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South Africa
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 South Africa and Montenegro 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.

Montenegro
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
South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
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%
Montenegro Population Pyramid
589,336
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
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Montenegro MONTENEGRO
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Montenegro MONTENEGRO
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1990
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
2000
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
 
70.4
75.6
73.0
54
56
50
2010
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
 
73.1
77.4
75.3
48
61
50
2019
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
 
73.2
78.7
75.9
66
67
68
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Montenegro MONTENEGRO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.2
68.3
154
145
73.2
78.7
66
67
Age
62.2
68.3
154
145
73.2
78.7
66
67
Age 5
64.6
70.5
168
153
73.3
78.8
79
75
Age 10
64.8
70.7
167
157
73.4
78.9
80
75
Age 15
65.0
70.8
167
158
73.4
78.9
83
75
Age 20
65.3
71.2
167
158
73.5
78.9
84
77
Age 25
66.0
71.8
167
157
73.7
79.0
84
78
Age 30
67.1
72.8
167
152
73.9
79.1
85
78
Age 35
68.5
74.1
165
141
74.1
79.3
86
80
Age 40
70.2
75.4
156
131
74.4
79.4
88
83
Age 45
71.9
76.8
147
118
74.8
79.7
93
86
Age 50
73.6
78.0
133
107
75.3
80.1
94
87
Age 55
75.5
79.2
119
101
76.2
80.6
96
88
Age 60
77.3
80.5
106
100
77.4
81.3
100
90
Age 65
79.4
82.0
91
96
79.0
82.2
108
92
Age 70
81.8
83.6
84
90
81.1
83.4
109
94
Age 75
84.1
85.4
82
88
83.4
85.1
120
96
Age 80
86.6
87.4
95
97
86.2
87.2
124
106
Age 85
89.6
90.1
115
122
89.3
90.0
151
136
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Montenegro MONTENEGRO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
121.35
9
0.00
174
2. Coronary Heart Disease
83.76
128
151.05
48
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
83.23
40
7.41
172
4. Stroke
80.50
93
184.75
8
5. Diabetes Mellitus
74.67
16
15.61
119
6. Tuberculosis
39.83
26
0.18
164
7. Violence
37.54
8
2.30
123
8. Kidney Disease
35.72
35
13.42
126
9. Prostate Cancer
35.20
22
15.53
96
10. Hypertension
33.86
36
4.64
158
11. Diarrhoeal diseases
33.37
46
0.06
182
12. Lung Disease
31.41
47
7.51
176
13. Suicide
23.49
8
16.23
23
14. Road Traffic Accidents
22.70
61
6.53
144
15. Cervical Cancer
20.99
37
4.58
131
16. Liver Disease
18.41
95
6.05
157
17. Lung Cancers
18.34
64
33.82
8
18. Breast Cancer
18.21
76
24.72
28
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.44
118
17.71
87
20. Asthma
13.63
45
0.32
176
21. Inflammatory/Heart
12.75
17
27.07
4
22. Endocrine Disorders
11.70
14
0.77
179
23. Other Injuries
10.77
57
3.56
159
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.90
89
10.61
66
25. Oesophagus Cancer
8.50
16
1.60
121
26. Low Birth Weight
7.16
63
1.01
167
27. Meningitis
6.74
41
0.18
158
28. Fires
6.64
4
1.50
93
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.23
83
0.70
183
30. Lymphomas
6.08
39
2.60
160
31. Liver Cancer
5.46
87
4.63
111
32. Pancreas Cancer
4.98
65
5.91
57
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.52
65
1.93
113
34. Malnutrition
4.41
56
0.09
157
35. Drownings
4.06
44
1.50
129
36. Ovary Cancer
3.85
115
3.39
