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Nigeria
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
NIGERIA VS AZERBAIJAN

Compare Nigeria and Azerbaijan 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.

Azerbaijan
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
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%
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Azerbaijan Population Pyramid
11,064,995
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
 
 
 
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  Nigeria NIGERIA   Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
  
60.6
68.2
64.3
53
38
42
1970
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
  
64.3
71.9
68.0
49
39
43
1980
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
  
64.2
71.8
67.9
68
57
62
1990
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
  
62.2
69.6
65.8
109
96
104
2000
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
  
63.4
69.8
66.6
112
114
113
2010
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
  
68.2
73.9
71.1
98
102
98
2019
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
  
68.8
74.1
71.4
116
112
114
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.2
64.1
160
169
68.8
74.1
116
112
Age
61.2
64.1
160
169
68.8
74.1
116
112
Age 5
69.5
71.9
128
140
70.5
75.5
117
114
Age 10
70.4
72.7
120
138
70.6
75.6
118
114
Age 15
70.9
73.1
117
136
70.7
75.7
119
114
Age 20
71.2
73.4
116
136
70.9
75.8
119
114
Age 25
71.6
73.7
116
136
71.1
76.0
120
114
Age 30
72.0
74.1
115
136
71.4
76.1
122
115
Age 35
72.5
74.6
112
135
71.7
76.2
127
116
Age 40
73.2
75.2
109
135
72.1
76.4
130
117
Age 45
74.1
75.9
104
136
72.6
76.7
133
122
Age 50
75.1
76.8
101
133
73.3
77.0
140
125
Age 55
76.2
77.7
95
136
74.3
77.6
146
141
Age 60
77.6
78.9
95
136
75.7
78.3
154
150
Age 65
79.3
80.3
94
133
77.4
79.4
162
159
Age 70
81.3
82.1
101
130
79.7
80.9
166
171
Age 75
83.8
84.4
93
126
82.2
82.8
172
175
Age 80
86.7
87.1
88
107
85.1
85.3
175
180
Age 85
90.0
90.4
81
94
88.5
88.4
177
179
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
100.91
107
388.41
2
2. Tuberculosis
99.13
6
5.92
81
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
98.12
28
19.87
117
4. Stroke
88.68
86
151.52
22
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
78.99
13
2.98
91
6. Liver Disease
41.99
21
37.38
32
7. Malaria
34.69
27
0.00
78
8. Diabetes Mellitus
33.50
82
24.99
99
9. Road Traffic Accidents
27.25
54
6.56
143
10. HIV/AIDS
26.81
36
3.61
83
11. Kidney Disease
23.87
88
17.11
116
12. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
4.89
130
13. Lung Disease
20.77
99
21.56
94
14. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
16.48
96
15. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
4.45
168
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.45
59
17.36
98
17. Meningitis
17.54
9
0.62
104
18. Hypertension
16.07
103
27.98
48
19. Birth Trauma
15.51
2
3.97
74
20. Low Birth Weight
14.70
5
6.07
77
21. Maternal Conditions
14.14
17
0.47
114
22. Violence
11.97
42
2.45
120
23. Congenital Anomalies
11.22
5
5.13
111
24. Other Injuries
10.98
56
4.59
140
25. Asthma
10.71
58
4.91
89
26. Falls
8.54
40
3.12
145
27. Measles
7.92
10
0.00
87
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.03
31
2.58
91
29. Endocrine Disorders
7.01
35
3.23
104
30. Suicide
6.87
117
3.97
152
31. Pertussis
6.32
6
0.76
74
32. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
3.86
138
33. Lymphomas
5.96
45
2.29
169
34. Drug Use
5.81
5
0.49
160
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.60
29
5.45
36
