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Somalia
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
SOMALIA VS MALAWI

Compare Somalia and Malawi 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.

Malawi
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
Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
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Malawi Population Pyramid
38,142,971
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Somalia SOMALIA   Malawi MALAWI
  Somalia SOMALIA   Malawi MALAWI
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
  
37.4
38.5
37.9
153
155
157
1970
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
  
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
1980
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
  
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
1990
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
  
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
2000
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
  
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
2010
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
  
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
2019
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
  
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Somalia SOMALIA   Malawi MALAWI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
54.0
59.2
180
181
62.3
68.9
153
138
Age
54.0
59.2
180
181
62.3
68.9
153
138
Age 5
61.4
66.4
177
178
65.3
71.6
165
142
Age 10
62.3
67.4
176
177
65.8
72.1
165
143
Age 15
62.8
67.8
175
176
66.1
72.3
165
143
Age 20
63.4
68.2
175
176
66.5
72.6
165
143
Age 25
64.1
68.6
175
176
67.0
73.0
165
143
Age 30
64.8
69.2
175
177
67.6
73.4
165
142
Age 35
65.5
69.8
176
178
68.3
74.0
166
142
Age 40
66.4
70.6
176
178
69.1
74.8
167
142
Age 45
67.6
71.6
177
178
70.2
75.6
167
140
Age 50
69.1
72.8
177
178
71.6
76.6
166
141
Age 55
71.0
74.3
179
178
73.3
77.8
166
132
Age 60
73.2
76.0
179
178
75.1
79.0
164
128
Age 65
75.8
78.1
179
178
77.3
80.5
164
120
Age 70
78.7
80.3
179
176
79.8
82.3
162
116
Age 75
81.9
83.0
178
172
82.7
84.5
158
107
Age 80
85.4
86.1
171
166
85.9
87.2
153
102
Age 85
89.1
89.5
159
163
89.4
90.3
141
97
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Somalia SOMALIA   Malawi MALAWI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
155.59
3
79.50
43
2. Stroke
150.17
23
99.81
73
3. Coronary Heart Disease
129.66
67
82.36
130
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
128.81
3
60.66
25
5. Tuberculosis
109.27
5
23.26
47
6. Liver Disease
57.15
7
43.20
16
7. Hypertension
50.05
15
32.87
38
8. Diabetes Mellitus
48.19
41
36.03
73
9. Lung Disease
44.55
22
23.06
86
10. Malnutrition
42.27
1
14.32
16
11. Road Traffic Accidents
38.94
28
57.15
3
12. Maternal Conditions
38.60
1
12.32
24
13. Measles
37.65
1
0.02
71
14. Breast Cancer
33.65
7
13.43
128
15. Kidney Disease
31.84
49
23.88
86
16. Meningitis
31.66
1
12.92
27
17. Other Injuries
31.38
1
10.06
67
18. Asthma
25.62
9
9.68
66
19. Cervical Cancer
23.71
28
62.51
2
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.02
82
19.90
48
21. Birth Trauma
16.45
1
7.34
47
22. Malaria
16.08
36
45.12
17
23. Suicide
14.66
29
10.58
63
24. Tetanus
14.50
1
1.22
19
25. Prostate Cancer
12.27
123
13.89
113
26. Low Birth Weight
11.34
25
8.83
48
27. War
9.09
5
0.01
107
28. Congenital Anomalies
8.94
20
6.35
75
29. Ovary Cancer
8.19
6
3.33
134
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.09
101
2.90
178
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.06
22
3.68
73
