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Malaysia
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 Malaysia and Niger 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.

Niger
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
Malaysia Population Pyramid
40,550,371
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Niger Population Pyramid
65,593,043
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malaysia MALAYSIA   Niger NIGER
  Malaysia MALAYSIA   Niger NIGER
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
52.8
55.9
54.3
80
81
81
 
41.9
37.1
39.6
130
161
149
1970
60.0
63.2
61.6
71
74
76
 
42.6
38.6
40.6
150
169
161
1980
65.0
68.8
66.9
60
76
68
 
43.7
40.8
42.3
161
172
170
1990
68.2
72.5
70.3
53
74
60
 
47.7
45.3
46.5
163
175
173
2000
70.2
74.9
72.4
55
66
63
 
49.9
50.0
50.0
159
169
164
2010
71.9
76.5
74.1
62
77
67
 
57.8
58.8
58.2
153
161
157
2019
72.6
77.1
74.7
74
90
80
 
62.1
64.6
63.3
156
167
159
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malaysia MALAYSIA   Niger NIGER
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.6
77.1
74
90
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age
72.6
77.1
74
90
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age 5
73.3
77.7
81
92
67.8
69.9
142
159
Age 10
73.4
77.8
83
92
68.7
70.9
137
156
Age 15
73.5
77.8
80
92
69.7
71.7
134
150
Age 20
73.7
77.9
80
92
70.0
72.0
133
150
Age 25
74.1
78.0
80
92
70.5
72.4
132
149
Age 30
74.4
78.2
79
93
71.0
72.8
132
151
Age 35
74.8
78.3
80
93
71.5
73.3
131
150
Age 40
75.2
78.5
79
93
72.2
73.9
129
151
Age 45
75.7
78.8
78
94
73.0
74.6
127
153
Age 50
76.4
79.2
81
96
73.9
75.4
127
156
Age 55
77.3
79.8
81
97
75.1
76.5
127
157
Age 60
78.5
80.6
81
99
76.6
77.8
131
159
Age 65
80.1
81.6
80
102
78.5
79.4
130
158
Age 70
82.0
83.1
76
101
80.7
81.4
128
159
Age 75
84.5
85.1
68
97
83.3
83.9
124
150
Age 80
87.4
87.5
60
94
86.3
86.8
119
136
Age 85
90.5
90.4
53
81
89.7
90.1
105
118
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malaysia MALAYSIA   Niger NIGER
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
136.21
61
118.53
82
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
90.22
33
118.92
14
3. Stroke
81.65
92
114.20
55
4. Lung Disease
25.89
74
30.61
48
5. Kidney Disease
24.25
80
29.61
61
6. Road Traffic Accidents
22.76
60
33.36
41
7. Breast Cancer
20.80
44
18.52
70
8. Liver Disease
17.91
97
40.78
24
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.95
108
20.18
44
10. Lung Cancers
15.25
77
0.54
182
11. Diabetes Mellitus
14.82
126
33.65
79
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.27
31
5.52
142
13. HIV/AIDS
8.15
63
7.11
67
14. Skin Disease
7.90
7
2.14
57
15. Prostate Cancer
7.43
144
4.34
169
16. Other Injuries
7.39
95
17.29
11
17. Liver Cancer
6.96
57
7.86
47
18. Cervical Cancer
6.94
107
9.28
88
19. Falls
6.80
71
12.36
12
20. Diarrhoeal diseases
6.63
73
93.61
7
21. Oral Cancer
6.32
27
2.55
102
22. Suicide
5.77
130
10.15
70
23. Ovary Cancer
5.57
48
7.90
8
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.55
52
10.80
8
25. Stomach Cancer
5.36
101
3.59
138
26. Leukemia
4.58
38
2.32
145
27. Lymphomas
4.55
95
3.33
139
28. Parkinson's Disease
4.52
69
5.13
47
29. Inflammatory/Heart
4.18
108
7.46
44
30. Congenital Anomalies
4.04
136
7.56
40
31. Tuberculosis
3.87
90
26.95
41
32. Asthma
3.65
98
20.43
19
33. Pancreas Cancer
3.59
95
1.47
155
34. Endocrine Disorders
2.86
117
6.27
49
35. Drownings
2.63
83
4.32
38
36. Violence
2.62
118
12.61
