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Spain
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 Spain and Gambia 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.

Gambia
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
Spain Population Pyramid
43,637,408
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%
Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
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
  Spain SPAIN   Gambia GAMBIA
  Spain SPAIN   Gambia GAMBIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.7
71.7
69.1
22
25
22
 
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
1970
69.3
74.9
72.0
11
11
7
 
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
1980
72.3
78.5
75.3
6
7
6
 
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
1990
73.3
80.5
76.8
14
5
9
 
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
2000
75.6
82.5
79.1
13
3
8
 
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
2010
78.9
85.0
81.9
11
2
4
 
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
2019
80.7
85.7
83.2
11
3
5
 
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Spain SPAIN   Gambia GAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.7
85.7
11
3
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age
80.7
85.7
11
3
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age 5
81.0
85.9
11
3
67.2
71.0
149
151
Age 10
81.0
86.0
11
3
67.5
71.3
149
152
Age 15
81.0
86.0
11
3
67.8
71.5
147
152
Age 20
81.1
86.0
11
3
68.2
71.8
149
154
Age 25
81.2
86.1
13
3
68.6
72.1
150
154
Age 30
81.3
86.1
13
3
69.1
72.5
151
156
Age 35
81.4
86.2
13
3
69.7
73.1
151
157
Age 40
81.5
86.2
13
3
70.4
73.8
149
155
Age 45
81.7
86.4
14
3
71.5
74.6
149
155
Age 50
82.0
86.6
16
3
72.7
75.6
150
154
Age 55
82.5
86.9
16
3
74.1
76.7
149
153
Age 60
83.3
87.3
16
3
75.8
78.0
148
154
Age 65
84.3
87.9
12
3
77.8
79.6
148
153
Age 70
85.5
88.5
11
5
80.2
81.5
146
152
Age 75
86.9
89.3
12
6
83.0
83.8
143
153
Age 80
88.8
90.4
13
8
86.0
86.6
141
155
Age 85
91.1
92.0
21
13
89.3
89.7
147
155
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Spain SPAIN   Gambia GAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
34.87
179
142.59
53
2. Lung Cancers
22.84
36
3.62
150
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.52
32
19.89
49
4. Stroke
18.37
177
108.94
59
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.27
30
1.05
183
6. Breast Cancer
12.72
134
4.44
182
7. Lung Disease
12.26
157
29.40
54
8. Prostate Cancer
10.62
131
6.08
156
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.96
168
113.77
18
10. Pancreas Cancer
6.38
50
0.54
179
11. Kidney Disease
5.51
162
32.04
48
12. Suicide
5.28
137
9.64
77
13. Stomach Cancer
5.23
102
1.43
178
14. Diabetes Mellitus
5.01
169
37.65
66
15. Liver Cancer
4.88
101
30.83
3
16. Liver Disease
4.79
163
33.48
48
17. Hypertension
4.72
157
22.89
68
18. Lymphomas
4.68
92
0.74
181
19. Other Injuries
4.18
148
11.81
46
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.16
111
6.44
58
21. Bladder Cancer
3.99
26
0.44
181
22. Ovary Cancer
3.96
110
0.44
183
23. Endocrine Disorders
3.95
83
11.17
16
24. Leukemia
3.46
98
0.09
183
25. Other Neoplasms
3.41
27
0.42
95
26. Road Traffic Accidents
3.15
167
51.34
8
27. Parkinson's Disease
2.99
145
6.31
18
28. Oral Cancer
2.74
93
0.01
181
29. Uterin Cancer
2.57
78
0.23
180
30. Falls
2.48
166
9.85
22
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.11
106
0.48
177
32. Congenital Anomalies
2.05
174
6.72
59
33. Cervical Cancer
1.91
171
25.76
23
34. Skin Cancers
1.54
115
0.01
177
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.15
106
2.55
52
36. Drug Use
1.10
104
2.38
