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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 RWANDA

Compare Nepal and Rwanda 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.

Rwanda
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
8,483,322
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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Rwanda Population Pyramid
2,186,183
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
  Nepal NEPAL   Rwanda RWANDA
  Nepal NEPAL   Rwanda RWANDA
       
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
  
40.8
44.0
42.4
137
132
134
1970
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
  
42.8
46.0
44.4
148
143
145
1980
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
  
44.0
47.4
45.6
158
157
158
1990
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
  
29.9
33.8
31.8
183
183
183
2000
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
  
43.3
53.8
48.3
179
154
171
2010
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
  
57.5
68.1
62.8
156
130
139
2019
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
  
66.9
71.2
69.1
127
127
127
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Rwanda RWANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.9
72.7
113
119
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age
68.9
72.7
113
119
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age 5
71.2
74.9
102
118
69.5
73.5
130
130
Age 10
71.4
75.1
103
117
69.8
73.8
129
129
Age 15
71.6
75.2
104
118
70.1
74.1
127
128
Age 20
71.8
75.4
104
119
70.4
74.3
127
128
Age 25
72.2
75.6
105
119
70.8
74.5
125
128
Age 30
72.5
75.8
106
118
71.3
74.9
126
128
Age 35
72.9
76.0
106
118
71.7
75.2
124
128
Age 40
73.3
76.3
107
118
72.3
75.7
125
126
Age 45
73.8
76.8
111
117
73.0
76.4
126
126
Age 50
74.5
77.4
112
118
74.0
77.1
125
124
Age 55
75.5
78.2
118
117
75.2
78.1
126
123
Age 60
76.8
79.2
123
120
76.7
79.2
127
119
Age 65
78.5
80.4
123
124
78.5
80.6
127
116
Age 70
80.7
82.0
129
134
80.7
82.3
126
118
Age 75
83.2
84.1
133
137
83.3
84.4
128
117
Age 80
86.1
86.7
132
146
86.2
87.0
123
116
Age 85
89.4
89.8
145
151
89.6
90.2
120
110
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Rwanda RWANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Disease
149.01
1
33.52
41
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.19
104
77.83
135
3. Tuberculosis
72.19
12
6.68
78
4. Stroke
67.32
106
105.76
62
5. Asthma
30.93
6
11.90
53
6. Liver Disease
30.02
57
41.22
23
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.68
51
39.89
44
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
29.37
86
74.70
45
9. Kidney Disease
21.28
103
23.20
92
10. Road Traffic Accidents
20.65
72
43.89
15
11. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
4.46
140
12. Diabetes Mellitus
16.12
117
36.55
70
13. Falls
15.55
5
7.68
61
14. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
26.00
22
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.60
145
19.49
55
16. Hypertension
11.58
122
30.17
44
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11.28
7
2.15
64
18. Suicide
9.77
74
9.45
81
19. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
15.96
102
20. Low Birth Weight
8.46
51
6.97
65
21. Other Injuries
7.36
96
10.27
62
22. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
10.60
37
23. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
3.02
84
24. Birth Trauma
6.00
55
6.06
54
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
12.27
45
26. Drownings
5.38
23
2.14
108
27. Congenital Anomalies
4.79
117
7.02
52
28. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
2.74
155
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.37
77
3.83
107
30. Malnutrition
4.05
59
12.03
23
31. Encephalitis
3.79
4
0.45
83
32. Epilepsy
3.57
12
2.08
60
33. Maternal Conditions
3.56
54
6.57
42
34. Lymphomas
3.51
134
5.66
58
35. HIV/AIDS
3.15
91
29.44
34
36. Leukemia
2.61
139
3.96
73
37. Violence
2.57
119
4.56
91
38. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
3.59
52
39. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
3.86
87
40. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
1.89
91
41. Poisonings
1.74
52
2.31
40
42. Meningitis
1.69
68
8.67
38
43. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
0.66
173
44. Pertussis
1.48
54
1.04
65
45. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
11.48
24
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
144
6.24
43
47. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
171
2.79
121
48. Inflammatory/Heart
1.08
183
5.09
86
49. Appendicitis
1.00
16
0.84
28
50. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
25.46
43
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nepal NEPAL   Rwanda RWANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Lung Disease
27,027
16.83
1,555
2.68
2. Coronary Heart Disease
19,677
12.26
3,605
6.21
3. Tuberculosis
16,535
10.30
625
1.08
4. Stroke
12,909
8.04
5,060
8.72
5. Liver Disease
6,383
3.98
2,548
4.39
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,237
3.88
5,280
9.10
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,071
3.78
3,121
5.38
8. Asthma
5,930
3.69
717
1.24
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,654
2.90
3,718
6.41
10. Kidney Disease
4,284
2.67
1,206
2.08
11. Low Birth Weight
3,822
2.38
2,193
3.78
12. Lung Cancers
3,586
2.23
234
0.40
13. Falls
3,321
2.07
412
0.71
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,929
1.82
1,858
3.20
15. Birth Trauma
2,676
1.67
1,888
3.25
16. Suicide
2,571
1.60
704
1.21
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,320
1.44
136
0.23
18. Hypertension
2,092
1.30
1,357
2.34
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,022
1.26
657
1.13
20. Cervical Cancer
1,969
1.23
941
1.62
21. Congenital Anomalies
1,949
1.21
1,777
3.06
22. Other Injuries
1,655
1.03
944
1.63
23. Drownings
1,505
0.94
285
0.49
24. Oral Cancer
1,389
0.87
272
0.47
25. Stomach Cancer
1,379
0.86
780
1.34
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,167
0.73
591
1.02
27. Breast Cancer
1,038
0.65
600
1.03
28. Maternal Conditions
977
0.61
722
1.24
29. Encephalitis
882
0.55
39
0.07
30. Epilepsy
874
0.54
191
0.33
31. Malnutrition
845
0.53
1,168
2.01
32. Lymphomas
768
0.48
450
0.78
33. Parkinson's Disease
760
0.47
146
0.25
34. HIV/AIDS
737
0.46
2,826
4.87
35. Violence
704
0.44
548
0.94
36. Leukemia
668
0.42
317
0.55
37. Ovary Cancer
585
0.36
92
0.16
38. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.31
213
0.37
39. Poisonings
474
0.30
220
0.38
40. Pertussis
453
0.28
218
0.38
41. Pancreas Cancer
445
0.28
214
0.37
42. Skin Cancers
400
0.25
113
0.19
43. Meningitis
377
0.23
847
1.46
44. Bladder Cancer
325
0.20
35
0.06
45. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.16
219
0.38
46. Liver Cancer
256
0.16
706
1.22
47. Appendicitis
220
0.14
70
0.12
48. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.14
347
0.60
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
191
0.12
362
0.62
50. Fires
184
0.11
270
0.47
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Rwanda RWANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
4.46
140
2. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
26.00
22
3. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
15.96
102
4. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
10.60
37
5. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
3.02
84
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
12.27
45
7. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
2.74
155
8. Lymphomas
3.51
134
5.66
58
9. Leukemia
2.61
139
3.96
73
10. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
3.59
52
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
3.86
87
12. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
1.89
91
13. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
0.66
173
14. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
11.48
24
15. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
25.46
43
16. Uterin Cancer
0.48
176
1.84
115
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.