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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 Nigeria 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.

Nigeria
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
Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Libya LIBYA   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
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
 
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
50.4
53.4
51.9
115
116
115
 
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
58.8
62.2
60.5
100
104
102
 
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
65.9
70.6
68.2
77
87
88
 
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
69.3
72.7
70.9
68
96
84
 
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
70.6
75.3
72.8
79
90
87
 
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
74.2
77.3
75.8
59
85
72
 
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.2
77.3
59
85
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
74.2
77.3
59
85
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
75.2
78.2
56
88
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
75.3
78.3
56
87
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
75.5
78.4
54
87
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
75.8
78.6
52
87
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
76.3
78.8
52
83
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
76.7
79.0
47
82
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
77.1
79.2
47
83
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
77.6
79.5
46
82
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
78.1
79.9
46
83
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
78.8
80.4
45
82
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
79.5
81.1
44
79
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
80.6
81.9
44
77
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
81.9
83.1
44
71
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
83.6
84.8
44
61
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
85.7
86.6
41
57
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
88.3
89.0
29
50
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
90.9
91.2
29
47
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
158.90
40
100.91
107
2. Stroke
64.09
114
88.68
86
3. Kidney Disease
28.70
66
23.87
88
4. Hypertension
23.41
66
16.07
103
5. Road Traffic Accidents
22.90
59
27.25
54
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.36
25
19.45
59
7. Diabetes Mellitus
19.17
111
33.50
82
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.90
127
98.12
28
9. Lung Disease
15.44
138
20.77
99
10. War
15.38
4
1.67
15
11. Liver Disease
13.95
112
41.99
21
12. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
1.37
178
13. Tuberculosis
13.26
59
99.13
6
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
4.32
157
15. Asthma
7.09
75
10.71
58
16. Other Injuries
6.89
100
10.98
56
17. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
20.56
47
18. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
20.40
63
19. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
69
11.22
5
20. Drug Use
6.17
4
5.81
5
21. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
21.11
35
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
2.64
126
23. Suicide
4.50
148
6.87
117
24. Leukemia
4.41
51
2.06
151
25. Parkinson's Disease
4.34
79
5.60
29
26. Lymphomas
4.24
109
5.96
45
27. Low Birth Weight
4.09
102
14.70
5
28. Falls
4.06
124
8.54
40
29. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
6.19
71
30. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
0.81
166
31. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
3.90
112
32. Endocrine Disorders
3.04
109
7.01
35
33. HIV/AIDS
3.03
92
26.81
36
34. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
2.52
169
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.45
95
7.03
31
36. Inflammatory/Heart
2.16
161
5.49
76
37. Violence
2.11
132
11.97
42
38. Fires
1.98
75
3.44
37
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.78
108
78.99
13
40. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
2.44
107
41. Maternal Conditions
1.57
76
14.14
17
42. Birth Trauma
1.48
106
15.51
2
43. Drownings
1.11
144
2.17
107
44. Epilepsy
1.06
132
3.25
23
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.99
120
2.05
69
46. Poisonings
0.86
73
2.82
22
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
0.75
171
48. Meningitis
0.76
93
17.54
9
49. Hepatitis B
0.68
53
1.19
29
50. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
2.29
62
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Libya LIBYA   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
6,610
26.30
61,374
4.14
2. Stroke
2,603
10.36
57,744
3.90
3. Road Traffic Accidents
1,444
5.75
41,693
2.82
4. Kidney Disease
1,186
4.72
18,189
1.23
5. War
1,055
4.20
3,245
0.22
6. Hypertension
915
3.64
10,692
0.72
7. Tuberculosis
812
3.23
127,335
8.60
8. Diabetes Mellitus
803
3.20
22,497
1.52
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
744
2.96
207,281
14.00
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
743
2.96
6,786
0.46
11. Liver Disease
630
2.51
38,326
2.59
12. Lung Disease
607
2.42
12,569
0.85
13. Lung Cancers
592
2.36
1,295
0.09
14. Congenital Anomalies
493
1.96
49,696
3.36
15. Other Injuries
432
1.72
22,696
1.53
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
427
1.70
4,152
0.28
17. Drug Use
371
1.48
6,273
0.42
18. Low Birth Weight
359
1.43
95,959
6.48
19. Suicide
304
1.21
7,019
0.47
20. Asthma
297
1.18
8,192
0.55
21. HIV/AIDS
224
0.89
44,124
2.98
22. Leukemia
217
0.86
2,257
0.15
23. Pancreas Cancer
209
0.83
1,975
0.13
24. Falls
204
0.81
7,528
0.51
25. Breast Cancer
190
0.76
11,884
0.80
26. Lymphomas
189
0.75
5,202
0.35
27. Parkinson's Disease
159
0.63
2,473
0.17
28. Liver Cancer
153
0.61
5,289
0.36
29. Endocrine Disorders
153
0.61
15,799
1.07
30. Violence
145
0.58
18,407
1.24
31. Bladder Cancer
136
0.54
670
0.05
32. Cervical Cancer
135
0.54
10,574
0.71
33. Stomach Cancer
134
0.53
2,129
0.14
34. Birth Trauma
132
0.53
100,186
6.76
35. Maternal Conditions
124
0.49
23,540
1.59
36. Fires
115
0.46
7,132
0.48
37. Inflammatory/Heart
107
0.43
4,826
0.33
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
99
0.39
5,846
0.39
39. Prostate Cancer
96
0.38
5,914
0.40
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
92
0.37
144,724
9.77
41. Oral Cancer
81
0.32
2,238
0.15
42. Ovary Cancer
75
0.30
2,133
0.14
43. Drownings
74
0.29
6,584
0.44
44. Epilepsy
67
0.27
5,001
0.34
45. Poisonings
56
0.22
6,570
0.44
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
49
0.19
1,946
0.13
47. Meningitis
41
0.16
43,651
2.95
48. Hepatitis B
34
0.14
1,488
0.10
49. Oesophagus Cancer
33
0.13
560
0.04
50. Alcohol
22
0.09
1,031
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
1.37
178
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
4.32
157
3. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
20.56
47
4. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
20.40
63
5. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
21.11
35
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
2.64
126
7. Leukemia
4.41
51
2.06
151
8. Lymphomas
4.24
109
5.96
45
9. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
6.19
71
10. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
0.81
166
11. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
3.90
112
12. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
2.52
169
13. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
2.44
107
14. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
0.75
171
15. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
2.29
62
16. Uterin Cancer
0.42
179
1.60
132
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.