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Sudan
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 Sudan and Rwanda 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.

Rwanda
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
Sudan Population Pyramid
81,192,821
Rwanda Population Pyramid
23,048,001
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Rwanda RWANDA
  Sudan SUDAN   Rwanda RWANDA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.0
41.8
40.4
147
142
145
 
40.8
44.0
42.4
137
132
134
1970
42.9
45.6
44.2
147
144
146
 
42.8
46.0
44.4
148
143
145
1980
48.0
50.8
49.3
147
145
145
 
44.0
47.4
45.6
158
157
158
1990
51.4
54.4
52.9
154
154
155
 
29.9
33.8
31.8
183
183
183
2000
56.8
60.4
58.6
137
137
139
 
43.3
53.8
48.3
179
154
171
2010
60.7
64.3
62.5
140
141
140
 
57.5
68.1
62.8
156
130
139
2019
67.6
70.8
69.1
123
129
125
 
66.9
71.2
69.1
127
127
127
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Rwanda RWANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
67.6
70.8
123
129
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age
67.6
70.8
123
129
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age 5
72.0
74.7
94
120
69.5
73.5
130
130
Age 10
72.4
75.0
89
118
69.8
73.8
129
129
Age 15
72.6
75.2
87
117
70.1
74.1
127
128
Age 20
72.9
75.4
88
117
70.4
74.3
127
128
Age 25
73.2
75.6
88
117
70.8
74.5
125
128
Age 30
73.6
75.9
89
117
71.3
74.9
126
128
Age 35
74.0
76.2
90
117
71.7
75.2
124
128
Age 40
74.4
76.6
89
116
72.3
75.7
125
126
Age 45
75.0
77.1
90
114
73.0
76.4
126
126
Age 50
75.7
77.7
90
114
74.0
77.1
125
124
Age 55
76.6
78.4
89
114
75.2
78.1
126
123
Age 60
77.8
79.4
89
111
76.7
79.2
127
119
Age 65
79.4
80.7
92
111
78.5
80.6
127
116
Age 70
81.4
82.3
98
113
80.7
82.3
126
118
Age 75
83.8
84.5
97
114
83.3
84.4
128
117
Age 80
86.6
87.1
98
112
86.2
87.0
123
116
Age 85
89.8
90.2
90
106
89.6
90.2
120
110
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Rwanda RWANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
231.30
20
77.83
135
2. Stroke
108.71
60
105.76
62
3. Hypertension
40.23
23
30.17
44
4. Road Traffic Accidents
36.38
33
43.89
15
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.74
83
74.70
45
6. Kidney Disease
24.83
75
23.20
92
7. Breast Cancer
24.70
29
15.96
102
8. Lung Disease
23.39
85
33.52
41
9. Liver Disease
19.11
92
41.22
23
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.52
94
19.49
55
11. Malaria
15.39
37
35.78
26
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.23
122
36.55
70
13. Tuberculosis
14.62
56
6.68
78
14. Low Birth Weight
14.18
9
6.97
65
15. Measles
13.26
7
0.24
45
16. Diarrhoeal diseases
13.22
63
39.89
44
17. Asthma
12.79
51
11.90
53
18. Prostate Cancer
7.55
143
25.46
43
19. Birth Trauma
7.45
45
6.06
54
20. HIV/AIDS
6.94
69
29.44
34
21. Lymphomas
6.85
20
5.66
58
22. Violence
6.81
69
4.56
91
23. Other Injuries
6.73
105
10.27
62
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.55
66
7.02
52
25. Ovary Cancer
6.51
24
2.74
155
26. Leukemia
6.37
2
3.96
73
27. Cervical Cancer
6.36
112
26.00
22
28. Maternal Conditions
5.36
46
6.57
42
29. Oesophagus Cancer
5.26
36
3.59
52
30. Falls
4.91
104
7.68
61
31. Suicide
4.76
143
9.45
81
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.61
154
12.27
45
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
90
3.83
107
34. Liver Cancer
4.10
124
11.48
24
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.90
70
6.24
43
36. Endocrine Disorders
3.60
87
2.79
121
37. Drug Use
3.34
