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Pakistan
COUNTRY #1
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PAKISTAN VS SRI LANKA

Compare Pakistan and Sri Lanka 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.

Sri Lanka
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
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Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
21,813,964
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
       
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
  
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
1970
51.7
50.5
51.1
106
126
118
  
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
1980
55.6
55.1
55.3
118
131
125
  
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
1990
59.7
60.1
59.9
121
133
129
  
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
2000
62.0
63.6
62.8
117
128
124
  
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
2010
64.1
66.1
65.1
125
134
133
  
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
2019
64.6
66.7
65.6
135
152
144
  
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
64.6
66.7
135
152
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age
64.6
66.7
135
152
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age 5
69.5
71.1
129
149
74.4
80.3
64
53
Age 10
69.8
71.4
130
150
74.4
80.4
65
53
Age 15
70.0
71.6
130
151
74.5
80.4
65
54
Age 20
70.3
71.9
128
151
74.7
80.6
64
54
Age 25
70.8
72.3
127
151
75.1
80.7
67
54
Age 30
71.3
72.7
124
153
75.3
80.9
68
54
Age 35
71.8
73.2
123
154
75.6
81.0
71
55
Age 40
72.4
73.8
123
154
75.8
81.1
74
55
Age 45
73.2
74.5
124
157
76.2
81.4
77
56
Age 50
74.1
75.3
124
158
76.7
81.6
76
57
Age 55
75.3
76.4
125
158
77.6
82.1
79
59
Age 60
76.8
77.8
120
160
78.6
82.6
79
60
Age 65
78.7
79.5
116
157
80.1
83.4
79
66
Age 70
80.9
81.5
118
155
81.5
84.2
93
73
Age 75
83.5
83.9
115
149
83.8
85.8
96
76
Age 80
86.4
86.7
114
140
87.0
88.3
74
62
Age 85
89.7
90.0
103
132
90.8
91.2
35
44
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
193.56
30
101.31
106
2. Stroke
116.52
51
26.55
154
3. Lung Disease
77.79
8
36.99
33
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
65.76
19
2.47
100
5. Diabetes Mellitus
52.40
35
47.34
45
6. Kidney Disease
42.04
19
26.23
72
7. Liver Disease
38.05
29
4.96
160
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
37.37
72
20.42
113
9. Breast Cancer
25.28
26
9.49
165
10. Tuberculosis
23.21
49
3.45
95
11. Hypertension
20.05
82
4.08
161
12. Rheumatic Heart Disease
17.89
2
0.20
178
13. Low Birth Weight
17.20
2
2.13
145
14. Asthma
16.73
30
25.43
10
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.30
121
27.62
14
16. Road Traffic Accidents
15.18
95
18.07
82
17. Other Injuries
13.00
37
6.41
112
18. Oral Cancer
11.65
5
10.87
7
19. Birth Trauma
11.30
15
0.78
135
20. Suicide
9.77
73
12.89
42
21. Lung Cancers
7.37
120
6.56
126
22. Meningitis
6.99
40
0.59
106
23. Congenital Anomalies
6.64
62
4.53
125
24. Falls
6.29
80
3.85
129
25. Violence
6.16
78
2.36
122
26. Endocrine Disorders
6.05
52
1.82
154
27. Prostate Cancer
5.99
159
4.61
165
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.79
27
0.65
181
29. Maternal Conditions
5.74
45
0.50
110
30. Oesophagus Cancer
5.67
31
5.72
30
31. Cervical Cancer
5.56
119
5.15
125
32. Ovary Cancer
4.95
71
1.93
174
33. Lymphomas
4.73
89
3.88
126
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.53
64
0.15
183
