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Sweden
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
SWEDEN VS BENIN

Compare Sweden and Benin 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.

Benin
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
Sweden Population Pyramid
11,389,198
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%
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Benin Population Pyramid
24,280,484
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
  Sweden SWEDEN   Benin BENIN
  Sweden SWEDEN   Benin BENIN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
71.2
74.9
73.0
3
3
3
  
40.5
42.9
41.7
140
137
138
1970
72.2
77.2
74.6
1
2
1
  
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
1980
72.8
78.9
75.7
2
3
3
  
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
1990
74.8
80.4
77.5
4
6
2
  
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
2000
77.3
81.9
79.6
3
7
4
  
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
2010
79.5
83.5
81.5
6
11
9
  
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
2019
80.8
84.0
82.4
8
18
13
  
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Benin BENIN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
84.0
8
18
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age
80.8
84.0
8
18
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age 5
81.1
84.2
9
20
67.7
71.7
144
141
Age 10
81.1
84.2
9
20
68.4
72.5
142
139
Age 15
81.1
84.2
9
21
68.9
72.9
141
138
Age 20
81.2
84.3
10
21
69.3
73.2
140
138
Age 25
81.4
84.3
9
21
69.7
73.5
141
138
Age 30
81.6
84.4
8
20
70.2
73.9
141
138
Age 35
81.8
84.5
7
20
70.7
74.3
141
139
Age 40
82.0
84.6
8
20
71.4
74.9
142
140
Age 45
82.2
84.7
8
20
72.2
75.6
141
142
Age 50
82.4
84.9
10
22
73.3
76.3
142
144
Age 55
82.8
85.2
11
24
74.6
77.3
139
147
Age 60
83.3
85.6
14
25
76.1
78.5
141
144
Age 65
84.1
86.2
16
26
78.1
80.1
142
143
Age 70
85.2
87.0
17
27
80.4
81.9
138
140
Age 75
86.5
88.0
25
30
83.1
84.3
137
130
Age 80
88.2
89.3
36
35
86.2
87.1
127
113
Age 85
90.3
91.0
59
54
89.6
90.3
118
98
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Benin BENIN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
50.98
161
113.27
90
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30.96
10
20.23
42
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
47.73
8
4. Stroke
19.81
170
119.03
42
5. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
1.08
180
6. Lung Disease
14.83
144
25.54
76
7. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
23.23
37
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
5.06
150
9. Suicide
12.37
47
12.71
43
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.29
165
112.94
20
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
3.03
111
12. Diabetes Mellitus
6.85
159
37.49
67
13. Hypertension
5.32
154
21.93
72
14. Lymphomas
5.29
73
5.99
42
15. Kidney Disease
5.07
167
33.45
44
16. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
2.43
165
17. Other Injuries
4.92
134
15.04
24
18. Drug Use
4.10
18
2.36
35
19. Liver Disease
3.99
170
39.37
27
20. Falls
3.92
127
9.00
32
21. Other Neoplasms
3.65
24
0.41
102
22. Leukemia
3.40
103
3.48
96
23. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
6.58
63
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.12
140
5.27
41
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.09
106
10.91
17
26. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
2.06
80
27. Congenital Anomalies
2.78
162
9.44
13
28. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
6.49
83
29. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
0.67
172
30. Inflammatory/Heart
2.58
150
7.05
48
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.57
174
33.95
38
32. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
3.34
38
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
6.30
26
34. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
22.59
31
35. Alcohol
2.09
58
1.37
93
36. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
2.67
96
37. Violence
1.22
143
6.79
71
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.08
148
7.54
27
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
143
67.45
16
40. Multiple Sclerosis
0.84
15
0.23
71
41. Drownings
0.83
156
3.85
49
42. Epilepsy
0.78
158
3.60
10
43. Skin Disease
0.70
124
2.32
47
44. Low Birth Weight
0.61
178
13.84
10
45. Asthma
0.56
158
15.55
37
46. Anemia
0.47
24
0.00
75
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.43
71
0.23
113
48. Fires
0.40
154
4.20
25
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.38
167
3.06
41
50. Birth Trauma
0.38
165
11.26
16
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sweden SWEDEN   Benin BENIN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,136
19.91
5,397
6.48
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
10,917
14.36
715
0.86
3. Stroke
6,035
7.94
5,855
7.03
4. Lung Disease
4,344
5.72
1,220
1.46
5. Lung Cancers
3,722
4.90
66
0.08
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,049
4.01
311
0.37
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,659
3.50
10,205
12.25
8. Prostate Cancer
2,622
3.45
867
1.04
9. Pancreas Cancer
1,849
2.43
177
0.21
10. Hypertension
1,838
2.42
1,088
1.31
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,834
2.41
1,912
2.29
12. Kidney Disease
1,629
2.14
1,929
2.32
13. Breast Cancer
1,582
2.08
784
0.94
14. Suicide
1,479
1.95
922
1.11
15. Other Injuries
1,374
1.81
1,532
1.84
16. Lymphomas
1,357
1.79
387
0.46
17. Falls
1,109
1.46
543
0.65
18. Other Neoplasms
1,036
1.36
20
0.02
19. Parkinson's Disease
943
1.24
212
0.25
20. Leukemia
825
1.09
196
0.24
21. Bladder Cancer
760
1.00
43
0.05
22. Liver Cancer
752
0.99
322
0.39
23. Liver Disease
723
0.95
2,447
2.94
24. Endocrine Disorders
702
0.92
1,454
1.75
25. Skin Cancers
650
0.86
102
0.12
26. Stomach Cancer
612
0.81
361
0.43
27. Ovary Cancer
553
0.73
86
0.10
28. Inflammatory/Heart
547
0.72
457
0.55
29. Oesophagus Cancer
538
0.71
326
0.39
30. Drug Use
423
0.56
197
0.24
31. Oral Cancer
379
0.50
156
0.19
32. Alcohol
359
0.47
85
0.10
33. Uterin Cancer
345
0.45
99
0.12
34. Road Traffic Accidents
315
0.41
3,162
3.80
35. Congenital Anomalies
308
0.41
2,265
2.72
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
289
0.38
6,830
8.20
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
277
0.36
442
0.53
38. Cervical Cancer
228
0.30
669
0.80
39. Skin Disease
220
0.29
144
0.17
40. Anemia
175
0.23
0
0.00
41. Multiple Sclerosis
170
0.22
16
0.02
42. Asthma
158
0.21
891
1.07
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
129
0.17
11
0.01
44. Epilepsy
121
0.16
369
0.44
45. Malnutrition
117
0.15
928
1.11
46. Drownings
114
0.15
570
0.68
47. Violence
113
0.15
726
0.87
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
110
0.14
197
0.24
49. Fires
65
0.09
431
0.52
50. Schizophrenia
63
0.08
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Benin BENIN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
47.73
8
2. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
1.08
180
3. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
23.23
37
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
5.06
150
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
3.03
111
6. Lymphomas
5.29
73
5.99
42
7. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
2.43
165
8. Leukemia
3.40
103
3.48
96
9. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
6.58
63
10. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
2.06
80
11. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
6.49
83
12. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
0.67
172
13. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
3.34
38
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
6.30
26
15. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
22.59
31
16. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
2.67
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.