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Liberia
COUNTRY #1
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LIBERIA VS CONGO

Compare Liberia and Congo 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.

Congo
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
Liberia Population Pyramid
9,339,755
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Congo Population Pyramid
10,701,991
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Liberia LIBERIA   Congo CONGO
  Liberia LIBERIA   Congo CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
38.9
41.3
40.1
149
144
146
  
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
1970
41.3
43.1
42.2
156
156
157
  
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
1980
43.4
45.5
44.4
162
163
162
  
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
1990
41.8
44.1
42.9
177
178
177
  
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
2000
51.2
52.6
51.9
155
163
156
  
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
2010
58.4
61.0
59.7
151
152
152
  
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
2019
63.2
65.0
64.1
149
163
155
  
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Liberia LIBERIA   Congo CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.2
65.0
149
163
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age
63.2
65.0
149
163
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age 5
69.4
70.4
131
154
67.3
68.6
147
171
Age 10
69.9
70.9
126
155
67.6
68.9
148
172
Age 15
70.3
71.3
123
155
67.8
69.0
148
172
Age 20
70.7
71.6
122
155
68.2
69.4
147
172
Age 25
71.1
72.0
121
155
68.7
69.7
147
172
Age 30
71.6
72.5
121
155
69.2
70.3
147
172
Age 35
72.2
73.1
120
155
69.8
70.9
147
171
Age 40
72.9
73.8
117
153
70.5
71.8
148
173
Age 45
73.7
74.6
112
154
71.4
72.8
150
174
Age 50
74.8
75.5
106
155
72.6
74.1
151
172
Age 55
76.0
76.7
103
154
74.0
75.5
151
171
Age 60
77.4
78.0
102
155
75.7
77.1
150
171
Age 65
79.2
79.7
98
151
77.8
78.9
149
171
Age 70
81.3
81.7
102
147
80.2
80.9
147
170
Age 75
83.8
84.1
89
139
82.9
83.4
146
167
Age 80
86.7
86.9
92
132
86.0
86.3
140
164
Age 85
89.9
90.1
85
115
89.3
89.5
148
165
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Liberia LIBERIA   Congo CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
98.87
112
133.74
63
2. Tuberculosis
89.99
7
75.20
10
3. Stroke
79.84
94
120.40
39
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
78.43
44
86.29
37
5. Road Traffic Accidents
55.89
4
39.65
27
6. Malaria
52.62
4
49.23
9
7. HIV/AIDS
50.98
23
101.72
12
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
47.97
37
43.98
42
9. Prostate Cancer
38.87
16
31.52
25
10. Cervical Cancer
35.18
16
13.92
60
11. Liver Disease
34.32
44
36.31
40
12. Diabetes Mellitus
31.63
86
51.04
38
13. Measles
31.33
2
1.76
26
14. Kidney Disease
27.80
69
29.78
60
15. Maternal Conditions
20.74
5
12.50
22
16. Hypertension
18.52
90
52.27
12
17. Breast Cancer
17.79
81
9.95
160
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.56
92
20.22
43
19. Liver Cancer
17.19
11
6.39
68
20. Lung Disease
15.39
139
31.45
46
21. Violence
13.13
34
11.99
41
22. Low Birth Weight
11.72
21
9.29
42
23. Meningitis
11.52
30
6.68
42
24. Birth Trauma
11.43
14
7.30
48
25. Malnutrition
10.21
29
9.47
31
26. Other Injuries
9.64
70
9.74
68
27. Asthma
8.98
68
13.81
44
28. Congenital Anomalies
7.74
37
6.57
65
29. Suicide
7.37
108
11.62
55
30. Falls
7.14
68
7.27
66
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.75
50
5.10
56
32. Endocrine Disorders
5.61
58
6.36
46
33. Stomach Cancer
5.47
99
3.94
131
34. Inflammatory/Heart
4.81
91