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.71
171
3.43
175
36. Encephalitis
3.65
5
0.05
138
37. HIV/AIDS
3.61
84
0.18
147
38. Malnutrition
3.52
61
0.18
142
39. Liver Cancer
3.19
159
4.05
128
40. Stomach Cancer
2.97
157
4.94
107
41. Epilepsy
2.83
35
1.14
127
42. Leukemia
2.78
130
4.61
35
43. Bladder Cancer
2.19
82
1.63
117
44. Tetanus
2.15
7
0.11
80
45. Drownings
2.12
110
3.24
68
46. Pertussis
2.07
42
0.08
108
47. Fires
1.95
76
1.04
112
48. Uterin Cancer
1.80
121
1.40
144
49. Inflammatory/Heart
1.61
171
1.83
165
50. Alcohol
1.57
78
0.33
159
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
240,720
16.49
26,304
22.66
2. Stroke
141,432
9.69
6,805
5.86
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
104,383
7.15
605
0.52
4. Low Birth Weight
93,373
6.40
536
0.46
5. Lung Disease
86,968
5.96
9,456
8.15
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
83,483
5.72
5,117
4.41
7. Diabetes Mellitus
63,852
4.37
12,460
10.73
8. Birth Trauma
59,559
4.08
193
0.17
9. Kidney Disease
56,796
3.89
6,858
5.91
10. Liver Disease
54,835
3.76
1,303
1.12
11. Tuberculosis
42,103
2.88
769
0.66
12. Road Traffic Accidents
28,170
1.93
4,200
3.62
13. Other Injuries
27,010
1.85
1,529
1.32
14. Congenital Anomalies
26,320
1.80
989
0.85
15. Rheumatic Heart Disease
26,017
1.78
49
0.04
16. Hypertension
22,917
1.57
1,055
0.91
17. Asthma
20,750
1.42
6,471
5.57
18. Suicide
19,331
1.32
2,977
2.56
19. Meningitis
18,025
1.23
146
0.13
20. Breast Cancer
18,009
1.23
1,383
1.19
21. Oral Cancer
17,181
1.18
2,893
2.49
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
15,216
1.04
6,939
5.98
23. Violence
12,925
0.89
499
0.43
24. Maternal Conditions
12,392
0.85
96
0.08
25. Endocrine Disorders
11,439
0.78
462
0.40
26. Lung Cancers
9,688
0.66
1,775
1.53
27. Malnutrition
8,852
0.61
43
0.04
28. Falls
8,642
0.59
964
0.83
29. Oesophagus Cancer
7,866
0.54
1,544
1.33
30. Tetanus
7,541
0.52
27
0.02
31. Lymphomas
7,020
0.48
1,027
0.88
32. HIV/AIDS
6,797
0.47
39
0.03
33. Encephalitis
6,651
0.46
10
0.01
34. Pertussis
6,358
0.44
15
0.01
35. Parkinson's Disease
6,145
0.42
168
0.14
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5,450
0.37
38
0.03
37. Drownings
5,376
0.37
731
0.63
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5,279
0.36
911
0.78
39. Leukemia
5,254
0.36
1,155
0.99
40. Epilepsy
4,873
0.33
269
0.23
41. Liver Cancer
4,427
0.30
1,090
0.94
42. Fires
4,305
0.29
239
0.21
43. Stomach Cancer
4,044
0.28
1,321
1.14
44. Cervical Cancer
4,009
0.27
762
0.66
45. Prostate Cancer
3,559
0.24
507
0.44
46. Ovary Cancer
3,533
0.24
281
0.24
47. Poisonings
3,364
0.23
93
0.08
48. Bladder Cancer
2,727
0.19
432
0.37
49. Measles
2,579
0.18
0
0.00
50. Alcohol
2,520
0.17
82
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
25.28
26
9.49
165
2. Oral Cancer
11.65
5
10.87
7
3. Lung Cancers
7.37
120
6.56
126
4. Prostate Cancer
5.99
159
4.61
165
5. Oesophagus Cancer
5.67
31
5.72
30
6. Cervical Cancer
5.56
119
5.15
125
7. Ovary Cancer
4.95
71
1.93
174
8. Lymphomas
4.73
89
3.88
126
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.71
171
3.43
175
10. Liver Cancer
3.19
159
4.05
128
11. Stomach Cancer
2.97
157
4.94
107
12. Leukemia
2.78
130
4.61
35
13. Bladder Cancer
2.19
82
1.63
117
14. Uterin Cancer
1.80
121
1.40
144
15. Skin Cancers
1.16
132
0.22
174
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.79
172
0.80
171
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.