36
37. Low Birth Weight
2.57
134
11.39
23
38. Hypertension
2.45
173
18.25
91
39. Uterin Cancer
2.44
84
1.99
109
40. Bladder Cancer
1.79
106
2.24
79
41. Oesophagus Cancer
1.54
123
1.71
119
42. Encephalitis
1.50
10
0.57
68
43. Fires
1.15
104
4.88
12
44. Drug Use
1.09
106
1.13
99
45. Malnutrition
1.01
101
6.98
40
46. Other Neoplasms
1.00
61
0.31
135
47. Meningitis
1.00
80
19.40
6
48. Birth Trauma
0.92
126
9.50
31
49. Skin Cancers
0.91
139
3.18
25
50. Dengue
0.90
9
0.00
97
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Malaysia MALAYSIA   Niger NIGER
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,729
21.86
8,229
5.12
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
23,477
13.97
21,093
13.13
3. Stroke
21,592
12.85
8,717
5.42
4. Road Traffic Accidents
7,181
4.27
5,946
3.70
5. Lung Disease
6,633
3.95
2,172
1.35
6. Kidney Disease
6,629
3.95
2,732
1.70
7. Liver Disease
5,125
3.05
4,116
2.56
8. Lung Cancers
4,319
2.57
42
0.03
9. Diabetes Mellitus
4,107
2.44
2,630
1.64
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,996
2.38
858
0.53
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,832
2.28
522
0.32
12. Breast Cancer
3,071
1.83
1,075
0.67
13. HIV/AIDS
2,679
1.59
1,048
0.65
14. Other Injuries
2,222
1.32
3,826
2.38
15. Skin Disease
2,066
1.23
213
0.13
16. Liver Cancer
1,984
1.18
745
0.46
17. Oral Cancer
1,865
1.11
242
0.15
18. Falls
1,855
1.10
1,297
0.81
19. Suicide
1,823
1.09
1,227
0.76
20. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,773
1.06
16,030
9.97
21. Stomach Cancer
1,441
0.86
300
0.19
22. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,424
0.85
1,044
0.65
23. Leukemia
1,412
0.84
258
0.16
24. Congenital Anomalies
1,403
0.84
4,346
2.70
25. Lymphomas
1,321
0.79
350
0.22
26. Tuberculosis
1,227
0.73
3,703
2.30
27. Inflammatory/Heart
1,214
0.72
769
0.48
28. Parkinson's Disease
1,106
0.66
275
0.17
29. Low Birth Weight
1,020
0.61
9,560
5.95
30. Asthma
1,013
0.60
1,902
1.18
31. Cervical Cancer
1,010
0.60
487
0.30
32. Pancreas Cancer
994
0.59
138
0.09
33. Prostate Cancer
903
0.54
128
0.08
34. Violence
869
0.52
2,244
1.40
35. Ovary Cancer
827
0.49
425
0.26
36. Drownings
820
0.49
1,581
0.98
37. Endocrine Disorders
809
0.48
1,806
1.12
38. Hypertension
649
0.39
1,356
0.84
39. Bladder Cancer
467
0.28
161
0.10
40. Encephalitis
452
0.27
112
0.07
41. Oesophagus Cancer
435
0.26
132
0.08
42. Birth Trauma
359
0.21
8,030
5.00
43. Uterin Cancer
352
0.21
86
0.05
44. Fires
336
0.20
1,120
0.70
45. Drug Use
322
0.19
126
0.08
46. Meningitis
301
0.18
5,237
3.26
47. Dengue
280
0.17
0
0.00
48. Other Neoplasms
265
0.16
24
0.01
49. Malnutrition
249
0.15
2,170
1.35
50. Skin Cancers
247
0.15
287
0.18
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malaysia MALAYSIA   Niger NIGER
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
20.80
44
18.52
70
2. Lung Cancers
15.25
77
0.54
182
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.27
31
5.52
142
4. Prostate Cancer
7.43
144
4.34
169
5. Liver Cancer
6.96
57
7.86
47
6. Cervical Cancer
6.94
107
9.28
88
7. Oral Cancer
6.32
27
2.55
102
8. Ovary Cancer
5.57
48
7.90
8
9. Stomach Cancer
5.36
101
3.59
138
10. Leukemia
4.58
38
2.32
145
11. Lymphomas
4.55
95
3.33
139
12. Pancreas Cancer
3.59
95
1.47
155
13. Uterin Cancer
2.44
84
1.99
109
14. Bladder Cancer
1.79
106
2.24
79
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.54
123
1.71
119
16. Skin Cancers
0.91
139
3.18
25
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.