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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 SOUTH SUDAN

Compare Sweden and South Sudan 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.

South Sudan
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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South Sudan Population Pyramid
19,962,715
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Sweden SWEDEN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
       
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
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
72.2
77.2
74.6
1
2
1
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
72.8
78.9
75.7
2
3
3
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1990
74.8
80.4
77.5
4
6
2
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
2000
77.3
81.9
79.6
3
7
4
  
47.7
50.2
48.9
169
168
169
2010
79.5
83.5
81.5
6
11
9
  
54.1
56.0
55.0
170
170
170
2019
80.8
84.0
82.4
8
18
13
  
60.8
64.8
62.8
163
164
165
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
84.0
8
18
60.8
64.8
163
164
Age
80.8
84.0
8
18
60.8
64.8
163
164
Age 5
81.1
84.2
9
20
67.6
71.4
145
145
Age 10
81.1
84.2
9
20
68.4
72.3
141
141
Age 15
81.1
84.2
9
21
68.9
72.6
139
141
Age 20
81.2
84.3
10
21
69.3
72.9
139
141
Age 25
81.4
84.3
9
21
69.8
73.3
139
141
Age 30
81.6
84.4
8
20
70.3
73.8
139
139
Age 35
81.8
84.5
7
20
71.0
74.4
136
138
Age 40
82.0
84.6
8
20
71.8
75.1
135
138
Age 45
82.2
84.7
8
20
72.7
75.9
131
137
Age 50
82.4
84.9
10
22
73.8
76.8
128
134
Age 55
82.8
85.2
11
24
75.1
77.8
128
133
Age 60
83.3
85.6
14
25
76.6
78.9
130
130
Age 65
84.1
86.2
16
26
78.5
80.4
128
127
Age 70
85.2
87.0
17
27
80.7
82.2
127
123
Age 75
86.5
88.0
25
30
83.3
84.5
127
113
Age 80
88.2
89.3
36
35
86.3
87.2
117
99
Age 85
90.3
91.0
59
54
89.7
90.4
101
79
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
50.98
161
67.24
147
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30.96
10
16.37
120
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
20.76
59
4. Stroke
19.81
170
78.18
96
5. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
3.26
155
6. Lung Disease
14.83
144
20.35
103
7. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
24.61
32
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
7.03
119
9. Suicide
12.37
47
6.69
120
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.29
165
91.82
32
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
2.21
137
12. Diabetes Mellitus
6.85
159
28.11
91
13. Hypertension
5.32
154
26.49
52
14. Lymphomas
5.29
73
7.27
16
15. Kidney Disease
5.07
167
21.96
98
16. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
6.66
22
17. Other Injuries
4.92
134
12.63
39
18. Drug Use
4.10
18
0.59
151
19. Liver Disease
3.99
170
33.72
46
20. Falls
3.92
127
5.13
100
21. Other Neoplasms
3.65
24
0.29
144
22. Leukemia
3.40
103
4.90
23
23. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
6.30
69
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.12
140
3.13
139
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.09
106
2.34
137
26. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
2.57
49
27. Congenital Anomalies
2.78
162
7.99
32
28. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
4.83
115
29. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
1.83
105
30. Inflammatory/Heart
2.58
150
3.15
132
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.57
174
50.94
9
32. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
2.48
81
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
8.47
17
34. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
26.49
21
35. Alcohol
2.09
58
1.00
117
36. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
4.79
40
37. Violence
1.22
143
20.51
17
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.08
148
3.46
78
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
143
89.87
9
40. Multiple Sclerosis
0.84
15
0.07
172
41. Drownings
0.83
156
3.07
73
42. Epilepsy
0.78
158
1.73
85
43. Skin Disease
0.70
124
1.70
85
44. Low Birth Weight
0.61
178
13.19
12
45. Asthma
0.56
158
10.14
63
46. Anemia
0.47
24
0.00
161
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.43
71
0.36
82
48. Fires
0.40
154
3.92
30
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.38
167
1.89
73
50. Birth Trauma
0.38
165
15.46
3
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sweden SWEDEN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,136
19.91
2,930
3.49
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
10,917
14.36
543
0.65
3. Stroke
6,035
7.94
3,541
4.22
4. Lung Disease
4,344
5.72
894
1.07
5. Lung Cancers
3,722
4.90
164
0.20
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,049
4.01
360
0.43
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,659
3.50
9,918
11.82
8. Prostate Cancer
2,622
3.45
409
0.49
9. Pancreas Cancer
1,849
2.43
109
0.13
10. Hypertension
1,838
2.42
1,131
1.35
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,834
2.41
1,312
1.56
12. Kidney Disease
1,629
2.14
1,090
1.30
13. Breast Cancer
1,582
2.08
695
0.83
14. Suicide
1,479
1.95
425
0.51
15. Other Injuries
1,374
1.81
1,207
1.44
16. Lymphomas
1,357
1.79
422
0.50
17. Falls
1,109
1.46
269
0.32
18. Other Neoplasms
1,036
1.36
14
0.02
19. Parkinson's Disease
943
1.24
125
0.15
20. Leukemia
825
1.09
314
0.37
21. Bladder Cancer
760
1.00
88
0.10
22. Liver Cancer
752
0.99
346
0.41
23. Liver Disease
723
0.95
1,823
2.17
24. Endocrine Disorders
702
0.92
192
0.23
25. Skin Cancers
650
0.86
127
0.15
26. Stomach Cancer
612
0.81
241
0.29
27. Ovary Cancer
553
0.73
188
0.22
28. Inflammatory/Heart
547
0.72
217
0.26
29. Oesophagus Cancer
538
0.71
435
0.52
30. Drug Use
423
0.56
33
0.04
31. Oral Cancer
379
0.50
259
0.31
32. Alcohol
359
0.47
53
0.06
33. Uterin Cancer
345
0.45
66
0.08
34. Road Traffic Accidents
315
0.41
4,063
4.84
35. Congenital Anomalies
308
0.41
2,020
2.41
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
289
0.38
7,270
8.67
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
277
0.36
186
0.22
38. Cervical Cancer
228
0.30
761
0.91
39. Skin Disease
220
0.29
97
0.12
40. Anemia
175
0.23
0
0.00
41. Multiple Sclerosis
170
0.22
4
0.00
42. Asthma
158
0.21
587
0.70
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
129
0.17
16
0.02
44. Epilepsy
121
0.16
152
0.18
45. Malnutrition
117
0.15
1,660
1.98
46. Drownings
114
0.15
466
0.56
47. Violence
113
0.15
1,584
1.89
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
110
0.14
121
0.14
49. Fires
65
0.09
433
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   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
20.76
59
2. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
3.26
155
3. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
24.61
32
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
7.03
119
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
2.21
137
6. Lymphomas
5.29
73
7.27
16
7. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
6.66
22
8. Leukemia
3.40
103
4.90
23
9. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
6.30
69
10. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
2.57
49
11. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
4.83
115
12. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
1.83
105
13. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
2.48
81
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
8.47
17
15. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
26.49
21
16. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
4.79
40
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.