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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 LESOTHO

Compare Sweden and Lesotho 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.

Lesotho
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
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Lesotho Population Pyramid
2,665,265
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Lesotho LESOTHO
  Sweden SWEDEN   Lesotho LESOTHO
       
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
  
44.9
48.3
46.6
115
111
114
1970
72.2
77.2
74.6
1
2
1
  
47.5
50.8
49.1
126
122
127
1980
72.8
78.9
75.7
2
3
3
  
52.2
55.5
53.8
130
128
131
1990
74.8
80.4
77.5
4
6
2
  
56.7
60.5
58.6
135
131
134
2000
77.3
81.9
79.6
3
7
4
  
48.2
50.3
49.3
167
167
166
2010
79.5
83.5
81.5
6
11
9
  
49.4
52.6
51.1
179
178
179
2019
80.8
84.0
82.4
8
18
13
  
47.7
54.2
50.7
183
183
183
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Lesotho LESOTHO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
84.0
8
18
47.7
54.2
183
183
Age
80.8
84.0
8
18
47.7
54.2
183
183
Age 5
81.1
84.2
9
20
52.5
58.8
183
183
Age 10
81.1
84.2
9
20
52.8
59.1
183
183
Age 15
81.1
84.2
9
21
52.9
59.2
183
183
Age 20
81.2
84.3
10
21
53.6
59.7
183
183
Age 25
81.4
84.3
9
21
54.5
60.6
183
183
Age 30
81.6
84.4
8
20
55.6
62.0
183
183
Age 35
81.8
84.5
7
20
57.2
63.8
183
183
Age 40
82.0
84.6
8
20
59.4
66.0
183
183
Age 45
82.2
84.7
8
20
62.0
68.3
183
183
Age 50
82.4
84.9
10
22
65.0
70.7
183
183
Age 55
82.8
85.2
11
24
68.1
73.0
183
181
Age 60
83.3
85.6
14
25
71.2
75.2
183
180
Age 65
84.1
86.2
16
26
74.4
77.5
182
180
Age 70
85.2
87.0
17
27
77.7
79.9
182
179
Age 75
86.5
88.0
25
30
81.2
82.6
183
178
Age 80
88.2
89.3
36
35
84.8
85.7
181
172
Age 85
90.3
91.0
59
54
88.6
89.1
175
172
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Lesotho LESOTHO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
50.98
161
155.85
43
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30.96
10
17.24
99
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
24.42
47
4. Stroke
19.81
170
211.66
3
5. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
3.87
146
6. Lung Disease
14.83
144
83.85
6
7. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
11.68
143
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
2.77
180
9. Suicide
12.37
47
87.48
1
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.29
165
192.07
1
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
0.90
168
12. Diabetes Mellitus
6.85
159
147.55
5
13. Hypertension
5.32
154
74.75
1
14. Lymphomas
5.29
73
4.86
86
15. Kidney Disease
5.07
167
69.87
4
16. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
3.01
145
17. Other Injuries
4.92
134
28.67
2
18. Drug Use
4.10
18
1.67
61
19. Liver Disease
3.99
170
51.33
9
20. Falls
3.92
127
8.24
44
21. Other Neoplasms
3.65
24
0.66
73
22. Leukemia
3.40
103
2.43
144
23. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
4.78
106
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.12
140
4.56
67
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.09
106
14.08
10
26. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
3.61
19
27. Congenital Anomalies
2.78
162
11.28
4
28. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
0.76
181
29. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
0.70
170
30. Inflammatory/Heart
2.58
150
21.17
6
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.57
174
36.62
32
32. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
2.88
66
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
5.57
33
34. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
44.59
9
35. Alcohol
2.09
58
4.54
21
36. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
3.76
61
37. Violence
1.22
143
43.38
5
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.08
148
18.88
3
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
143
142.10
2
40. Multiple Sclerosis
0.84
15
0.38
43
41. Drownings
0.83
156
9.67
7
42. Epilepsy
0.78
158
7.57
1
43. Skin Disease
0.70
124
5.11
14
44. Low Birth Weight
0.61
178
18.96
1
45. Asthma
0.56
158
45.32
3
46. Anemia
0.47
24
0.00
124
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.43
71
1.28
2
48. Fires
0.40
154
14.67
1
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.38
167
7.68
13
50. Birth Trauma
0.38
165
13.70
7
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sweden SWEDEN   Lesotho LESOTHO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,136
19.91
2,101
6.31
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
10,917
14.36
194
0.58
3. Stroke
6,035
7.94
2,817
8.45
4. Lung Disease
4,344
5.72
1,102
3.31
5. Lung Cancers
3,722
4.90
51
0.15
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,049
4.01
40
0.12
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,659
3.50
3,214
9.65
8. Prostate Cancer
2,622
3.45
81
0.24
9. Pancreas Cancer
1,849
2.43
12
0.04
10. Hypertension
1,838
2.42
990
2.97
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,834
2.41
2,000
6.00
12. Kidney Disease
1,629
2.14
1,015
3.05
13. Breast Cancer
1,582
2.08
97
0.29
14. Suicide
1,479
1.95
1,539
4.62
15. Other Injuries
1,374
1.81
533
1.60
16. Lymphomas
1,357
1.79
78
0.23
17. Falls
1,109
1.46
128
0.38
18. Other Neoplasms
1,036
1.36
9
0.03
19. Parkinson's Disease
943
1.24
55
0.17
20. Leukemia
825
1.09
39
0.12
21. Bladder Cancer
760
1.00
10
0.03
22. Liver Cancer
752
0.99
71
0.21
23. Liver Disease
723
0.95
792
2.38
24. Endocrine Disorders
702
0.92
235
0.71
25. Skin Cancers
650
0.86
46
0.14
26. Stomach Cancer
612
0.81
11
0.03
27. Ovary Cancer
553
0.73
24
0.07
28. Inflammatory/Heart
547
0.72
305
0.92
29. Oesophagus Cancer
538
0.71
73
0.22
30. Drug Use
423
0.56
32
0.10
31. Oral Cancer
379
0.50
52
0.16
32. Alcohol
359
0.47
71
0.21
33. Uterin Cancer
345
0.45
23
0.07
34. Road Traffic Accidents
315
0.41
678
2.03
35. Congenital Anomalies
308
0.41
389
1.17
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
289
0.38
2,354
7.06
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
277
0.36
279
0.84
38. Cervical Cancer
228
0.30
372
1.12
39. Skin Disease
220
0.29
70
0.21
40. Anemia
175
0.23
0
0.00
41. Multiple Sclerosis
170
0.22
6
0.02
42. Asthma
158
0.21
678
2.03
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
129
0.17
18
0.05
44. Epilepsy
121
0.16
143
0.43
45. Malnutrition
117
0.15
357
1.07
46. Drownings
114
0.15
200
0.60
47. Violence
113
0.15
924
2.77
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
110
0.14
126
0.38
49. Fires
65
0.09
269
0.81
50. Schizophrenia
63
0.08
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Lesotho LESOTHO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
24.42
47
2. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
3.87
146
3. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
11.68
143
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
2.77
180
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
0.90
168
6. Lymphomas
5.29
73
4.86
86
7. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
3.01
145
8. Leukemia
3.40
103
2.43
144
9. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
4.78
106
10. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
3.61
19
11. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
0.76
181
12. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
0.70
170
13. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
2.88
66
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
5.57
33
15. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
44.59
9
16. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
3.76
61
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.