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Libya
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 Libya 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
Libya Population Pyramid
8,525,412
Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Libya LIBYA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.7
48.2
46.9
107
112
108
 
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
50.4
53.4
51.9
115
116
115
 
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
58.8
62.2
60.5
100
104
102
 
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
65.9
70.6
68.2
77
87
88
 
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
69.3
72.7
70.9
68
96
84
 
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
70.6
75.3
72.8
79
90
87
 
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
74.2
77.3
75.8
59
85
72
 
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.2
77.3
59
85
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
74.2
77.3
59
85
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
75.2
78.2
56
88
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
75.3
78.3
56
87
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
75.5
78.4
54
87
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
75.8
78.6
52
87
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
76.3
78.8
52
83
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
76.7
79.0
47
82
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
77.1
79.2
47
83
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
77.6
79.5
46
82
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
78.1
79.9
46
83
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
78.8
80.4
45
82
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
79.5
81.1
44
79
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
80.6
81.9
44
77
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
81.9
83.1
44
71
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
83.6
84.8
44
61
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
85.7
86.6
41
57
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
88.3
89.0
29
50
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
90.9
91.2
29
47
89.2
89.1
156
171
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
158.90
40
301.71
6
2. Stroke
64.09
114
149.10
25
3. Kidney Disease
28.70
66
46.10
15
4. Hypertension
23.41
66
65.86
4
5. Road Traffic Accidents
22.90
59
19.81
76
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.36
25
22.34
26
7. Diabetes Mellitus
19.17
111
40.94
58
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.90
127
49.80
62
9. Lung Disease
15.44
138
37.01
32
10. War
15.38
4
121.55
1
11. Liver Disease
13.95
112
27.20
67
12. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
6.90
122
13. Tuberculosis
13.26
59
41.14
24
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
4.09
169
15. Asthma
7.09
75
24.23
13
16. Other Injuries
6.89
100
13.02
36
17. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
20.24
48
18. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
4.49
167
19. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
69
6.42
70
20. Drug Use
6.17
4
1.36
77
21. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
5.73
117
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
1.54
153
23. Suicide
4.50
148
5.96
129
24. Leukemia
4.41
51
1.95
154
25. Parkinson's Disease
4.34
79
5.98
24
26. Lymphomas
4.24
109
4.32
108
27. Low Birth Weight
4.09
102
12.07
17
28. Falls
4.06
124
5.13
99
29. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
4.22
119
30. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
1.95
98
31. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
4.07
106
32. Endocrine Disorders
3.04
109
4.30
80
33. HIV/AIDS
3.03
92
1.72
110
34. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
10.39
42
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.45
95
10.64
9
36. Inflammatory/Heart
2.16
161
3.32
130
37. Violence
2.11
132
9.87
52
38. Fires
1.98
75
1.60
89
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.78
108
9.72
68
40. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
8.18
9
41. Maternal Conditions
1.57
76
25.94
4
42. Birth Trauma
1.48
106
10.16
24
43. Drownings
1.11
144
2.78
78
44. Epilepsy
1.06
132
2.70
37
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.99
120
5.86
17
46. Poisonings
0.86
73
1.58
56
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
8.78
13
48. Meningitis
0.76
93
5.20
48
49. Hepatitis B
0.68
53
4.96
1
50. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
1.03
138
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Libya LIBYA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
6,610
26.30
40,195
17.35
2. Stroke
2,603
10.36
19,060
8.23
3. Road Traffic Accidents
1,444
5.75
6,033
2.60
4. Kidney Disease
1,186
4.72
6,590
2.85
5. War
1,055
4.20
25,620
11.06
6. Hypertension
915
3.64
7,995
3.45
7. Tuberculosis
812
3.23
9,839
4.25
8. Diabetes Mellitus
803
3.20
5,750
2.48
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
744
2.96
14,649
6.32
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
743
2.96
1,765
0.76
11. Liver Disease
630
2.51
4,600
1.99
12. Lung Disease
607
2.42
4,650
2.01
13. Lung Cancers
592
2.36
1,076
0.46
14. Congenital Anomalies
493
1.96
5,001
2.16
15. Other Injuries
432
1.72
3,241
1.40
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
427
1.70
741
0.32
17. Drug Use
371
1.48
328
0.14
18. Low Birth Weight
359
1.43
12,631
5.45
19. Suicide
304
1.21
1,573
0.68
20. Asthma
297
1.18
3,403
1.47
21. HIV/AIDS
224
0.89
464
0.20
22. Leukemia
217
0.86
610
0.26
23. Pancreas Cancer
209
0.83
229
0.10
24. Falls
204
0.81
905
0.39
25. Breast Cancer
190
0.76
1,822
0.79
26. Lymphomas
189
0.75
946
0.41
27. Parkinson's Disease
159
0.63
628
0.27
28. Liver Cancer
153
0.61
657
0.28
29. Endocrine Disorders
153
0.61
1,364
0.59
30. Violence
145
0.58
3,217
1.39
31. Bladder Cancer
136
0.54
272
0.12
32. Cervical Cancer
135
0.54
541
0.23
33. Stomach Cancer
134
0.53
1,501
0.65
34. Birth Trauma
132
0.53
10,723
4.63
35. Maternal Conditions
124
0.49
7,807
3.37
36. Fires
115
0.46
348
0.15
37. Inflammatory/Heart
107
0.43
527
0.23
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
99
0.39
1,505
0.65
39. Prostate Cancer
96
0.38
258
0.11
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
92
0.37
5,555
2.40
41. Oral Cancer
81
0.32
1,467
0.63
42. Ovary Cancer
75
0.30
369
0.16
43. Drownings
74
0.29
996
0.43
44. Epilepsy
67
0.27
993
0.43
45. Poisonings
56
0.22
384
0.17
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
49
0.19
1,041
0.45
47. Meningitis
41
0.16
2,626
1.13
48. Hepatitis B
34
0.14
863
0.37
49. Oesophagus Cancer
33
0.13
1,314
0.57
50. Alcohol
22
0.09
150
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
6.90
122
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
4.09
169
3. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
20.24
48
4. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
4.49
167
5. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
5.73
117
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
1.54
153
7. Leukemia
4.41
51
1.95
154
8. Lymphomas
4.24
109
4.32
108
9. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
4.22
119
10. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
1.95
98
11. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
4.07
106
12. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
10.39
42
13. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
8.18
9
14. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
8.78
13
15. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
1.03
138
16. Uterin Cancer
0.42
179
3.66
32
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.