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Portugal
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 Portugal and Afghanistan 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.

Afghanistan
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
Portugal Population Pyramid
9,084,579
Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
60.7
66.3
63.4
52
43
48
 
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
64.2
70.8
67.4
51
43
45
 
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
67.9
75.1
71.4
36
29
30
 
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
70.2
77.3
73.7
38
27
33
 
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
73.1
80.1
76.6
34
24
29
 
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
76.4
82.6
79.6
27
23
25
 
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
78.6
84.4
81.6
30
11
23
 
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
84.4
30
11
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
78.6
84.4
30
11
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
78.9
84.7
31
11
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
78.9
84.7
31
11
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
78.9
84.7
31
11
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
79.0
84.8
31
11
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
79.1
84.8
32
11
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
79.3
84.9
35
11
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
79.4
85.0
35
11
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
79.6
85.1
36
11
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
79.9
85.3
36
11
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
80.4
85.5
35
12
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
81.2
85.9
32
12
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
82.1
86.3
31
13
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
83.3
86.8
32
13
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
84.6
87.5
33
13
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
86.2
88.4
35
16
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
88.1
89.7
41
19
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
90.5
91.5
54
29
89.2
89.1
156
171
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
39.25
174
301.71
6
2. Stroke
34.68
145
149.10
25
3. Lung Cancers
19.20
56
6.90
122
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.35
122
49.80
62
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.21
101
22.34
26
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.03
20
4.09
169
7. Prostate Cancer
15.78
92
4.49
167
8. Breast Cancer
15.15
114
20.24
48
9. Lung Disease
11.66
160
37.01
32
10. Diabetes Mellitus
10.79
142
40.94
58
11. Stomach Cancer
9.99
46
10.39
42
12. Kidney Disease
7.45
155
46.10
15
13. Suicide
7.22
111
5.96
129
14. Other Injuries
6.75
101
13.02
36
15. Pancreas Cancer
6.50
49
1.54
153
16. Lymphomas
6.20
36
4.32
108
17. Liver Disease
6.03
158
27.20
67
18. Road Traffic Accidents
5.99
149
19.81
76
19. Liver Cancer
5.44
91
4.22
119
20. Endocrine Disorders
5.21
61
4.30
80
21. Oral Cancer
4.60
45
8.18
9
22. Hypertension
4.55
159
65.86
4
23. Leukemia
4.09
65
1.95
154
24. Bladder Cancer
3.88
27
1.95
98
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.66
118
3.32
130
26. Falls
3.52
137
5.13
99
27. Ovary Cancer
3.17
140
4.07
106
28. Parkinson's Disease
3.02
144
5.98
24
29. Cervical Cancer
2.95
149
5.73
117
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2.93
75
8.78
13
31. Uterin Cancer
2.58
76
3.66
32
32. Congenital Anomalies
2.39
170
6.42
70
33. HIV/AIDS
2.21
102
1.72
110
34. Other Neoplasms
2.12
50
0.20
166
35. Skin Cancers
1.88
92
1.03
138
36. Epilepsy
1.63
90
2.70
37
37. Low Birth Weight
1.51
156
12.07
17
38. Tuberculosis
0.83
132
41.14
24
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.78
160
10.64
9
40. Violence
0.76
164
9.87
52
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.66
153
9.72
68
42. Drug Use
0.64
147
1.36
77
43. Skin Disease
0.61
132
0.77
121
44. Alcohol
0.60
138
0.68
133
45. Drownings
0.60
166
2.78
78
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
145
5.86
17
47. Fires
0.56
135
1.60
89
48. Hepatitis C
0.49
20
0.16
69
49. Asthma
0.49
162
24.23
13
50. Birth Trauma
0.41
159
10.16
24
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
12,878
14.14
40,195
17.35
2. Stroke
12,339
13.55
19,060
8.23
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
7,191
7.89
1,765
0.76
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,851
7.52
14,649
6.32
5. Lung Cancers
4,406
4.84
1,076
0.46
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,389
4.82
741
0.32
7. Lung Disease
4,286
4.71
4,650
2.01
8. Diabetes Mellitus
3,601
3.95
5,750
2.48
9. Kidney Disease
2,803
3.08
6,590
2.85
10. Stomach Cancer
2,532
2.78
1,501
0.65
11. Prostate Cancer
2,124
2.33
258
0.11
12. Breast Cancer
1,997
2.19
1,822
0.79
13. Other Injuries
1,937
2.13
3,241
1.40
14. Hypertension
1,880
2.06
7,995
3.45
15. Pancreas Cancer
1,669
1.83
229
0.10
16. Lymphomas
1,608
1.77
946
0.41
17. Endocrine Disorders
1,547
1.70
1,364
0.59
18. Liver Cancer
1,270
1.39
657
0.28
19. Suicide
1,172
1.29
1,573
0.68
20. Bladder Cancer
1,171
1.29
272
0.12
21. Parkinson's Disease
1,139
1.25
628
0.27
22. Liver Disease
1,126
1.24
4,600
1.99
23. Falls
1,033
1.13
905
0.39
24. Leukemia
1,015
1.11
610
0.26
25. Oral Cancer
912
1.00
1,467
0.63
26. Inflammatory/Heart
909
1.00
527
0.23
27. Road Traffic Accidents
838
0.92
6,033
2.60
28. Other Neoplasms
652
0.72
29
0.01
29. Oesophagus Cancer
623
0.68
1,314
0.57
30. Skin Cancers
523
0.57
145
0.06
31. Epilepsy
415
0.46
993
0.43
32. Uterin Cancer
406
0.45
289
0.12
33. Ovary Cancer
397
0.44
369
0.16
34. Cervical Cancer
329
0.36
541
0.23
35. HIV/AIDS
320
0.35
464
0.20
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
231
0.25
5,555
2.40
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
229
0.25
1,505
0.65
38. Tuberculosis
213
0.23
9,839
4.25
39. Skin Disease
202
0.22
94
0.04
40. Congenital Anomalies
196
0.22
5,001
2.16
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
169
0.19
1,041
0.45
42. Anemia
151
0.17
0
0.00
43. Asthma
146
0.16
3,403
1.47
44. Drug Use
128
0.14
328
0.14
45. Alcohol
111
0.12
150
0.06
46. Fires
108
0.12
348
0.15
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
99
0.11
25
0.01
48. Violence
96
0.11
3,217
1.39
49. Hepatitis C
87
0.10
28
0.01
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
82
0.09
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
19.20
56
6.90
122
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.03
20
4.09
169
3. Prostate Cancer
15.78
92
4.49
167
4. Breast Cancer
15.15
114
20.24
48
5. Stomach Cancer
9.99
46
10.39
42
6. Pancreas Cancer
6.50
49
1.54
153
7. Lymphomas
6.20
36
4.32
108
8. Liver Cancer
5.44
91
4.22
119
9. Oral Cancer
4.60
45
8.18
9
10. Leukemia
4.09
65
1.95
154
11. Bladder Cancer
3.88
27
1.95
98
12. Ovary Cancer
3.17
140
4.07
106
13. Cervical Cancer
2.95
149
5.73
117
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.93
75
8.78
13
15. Uterin Cancer
2.58
76
3.66
32
16. Skin Cancers
1.88
92
1.03
138
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.