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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

Compare Netherlands and Nigeria 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.

Nigeria
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
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%
Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
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
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
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
 
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
70.8
76.5
73.6
4
3
3
 
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
72.5
79.2
75.7
4
1
2
 
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
73.8
80.1
76.9
10
9
7
 
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
75.5
80.6
78.1
14
20
17
 
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
78.7
82.7
80.8
13
20
14
 
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
80.4
83.1
81.8
13
29
19
 
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
83.1
13
29
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
80.4
83.1
13
29
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
80.8
83.5
15
29
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
80.8
83.5
15
29
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
80.8
83.5
15
29
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
80.9
83.6
15
29
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
81.0
83.6
15
30
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
81.1
83.7
15
30
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
81.2
83.7
14
30
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
81.4
83.9
16
30
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
81.6
84.0
18
32
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
81.9
84.2
17
32
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
82.4
84.6
20
32
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
83.0
85.1
20
32
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
83.8
85.9
20
33
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
85.0
86.7
23
32
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
86.5
87.9
26
34
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
88.2
89.3
31
36
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
90.6
91.2
44
50
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
38.44
175
100.91
107
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.78
7
19.45
59
3. Lung Cancers
29.85
13
1.37
178
4. Lung Disease
21.59
93
20.77
99
5. Stroke
20.66
167
88.68
86
6. Breast Cancer
19.00
64
20.56
47
7. Prostate Cancer
16.73
81
20.40
63
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.00
27
4.32
157
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.84
160
98.12
28
10. Suicide
9.27
84
6.87
117
11. Falls
8.22
46
8.54
40
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.94
23
2.64
126
13. Lymphomas
6.40
28
5.96
45
14. Oesophagus Cancer
5.83
29
0.75
171
15. Diabetes Mellitus
5.62
166
33.50
82
16. Ovary Cancer
5.58
47
3.90
112
17. Kidney Disease
5.19
164
23.87
88
18. Parkinson's Disease
4.43
72
5.60
29
19. Other Neoplasms
4.24
20
0.50
88
20. Leukemia
4.14
62
2.06
151
21. Stomach Cancer
3.58
139
2.52
169
22. Other Injuries
3.51
160
10.98
56
23. Bladder Cancer
3.42
45
0.81
166
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.26
101
7.01
35
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.22
153
11.22
5
26. Liver Cancer
3.18
160
6.19
71
27. Liver Disease
3.02
174
41.99
21
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.02
136
5.49
76
29. Skin Cancers
2.94
33
2.29
62
30. Road Traffic Accidents
2.83
172
27.25
54
31. Uterin Cancer
2.70
73
1.60
132
32. Oral Cancer
2.16
127
2.44
107
33. Alcohol
2.12
56
1.16
106
34. Cervical Cancer
1.76
174
21.11
35
35. Hypertension
1.62
180
16.07
103
36. Low Birth Weight
1.38
158
14.70
5
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.18
128
78.99
13
38. Epilepsy
1.13
128
3.25
23
39. Drug Use
1.03
115
5.81
5
40. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
9
0.18
103
41. Birth Trauma
0.61
143
15.51
2
42. Skin Disease
0.60
133
1.64
90
43. Violence
0.58
174
11.97
42
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.50
157
2.05
69
45. Drownings
0.48
171
2.17
107
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.47
60
0.26
99
47. Anemia
0.46
26
0.00
142
48. Osteoarthritis
0.42
7
0.00
139
49. Asthma
0.39
171
10.71
58
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.31
181
7.03
31
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Alzheimers & Dementia
18,148
14.31
6,786
0.46
2. Coronary Heart Disease
17,601
13.87
61,374
4.14
3. Lung Cancers
10,980
8.66
1,295
0.09
4. Stroke
9,707
7.65
57,744
3.90
5. Lung Disease
9,567
7.54
12,569
0.85
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5,829
4.60
4,152
0.28
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
4,946
3.90
207,281
14.00
8. Falls
4,131
3.26
7,528
0.51
9. Breast Cancer
3,535
2.79
11,884
0.80
10. Prostate Cancer
3,265
2.57
5,914
0.40
11. Pancreas Cancer
2,995
2.36
1,975
0.13
12. Kidney Disease
2,530
1.99
18,189
1.23
13. Lymphomas
2,511
1.98
5,202
0.35
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,386
1.88
22,497
1.52
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2,145
1.69
560
0.04
16. Parkinson's Disease
2,120
1.67
2,473
0.17
17. Suicide
2,025
1.60
7,019
0.47
18. Other Neoplasms
1,831
1.44
290
0.02
19. Other Injuries
1,648
1.30
22,696
1.53
20. Leukemia
1,578
1.24
2,257
0.15
21. Bladder Cancer
1,471
1.16
670
0.05
22. Stomach Cancer
1,361
1.07
2,129
0.14
23. Inflammatory/Heart
1,201
0.95
4,826
0.33
24. Liver Cancer
1,163
0.92
5,289
0.36
25. Ovary Cancer
1,067
0.84
2,133
0.14
26. Endocrine Disorders
1,055
0.83
15,799
1.07
27. Skin Cancers
1,024
0.81
1,933
0.13
28. Liver Disease
936
0.74
38,326
2.59
29. Hypertension
818
0.64
10,692
0.72
30. Oral Cancer
768
0.61
2,238
0.15
31. Road Traffic Accidents
681
0.54
41,693
2.82
32. Alcohol
612
0.48
1,031
0.07
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
584
0.46
144,724
9.77
34. Uterin Cancer
566
0.45
679
0.05
35. Congenital Anomalies
544
0.43
49,696
3.36
36. Multiple Sclerosis
295
0.23
179
0.01
37. Skin Disease
295
0.23
1,468
0.10
38. Epilepsy
289
0.23
5,001
0.34
39. Cervical Cancer
266
0.21
10,574
0.71
40. Anemia
249
0.20
0
0.00
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
238
0.19
1,946
0.13
42. Drug Use
231
0.18
6,273
0.42
43. Osteoarthritis
220
0.17
0
0.00
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
214
0.17
165
0.01
45. Low Birth Weight
167
0.13
95,959
6.48
46. Asthma
165
0.13
8,192
0.55
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
130
0.10
5,846
0.39
48. Violence
107
0.08
18,407
1.24
49. Drownings
98
0.08
6,584
0.44
50. Schizophrenia
96
0.08
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
29.85
13
1.37
178
2. Breast Cancer
19.00
64
20.56
47
3. Prostate Cancer
16.73
81
20.40
63
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.00
27
4.32
157
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.94
23
2.64
126
6. Lymphomas
6.40
28
5.96
45
7. Oesophagus Cancer
5.83
29
0.75
171
8. Ovary Cancer
5.58
47
3.90
112
9. Leukemia
4.14
62
2.06
151
10. Stomach Cancer
3.58
139
2.52
169
11. Bladder Cancer
3.42
45
0.81
166
12. Liver Cancer
3.18
160
6.19
71
13. Skin Cancers
2.94
33
2.29
62
14. Uterin Cancer
2.70
73
1.60
132
15. Oral Cancer
2.16
127
2.44
107
16. Cervical Cancer
1.76
174
21.11
35
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.