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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

Compare Sweden and Niger 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.

Niger
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%
Niger Population Pyramid
65,593,043
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   Niger NIGER
  Sweden SWEDEN   Niger NIGER
       
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
 
41.9
37.1
39.6
130
161
149
1970
72.2
77.2
74.6
1
2
1
 
42.6
38.6
40.6
150
169
161
1980
72.8
78.9
75.7
2
3
3
 
43.7
40.8
42.3
161
172
170
1990
74.8
80.4
77.5
4
6
2
 
47.7
45.3
46.5
163
175
173
2000
77.3
81.9
79.6
3
7
4
 
49.9
50.0
50.0
159
169
164
2010
79.5
83.5
81.5
6
11
9
 
57.8
58.8
58.2
153
161
157
2019
80.8
84.0
82.4
8
18
13
 
62.1
64.6
63.3
156
167
159
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Niger NIGER
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
84.0
8
18
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age
80.8
84.0
8
18
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age 5
81.1
84.2
9
20
67.8
69.9
142
159
Age 10
81.1
84.2
9
20
68.7
70.9
137
156
Age 15
81.1
84.2
9
21
69.7
71.7
134
150
Age 20
81.2
84.3
10
21
70.0
72.0
133
150
Age 25
81.4
84.3
9
21
70.5
72.4
132
149
Age 30
81.6
84.4
8
20
71.0
72.8
132
151
Age 35
81.8
84.5
7
20
71.5
73.3
131
150
Age 40
82.0
84.6
8
20
72.2
73.9
129
151
Age 45
82.2
84.7
8
20
73.0
74.6
127
153
Age 50
82.4
84.9
10
22
73.9
75.4
127
156
Age 55
82.8
85.2
11
24
75.1
76.5
127
157
Age 60
83.3
85.6
14
25
76.6
77.8
131
159
Age 65
84.1
86.2
16
26
78.5
79.4
130
158
Age 70
85.2
87.0
17
27
80.7
81.4
128
159
Age 75
86.5
88.0
25
30
83.3
83.9
124
150
Age 80
88.2
89.3
36
35
86.3
86.8
119
136
Age 85
90.3
91.0
59
54
89.7
90.1
105
118
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Niger NIGER
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
50.98
161
118.53
82
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30.96
10
20.18
44
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
4.34
169
4. Stroke
19.81
170
114.20
55
5. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
0.54
182
6. Lung Disease
14.83
144
30.61
48
7. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
18.52
70
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
5.52
142
9. Suicide
12.37
47
10.15
70
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.29
165
118.92
14
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
1.47
155
12. Diabetes Mellitus
6.85
159
33.65
79
13. Hypertension
5.32
154
18.25
91
14. Lymphomas
5.29
73
3.33
139
15. Kidney Disease
5.07
167
29.61
61
16. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
7.90
8
17. Other Injuries
4.92
134
17.29
11
18. Drug Use
4.10
18
1.13
99
19. Liver Disease
3.99
170
40.78
24
20. Falls
3.92
127
12.36
12
21. Other Neoplasms
3.65
24
0.31
135
22. Leukemia
3.40
103
2.32
145
23. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
7.86
47
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.12
140
5.13
47
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.09
106
6.27
49
26. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
3.18
25
27. Congenital Anomalies
2.78
162
7.56
40
28. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
3.59
138
29. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
2.24
79
30. Inflammatory/Heart
2.58
150
7.46
44
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.57
174
33.36
41
32. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
1.99
109
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
1.71
119
34. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
9.28
88
35. Alcohol
2.09
58
1.27
101
36. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
2.55
102
37. Violence
1.22
143
12.61
36
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.08
148
10.80
8
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
143
93.61
7
40. Multiple Sclerosis
0.84
15
0.22
81
41. Drownings
0.83
156
4.32
38
42. Epilepsy
0.78
158
3.33
21
43. Skin Disease
0.70
124
2.14
57
44. Low Birth Weight
0.61
178
11.39
23
45. Asthma
0.56
158
20.43
19
46. Anemia
0.47
24
0.00
141
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.43
71
0.24
111
48. Fires
0.40
154
4.88
12
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.38
167
4.21
23
50. Birth Trauma
0.38
165
9.50
31
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sweden SWEDEN   Niger NIGER
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,136
19.91
8,229
5.12
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
10,917
14.36
858
0.53
3. Stroke
6,035
7.94
8,717
5.42
4. Lung Disease
4,344
5.72
2,172
1.35
5. Lung Cancers
3,722
4.90
42
0.03
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,049
4.01
522
0.32
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,659
3.50
21,093
13.13
8. Prostate Cancer
2,622
3.45
128
0.08
9. Pancreas Cancer
1,849
2.43
138
0.09
10. Hypertension
1,838
2.42
1,356
0.84
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,834
2.41
2,630
1.64
12. Kidney Disease
1,629
2.14
2,732
1.70
13. Breast Cancer
1,582
2.08
1,075
0.67
14. Suicide
1,479
1.95
1,227
0.76
15. Other Injuries
1,374
1.81
3,826
2.38
16. Lymphomas
1,357
1.79
350
0.22
17. Falls
1,109
1.46
1,297
0.81
18. Other Neoplasms
1,036
1.36
24
0.01
19. Parkinson's Disease
943
1.24
275
0.17
20. Leukemia
825
1.09
258
0.16
21. Bladder Cancer
760
1.00
161
0.10
22. Liver Cancer
752
0.99
745
0.46
23. Liver Disease
723
0.95
4,116
2.56
24. Endocrine Disorders
702
0.92
1,806
1.12
25. Skin Cancers
650
0.86
287
0.18
26. Stomach Cancer
612
0.81
300
0.19
27. Ovary Cancer
553
0.73
425
0.26
28. Inflammatory/Heart
547
0.72
769
0.48
29. Oesophagus Cancer
538
0.71
132
0.08
30. Drug Use
423
0.56
126
0.08
31. Oral Cancer
379
0.50
242
0.15
32. Alcohol
359
0.47
120
0.07
33. Uterin Cancer
345
0.45
86
0.05
34. Road Traffic Accidents
315
0.41
5,946
3.70
35. Congenital Anomalies
308
0.41
4,346
2.70
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
289
0.38
16,030
9.97
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
277
0.36
1,044
0.65
38. Cervical Cancer
228
0.30
487
0.30
39. Skin Disease
220
0.29
213
0.13
40. Anemia
175
0.23
0
0.00
41. Multiple Sclerosis
170
0.22
22
0.01
42. Asthma
158
0.21
1,902
1.18
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
129
0.17
18
0.01
44. Epilepsy
121
0.16
676
0.42
45. Malnutrition
117
0.15
2,170
1.35
46. Drownings
114
0.15
1,581
0.98
47. Violence
113
0.15
2,244
1.40
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
110
0.14
467
0.29
49. Fires
65
0.09
1,120
0.70
50. Schizophrenia
63
0.08
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   Niger NIGER
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
4.34
169
2. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
0.54
182
3. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
18.52
70
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
5.52
142
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
1.47
155
6. Lymphomas
5.29
73
3.33
139
7. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
7.90
8
8. Leukemia
3.40
103
2.32
145
9. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
7.86
47
10. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
3.18
25
11. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
3.59
138
12. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
2.24
79
13. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
1.99
109
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
1.71
119
15. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
9.28
88
16. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
2.55
102
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.