32. Oesophagus Cancer
7.97
19
21.94
1
33. Falls
7.93
52
8.32
43
34. Lymphomas
7.68
12
7.19
18
35. Pertussis
6.89
3
1.36
57
36. Violence
6.81
70
3.12
112
37. Drownings
6.47
16
2.23
104
38. Leukemia
6.38
1
0.62
179
39. HIV/AIDS
6.27
71
99.96
13
40. Fires
6.16
6
2.94
51
41. Schistosomiasis
6.08
2
1.91
22
42. Poisonings
5.99
1
2.51
33
43. Inflammatory/Heart
5.86
70
4.28
101
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5.27
20
1.88
74
45. Stomach Cancer
4.92
109
2.55
167
46. Oral Cancer
4.64
44
3.05
83
47. Hepatitis B
4.08
2
1.03
37
48. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
100
3.95
97
49. Lung Cancers
3.67
149
1.92
173
50. Liver Cancer
3.62
148
3.24
158
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Somalia SOMALIA   Malawi MALAWI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
21,712
13.71
7,739
8.03
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
15,363
9.70
5,782
6.00
3. Measles
11,576
7.31
6
0.01
4. Tuberculosis
10,261
6.48
2,992
3.10
5. Birth Trauma
9,573
6.04
3,563
3.70
6. Stroke
8,595
5.43
5,939
6.16
7. Coronary Heart Disease
7,233
4.57
4,929
5.11
8. Low Birth Weight
6,250
3.95
4,339
4.50
9. Meningitis
5,381
3.40
1,792
1.86
10. Malnutrition
4,825
3.05
1,499
1.55
11. Road Traffic Accidents
4,231
2.67
6,221
6.45
12. Maternal Conditions
4,127
2.61
1,854
1.92
13. Liver Disease
3,917
2.47
3,259
3.38
14. Other Injuries
3,602
2.27
1,266
1.31
15. Congenital Anomalies
3,410
2.15
2,509
2.60
16. Diabetes Mellitus
2,888
1.82
2,267
2.35
17. Tetanus
2,648
1.67
178
0.18
18. Hypertension
2,643
1.67
1,797
1.86
19. Lung Disease
2,442
1.54
1,340
1.39
20. Pertussis
2,054
1.30
436
0.45
21. Kidney Disease
2,051
1.29
1,567
1.63
22. Malaria
1,942
1.23
6,308
6.54
23. Asthma
1,878
1.19
705
0.73
24. War
1,318
0.83
2
0.00
25. Drownings
1,272
0.80
458
0.47
26. Breast Cancer
1,232
0.78
600
0.62
27. Suicide
1,219
0.77
1,007
1.04
28. Cervical Cancer
883
0.56
2,876
2.98
29. Violence
828
0.52
406
0.42
30. Fires
810
0.51
380
0.39
31. Poisonings
758
0.48
325
0.34
32. Alzheimers & Dementia
647
0.41
782
0.81
33. HIV/AIDS
610
0.39
12,839
13.32
34. Lymphomas
605
0.38
839
0.87
35. Leukemia
562
0.35
82
0.09
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
559
0.35
280
0.29
37. Falls
548
0.35
562
0.58
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
546
0.34
234
0.24
39. Inflammatory/Heart
521
0.33
370
0.38
40. Oesophagus Cancer
516
0.33
1,842
1.91
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
446
0.28
154
0.16
42. Schistosomiasis
435
0.27
143
0.15
43. Epilepsy
419
0.26
260
0.27
44. Endocrine Disorders
406
0.26
257
0.27
45. Syphilis
378
0.24
480
0.50
46. Oral Cancer
328
0.21
251
0.26
47. Upper Respiratory
326
0.21
60
0.06
48. Hepatitis B
315
0.20
88
0.09
49. Stomach Cancer
310
0.20
206
0.21
50. Ovary Cancer
295
0.19
158
0.16
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Somalia SOMALIA   Malawi MALAWI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
33.65
7
13.43
128
2. Cervical Cancer
23.71
28
62.51
2
3. Prostate Cancer
12.27
123
13.89
113
4. Ovary Cancer
8.19
6
3.33
134
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.09
101
2.90
178
6. Oesophagus Cancer
7.97
19
21.94
1
7. Lymphomas
7.68
12
7.19
18
8. Leukemia
6.38
1
0.62
179
9. Stomach Cancer
4.92
109
2.55
167
10. Oral Cancer
4.64
44
3.05
83
11. Lung Cancers
3.67
149
1.92
173
12. Liver Cancer
3.62
148
3.24
158
13. Skin Cancers
2.55
50
4.59
9
14. Uterin Cancer
2.44
83
0.51
175
15. Bladder Cancer
2.40
74
4.76
13
16. Pancreas Cancer
1.69
148
0.45
180
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.