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Qatar
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 Qatar and Nigeria 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.

Nigeria
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
Qatar Population Pyramid
3,851,121
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%
Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
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
  Qatar QATAR   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Qatar QATAR   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
51.9
55.0
53.4
83
84
83
 
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
59.3
63.0
61.1
75
76
77
 
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
64.7
68.9
66.7
62
74
71
 
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
67.7
72.3
70.0
56
77
64
 
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
75.3
77.8
76.2
17
39
31
 
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
76.4
79.2
77.3
28
41
34
 
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
78.0
76.6
77.2
34
93
50
 
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Qatar QATAR   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.0
76.6
34
93
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
78.0
76.6
34
93
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
78.6
77.1
34
96
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
78.6
77.1
34
97
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
78.7
77.2
34
97
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
78.9
77.2
34
97
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
79.1
77.3
34
100
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
79.2
77.4
36
101
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
79.3
77.4
36
103
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
79.5
77.5
39
105
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
79.7
77.6
39
107
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
79.9
77.8
40
113
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
80.2
78.0
42
124
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
80.6
78.4
42
147
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
81.2
79.1
61
168
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
82.1
80.1
73
178
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
83.6
81.6
111
183
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
85.5
83.5
166
183
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
88.3
87.5
179
181
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Qatar QATAR   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
227.64
22
100.91
107
2. Diabetes Mellitus
112.65
7
33.50
82
3. Stroke
51.69
126
88.68
86
4. Kidney Disease
43.20
18
23.87
88
5. Liver Disease
27.39
65
41.99
21
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
23.53
102
98.12
28
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.69
22
19.45
59
8. Lung Disease
16.88
128
20.77
99
9. Breast Cancer
15.02
117
20.56
47
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
67
4.32
157
11. Lung Cancers
10.46
101
1.37
178
12. Road Traffic Accidents
8.79
128
27.25
54
13. Parkinson's Disease
8.66
4
5.60
29
14. Prostate Cancer
6.20
153
20.40
63
15. Hypertension
6.19
152
16.07
103
16. Falls
6.19
81
8.54
40
17. Ovary Cancer
5.90
36
3.90
112
18. Stomach Cancer
5.12
104
2.52
169
19. Other Injuries
5.08
131
10.98
56
20. Skin Disease
4.68
17
1.64
90
21. Suicide
4.66
145
6.87
117
22. Endocrine Disorders
4.61
72
7.01
35
23. Liver Cancer
4.56
113
6.19
71
24. Lymphomas
4.10
116
5.96
45
25. Bladder Cancer
4.03
25
0.81
166
26. Congenital Anomalies
3.81
138
11.22
5
27. Leukemia
3.39
104
2.06
151
28. Pancreas Cancer
3.34
102
2.64
126
29. Inflammatory/Heart
3.34
129
5.49
76
30. Cervical Cancer
3.25
143
21.11
35
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.64
85
0.75
171
32. Low Birth Weight
2.36
139
14.70
5
33. Uterin Cancer
2.32
90
1.60
132
34. Oral Cancer
2.20
122
2.44
107
35. Fires
2.19
70
3.44
37
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.89
118
7.03
31
37. Drownings
1.56
126
2.17
107
38. Asthma
1.41
122
10.71
58
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.01
118
2.05
69
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.98
136
78.99
13
41. Drug Use
0.80
131
5.81
5
42. Meningitis
0.79
90
17.54
9
43. Violence
0.68
169
11.97
42
44. Birth Trauma
0.66
139
15.51
2
45. Epilepsy
0.57
172
3.25
23
46. Skin Cancers
0.55
159
2.29
62
47. Other Neoplasms
0.38
108
0.50
88
48. Encephalitis
0.33
104
0.51
76
49. Poisonings
0.27
129
2.82
22
50. Alcohol
0.25
166
1.16
106
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Qatar QATAR   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
1,082
26.54
61,374
4.14
2. Diabetes Mellitus
459
11.26
22,497
1.52
3. Stroke
255
6.25
57,744
3.90
4. Road Traffic Accidents
206
5.05
41,693
2.82
5. Liver Disease
202
4.95
38,326
2.59
6. Kidney Disease
179
4.39
18,189
1.23
7. Suicide
165
4.05
7,019
0.47
8. Falls
129
3.16
7,528
0.51
9. Other Injuries
115
2.82
22,696
1.53
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
108
2.65
207,281
14.00
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
83
2.04
4,152
0.28
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
75
1.84
6,786
0.46
13. Lung Cancers
73
1.79
1,295
0.09
14. Congenital Anomalies
70
1.72
49,696
3.36
15. Lung Disease
68
1.67
12,569
0.85
16. Leukemia
57
1.40
2,257
0.15
17. Breast Cancer
53
1.30
11,884
0.80
18. Lymphomas
48
1.18
5,202
0.35
19. Drownings
45
1.10
6,584
0.44
20. Low Birth Weight
45
1.10
95,959
6.48
21. Liver Cancer
44
1.08
5,289
0.36
22. Fires
42
1.03
7,132
0.48
23. Stomach Cancer
42
1.03
2,129
0.14
24. Endocrine Disorders
39
0.96
15,799
1.07
25. Inflammatory/Heart
32
0.78
4,826
0.33
26. Parkinson's Disease
28
0.69
2,473
0.17
27. Bladder Cancer
27
0.66
670
0.05
28. Hypertension
26
0.64
10,692
0.72
29. Oral Cancer
25
0.61
2,238
0.15
30. Pancreas Cancer
25
0.61
1,975
0.13
31. Prostate Cancer
18
0.44
5,914
0.40
32. Ovary Cancer
17
0.42
2,133
0.14
33. Skin Disease
16
0.39
1,468
0.10
34. Violence
14
0.34
18,407
1.24
35. Epilepsy
13
0.32
5,001
0.34
36. Birth Trauma
13
0.32
100,186
6.76
37. Oesophagus Cancer
13
0.32
560
0.04
38. Cervical Cancer
13
0.32
10,574
0.71
39. Drug Use
12
0.29
6,273
0.42
40. Asthma
10
0.25
8,192
0.55
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
10
0.25
144,724
9.77
42. Poisonings
9
0.22
6,570
0.44
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8
0.20
1,946
0.13
44. Tuberculosis
8
0.20
127,335
8.60
45. Skin Cancers
8
0.20
1,933
0.13
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.17
5,846
0.39
47. Alcohol
7
0.17
1,031
0.07
48. Meningitis
7
0.17
43,651
2.95
49. Uterin Cancer
6
0.15
679
0.05
50. Encephalitis
5
0.12
937
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Qatar QATAR   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
15.02
117
20.56
47
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
67
4.32
157
3. Lung Cancers
10.46
101
1.37
178
4. Prostate Cancer
6.20
153
20.40
63
5. Ovary Cancer
5.90
36
3.90
112
6. Stomach Cancer
5.12
104
2.52
169
7. Liver Cancer
4.56
113
6.19
71
8. Lymphomas
4.10
116
5.96
45
9. Bladder Cancer
4.03
25
0.81
166
10. Leukemia
3.39
104
2.06
151
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.34
102
2.64
126
12. Cervical Cancer
3.25
143
21.11
35
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.64
85
0.75
171
14. Uterin Cancer
2.32
90
1.60
132
15. Oral Cancer
2.20
122
2.44
107
16. Skin Cancers
0.55
159
2.29
62
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.