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Netherlands
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
NETHERLANDS VS CANADA

Compare Netherlands and Canada 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.

Canada
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
Netherlands Population Pyramid
17,165,370
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Canada Population Pyramid
45,669,453
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Canada CANADA
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Canada CANADA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
71.5
75.4
73.4
1
2
2
  
68.3
74.2
71.1
8
5
8
1970
70.8
76.5
73.6
4
3
3
  
69.3
76.3
72.7
10
4
6
1980
72.5
79.2
75.7
4
1
2
  
71.6
78.7
75.1
12
6
7
1990
73.8
80.1
76.9
10
9
7
  
74.3
80.7
77.4
6
4
3
2000
75.5
80.6
78.1
14
20
17
  
76.4
81.7
79.1
7
8
7
2010
78.7
82.7
80.8
13
20
14
  
79.0
83.4
81.2
10
12
11
2019
80.4
83.1
81.8
13
29
19
  
80.4
84.1
82.2
14
16
15
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Canada CANADA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
83.1
13
29
80.4
84.1
14
16
Age
80.4
83.1
13
29
80.4
84.1
14
16
Age 5
80.8
83.5
15
29
80.8
84.4
13
14
Age 10
80.8
83.5
15
29
80.8
84.4
13
14
Age 15
80.8
83.5
15
29
80.9
84.5
13
14
Age 20
80.9
83.6
15
29
81.0
84.6
12
14
Age 25
81.0
83.6
15
30
81.2
84.7
11
14
Age 30
81.1
83.7
15
30
81.5
84.8
11
14
Age 35
81.2
83.7
14
30
81.7
84.9
10
13
Age 40
81.4
83.9
16
30
82.0
85.0
7
12
Age 45
81.6
84.0
18
32
82.3
85.2
6
12
Age 50
81.9
84.2
17
32
82.7
85.5
6
13
Age 55
82.4
84.6
20
32
83.1
85.9
5
13
Age 60
83.0
85.1
20
32
83.8
86.4
4
12
Age 65
83.8
85.9
20
33
84.8
87.1
3
10
Age 70
85.0
86.7
23
32
85.9
87.9
3
9
Age 75
86.5
87.9
26
34
87.4
89.0
2
8
Age 80
88.2
89.3
31
36
89.2
90.4
2
9
Age 85
90.6
91.2
44
50
91.6
92.2
5
9
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Canada CANADA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
38.44
175
45.15
166
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.78
7
27.87
13
3. Lung Cancers
29.85
13
27.23
22
4. Lung Disease
21.59
93
15.91
133
5. Stroke
20.66
167
15.12
182
6. Breast Cancer
19.00
64
15.43
111
7. Prostate Cancer
16.73
81
11.92
124
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.00
27
12.23
46
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.84
160
7.69
169
10. Suicide
9.27
84
10.34
67
11. Falls
8.22
46
5.07
101
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.94
23
6.57
47
13. Lymphomas
6.40
28
6.52
26
14. Oesophagus Cancer
5.83
29
3.01
73
15. Diabetes Mellitus
5.62
166
7.22
156
16. Ovary Cancer
5.58
47
5.08
63
17. Kidney Disease
5.19
164
4.99
168
18. Parkinson's Disease
4.43
72
3.46
128
19. Other Neoplasms
4.24
20
1.99
51
20. Leukemia
4.14
62
4.06
67
21. Stomach Cancer
3.58
139
2.86
161
22. Other Injuries
3.51
160
3.35
164
23. Bladder Cancer
3.42
45
2.89
59
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.26
101
4.41
77
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.22
153
2.99
156
26. Liver Cancer
3.18
160
4.21
120
27. Liver Disease
3.02
174
5.73
159
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.02
136
2.94
141
29. Skin Cancers
2.94
33
2.27
65
30. Road Traffic Accidents
2.83
172
4.58
157
31. Uterin Cancer
2.70
73
2.91
63
32. Oral Cancer
2.16
127
2.18
126
33. Alcohol
2.12
56
2.76
44
34. Cervical Cancer
1.76
174
1.94
169
35. Hypertension
1.62
180
2.79
169
36. Low Birth Weight
1.38
158
1.90
148
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.18
128
0.90
140
38. Epilepsy
1.13
128
0.81
153
39. Drug Use
1.03
115
8.70
2
40. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
9
1.09
6
41. Birth Trauma
0.61
143
0.65
140
42. Skin Disease
0.60
133
0.76
122
43. Violence
0.58
174
1.60
139
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.50
157
0.73
135
45. Drownings
0.48
171
0.71
160
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.47
60
0.38
80
47. Anemia
0.46
26
0.32
38
48. Osteoarthritis
0.42
7
0.13
28
49. Asthma
0.39
171
0.37
173
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.31
181
0.54
172
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Canada CANADA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Alzheimers & Dementia
18,148
14.31
30,970
13.28
2. Coronary Heart Disease
17,601
13.87
40,063
17.18
3. Lung Cancers
10,980
8.66
20,937
8.98
4. Stroke
9,707
7.65
14,159
6.07
5. Lung Disease
9,567
7.54
14,212
6.09
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5,829
4.60
9,651
4.14
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
4,946
3.90
7,431
3.19
8. Falls
4,131
3.26
4,829
2.07
9. Breast Cancer
3,535
2.79
5,910
2.53
10. Prostate Cancer
3,265
2.57
4,711
2.02
11. Pancreas Cancer
2,995
2.36
5,057
2.17
12. Kidney Disease
2,530
1.99
4,578
1.96
13. Lymphomas
2,511
1.98
5,146
2.21
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,386
1.88
5,718
2.45
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2,145
1.69
2,230
0.96
16. Parkinson's Disease
2,120
1.67
3,359
1.44
17. Suicide
2,025
1.60
4,417
1.89
18. Other Neoplasms
1,831
1.44
1,679
0.72
19. Other Injuries
1,648
1.30
2,392
1.03
20. Leukemia
1,578
1.24
3,098
1.33
21. Bladder Cancer
1,471
1.16
2,521
1.08
22. Stomach Cancer
1,361
1.07
2,177
0.93
23. Inflammatory/Heart
1,201
0.95
2,060
0.88
24. Liver Cancer
1,163
0.92
3,113
1.33
25. Ovary Cancer
1,067
0.84
1,902
0.82
26. Endocrine Disorders
1,055
0.83
3,233
1.39
27. Skin Cancers
1,024
0.81
1,756
0.75
28. Liver Disease
936
0.74
3,624
1.55
29. Hypertension
818
0.64
2,563
1.10
30. Oral Cancer
768
0.61
1,592
0.68
31. Road Traffic Accidents
681
0.54
1,998
0.86
32. Alcohol
612
0.48
1,491
0.64
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
584
0.46
840
0.36
34. Uterin Cancer
566
0.45
1,183
0.51
35. Congenital Anomalies
544
0.43
1,081
0.46
36. Multiple Sclerosis
295
0.23
692
0.30
37. Skin Disease
295
0.23
679
0.29
38. Epilepsy
289
0.23
384
0.16
39. Cervical Cancer
266
0.21
578
0.25
40. Anemia
249
0.20
343
0.15
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
238
0.19
636
0.27
42. Drug Use
231
0.18
3,686
1.58
43. Osteoarthritis
220
0.17
139
0.06
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
214
0.17
322
0.14
45. Low Birth Weight
167
0.13
553
0.24
46. Asthma
165
0.13
262
0.11
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
130
0.10
442
0.19
48. Violence
107
0.08
605
0.26
49. Drownings
98
0.08
283
0.12
50. Schizophrenia
96
0.08
118
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Canada CANADA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
29.85
13
27.23
22
2. Breast Cancer
19.00
64
15.43
111
3. Prostate Cancer
16.73
81
11.92
124
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.00
27
12.23
46
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.94
23
6.57
47
6. Lymphomas
6.40
28
6.52
26
7. Oesophagus Cancer
5.83
29
3.01
73
8. Ovary Cancer
5.58
47
5.08
63
9. Leukemia
4.14
62
4.06
67
10. Stomach Cancer
3.58
139
2.86
161
11. Bladder Cancer
3.42
45
2.89
59
12. Liver Cancer
3.18
160
4.21
120
13. Skin Cancers
2.94
33
2.27
65
14. Uterin Cancer
2.70
73
2.91
63
15. Oral Cancer
2.16
127
2.18
126
16. Cervical Cancer
1.76
174
1.94
169
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.