9.18
32
35. Parkinson's Disease
4.57
66
4.68
62
36. Syphilis
3.93
2
1.09
33
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.79
170
4.17
161
38. Ovary Cancer
3.65
123
3.37
130
39. Fires
3.65
35
2.74
56
40. Lymphomas
3.62
132
2.21
171
41. Lung Cancers
2.68
165
2.77
164
42. Pertussis
2.42
33
3.65
20
43. Uterin Cancer
2.31
91
1.40
146
44. Drownings
2.30
99
1.92
118
45. Skin Cancers
2.29
61
1.82
96
46. Epilepsy
2.16
56
2.02
67
47. Schistosomiasis
2.09
21
1.72
28
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.08
67
2.80
45
49. Oral Cancer
2.01
131
1.35
166
50. Poisonings
1.76
50
2.00
44
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Liberia LIBERIA   Congo CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Tuberculosis
2,766
8.21
2,781
8.47
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,693
7.99
2,576
7.85
3. Measles
2,554
7.58
159
0.48
4. Malaria
2,428
7.21
1,977
6.02
5. Road Traffic Accidents
1,920
5.70
1,598
4.87
6. HIV/AIDS
1,919
5.70
4,509
13.73
7. Coronary Heart Disease
1,885
5.60
2,494
7.60
8. Low Birth Weight
1,652
4.90
1,283
3.91
9. Birth Trauma
1,601
4.75
997
3.04
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,592
4.73
1,304
3.97
11. Stroke
1,578
4.68
2,267
6.90
12. Maternal Conditions
870
2.58
578
1.76
13. Liver Disease
858
2.55
931
2.84
14. Congenital Anomalies
833
2.47
729
2.22
15. Diabetes Mellitus
650
1.93
1,050
3.20
16. Kidney Disease
609
1.81
613
1.87
17. Meningitis
552
1.64
299
0.91
18. Violence
477
1.42
539
1.64
19. Cervical Cancer
474
1.41
196
0.60
20. Liver Cancer
439
1.30
169
0.51
21. Syphilis
394
1.17
107
0.33
22. Other Injuries
380
1.13
333
1.01
23. Hypertension
371
1.10
933
2.84
24. Malnutrition
353
1.05
272
0.83
25. Prostate Cancer
297
0.88
198
0.60
26. Lung Disease
294
0.87
541
1.65
27. Breast Cancer
246
0.73
159
0.48
28. Endocrine Disorders
245
0.73
208
0.63
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
235
0.70
230
0.70
30. Suicide
220
0.65
349
1.06
31. Asthma
200
0.59
291
0.89
32. Pertussis
197
0.58
329
1.00
33. Falls
155
0.46
149
0.45
34. Fires
153
0.45
90
0.27
35. Drownings
127
0.38
104
0.32
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
126
0.37
105
0.32
37. Stomach Cancer
122
0.36
88
0.27
38. Inflammatory/Heart
115
0.34
220
0.67
39. Lymphomas
93
0.28
61
0.19
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
90
0.27
89
0.27
41. Poisonings
82
0.24
71
0.22
42. Epilepsy
81
0.24
76
0.23
43. Parkinson's Disease
72
0.21
69
0.21
44. Lung Cancers
66
0.20
54
0.16
45. Schistosomiasis
51
0.15
45
0.14
46. Skin Cancers
51
0.15
36
0.11
47. Ovary Cancer
50
0.15
49
0.15
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
50
0.15
67
0.20
49. Oral Cancer
50
0.15
33
0.10
50. Drug Use
42
0.12
65
0.20
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Liberia LIBERIA   Congo CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
38.87
16
31.52
25
2. Cervical Cancer
35.18
16
13.92
60
3. Breast Cancer
17.79
81
9.95
160
4. Liver Cancer
17.19
11
6.39
68
5. Stomach Cancer
5.47
99
3.94
131
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.79
170
4.17
161
7. Ovary Cancer
3.65
123
3.37
130
8. Lymphomas
3.62
132
2.21
171
9. Lung Cancers
2.68
165
2.77
164
10. Uterin Cancer
2.31
91
1.40
146
11. Skin Cancers
2.29
61
1.82
96
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
131
1.35
166
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.56
152
1.96
144
14. Bladder Cancer
0.83
163
0.72
168
15. Leukemia
0.66
178
1.70
157
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.64
174
0.87
164
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.