483
0.28
2,235
1.08
42. Oral Cancer
483
0.28
731
0.35
43. Parkinson's Disease
387
0.22
351
0.17
44. Encephalitis
357
0.20
122
0.06
45. Leukemia
340
0.19
599
0.29
46. Pancreas Cancer
334
0.19
358
0.17
47. Epilepsy
329
0.19
599
0.29
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
321
0.18
687
0.33
49. Oesophagus Cancer
285
0.16
1,674
0.81
50. Skin Disease
264
0.15
242
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Uganda UGANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
45.76
8
2. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
25.14
45
3. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
11.12
150
4. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
7.69
50
5. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
5.62
44
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
7.45
112
7. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
4.55
124
8. Lymphomas
5.70
55
8.13
7
9. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
4.38
50
10. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
2.93
60
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
11.56
7
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
2.88
116
13. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
1.70
113
14. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
3.20
157
15. Skin Cancers
1.57
114
2.54
51
16. Leukemia
1.38
163
2.67
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.