34
37. Skin Disease
1.03
109
2.12
59
38. Low Birth Weight
0.92
169
9.17
43
39. HIV/AIDS
0.81
116
70.82
17
40. Epilepsy
0.81
155
2.78
36
41. Asthma
0.72
145
15.88
35
42. Drownings
0.69
163
2.58
84
43. Hepatitis C
0.63
12
0.10
91
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.61
157
41.12
43
45. Violence
0.47
178
11.94
43
46. Anemia
0.45
29
0.00
103
47. Alcohol
0.41
150
1.23
103
48. Birth Trauma
0.40
162
10.44
21
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.38
179
6.56
37
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.35
47
0.24
63
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Spain SPAIN   Gambia GAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
51,684
15.64
1,007
7.83
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
42,339
12.81
89
0.69
3. Stroke
29,004
8.78
802
6.24
4. Lung Cancers
22,131
6.70
34
0.26
5. Lung Disease
18,926
5.73
206
1.60
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16,957
5.13
11
0.09
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
13,717
4.15
1,340
10.42
8. Kidney Disease
9,725
2.94
266
2.07
9. Hypertension
9,115
2.76
172
1.34
10. Diabetes Mellitus
7,773
2.35
290
2.25
11. Breast Cancer
7,067
2.14
26
0.20
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,752
2.04
6
0.05
13. Prostate Cancer
6,420
1.94
21
0.16
14. Stomach Cancer
5,796
1.75
14
0.11
15. Other Injuries
5,536
1.68
194
1.51
16. Lymphomas
5,335
1.61
12
0.09
17. Bladder Cancer
5,222
1.58
4
0.03
18. Liver Cancer
5,098
1.54
377
2.93
19. Inflammatory/Heart
4,984
1.51
59
0.46
20. Parkinson's Disease
4,943
1.50
34
0.26
21. Endocrine Disorders
4,863
1.47
230
1.79
22. Other Neoplasms
4,748
1.44
3
0.02
23. Liver Disease
4,231
1.28
323
2.51
24. Leukemia
3,772
1.14
2
0.02
25. Suicide
3,609
1.09
113
0.88
26. Falls
3,246
0.98
83
0.65
27. Oral Cancer
2,583
0.78
0
0.00
28. Ovary Cancer
2,026
0.61
2
0.02
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2,011
0.61
5
0.04
30. Skin Disease
1,840
0.56
19
0.15
31. Road Traffic Accidents
1,829
0.55
695
5.40
32. Skin Cancers
1,803
0.55
0
0.00
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,612
0.49
24
0.19
34. Uterin Cancer
1,612
0.49
1
0.01
35. Asthma
1,133
0.34
134
1.04
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,064
0.32
626
4.87
37. Anemia
914
0.28
0
0.00
38. Congenital Anomalies
863
0.26
383
2.98
39. Cervical Cancer
855
0.26
145
1.13
40. Epilepsy
824
0.25
43
0.33
41. Drug Use
776
0.23
28
0.22
42. Hepatitis C
652
0.20
1
0.01
43. HIV/AIDS
538
0.16
1,125
8.75
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
475
0.14
56
0.44
45. Drownings
446
0.13
69
0.54
46. Alcohol
333
0.10
12
0.09
47. Malnutrition
302
0.09
110
0.86
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
294
0.09
2
0.02
49. Multiple Sclerosis
287
0.09
3
0.02
50. Tuberculosis
270
0.08
445
3.46
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Spain SPAIN   Gambia GAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.84
36
3.62
150
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.27
30
1.05
183
3. Breast Cancer
12.72
134
4.44
182
4. Prostate Cancer
10.62
131
6.08
156
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.38
50
0.54
179
6. Stomach Cancer
5.23
102
1.43
178
7. Liver Cancer
4.88
101
30.83
3
8. Lymphomas
4.68
92
0.74
181
9. Bladder Cancer
3.99
26
0.44
181
10. Ovary Cancer
3.96
110
0.44
183
11. Leukemia
3.46
98
0.09
183
12. Oral Cancer
2.74
93
0.01
181
13. Uterin Cancer
2.57
78
0.23
180
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.11
106
0.48
177
15. Cervical Cancer
1.91
171
25.76
23
16. Skin Cancers
1.54
115
0.01
177
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.