36. Inflammatory/Heart
5.49
76
17.04
9
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
8.13
100
38. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
4.36
96
39. Fires
3.44
37
4.77
14
40. Epilepsy
3.25
23
2.24
53
41. Poisonings
2.82
22
0.89
72
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
3.08
108
43. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
13.20
17
44. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
1.59
155
45. Malnutrition
2.36
83
0.20
139
46. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
1.44
121
47. Drownings
2.17
107
3.36
66
48. Leukemia
2.06
151
1.42
161
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.05
69
2.05
68
50. Tetanus
1.79
9
0.06
95
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
207,281
14.00
1,781
2.27
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
144,724
9.77
262
0.33
3. Tuberculosis
127,335
8.60
594
0.76
4. Malaria
100,963
6.82
0
0.00
5. Birth Trauma
100,186
6.76
459
0.58
6. Low Birth Weight
95,959
6.48
725
0.92
7. Coronary Heart Disease
61,374
4.14
33,319
42.39
8. Stroke
57,744
3.90
12,939
16.46
9. Congenital Anomalies
49,696
3.36
542
0.69
10. HIV/AIDS
44,124
2.98
398
0.51
11. Meningitis
43,651
2.95
63
0.08
12. Road Traffic Accidents
41,693
2.82
676
0.86
13. Liver Disease
38,326
2.59
3,539
4.50
14. Measles
29,439
1.99
0
0.00
15. Maternal Conditions
23,540
1.59
49
0.06
16. Pertussis
23,282
1.57
68
0.09
17. Other Injuries
22,696
1.53
465
0.59
18. Diabetes Mellitus
22,497
1.52
2,383
3.03
19. Violence
18,407
1.24
252
0.32
20. Kidney Disease
18,189
1.23
1,590
2.02
21. Endocrine Disorders
15,799
1.07
300
0.38
22. Lung Disease
12,569
0.85
1,839
2.34
23. Breast Cancer
11,884
0.80
917
1.17
24. Hypertension
10,692
0.72
2,370
3.02
25. Cervical Cancer
10,574
0.71
278
0.35
26. Tetanus
8,355
0.56
7
0.01
27. Asthma
8,192
0.55
430
0.55
28. Falls
7,528
0.51
306
0.39
29. Fires
7,132
0.48
473
0.60
30. Suicide
7,019
0.47
411
0.52
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
6,786
0.46
1,370
1.74
32. Drownings
6,584
0.44
335
0.43
33. Poisonings
6,570
0.44
93
0.12
34. Drug Use
6,273
0.42
49
0.06
35. Prostate Cancer
5,914
0.40
156
0.20
36. Malnutrition
5,896
0.40
18
0.02
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5,846
0.39
246
0.31
38. Syphilis
5,449
0.37
32
0.04
39. Liver Cancer
5,289
0.36
379
0.48
40. Lymphomas
5,202
0.35
229
0.29
41. Epilepsy
5,001
0.34
224
0.29
42. Inflammatory/Heart
4,826
0.33
1,681
2.14
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,152
0.28
788
1.00
44. Diphtheria
3,800
0.26
0
0.00
45. War
3,245
0.22
1
0.00
46. Parkinson's Disease
2,473
0.17
436
0.55
47. Leukemia
2,257
0.15
143
0.18
48. Oral Cancer
2,238
0.15
159
0.20
49. Ovary Cancer
2,133
0.14
251
0.32
50. Stomach Cancer
2,129
0.14
1,299
1.65
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nigeria NIGERIA   Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
21.11
35
4.89
130
2. Breast Cancer
20.56
47
16.48
96
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
63
4.45
168
4. Liver Cancer
6.19
71
3.86
138
5. Lymphomas
5.96
45
2.29
169
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
157
8.13
100
7. Ovary Cancer
3.90
112
4.36
96
8. Pancreas Cancer
2.64
126
3.08
108
9. Stomach Cancer
2.52
169
13.20
17
10. Oral Cancer
2.44
107
1.59
155
11. Skin Cancers
2.29
62
1.44
121
12. Leukemia
2.06
151
1.42
161
13. Uterin Cancer
1.60
132
1.86
114
14. Lung Cancers
1.37
178
13.09
88
15. Bladder Cancer
0.81
166
1.95
99
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.75
171
6.12
27
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.