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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
LIBYA VS SOMALIA

Compare Libya and Somalia 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.

Somalia
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
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Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Libya LIBYA   Somalia SOMALIA
       
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
  
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
1970
50.4
53.4
51.9
115
116
115
  
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
1980
58.8
62.2
60.5
100
104
102
  
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
1990
65.9
70.6
68.2
77
87
88
  
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
2000
69.3
72.7
70.9
68
96
84
  
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
2010
70.6
75.3
72.8
79
90
87
  
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
2019
74.2
77.3
75.8
59
85
72
  
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Somalia SOMALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.2
77.3
59
85
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age
74.2
77.3
59
85
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age 5
75.2
78.2
56
88
61.4
66.4
177
178
Age 10
75.3
78.3
56
87
62.3
67.4
176
177
Age 15
75.5
78.4
54
87
62.8
67.8
175
176
Age 20
75.8
78.6
52
87
63.4
68.2
175
176
Age 25
76.3
78.8
52
83
64.1
68.6
175
176
Age 30
76.7
79.0
47
82
64.8
69.2
175
177
Age 35
77.1
79.2
47
83
65.5
69.8
176
178
Age 40
77.6
79.5
46
82
66.4
70.6
176
178
Age 45
78.1
79.9
46
83
67.6
71.6
177
178
Age 50
78.8
80.4
45
82
69.1
72.8
177
178
Age 55
79.5
81.1
44
79
71.0
74.3
179
178
Age 60
80.6
81.9
44
77
73.2
76.0
179
178
Age 65
81.9
83.1
44
71
75.8
78.1
179
178
Age 70
83.6
84.8
44
61
78.7
80.3
179
176
Age 75
85.7
86.6
41
57
81.9
83.0
178
172
Age 80
88.3
89.0
29
50
85.4
86.1
171
166
Age 85
90.9
91.2
29
47
89.1
89.5
159
163
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Somalia SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
158.90
40
129.66
67
2. Stroke
64.09
114
150.17
23
3. Kidney Disease
28.70
66
31.84
49
4. Hypertension
23.41
66
50.05
15
5. Road Traffic Accidents
22.90
59
38.94
28
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.36
25
18.02
82
7. Diabetes Mellitus
19.17
111
48.19
41
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.90
127
155.59
3
9. Lung Disease
15.44
138
44.55
22
10. War
15.38
4
9.09
5
11. Liver Disease
13.95
112
57.15
7
12. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
3.67
149
13. Tuberculosis
13.26
59
109.27
5
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
8.09
101
15. Asthma
7.09
75
25.62
9
16. Other Injuries
6.89
100
31.38
1
17. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
33.65
7
18. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
12.27
123
19. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
69
8.94
20
20. Drug Use
6.17
4
0.62
150
21. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
23.71
28
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
1.69
148
23. Suicide
4.50
148
14.66
29
24. Leukemia
4.41
51
6.38
1
25. Parkinson's Disease
4.34
79
3.95
100
26. Lymphomas
4.24
109
7.68
12
27. Low Birth Weight
4.09
102
11.34
25
28. Falls
4.06
124
7.93
52
29. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
3.62
148
30. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
2.40
74
31. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
8.19
6
32. Endocrine Disorders
3.04
109
3.58
88
33. HIV/AIDS
3.03
92
6.27
71
34. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
4.92
109
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.45
95
8.06
22
36. Inflammatory/Heart
2.16
161
5.86
70
37. Violence
2.11
132
6.81
70
38. Fires
1.98
75
6.16
6
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.78
108
128.81
3
40. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
4.64
44
41. Maternal Conditions
1.57
76
38.60
1
42. Birth Trauma
1.48
106
16.45
1
43. Drownings
1.11
144
6.47
16
44. Epilepsy
1.06
132
3.50
15
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.99
120
5.27
20
46. Poisonings
0.86
73
5.99
1
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
7.97
19
48. Meningitis
0.76
93
31.66
1
49. Hepatitis B
0.68
53
4.08
2
50. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
2.55
50
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Libya LIBYA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
6,610
26.30
7,233
4.57
2. Stroke
2,603
10.36
8,595
5.43
3. Road Traffic Accidents
1,444
5.75
4,231
2.67
4. Kidney Disease
1,186
4.72
2,051
1.29
5. War
1,055
4.20
1,318
0.83
6. Hypertension
915
3.64
2,643
1.67
7. Tuberculosis
812
3.23
10,261
6.48
8. Diabetes Mellitus
803
3.20
2,888
1.82
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
744
2.96
21,712
13.71
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
743
2.96
647
0.41
11. Liver Disease
630
2.51
3,917
2.47
12. Lung Disease
607
2.42
2,442
1.54
13. Lung Cancers
592
2.36
233
0.15
14. Congenital Anomalies
493
1.96
3,410
2.15
15. Other Injuries
432
1.72
3,602
2.27
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
427
1.70
546
0.34
17. Drug Use
371
1.48
54
0.03
18. Low Birth Weight
359
1.43
6,250
3.95
19. Suicide
304
1.21
1,219
0.77
20. Asthma
297
1.18
1,878
1.19
21. HIV/AIDS
224
0.89
610
0.39
22. Leukemia
217
0.86
562
0.35
23. Pancreas Cancer
209
0.83
108
0.07
24. Falls
204
0.81
548
0.35
25. Breast Cancer
190
0.76
1,232
0.78
26. Lymphomas
189
0.75
605
0.38
27. Parkinson's Disease
159
0.63
184
0.12
28. Liver Cancer
153
0.61
256
0.16
29. Endocrine Disorders
153
0.61
406
0.26
30. Violence
145
0.58
828
0.52
31. Bladder Cancer
136
0.54
149
0.09
32. Cervical Cancer
135
0.54
883
0.56
33. Stomach Cancer
134
0.53
310
0.20
34. Birth Trauma
132
0.53
9,573
6.04
35. Maternal Conditions
124
0.49
4,127
2.61
36. Fires
115
0.46
810
0.51
37. Inflammatory/Heart
107
0.43
521
0.33
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
99
0.39
559
0.35
39. Prostate Cancer
96
0.38
285
0.18
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
92
0.37
15,363
9.70
41. Oral Cancer
81
0.32
328
0.21
42. Ovary Cancer
75
0.30
295
0.19
43. Drownings
74
0.29
1,272
0.80
44. Epilepsy
67
0.27
419
0.26
45. Poisonings
56
0.22
758
0.48
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
49
0.19
446
0.28
47. Meningitis
41
0.16
5,381
3.40
48. Hepatitis B
34
0.14
315
0.20
49. Oesophagus Cancer
33
0.13
516
0.33
50. Alcohol
22
0.09
151
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
3.67
149
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
8.09
101
3. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
33.65
7
4. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
12.27
123
5. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
23.71
28
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
1.69
148
7. Leukemia
4.41
51
6.38
1
8. Lymphomas
4.24
109
7.68
12
9. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
3.62
148
10. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
2.40
74
11. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
8.19
6
12. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
4.92
109
13. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
4.64
44
14. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
7.97
19
15. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
2.55
50
16. Uterin Cancer
0.42
179
2.44
83
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.