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Nepal
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
NEPAL VS BURKINA FASO

Compare Nepal and Burkina Faso 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.

Burkina Faso
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
Nepal Population Pyramid
35,323,925
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%
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Burkina Faso Population Pyramid
43,432,174
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Nepal NEPAL   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.0
38.4
38.7
148
156
154
  
37.3
36.0
36.7
154
165
160
1970
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
  
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
1980
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
  
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
1990
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
  
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
2000
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
  
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
2010
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
  
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
2019
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
  
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.9
72.7
113
119
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age
68.9
72.7
113
119
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age 5
71.2
74.9
102
118
66.1
71.0
159
150
Age 10
71.4
75.1
103
117
66.7
71.7
160
146
Age 15
71.6
75.2
104
118
67.1
72.1
159
147
Age 20
71.8
75.4
104
119
67.6
72.4
159
147
Age 25
72.2
75.6
105
119
68.1
72.8
159
146
Age 30
72.5
75.8
106
118
68.7
73.2
159
146
Age 35
72.9
76.0
106
118
69.3
73.7
158
147
Age 40
73.3
76.3
107
118
70.0
74.2
159
149
Age 45
73.8
76.8
111
117
71.0
74.9
159
150
Age 50
74.5
77.4
112
118
72.1
75.7
162
150
Age 55
75.5
78.2
118
117
73.5
76.8
162
151
Age 60
76.8
79.2
123
120
75.2
78.1
161
152
Age 65
78.5
80.4
123
124
77.4
79.7
163
152
Age 70
80.7
82.0
129
134
79.8
81.6
161
149
Age 75
83.2
84.1
133
137
82.7
84.1
157
140
Age 80
86.1
86.7
132
146
85.9
86.9
151
128
Age 85
89.4
89.8
145
151
89.5
90.3
128
104
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Disease
149.01
1
18.73
110
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.19
104
131.79
66
3. Tuberculosis
72.19
12
15.11
55
4. Stroke
67.32
106
95.70
77
5. Asthma
30.93
6
11.80
54
6. Liver Disease
30.02
57
32.34
53
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.68
51
83.63
10
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
29.37
86
122.30
12
9. Kidney Disease
21.28
103
31.16
51
10. Road Traffic Accidents
20.65
72
43.30
16
11. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
3.02
158
12. Diabetes Mellitus
16.12
117
37.67
65
13. Falls
15.55
5
10.27
19
14. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
42.15
12
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.60
145
20.98
34
16. Hypertension
11.58
122
31.19
42
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11.28
7
3.06
42
18. Suicide
9.77
74
14.38
33
19. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
16.06
101
20. Low Birth Weight
8.46
51
10.86
31
21. Other Injuries
7.36
96
16.52
15
22. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
9.32
49
23. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
2.71
95
24. Birth Trauma
6.00
55
10.42
22
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
6.07
134
26. Drownings
5.38
23
3.55
61
27. Congenital Anomalies
4.79
117
7.94
34
28. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
3.23
139
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.37
77
5.51
35
30. Malnutrition
4.05
59
14.30
17
31. Encephalitis
3.79
4
0.56
70
32. Epilepsy
3.57
12
3.04
29
33. Maternal Conditions
3.56
54
8.05
37
34. Lymphomas
3.51
134
2.58
161
35. HIV/AIDS
3.15
91
20.42
43
36. Leukemia
2.61
139
0.82
172
37. Violence
2.57
119
11.16
45
38. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
1.17
147
39. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
2.01
142
40. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
2.91
34
41. Poisonings
1.74
52
3.69
10
42. Meningitis
1.69
68
18.01
8
43. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
3.26
49
44. Pertussis
1.48
54
1.97
44
45. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
14.45
15
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
144
5.07
57
47. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
171
25.05
2
48. Inflammatory/Heart
1.08
183
9.08
35
49. Appendicitis
1.00
16
0.85
27
50. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
27.33
35
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nepal NEPAL   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Lung Disease
27,027
16.83
1,161
0.86
2. Coronary Heart Disease
19,677
12.26
8,117
6.02
3. Tuberculosis
16,535
10.30
1,968
1.46
4. Stroke
12,909
8.04
6,324
4.69
5. Liver Disease
6,383
3.98
2,722
2.02
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,237
3.88
16,807
12.47
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,071
3.78
11,887
8.82
8. Asthma
5,930
3.69
941
0.70
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,654
2.90
6,303
4.68
10. Kidney Disease
4,284
2.67
2,398
1.78
11. Low Birth Weight
3,822
2.38
6,809
5.05
12. Lung Cancers
3,586
2.23
242
0.18
13. Falls
3,321
2.07
828
0.61
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,929
1.82
2,609
1.94
15. Birth Trauma
2,676
1.67
6,426
4.77
16. Suicide
2,571
1.60
1,521
1.13
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,320
1.44
269
0.20
18. Hypertension
2,092
1.30
2,020
1.50
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,022
1.26
767
0.57
20. Cervical Cancer
1,969
1.23
2,122
1.57
21. Congenital Anomalies
1,949
1.21
3,515
2.61
22. Other Injuries
1,655
1.03
2,637
1.96
23. Drownings
1,505
0.94
910
0.68
24. Oral Cancer
1,389
0.87
227
0.17
25. Stomach Cancer
1,379
0.86
777
0.58
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,167
0.73
478
0.35
27. Breast Cancer
1,038
0.65
862
0.64
28. Maternal Conditions
977
0.61
1,379
1.02
29. Encephalitis
882
0.55
83
0.06
30. Epilepsy
874
0.54
477
0.35
31. Malnutrition
845
0.53
2,868
2.13
32. Lymphomas
768
0.48
280
0.21
33. Parkinson's Disease
760
0.47
252
0.19
34. HIV/AIDS
737
0.46
3,100
2.30
35. Violence
704
0.44
1,943
1.44
36. Leukemia
668
0.42
112
0.08
37. Ovary Cancer
585
0.36
174
0.13
38. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.31
101
0.07
39. Poisonings
474
0.30
620
0.46
40. Pertussis
453
0.28
746
0.55
41. Pancreas Cancer
445
0.28
148
0.11
42. Skin Cancers
400
0.25
220
0.16
43. Meningitis
377
0.23
3,375
2.50
44. Bladder Cancer
325
0.20
265
0.20
45. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.16
4,794
3.56
46. Liver Cancer
256
0.16
1,309
0.97
47. Appendicitis
220
0.14
95
0.07
48. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.14
743
0.55
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
191
0.12
410
0.30
50. Fires
184
0.11
704
0.52
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
3.02
158
2. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
42.15
12
3. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
16.06
101
4. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
9.32
49
5. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
2.71
95
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
6.07
134
7. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
3.23
139
8. Lymphomas
3.51
134
2.58
161
9. Leukemia
2.61
139
0.82
172
10. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
1.17
147
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
2.01
142
12. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
2.91
34
13. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
3.26
49
14. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
14.45
15
15. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
27.33
35
16. Uterin Cancer
0.48
176
1.67
129
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.