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Pakistan
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 Pakistan and DR Congo 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.

DR Congo
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
Pakistan Population Pyramid
338,013,194
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%
DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
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
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   DR Congo DR CONGO
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
47.8
45.9
46.9
99
120
110
 
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
51.7
50.5
51.1
106
126
118
 
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
55.6
55.1
55.3
118
131
125
 
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
59.7
60.1
59.9
121
133
129
 
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
62.0
63.6
62.8
117
128
124
 
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
64.1
66.1
65.1
125
134
133
 
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
64.6
66.7
65.6
135
152
144
 
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   DR Congo DR CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
64.6
66.7
135
152
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age
64.6
66.7
135
152
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
69.5
71.1
129
149
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
69.8
71.4
130
150
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
70.0
71.6
130
151
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
70.3
71.9
128
151
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
70.8
72.3
127
151
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
71.3
72.7
124
153
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
71.8
73.2
123
154
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
72.4
73.8
123
154
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
73.2
74.5
124
157
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
74.1
75.3
124
158
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
75.3
76.4
125
158
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
76.8
77.8
120
160
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
78.7
79.5
116
157
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
80.9
81.5
118
155
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
83.5
83.9
115
149
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
86.4
86.7
114
140
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
89.7
90.0
103
132
89.4
90.0
139
137
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   DR Congo DR CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
193.56
30
108.48
92
2. Stroke
116.52
51
112.53
56
3. Lung Disease
77.79
8
44.15
23
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
65.76
19
55.99
28
5. Diabetes Mellitus
52.40
35
36.82
69
6. Kidney Disease
42.04
19
24.38
79
7. Liver Disease
38.05
29
36.25
41
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
37.37
72
117.32
16
9. Breast Cancer
25.28
26
15.42
112
10. Tuberculosis
23.21
49
79.20
9
11. Hypertension
20.05
82
50.51
14
12. Rheumatic Heart Disease
17.89
2
4.14
24
13. Low Birth Weight
17.20
2
11.44
22
14. Asthma
16.73
30
20.76
18
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.30
121
19.83
52
16. Road Traffic Accidents
15.18
95
39.80
25
17. Other Injuries
13.00
37
12.62
40
18. Oral Cancer
11.65
5
2.21
121
19. Birth Trauma
11.30
15
10.95
18
20. Suicide
9.77
73
12.41
45
21. Lung Cancers
7.37
120
3.48
152
22. Meningitis
6.99
40
11.11
32
23. Congenital Anomalies
6.64
62
7.74
35
24. Falls
6.29
80
8.41
41
25. Violence
6.16
78
16.45
27
26. Endocrine Disorders
6.05
52
10.69
18
27. Prostate Cancer
5.99
159
31.05
27
