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Romania
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
ROMANIA VS NIGERIA

Compare Romania 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
Romania Population Pyramid
16,259,784
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Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Romania ROMANIA   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
63.8
67.3
65.5
36
41
38
  
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
66.3
70.8
68.5
32
44
40
  
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
66.5
71.8
69.1
44
58
53
  
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
66.6
73.1
69.7
67
71
69
  
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
67.2
74.3
70.7
91
78
86
  
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
69.7
77.2
73.4
91
66
81
  
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
72.0
79.3
75.6
80
57
73
  
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.0
79.3
80
57
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
72.0
79.3
80
57
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
72.5
79.7
86
66
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
72.5
79.8
86
66
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
72.6
79.8
86
66
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
72.8
79.9
89
67
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
72.9
80.0
93
67
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
73.2
80.1
98
66
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
73.4
80.2
99
66
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
73.7
80.4
100
67
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
74.3
80.7
100
67
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
75.0
81.1
103
68
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
76.2
81.6
99
66
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
77.8
82.4
90
67
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
79.8
83.4
83
64
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
81.9
84.5
81
66
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
84.3
86.0
76
70
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
87.0
88.0
72
76
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
90.2
90.6
63
72
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
153.78
46
100.91
107
2. Stroke
104.36
65
88.68
86
3. Lung Cancers
28.30
18
1.37
178
4. Liver Disease
27.34
66
41.99
21
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.33
96
98.12
28
6. Hypertension
22.29
71
16.07
103
7. Breast Cancer
18.79
68
20.56
47
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.21
11
4.32
157
9. Lung Disease
16.92
127
20.77
99
10. Prostate Cancer
13.75
114
20.40
63
11. Kidney Disease
11.95
136
23.87
88
12. Inflammatory/Heart
11.38
22
5.49
76
13. Cervical Cancer
10.84
78
21.11
35
14. Stomach Cancer
9.06
51
2.52
169
15. Road Traffic Accidents
8.54
130
27.25
54
16. Liver Cancer
8.33
45
6.19
71
17. Other Injuries
7.73
89
10.98
56
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.73
27
2.64
126
19. Suicide
7.33
109
6.87
117
20. Oral Cancer
7.10
16
2.44
107
21. Ovary Cancer
5.74
40
3.90
112
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.41
165
19.45
59
23. Diabetes Mellitus
5.39
167
33.50
82
24. Falls
4.62
110
8.54
40
25. Bladder Cancer
4.06
23
0.81
166
26. Lymphomas
4.00
119
5.96
45
27. Leukemia
3.90
75
2.06
151
28. Tuberculosis
3.59
93
99.13
6
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.78
161
11.22
5
30. Skin Cancers
2.60
48
2.29
62
31. Drownings
2.55
88
2.17
107
32. Uterin Cancer
2.44
86
1.60
132
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
98
0.75
171
34. Low Birth Weight
2.13
144
14.70
5
35. Parkinson's Disease
1.50
167
5.60
29
36. Alcohol
1.46
85
1.16
106
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.42
136
7.03
31
38. Fires
1.33
97
3.44
37
39. Poisonings
1.32
63
2.82
22
40. Epilepsy
1.31
113
3.25
23
41. HIV/AIDS
1.22
114
26.81
36
42. Drug Use
1.21
90
5.81
5
43. Violence
1.08
152
11.97
42
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.06
113
2.05
69
45. Other Neoplasms
0.76
65
0.50
88
46. Endocrine Disorders
0.60
181
7.01
35
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.54
160
78.99
13
48. Asthma
0.52
160
10.71
58
49. Malnutrition
0.37
120
2.36
83
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.27
21
0.00
142
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Romania ROMANIA   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
71,810
30.78
61,374
4.14
2. Stroke
49,707
21.31
57,744
3.90
3. Hypertension
11,007
4.72
10,692
0.72
4. Lung Cancers
10,113
4.33
1,295
0.09
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,357
4.01
207,281
14.00
6. Liver Disease
8,920
3.82
38,326
2.59
7. Lung Disease
7,359
3.15
12,569
0.85
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6,835
2.93
4,152
0.28
9. Kidney Disease
5,175
2.22
18,189
1.23
10. Inflammatory/Heart
4,433
1.90
4,826
0.33
11. Breast Cancer
3,851
1.65
11,884
0.80
12. Stomach Cancer
3,457
1.48
2,129
0.14
13. Liver Cancer
3,114
1.33
5,289
0.36
14. Pancreas Cancer
2,935
1.26
1,975
0.13
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,839
1.22
6,786
0.46
16. Prostate Cancer
2,449
1.05
5,914
0.40
17. Oral Cancer
2,290
0.98
2,238
0.15
18. Diabetes Mellitus
2,230
0.96
22,497
1.52
19. Other Injuries
2,139
0.92
22,696
1.53
20. Road Traffic Accidents
1,992
0.85
41,693
2.82
21. Suicide
1,886
0.81
7,019
0.47
22. Cervical Cancer
1,870
0.80
10,574
0.71
23. Bladder Cancer
1,715
0.74
670
0.05
24. Falls
1,504
0.64
7,528
0.51
25. Lymphomas
1,385
0.59
5,202
0.35
26. Leukemia
1,342
0.58
2,257
0.15
27. Ovary Cancer
1,109
0.48
2,133
0.14
28. Tuberculosis
1,015
0.44
127,335
8.60
29. Skin Cancers
1,003
0.43
1,933
0.13
30. Oesophagus Cancer
755
0.32
560
0.04
31. Parkinson's Disease
741
0.32
2,473
0.17
32. Drownings
596
0.26
6,584
0.44
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
531
0.23
5,846
0.39
34. Uterin Cancer
522
0.22
679
0.05
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
440
0.19
1,946
0.13
36. Fires
421
0.18
7,132
0.48
37. Alcohol
409
0.18
1,031
0.07
38. Congenital Anomalies
367
0.16
49,696
3.36
39. Poisonings
366
0.16
6,570
0.44
40. Drug Use
346
0.15
6,273
0.42
41. Low Birth Weight
317
0.14
95,959
6.48
42. Epilepsy
314
0.13
5,001
0.34
43. Other Neoplasms
289
0.12
290
0.02
44. Violence
255
0.11
18,407
1.24
45. Asthma
225
0.10
8,192
0.55
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
223
0.10
144,724
9.77
47. HIV/AIDS
219
0.09
44,124
2.98
48. Endocrine Disorders
193
0.08
15,799
1.07
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
143
0.06
0
0.00
50. Malnutrition
142
0.06
5,896
0.40
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.30
18
1.37
178
2. Breast Cancer
18.79
68
20.56
47
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.21
11
4.32
157
4. Prostate Cancer
13.75
114
20.40
63
5. Cervical Cancer
10.84
78
21.11
35
6. Stomach Cancer
9.06
51
2.52
169
7. Liver Cancer
8.33
45
6.19
71
8. Pancreas Cancer
7.73
27
2.64
126
9. Oral Cancer
7.10
16
2.44
107
10. Ovary Cancer
5.74
40
3.90
112
11. Bladder Cancer
4.06
23
0.81
166
12. Lymphomas
4.00
119
5.96
45
13. Leukemia
3.90
75
2.06
151
14. Skin Cancers
2.60
48
2.29
62
15. Uterin Cancer
2.44
86
1.60
132
16. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
98
0.75
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.