21
0.56
154
38. Fires
3.17
44
2.90
52
39. Drownings
3.02
74
2.14
108
40. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
140
5.09
86
41. Hepatitis B
2.84
3
0.93
40
42. Pertussis
2.72
27
1.04
65
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.53
54
2.15
64
44. Lung Cancers
2.40
168
4.46
140
45. Malnutrition
2.39
82
12.03
23
46. Oral Cancer
2.23
119
3.02
84
47. Stomach Cancer
2.16
175
10.60
37
48. Meningitis
2.06
61
8.67
38
49. Bladder Cancer
1.94
101
0.66
173
50. Skin Cancers
1.67
108
1.89
91
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sudan SUDAN   Rwanda RWANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43,966
20.16
3,605
6.21
2. Stroke
20,582
9.44
5,060
8.72
3. Low Birth Weight
16,036
7.35
2,193
3.78
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
12,619
5.79
5,280
9.10
5. Road Traffic Accidents
11,459
5.25
3,718
6.41
6. Measles
9,301
4.26
51
0.09
7. Birth Trauma
8,526
3.91
1,888
3.25
8. Hypertension
7,287
3.34
1,357
2.34
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,277
2.88
3,121
5.38
10. Malaria
5,614
2.57
3,298
5.69
11. Congenital Anomalies
5,507
2.53
1,777
3.06
12. Kidney Disease
5,095
2.34
1,206
2.08
13. Lung Disease
4,382
2.01
1,555
2.68
14. Liver Disease
4,348
1.99
2,548
4.39
15. Tuberculosis
4,250
1.95
625
1.08
16. Breast Cancer
3,071
1.41
600
1.03
17. Diabetes Mellitus
3,070
1.41
1,858
3.20
18. Other Injuries
2,912
1.34
944
1.63
19. Asthma
2,636
1.21
717
1.24
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,584
1.18
657
1.13
21. Violence
2,478
1.14
548
0.94
22. HIV/AIDS
2,331
1.07
2,826
4.87
23. Maternal Conditions
1,961
0.90
722
1.24
24. Pertussis
1,899
0.87
218
0.38
25. Leukemia
1,828
0.84
317
0.55
26. Drownings
1,684
0.77
285
0.49
27. Suicide
1,644
0.75
704
1.21
28. Falls
1,559
0.71
412
0.71
29. Lymphomas
1,533
0.70
450
0.78
30. Endocrine Disorders
1,459
0.67
219
0.38
31. Fires
1,310
0.60
270
0.47
32. Oesophagus Cancer
1,126
0.52
213
0.37
33. Meningitis
1,092
0.50
847
1.46
34. Malnutrition
1,089
0.50
1,168
2.01
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,049
0.48
591
1.02
36. Drug Use
1,036
0.48
45
0.08
37. Liver Cancer
946
0.43
706
1.22
38. Inflammatory/Heart
839
0.38
347
0.60
39. Ovary Cancer
794
0.36
92
0.16
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
775
0.36
362
0.62
41. Cervical Cancer
770
0.35
941
1.62
42. Poisonings
744
0.34
220
0.38
43. Epilepsy
735
0.34
191
0.33
44. Hepatitis B
730
0.33
68
0.12
45. Parkinson's Disease
705
0.32
146
0.25
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
684
0.31
136
0.23
47. Syphilis
603
0.28
173
0.30
48. Lung Cancers
545
0.25
234
0.40
49. Prostate Cancer
523
0.24
396
0.68
50. Oral Cancer
493
0.23
272
0.47
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Rwanda RWANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
24.70
29
15.96
102
2. Prostate Cancer
7.55
143
25.46
43
3. Lymphomas
6.85
20
5.66
58
4. Ovary Cancer
6.51
24
2.74
155
5. Leukemia
6.37
2
3.96
73
6. Cervical Cancer
6.36
112
26.00
22
7. Oesophagus Cancer
5.26
36
3.59
52
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.61
154
12.27
45
9. Liver Cancer
4.10
124
11.48
24
10. Lung Cancers
2.40
168
4.46
140
11. Oral Cancer
2.23
119
3.02
84
12. Stomach Cancer
2.16
175
10.60
37
13. Bladder Cancer
1.94
101
0.66
173
14. Skin Cancers
1.67
108
1.89
91
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.20
163
3.86
87
16. Uterin Cancer
0.67
172
1.84
115
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.