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Malawi
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 Malawi 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
Malawi Population Pyramid
38,142,971
Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Somalia SOMALIA
  Malawi MALAWI   Somalia SOMALIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.4
38.5
37.9
153
155
157
 
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
1970
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
 
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
1980
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
 
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
1990
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
 
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
2000
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
 
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
2010
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
 
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
2019
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
 
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Somalia SOMALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.3
68.9
153
138
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age
62.3
68.9
153
138
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age 5
65.3
71.6
165
142
61.4
66.4
177
178
Age 10
65.8
72.1
165
143
62.3
67.4
176
177
Age 15
66.1
72.3
165
143
62.8
67.8
175
176
Age 20
66.5
72.6
165
143
63.4
68.2
175
176
Age 25
67.0
73.0
165
143
64.1
68.6
175
176
Age 30
67.6
73.4
165
142
64.8
69.2
175
177
Age 35
68.3
74.0
166
142
65.5
69.8
176
178
Age 40
69.1
74.8
167
142
66.4
70.6
176
178
Age 45
70.2
75.6
167
140
67.6
71.6
177
178
Age 50
71.6
76.6
166
141
69.1
72.8
177
178
Age 55
73.3
77.8
166
132
71.0
74.3
179
178
Age 60
75.1
79.0
164
128
73.2
76.0
179
178
Age 65
77.3
80.5
164
120
75.8
78.1
179
178
Age 70
79.8
82.3
162
116
78.7
80.3
179
176
Age 75
82.7
84.5
158
107
81.9
83.0
178
172
Age 80
85.9
87.2
153
102
85.4
86.1
171
166
Age 85
89.4
90.3
141
97
89.1
89.5
159
163
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Somalia SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
99.96
13
6.27
71
2. Stroke
99.81
73
150.17
23
3. Coronary Heart Disease
82.36
130
129.66
67
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
79.50
43
155.59
3
5. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
23.71
28
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
60.66
25
128.81
3
7. Road Traffic Accidents
57.15
3
38.94
28
8. Malaria
45.12
17
16.08
36
9. Liver Disease
43.20
16
57.15
7
10. Diabetes Mellitus
36.03
73
48.19
41
11. Hypertension
32.87
38
50.05
15
12. Kidney Disease
23.88
86
31.84
49
13. Tuberculosis
23.26
47
109.27
5
14. Lung Disease
23.06
86
44.55
22
15. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
7.97
19
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.90
48
18.02
82
17. Malnutrition
14.32
16
42.27
1
18. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
12.27
123
19. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
33.65
7
20. Meningitis
12.92
27
31.66
1
21. Maternal Conditions
12.32
24
38.60
1
22. Suicide
10.58
63
14.66
29
23. Other Injuries
10.06
67
31.38
1
24. Asthma
9.68
66
25.62
9
25. Low Birth Weight
8.83
48
11.34
25
26. Falls
8.32
43
7.93
52
27. Birth Trauma
7.34
47
16.45
1
28. Lymphomas
7.19
18
7.68
12
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.35
75
8.94
20
30. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
2.40
74
31. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
2.55
50
32. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
101
5.86
70
33. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
97
3.95
100
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.68
73
8.06
22
35. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
8.19
6
36. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
3.62
148
37. Violence
3.12
112
6.81
70
38. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
4.64
44
39. Fires
2.94
51
6.16
6
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
8.09
101
41. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
4.92
109
42. Poisonings
2.51
33
5.99
1
43. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
134
3.58
88
44. Drownings
2.23
104
6.47
16
45. Epilepsy
2.04
64
3.50
15
46. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
3.67
149
47. Schistosomiasis
1.91
22
6.08
2
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.88
74
5.27
20
49. Alcohol
1.46
86
2.22
54
50. Syphilis
1.38
24
1.41
22
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Malawi MALAWI   Somalia SOMALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
12,839
13.32
610
0.39
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,739
8.03
21,712
13.71
3. Malaria
6,308
6.54
1,942
1.23
4. Road Traffic Accidents
6,221
6.45
4,231
2.67
5. Stroke
5,939
6.16
8,595
5.43
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,782
6.00
15,363
9.70
7. Coronary Heart Disease
4,929
5.11
7,233
4.57
8. Low Birth Weight
4,339
4.50
6,250
3.95
9. Birth Trauma
3,563
3.70
9,573
6.04
10. Liver Disease
3,259
3.38
3,917
2.47
11. Tuberculosis
2,992
3.10
10,261
6.48
12. Cervical Cancer
2,876
2.98
883
0.56
13. Congenital Anomalies
2,509
2.60
3,410
2.15
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,267
2.35
2,888
1.82
15. Maternal Conditions
1,854
1.92
4,127
2.61
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1,842
1.91
516
0.33
17. Hypertension
1,797
1.86
2,643
1.67
18. Meningitis
1,792
1.86
5,381
3.40
19. Kidney Disease
1,567
1.63
2,051
1.29
20. Malnutrition
1,499
1.55
4,825
3.05
21. Lung Disease
1,340
1.39
2,442
1.54
22. Other Injuries
1,266
1.31
3,602
2.27
23. Suicide
1,007
1.04
1,219
0.77
24. Lymphomas
839
0.87
605
0.38
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
782
0.81
647
0.41
26. Asthma
705
0.73
1,878
1.19
27. Breast Cancer
600
0.62
1,232
0.78
28. Falls
562
0.58
548
0.35
29. Syphilis
480
0.50
378
0.24
30. Drownings
458
0.47
1,272
0.80
31. Pertussis
436
0.45
2,054
1.30
32. Violence
406
0.42
828
0.52
33. Bladder Cancer
388
0.40
149
0.09
34. Fires
380
0.39
810
0.51
35. Inflammatory/Heart
370
0.38
521
0.33
36. Skin Cancers
331
0.34
164
0.10
37. Poisonings
325
0.34
758
0.48
38. Liver Cancer
317
0.33
256
0.16
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
280
0.29
559
0.35
40. Prostate Cancer
271
0.28
285
0.18
41. Epilepsy
260
0.27
419
0.26
42. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.27
406
0.26
43. Oral Cancer
251
0.26
328
0.21
44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
234
0.24
546
0.34
45. Stomach Cancer
206
0.21
310
0.20
46. Parkinson's Disease
200
0.21
184
0.12
47. Tetanus
178
0.18
2,648
1.67
48. Ovary Cancer
158
0.16
295
0.19
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
154
0.16
446
0.28
50. Schistosomiasis
143
0.15
435
0.27
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Somalia SOMALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
23.71
28
2. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
7.97
19
3. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
12.27
123
4. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
33.65
7
5. Lymphomas
7.19
18
7.68
12
6. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
2.40
74
7. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
2.55
50
8. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
8.19
6
9. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
3.62
148
10. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
4.64
44
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
8.09
101
12. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
4.92
109
13. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
3.67
149
14. Leukemia
0.62
179
6.38
1
15. Uterin Cancer
0.51
175
2.44
83
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.45
180
1.69
148
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.