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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 ETHIOPIA

Compare Norway and Ethiopia 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.

Ethiopia
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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Ethiopia Population Pyramid
205,410,671
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Norway NORWAY   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
       
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
  
37.3
40.2
38.7
155
152
155
1970
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
  
41.5
44.5
43.0
155
152
153
1980
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
  
43.3
46.3
44.8
164
160
161
1990
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
  
46.1
49.1
47.5
168
168
168
2000
75.7
81.3
78.5
12
10
12
  
49.3
53.1
51.2
162
156
160
2010
78.8
83.1
81.0
12
13
12
  
60.1
63.6
61.8
144
144
146
2019
81.1
84.1
82.6
5
14
10
  
66.9
70.5
68.7
126
130
128
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.1
84.1
5
14
66.9
70.5
126
130
Age
81.1
84.1
5
14
66.9
70.5
126
130
Age 5
81.3
84.3
5
16
70.8
73.8
112
127
Age 10
81.3
84.3
5
16
71.2
74.2
108
125
Age 15
81.4
84.4
5
16
71.5
74.4
105
124
Age 20
81.4
84.4
5
16
71.9
74.7
103
124
Age 25
81.5
84.5
5
16
72.2
74.9
103
123
Age 30
81.7
84.5
4
17
72.6
75.2
103
123
Age 35
81.9
84.6
6
16
73.1
75.6
103
122
Age 40
82.0
84.7
6
18
73.6
76.1
102
121
Age 45
82.2
84.8
7
18
74.2
76.7
102
121
Age 50
82.5
85.0
8
18
75.1
77.5
102
116
Age 55
82.9
85.3
10
21
76.1
78.4
101
115
Age 60
83.5
85.8
11
22
77.4
79.4
101
112
Age 65
84.2
86.3
13
24
79.1
80.7
105
110
Age 70
85.3
87.1
13
25
81.2
82.4
108
111
Age 75
86.6
88.1
19
28
83.6
84.5
107
106
Age 80
88.3
89.4
28
28
86.5
87.2
105
101
Age 85
90.5
91.2
51
49
89.8
90.4
94
91
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.10
172
78.39
134
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
28.94
12
21.74
30
3. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
4.05
145
4. Lung Disease
21.82
92
25.66
75
5. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
6.02
158
6. Stroke
18.16
178
83.71
90
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
6.59
127
8. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
26.35
21
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.78
150
79.86
42
10. Suicide
9.91
71
9.45
80
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
0.83
170
12. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
7.86
9
13. Lymphomas
5.70
56
5.49
64
14. Falls
5.70
88
8.65
38
15. Diabetes Mellitus
4.85
170
33.58
80
16. Other Injuries
4.72
137
14.07
29
17. Drug Use
4.45
11
0.71
140
18. Kidney Disease
4.28
175
24.20
81
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.23
84
3.68
119
20. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
1.82
97
21. Leukemia
3.34
107
6.06
6
22. Endocrine Disorders
3.19
105
2.30
141
23. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
2.77
163
24. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
2.06
92
25. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
3.00
167
26. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
16.48
49
27. Other Neoplasms
2.47
43
0.30
139
28. Congenital Anomalies
2.44
169
6.38
73
29. Liver Disease
2.41
179
50.31
11
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
3.35
59
31. Alcohol
2.35
51
1.38
91
32. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
1.54
136
33. Inflammatory/Heart
2.10
162
3.59
120
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.76
179
42.41
19
35. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
2.58
101
36. Hypertension
1.54
181
29.73
46
37. Epilepsy
1.48
100
2.02
65
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.30
139
3.22
83
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.29
2
0.11
152
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.92
138
63.15
22
41. Drownings
0.90
152
2.44
90
42. Malnutrition
0.87
105
11.17
26
43. Skin Disease
0.85
116
1.67
88
44. Asthma
0.64
151
8.13
71
45. Low Birth Weight
0.57
179
9.52
37
46. Violence
0.56
175
8.85
58
47. Fires
0.54
136
3.73
33
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.50
52
0.47
59
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.47
158
2.22
60
50. Anemia
0.45
28
0.00
100
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Norway NORWAY   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,321
15.60
36,530
6.48
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,464
13.09
8,258
1.46
3. Lung Disease
2,723
7.98
11,870
2.11
4. Stroke
2,475
7.26
39,362
6.98
5. Lung Cancers
2,320
6.80
2,202
0.39
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,797
5.27
59,931
10.63
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,787
5.24
3,755
0.67
8. Prostate Cancer
1,172
3.44
1,244
0.22
9. Falls
777
2.28
4,510
0.80
10. Pancreas Cancer
770
2.26
488
0.09
11. Breast Cancer
698
2.05
8,485
1.51
12. Lymphomas
646
1.89
3,590
0.64
13. Suicide
633
1.86
6,030
1.07
14. Kidney Disease
611
1.79
12,103
2.15
15. Other Injuries
583
1.71
11,735
2.08
16. Diabetes Mellitus
560
1.64
16,258
2.88
17. Parkinson's Disease
554
1.62
1,578
0.28
18. Skin Cancers
407
1.19
1,006
0.18
19. Endocrine Disorders
359
1.05
1,623
0.29
20. Bladder Cancer
356
1.04
1,080
0.19
21. Leukemia
354
1.04
4,222
0.75
22. Stomach Cancer
343
1.01
1,519
0.27
23. Other Neoplasms
324
0.95
148
0.03
24. Ovary Cancer
309
0.91
2,424
0.43
25. Drug Use
264
0.77
513
0.09
26. Liver Cancer
259
0.76
1,730
0.31
27. Oesophagus Cancer
248
0.73
1,839
0.33
28. Hypertension
230
0.67
13,470
2.39
29. Inflammatory/Heart
221
0.65
2,168
0.38
30. Liver Disease
214
0.63
27,270
4.84
31. Alcohol
205
0.60
750
0.13
32. Oral Cancer
168
0.49
1,477
0.26
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
160
0.47
1,758
0.31
34. Congenital Anomalies
136
0.40
15,638
2.77
35. Malnutrition
135
0.40
8,643
1.53
36. Uterin Cancer
134
0.39
421
0.07
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
128
0.38
44,361
7.87
38. Skin Disease
128
0.38
904
0.16
39. Cervical Cancer
125
0.37
5,019
0.89
40. Epilepsy
119
0.35
1,625
0.29
41. Multiple Sclerosis
119
0.35
61
0.01
42. Road Traffic Accidents
114
0.33
31,564
5.60
43. Asthma
85
0.25
4,484
0.80
44. Anemia
75
0.22
0
0.00
45. Drownings
65
0.19
3,133
0.56
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
61
0.18
1,339
0.24
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
60
0.18
221
0.04
48. Fires
45
0.13
3,255
0.58
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
32
0.09
0
0.00
50. Violence
32
0.09
8,076
1.43
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
4.05
145
2. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
6.02
158
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
6.59
127
4. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
26.35
21
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
0.83
170
6. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
7.86
9
7. Lymphomas
5.70
56
5.49
64
8. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
1.82
97
9. Leukemia
3.34
107
6.06
6
10. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
2.77
163
11. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
2.06
92
12. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
3.00
167
13. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
16.48
49
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
3.35
59
15. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
1.54
136
16. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
2.58
101
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.