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.79
27
3.70
117
29. Maternal Conditions
5.74
45
16.42
13
30. Oesophagus Cancer
5.67
31
2.18
101
31. Cervical Cancer
5.56
119
22.64
30
32. Ovary Cancer
4.95
71
3.08
143
33. Lymphomas
4.73
89
4.48
101
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.53
64
5.00
58
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.71
171
9.05
87
36. Encephalitis
3.65
5
0.63
57
37. HIV/AIDS
3.61
84
19.43
44
38. Malnutrition
3.52
61
11.91
24
39. Liver Cancer
3.19
159
9.59
31
40. Stomach Cancer
2.97
157
6.55
82
41. Epilepsy
2.83
35
2.36
50
42. Leukemia
2.78
130
3.40
102
43. Bladder Cancer
2.19
82
0.78
167
44. Tetanus
2.15
7
0.88
30
45. Drownings
2.12
110
3.10
72
46. Pertussis
2.07
42
4.63
14
47. Fires
1.95
76
3.03
48
48. Uterin Cancer
1.80
121
1.91
111
49. Inflammatory/Heart
1.61
171
9.82
29
50. Alcohol
1.57
78
1.51
82
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
240,720
16.49
34,713
5.28
2. Stroke
141,432
9.69
36,596
5.56
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
104,383
7.15
41,301
6.28
4. Low Birth Weight
93,373
6.40
34,668
5.27
5. Lung Disease
86,968
5.96
13,527
2.06
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
83,483
5.72
73,546
11.18
7. Diabetes Mellitus
63,852
4.37
12,902
1.96
8. Birth Trauma
59,559
4.08
33,075
5.03
9. Kidney Disease
56,796
3.89
9,077
1.38
10. Liver Disease
54,835
3.76
15,044
2.29
11. Tuberculosis
42,103
2.88
43,759
6.65
12. Road Traffic Accidents
28,170
1.93
30,256
4.60
13. Other Injuries
27,010
1.85
8,272
1.26
14. Congenital Anomalies
26,320
1.80
16,256
2.47
15. Rheumatic Heart Disease
26,017
1.78
1,728
0.26
16. Hypertension
22,917
1.57
15,743
2.39
17. Asthma
20,750
1.42
7,733
1.18
18. Suicide
19,331
1.32
5,812
0.88
19. Meningitis
18,025
1.23
11,568
1.76
20. Breast Cancer
18,009
1.23
3,416
0.52
21. Oral Cancer
17,181
1.18
1,003
0.15
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
15,216
1.04
4,548
0.69
23. Violence
12,925
0.89
11,120
1.69
24. Maternal Conditions
12,392
0.85
10,513
1.60
25. Endocrine Disorders
11,439
0.78
7,380
1.12
26. Lung Cancers
9,688
0.66
1,158
0.18
27. Malnutrition
8,852
0.61
8,910
1.35
28. Falls
8,642
0.59
3,483
0.53
29. Oesophagus Cancer
7,866
0.54
790
0.12
30. Tetanus
7,541
0.52
1,166
0.18
31. Lymphomas
7,020
0.48
2,061
0.31
32. HIV/AIDS
6,797
0.47
13,286
2.02
33. Encephalitis
6,651
0.46
680
0.10
34. Pertussis
6,358
0.44
7,921
1.20
35. Parkinson's Disease
6,145
0.42
1,035
0.16
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5,450
0.37
1,923
0.29
37. Drownings
5,376
0.37
3,454
0.52
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5,279
0.36
2,966
0.45
39. Leukemia
5,254
0.36
1,871
0.28
40. Epilepsy
4,873
0.33
1,727
0.26
41. Liver Cancer
4,427
0.30
3,840
0.58
42. Fires
4,305
0.29
2,007
0.31
43. Stomach Cancer
4,044
0.28
2,579
0.39
44. Cervical Cancer
4,009
0.27
4,823
0.73
45. Prostate Cancer
3,559
0.24
3,948
0.60
46. Ovary Cancer
3,533
0.24
656
0.10
47. Poisonings
3,364
0.23
1,729
0.26
48. Bladder Cancer
2,727
0.19
270
0.04
49. Measles
2,579
0.18
42,254
6.42
50. Alcohol
2,520
0.17
635
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
25.28
26
15.42
112
2. Oral Cancer
11.65
5
2.21
121
3. Lung Cancers
7.37
120
3.48
152
4. Prostate Cancer
5.99
159
31.05
27
5. Oesophagus Cancer
5.67
31
2.18
101
6. Cervical Cancer
5.56
119
22.64
30
7. Ovary Cancer
4.95
71
3.08
143
8. Lymphomas
4.73
89
4.48
101
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.71
171
9.05
87
10. Liver Cancer
3.19
159
9.59
31
11. Stomach Cancer
2.97
157
6.55
82
12. Leukemia
2.78
130
3.40
102
13. Bladder Cancer
2.19
82
0.78
167
14. Uterin Cancer
1.80
121
1.91
111
15. Skin Cancers
1.16
132
2.16
74
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.79
172
2.92
114
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.