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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 CONGO

Compare Nepal and Congo 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.

Congo
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
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Congo Population Pyramid
10,701,991
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Congo CONGO
  Nepal NEPAL   Congo CONGO
       
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
  
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
1970
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
  
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
1980
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
  
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
1990
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
  
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
2000
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
  
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
2010
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
  
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
2019
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
  
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Congo CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.9
72.7
113
119
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age
68.9
72.7
113
119
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age 5
71.2
74.9
102
118
67.3
68.6
147
171
Age 10
71.4
75.1
103
117
67.6
68.9
148
172
Age 15
71.6
75.2
104
118
67.8
69.0
148
172
Age 20
71.8
75.4
104
119
68.2
69.4
147
172
Age 25
72.2
75.6
105
119
68.7
69.7
147
172
Age 30
72.5
75.8
106
118
69.2
70.3
147
172
Age 35
72.9
76.0
106
118
69.8
70.9
147
171
Age 40
73.3
76.3
107
118
70.5
71.8
148
173
Age 45
73.8
76.8
111
117
71.4
72.8
150
174
Age 50
74.5
77.4
112
118
72.6
74.1
151
172
Age 55
75.5
78.2
118
117
74.0
75.5
151
171
Age 60
76.8
79.2
123
120
75.7
77.1
150
171
Age 65
78.5
80.4
123
124
77.8
78.9
149
171
Age 70
80.7
82.0
129
134
80.2
80.9
147
170
Age 75
83.2
84.1
133
137
82.9
83.4
146
167
Age 80
86.1
86.7
132
146
86.0
86.3
140
164
Age 85
89.4
89.8
145
151
89.3
89.5
148
165
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Congo CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Disease
149.01
1
31.45
46
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.19
104
133.74
63
3. Tuberculosis
72.19
12
75.20
10
4. Stroke
67.32
106
120.40
39
5. Asthma
30.93
6
13.81
44
6. Liver Disease
30.02
57
36.31
40
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.68
51
43.98
42
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
29.37
86
86.29
37
9. Kidney Disease
21.28
103
29.78
60
10. Road Traffic Accidents
20.65
72
39.65
27
11. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
2.77
164
12. Diabetes Mellitus
16.12
117
51.04
38
13. Falls
15.55
5
7.27
66
14. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
13.92
60
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.60
145
20.22
43
16. Hypertension
11.58
122
52.27
12
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11.28
7
2.80
45
18. Suicide
9.77
74
11.62
55
19. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
9.95
160
20. Low Birth Weight
8.46
51
9.29
42
21. Other Injuries
7.36
96
9.74
68
22. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
3.94
131
23. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
1.35
166
24. Birth Trauma
6.00
55
7.30
48
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
4.17
161
26. Drownings
5.38
23
1.92
118
27. Congenital Anomalies
4.79
117
6.57
65
28. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
3.37
130
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.37
77
4.68
62
30. Malnutrition
4.05
59
9.47
31
31. Encephalitis
3.79
4
0.41
92
32. Epilepsy
3.57
12
2.02
67
33. Maternal Conditions
3.56
54
12.50
22
34. Lymphomas
3.51
134
2.21
171
35. HIV/AIDS
3.15
91
101.72
12
36. Leukemia
2.61
139
1.70
157
37. Violence
2.57
119
11.99
41
38. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
0.87
164
39. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
1.96
144
40. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
1.82
96
41. Poisonings
1.74
52
2.00
44
42. Meningitis
1.69
68
6.68
42
43. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
0.72
168
44. Pertussis
1.48
54
3.65
20
45. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
6.39
68
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
144
5.10
56
47. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
171
6.36
46
48. Inflammatory/Heart
1.08
183
9.18
32
49. Appendicitis
1.00
16
0.63
44
50. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
31.52
25
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nepal NEPAL   Congo CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Lung Disease
27,027
16.83
541
1.65
2. Coronary Heart Disease
19,677
12.26
2,494
7.60
3. Tuberculosis
16,535
10.30
2,781
8.47
4. Stroke
12,909
8.04
2,267
6.90
5. Liver Disease
6,383
3.98
931
2.84
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,237
3.88
2,576
7.85
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,071
3.78
1,304
3.97
8. Asthma
5,930
3.69
291
0.89
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,654
2.90
1,598
4.87
10. Kidney Disease
4,284
2.67
613
1.87
11. Low Birth Weight
3,822
2.38
1,283
3.91
12. Lung Cancers
3,586
2.23
54
0.16
13. Falls
3,321
2.07
149
0.45
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,929
1.82
1,050
3.20
15. Birth Trauma
2,676
1.67
997
3.04
16. Suicide
2,571
1.60
349
1.06
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,320
1.44
67
0.20
18. Hypertension
2,092
1.30
933
2.84
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,022
1.26
230
0.70
20. Cervical Cancer
1,969
1.23
196
0.60
21. Congenital Anomalies
1,949
1.21
729
2.22
22. Other Injuries
1,655
1.03
333
1.01
23. Drownings
1,505
0.94
104
0.32
24. Oral Cancer
1,389
0.87
33
0.10
25. Stomach Cancer
1,379
0.86
88
0.27
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,167
0.73
89
0.27
27. Breast Cancer
1,038
0.65
159
0.48
28. Maternal Conditions
977
0.61
578
1.76
29. Encephalitis
882
0.55
20
0.06
30. Epilepsy
874
0.54
76
0.23
31. Malnutrition
845
0.53
272
0.83
32. Lymphomas
768
0.48
61
0.19
33. Parkinson's Disease
760
0.47
69
0.21
34. HIV/AIDS
737
0.46
4,509
13.73
35. Violence
704
0.44
539
1.64
36. Leukemia
668
0.42
57
0.17
37. Ovary Cancer
585
0.36
49
0.15
38. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.31
19
0.06
39. Poisonings
474
0.30
71
0.22
40. Pertussis
453
0.28
329
1.00
41. Pancreas Cancer
445
0.28
42
0.13
42. Skin Cancers
400
0.25
36
0.11
43. Meningitis
377
0.23
299
0.91
44. Bladder Cancer
325
0.20
15
0.05
45. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.16
208
0.63
46. Liver Cancer
256
0.16
169
0.51
47. Appendicitis
220
0.14
18
0.05
48. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.14
220
0.67
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
191
0.12
105
0.32
50. Fires
184
0.11
90
0.27
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Congo CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
2.77
164
2. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
13.92
60
3. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
9.95
160
4. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
3.94
131
5. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
1.35
166
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
4.17
161
7. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
3.37
130
8. Lymphomas
3.51
134
2.21
171
9. Leukemia
2.61
139
1.70
157
10. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
0.87
164
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
1.96
144
12. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
1.82
96
13. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
0.72
168
14. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
6.39
68
15. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
31.52
25
16. Uterin Cancer
0.48
176
1.40
146
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.