129
37. Stomach Cancer
3.68
137
4.97
106
38. Birth Trauma
3.36
78
1.14
117
39. Parkinson's Disease
3.36
130
5.35
40
40. Leukemia
3.34
108
2.25
148
41. Epilepsy
3.28
22
0.81
154
42. Oral Cancer
3.18
80
0.94
177
43. Falls
2.99
150
6.61
74
44. Skin Disease
2.91
30
0.08
179
45. Maternal Conditions
2.65
62
0.09
149
46. Skin Cancers
2.47
53
1.12
134
47. Bladder Cancer
2.19
83
3.00
54
48. Uterin Cancer
2.15
99
2.27
96
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.04
70
1.32
99
50. Alcohol
1.93
61
1.10
108
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Montenegro MONTENEGRO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
71,996
15.84
0
0.00
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
39,341
8.65
81
1.23
3. Coronary Heart Disease
32,739
7.20
1,748
26.51
4. Stroke
30,693
6.75
2,208
33.49
5. Diabetes Mellitus
30,188
6.64
174
2.64
6. Tuberculosis
21,965
4.83
1
0.02
7. Violence
21,000
4.62
18
0.27
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
15,843
3.49
1
0.02
9. Kidney Disease
15,302
3.37
147
2.23
10. Suicide
13,774
3.03
132
2.00
11. Road Traffic Accidents
13,014
2.86
48
0.73
12. Hypertension
12,789
2.81
55
0.83
13. Lung Disease
11,895
2.62
90
1.37
14. Liver Disease
9,013
1.98
57
0.86
15. Lung Cancers
7,705
1.70
340
5.16
16. Low Birth Weight
6,250
1.37
5
0.08
17. Other Injuries
6,014
1.32
29
0.44
18. Asthma
5,966
1.31
4
0.06
19. Endocrine Disorders
5,890
1.30
7
0.11
20. Cervical Cancer
5,555
1.22
20
0.30
21. Inflammatory/Heart
5,408
1.19
311
4.72
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,676
1.03
227
3.44
23. Breast Cancer
4,533
1.00
127
1.93
24. Prostate Cancer
4,374
0.96
75
1.14
25. Congenital Anomalies
4,351
0.96
4
0.06
26. Meningitis
3,660
0.81
1
0.02
27. Fires
3,618
0.80
14
0.21
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,587
0.79
113
1.71
29. Oesophagus Cancer
3,486
0.77
17
0.26
30. Birth Trauma
3,004
0.66
6
0.09
31. Lymphomas
2,818
0.62
27
0.41
32. Drownings
2,403
0.53
11
0.17
33. Liver Cancer
2,383
0.52
50
0.76
34. Malnutrition
2,381
0.52
1
0.02
35. Pancreas Cancer
2,007
0.44
64
0.97
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,894
0.42
21
0.32
37. Epilepsy
1,870
0.41
6
0.09
38. Maternal Conditions
1,700
0.37
0
0.00
39. Stomach Cancer
1,535
0.34
50
0.76
40. Leukemia
1,464
0.32
23
0.35
41. Oral Cancer
1,406
0.31
10
0.15
42. Falls
1,399
0.31
67
1.02
43. Pertussis
1,142
0.25
1
0.02
44. Syphilis
1,130
0.25
0
0.00
45. Skin Disease
1,101
0.24
1
0.02
46. Parkinson's Disease
1,077
0.24
66
1.00
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,015
0.22
13
0.20
48. Skin Cancers
993
0.22
12
0.18
49. Alcohol
987
0.22
9
0.14
50. Poisonings
975
0.21
4
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   Montenegro MONTENEGRO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
35.20
22
15.53
96
2. Cervical Cancer
20.99
37
4.58
131
3. Lung Cancers
18.34
64
33.82
8
4. Breast Cancer
18.21
76
24.72
28
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.90
89
10.61
66
6. Oesophagus Cancer
8.50
16
1.60
121
7. Lymphomas
6.08
39
2.60
160
8. Liver Cancer
5.46
87
4.63
111
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.98
65
5.91
57
10. Ovary Cancer
3.85
115
3.39
129
11. Stomach Cancer
3.68
137
4.97
106
12. Leukemia
3.34
108
2.25
148
13. Oral Cancer
3.18
80
0.94
177
14. Skin Cancers
2.47
53
1.12
134
15. Bladder Cancer
2.19
83
3.00
54
16. Uterin Cancer
2.15
99
2.27
96
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.