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Norway
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
NORWAY VS BOTSWANA

Compare Norway and Botswana 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.

Botswana
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
Norway Population Pyramid
6,600,338
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Botswana Population Pyramid
3,509,813
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Norway NORWAY   Botswana BOTSWANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
71.3
75.9
73.6
2
1
1
  
48.9
52.5
50.7
95
91
92
1970
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
  
53.0
56.7
54.8
100
98
98
1980
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
  
58.5
62.6
60.5
101
102
101
1990
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
  
60.5
65.6
63.0
118
116
116
2000
75.7
81.3
78.5
12
10
12
  
47.9
47.7
47.8
168
177
173
2010
78.8
83.1
81.0
12
13
12
  
58.7
63.7
61.1
150
143
149
2019
81.1
84.1
82.6
5
14
10
  
59.0
65.5
62.2
174
160
171
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Botswana BOTSWANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.1
84.1
5
14
59.0
65.5
174
160
Age
81.1
84.1
5
14
59.0
65.5
174
160
Age 5
81.3
84.3
5
16
61.8
68.1
176
173
Age 10
81.3
84.3
5
16
62.0
68.3
177
174
Age 15
81.4
84.4
5
16
62.1
68.4
177
174
Age 20
81.4
84.4
5
16
62.6
68.7
177
174
Age 25
81.5
84.5
5
16
63.2
69.2
178
174
Age 30
81.7
84.5
4
17
63.9
69.8
178
174
Age 35
81.9
84.6
6
16
64.9
70.7
177
173
Age 40
82.0
84.7
6
18
66.1
71.9
177
172
Age 45
82.2
84.8
7
18
67.7
73.3
176
169
Age 50
82.5
85.0
8
18
69.6
74.8
176
164
Age 55
82.9
85.3
10
21
71.8
76.4
174
159
Age 60
83.5
85.8
11
22
74.2
78.0
172
156
Age 65
84.2
86.3
13
24
76.7
79.7
171
150
Age 70
85.3
87.1
13
25
79.4
81.7
170
148
Age 75
86.6
88.1
19
28
82.4
84.0
166
145
Age 80
88.3
89.4
28
28
85.7
86.7
159
145
Age 85
90.5
91.2
51
49
89.2
89.9
155
144
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Botswana BOTSWANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.10
172
133.53
65
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
28.94
12
18.91
71
3. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
3.39
153
4. Lung Disease
21.82
92
40.61
28
5. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
13.09
119
6. Stroke
18.16
178
133.30
30
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
2.09
181
8. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
8.55
170
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.78
150
110.71
21
10. Suicide
9.91
71
20.22
14
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
1.33
159
12. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
2.44
164
13. Lymphomas
5.70
56
4.43
104
14. Falls
5.70
88
4.45
115
15. Diabetes Mellitus
4.85
170
99.86
9
16. Other Injuries
4.72
137
11.76
48
17. Drug Use
4.45
11
1.40
73
18. Kidney Disease
4.28
175
38.81
24
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.23
84
4.69
60
20. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
4.55
11
21. Leukemia
3.34
107
0.76
174
22. Endocrine Disorders
3.19
105
6.51
44
23. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
0.74
182
24. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
0.52
178
25. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
4.32
118
26. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
18.90
40
27. Other Neoplasms
2.47
43
0.75
67
28. Congenital Anomalies
2.44
169
8.12
28
29. Liver Disease
2.41
179
30.38
56
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
8.01
18
31. Alcohol
2.35
51
1.92
62
32. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
1.23
153
33. Inflammatory/Heart
2.10
162
13.33
15
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.76
179
30.39
48
35. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
5.52
33
36. Hypertension
1.54
181
39.78
24
37. Epilepsy
1.48
100
2.90
31
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.30
139
7.00
32
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.29
2
0.19
93
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.92
138
30.71
49
41. Drownings
0.90
152
3.71
54
42. Malnutrition
0.87
105
8.21
37
43. Skin Disease
0.85
116
2.52
37
44. Asthma
0.64
151
17.13
28
45. Low Birth Weight
0.57
179
10.36
34
46. Violence
0.56
175
18.25
22
47. Fires
0.54
136
6.18
5
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.50
52
0.82
14
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.47
158
2.43
57
50. Anemia
0.45
28
0.00
79
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Norway NORWAY   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,321
15.60
1,632
8.41
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,464
13.09
164
0.85
3. Lung Disease
2,723
7.98
482
2.48
4. Stroke
2,475
7.26
1,588
8.18
5. Lung Cancers
2,320
6.80
45
0.23
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,797
5.27
1,674
8.63
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,787
5.24
28
0.14
8. Prostate Cancer
1,172
3.44
45
0.23
9. Falls
777
2.28
62
0.32
10. Pancreas Cancer
770
2.26
16
0.08
11. Breast Cancer
698
2.05
68
0.35
12. Lymphomas
646
1.89
77
0.40
13. Suicide
633
1.86
370
1.91
14. Kidney Disease
611
1.79
506
2.61
15. Other Injuries
583
1.71
216
1.11
16. Diabetes Mellitus
560
1.64
1,273
6.56
17. Parkinson's Disease
554
1.62
47
0.24
18. Skin Cancers
407
1.19
52
0.27
19. Endocrine Disorders
359
1.05
103
0.53
20. Bladder Cancer
356
1.04
6
0.03
21. Leukemia
354
1.04
13
0.07
22. Stomach Cancer
343
1.01
10
0.05
23. Other Neoplasms
324
0.95
9
0.05
24. Ovary Cancer
309
0.91
19
0.10
25. Drug Use
264
0.77
26
0.13
26. Liver Cancer
259
0.76
57
0.29
27. Oesophagus Cancer
248
0.73
103
0.53
28. Hypertension
230
0.67
471
2.43
29. Inflammatory/Heart
221
0.65
177
0.91
30. Liver Disease
214
0.63
459
2.37
31. Alcohol
205
0.60
31
0.16
32. Oral Cancer
168
0.49
70
0.36
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
160
0.47
90
0.46
34. Congenital Anomalies
136
0.40
287
1.48
35. Malnutrition
135
0.40
171
0.88
36. Uterin Cancer
134
0.39
9
0.05
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
128
0.38
527
2.72
38. Skin Disease
128
0.38
30
0.15
39. Cervical Cancer
125
0.37
164
0.85
40. Epilepsy
119
0.35
56
0.29
41. Multiple Sclerosis
119
0.35
3
0.02
42. Road Traffic Accidents
114
0.33
608
3.13
43. Asthma
85
0.25
232
1.20
44. Anemia
75
0.22
0
0.00
45. Drownings
65
0.19
83
0.43
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
61
0.18
37
0.19
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
60
0.18
11
0.06
48. Fires
45
0.13
108
0.56
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
32
0.09
0
0.00
50. Violence
32
0.09
389
2.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
3.39
153
2. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
13.09
119
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
2.09
181
4. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
8.55
170
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
1.33
159
6. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
2.44
164
7. Lymphomas
5.70
56
4.43
104
8. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
4.55
11
9. Leukemia
3.34
107
0.76
174
10. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
0.74
182
11. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
0.52
178
12. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
4.32
118
13. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
18.90
40
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
8.01
18
15. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
1.23
153
16. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
5.52
33
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.