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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 Zambia 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.

Zambia
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
Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Libya LIBYA   Zambia ZAMBIA
       
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
 
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
1970
50.4
53.4
51.9
115
116
115
 
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
1980
58.8
62.2
60.5
100
104
102
 
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
1990
65.9
70.6
68.2
77
87
88
 
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
2000
69.3
72.7
70.9
68
96
84
 
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
2010
70.6
75.3
72.8
79
90
87
 
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
2019
74.2
77.3
75.8
59
85
72
 
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Zambia ZAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.2
77.3
59
85
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age
74.2
77.3
59
85
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age 5
75.2
78.2
56
88
63.8
69.3
172
164
Age 10
75.3
78.3
56
87
64.2
69.7
172
164
Age 15
75.5
78.4
54
87
64.5
69.9
172
166
Age 20
75.8
78.6
52
87
64.9
70.2
171
166
Age 25
76.3
78.8
52
83
65.5
70.7
172
166
Age 30
76.7
79.0
47
82
66.1
71.3
172
166
Age 35
77.1
79.2
47
83
66.9
72.0
172
166
Age 40
77.6
79.5
46
82
67.9
72.9
171
165
Age 45
78.1
79.9
46
83
69.2
74.0
170
162
Age 50
78.8
80.4
45
82
70.8
75.2
170
159
Age 55
79.5
81.1
44
79
72.6
76.6
170
155
Age 60
80.6
81.9
44
77
74.7
78.1
171
153
Age 65
81.9
83.1
44
71
77.0
79.7
168
149
Age 70
83.6
84.8
44
61
79.7
81.7
167
146
Age 75
85.7
86.6
41
57
82.6
84.0
160
144
Age 80
88.3
89.0
29
50
85.8
86.7
155
139
Age 85
90.9
91.2
29
47
89.3
89.9
150
142
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Zambia ZAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
158.90
40
85.40
126
2. Stroke
64.09
114
156.50
19
3. Kidney Disease
28.70
66
29.46
63
4. Hypertension
23.41
66
56.20
6
5. Road Traffic Accidents
22.90
59
32.93
43
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.36
25
18.87
72
7. Diabetes Mellitus
19.17
111
42.93
53
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.90
127
87.45
35
9. Lung Disease
15.44
138
25.95
72
10. War
15.38
4
0.04
79
11. Liver Disease
13.95
112
63.86
4
12. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
4.41
142
13. Tuberculosis
13.26
59
49.91
19
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
2.98
177
15. Asthma
7.09
75
10.81
57
16. Other Injuries
6.89
100
13.38
34
17. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
9.51
164
18. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
37.64
19
19. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
69
8.15
24
20. Drug Use
6.17
4
1.19
92
21. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
48.42
6
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
0.68
175
23. Suicide
4.50
148
14.43
32
24. Leukemia
4.41
51
2.93
124
25. Parkinson's Disease
4.34
79
4.09
94
26. Lymphomas
4.24
109
6.38
29
27. Low Birth Weight
4.09
102
9.64
36
28. Falls
4.06
124
9.14
30
29. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
2.22
179
30. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
2.36
75
31. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
2.00
173
32. Endocrine Disorders
3.04
109
3.28
99
33. HIV/AIDS
3.03
92
132.99
8
34. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
3.21
149
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.45
95
3.48
77
36. Inflammatory/Heart
2.16
161
6.33
60
37. Violence
2.11
132
7.04
67
38. Fires
1.98
75
3.87
31
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.78
108
54.75
30
40. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
2.39
110
41. Maternal Conditions
1.57
76
7.77
38
42. Birth Trauma
1.48
106
10.07
26
43. Drownings
1.11
144
3.21
69
44. Epilepsy
1.06
132
2.68
38
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.99
120
2.70
47
46. Poisonings
0.86
73
3.48
11
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
5.61
32
48. Meningitis
0.76
93
15.31
15
49. Hepatitis B
0.68
53
1.26
26
50. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
1.87
93
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Libya LIBYA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
6,610
26.30
4,432
3.97
2. Stroke
2,603
10.36
7,948
7.12
3. Road Traffic Accidents
1,444
5.75
3,654
3.27
4. Kidney Disease
1,186
4.72
1,760
1.58
5. War
1,055
4.20
6
0.01
6. Hypertension
915
3.64
2,616
2.34
7. Tuberculosis
812
3.23
5,941
5.32
8. Diabetes Mellitus
803
3.20
2,395
2.14
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
744
2.96
9,517
8.52
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
743
2.96
590
0.53
11. Liver Disease
630
2.51
4,501
4.03
12. Lung Disease
607
2.42
1,273
1.14
13. Lung Cancers
592
2.36
226
0.20
14. Congenital Anomalies
493
1.96
3,146
2.82
15. Other Injuries
432
1.72
1,729
1.55
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
427
1.70
203
0.18
17. Drug Use
371
1.48
122
0.11
18. Low Birth Weight
359
1.43
4,857
4.35
19. Suicide
304
1.21
1,303
1.17
20. Asthma
297
1.18
741
0.66
21. HIV/AIDS
224
0.89
17,234
15.43
22. Leukemia
217
0.86
261
0.23
23. Pancreas Cancer
209
0.83
42
0.04
24. Falls
204
0.81
596
0.53
25. Breast Cancer
190
0.76
366
0.33
26. Lymphomas
189
0.75
548
0.49
27. Parkinson's Disease
159
0.63
164
0.15
28. Liver Cancer
153
0.61
177
0.16
29. Endocrine Disorders
153
0.61
354
0.32
30. Violence
145
0.58
1,153
1.03
31. Bladder Cancer
136
0.54
132
0.12
32. Cervical Cancer
135
0.54
1,799
1.61
33. Stomach Cancer
134
0.53
206
0.18
34. Birth Trauma
132
0.53
5,062
4.53
35. Maternal Conditions
124
0.49
1,188
1.06
36. Fires
115
0.46
546
0.49
37. Inflammatory/Heart
107
0.43
501
0.45
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
99
0.39
246
0.22
39. Prostate Cancer
96
0.38
561
0.50
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
92
0.37
6,275
5.62
41. Oral Cancer
81
0.32
155
0.14
42. Ovary Cancer
75
0.30
82
0.07
43. Drownings
74
0.29
689
0.62
44. Epilepsy
67
0.27
332
0.30
45. Poisonings
56
0.22
456
0.41
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
49
0.19
190
0.17
47. Meningitis
41
0.16
1,976
1.77
48. Hepatitis B
34
0.14
104
0.09
49. Oesophagus Cancer
33
0.13
359
0.32
50. Alcohol
22
0.09
140
0.13
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
4.41
142
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
2.98
177
3. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
9.51
164
4. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
37.64
19
5. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
48.42
6
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
0.68
175
7. Leukemia
4.41
51
2.93
124
8. Lymphomas
4.24
109
6.38
29
9. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
2.22
179
10. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
2.36
75
11. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
2.00
173
12. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
3.21
149
13. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
2.39
110
14. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
5.61
32
15. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
1.87
93
16. Uterin Cancer
0.42
179
0.90
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.