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Switzerland
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 Switzerland and Nepal 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.

Nepal
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
Switzerland Population Pyramid
9,817,716
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%
Nepal Population Pyramid
35,323,925
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
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Nepal NEPAL
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Nepal NEPAL
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.7
74.1
71.3
7
6
6
 
39.0
38.4
38.7
148
156
154
1970
70.0
76.2
73.0
6
5
5
 
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
1980
72.2
78.9
75.5
8
4
5
 
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
1990
73.9
80.7
77.2
9
3
4
 
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
2000
76.8
82.5
79.7
4
4
2
 
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
2010
80.0
84.5
82.3
2
5
2
 
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
2019
81.8
85.1
83.4
1
7
2
 
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Nepal NEPAL
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.8
85.1
1
7
68.9
72.7
113
119
Age
81.8
85.1
1
7
68.9
72.7
113
119
Age 5
82.1
85.4
1
6
71.2
74.9
102
118
Age 10
82.1
85.4
1
6
71.4
75.1
103
117
Age 15
82.2
85.4
1
6
71.6
75.2
104
118
Age 20
82.2
85.5
1
6
71.8
75.4
104
119
Age 25
82.3
85.5
1
6
72.2
75.6
105
119
Age 30
82.5
85.6
1
6
72.5
75.8
106
118
Age 35
82.6
85.6
1
6
72.9
76.0
106
118
Age 40
82.7
85.7
1
6
73.3
76.3
107
118
Age 45
82.9
85.8
1
6
73.8
76.8
111
117
Age 50
83.1
86.0
2
7
74.5
77.4
112
118
Age 55
83.5
86.3
2
8
75.5
78.2
118
117
Age 60
84.1
86.7
2
8
76.8
79.2
123
120
Age 65
84.9
87.2
2
9
78.5
80.4
123
124
Age 70
85.9
87.8
4
10
80.7
82.0
129
134
Age 75
87.2
88.7
7
13
83.2
84.1
133
137
Age 80
88.8
89.8
11
15
86.1
86.7
132
146
Age 85
90.9
91.5
30
26
89.4
89.8
145
151
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Nepal NEPAL
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
41.51
170
102.19
104
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.78
19
13.60
145
3. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
18.16
65
4. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
8.50
172
5. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
0.95
182
6. Stroke
14.92
183
67.32
106
7. Lung Disease
12.25
158
149.01
1
8. Suicide
9.83
72
9.77
74
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
5.77
137
10. Hypertension
8.02
143
11.58
122
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
2.18
138
12. Falls
7.39
65
15.55
5
13. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.97
177
29.37
86
14. Lymphomas
5.46
65
3.51
134
15. Kidney Disease
4.61
174
21.28
103
16. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
4.60
83
17. Liver Disease
4.37
167
30.02
57
18. Diabetes Mellitus
4.37
174
16.12
117
19. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
1.19
183
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.21
106
1.08
183
21. Congenital Anomalies
3.56
145
4.79
117
22. Leukemia
3.37
106
2.61
139
23. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
6.79
79
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
102
1.14
171
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.24
133
4.37
77
26. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
1.62
119
27. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
6.52
23
28. Other Neoplasms
2.81
35
0.26
148
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
2.40
92
30. Other Injuries
2.56
176
7.36
96
31. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
2.13
76
32. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
0.48
176
33. Drug Use
1.84
54
0.42
167
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.71
180
20.65
72
35. Low Birth Weight
1.58
154
8.46
51
36. Alcohol
1.53
81
0.74
129
37. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
15.27
52
38. Multiple Sclerosis
0.96
10
0.17
106
39. Epilepsy
0.95
141
3.57
12
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.71
151
29.68
51
41. Osteoarthritis
0.57
4
0.00
137
42. Skin Disease
0.51
139
0.09
176
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.51
175
1.16
144
44. Schizophrenia
0.50
8
0.00
138
45. Birth Trauma
0.48
153
6.00
55
46. Drownings
0.47
172
5.38
23
47. Violence
0.45
179
2.57
119
48. Asthma
0.42
169
30.93
6
49. Anemia
0.32
40
0.00
140
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.31
170
11.28
7
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Nepal NEPAL
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
10,713
18.49
19,677
12.26
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
7,192
12.41
2,022
1.26
3. Stroke
3,918
6.76
12,909
8.04
4. Lung Cancers
3,520
6.08
3,586
2.23
5. Lung Disease
2,902
5.01
27,027
16.83
6. Hypertension
2,471
4.26
2,092
1.30
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,995
3.44
1,167
0.73
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,949
3.36
6,237
3.88
9. Falls
1,919
3.31
3,321
2.07
10. Prostate Cancer
1,579
2.73
85
0.05
11. Breast Cancer
1,577
2.72
1,038
0.65
12. Pancreas Cancer
1,486
2.56
445
0.28
13. Kidney Disease
1,261
2.18
4,284
2.67
14. Suicide
1,249
2.16
2,571
1.60
15. Lymphomas
1,131
1.95
768
0.48
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,027
1.77
217
0.14
17. Diabetes Mellitus
1,022
1.76
2,929
1.82
18. Parkinson's Disease
857
1.48
760
0.47
19. Liver Cancer
805
1.39
256
0.16
20. Other Neoplasms
681
1.18
50
0.03
21. Liver Disease
677
1.17
6,383
3.98
22. Leukemia
671
1.16
668
0.42
23. Bladder Cancer
669
1.15
325
0.20
24. Stomach Cancer
614
1.06
1,379
0.86
25. Endocrine Disorders
593
1.02
257
0.16
26. Oral Cancer
500
0.86
1,389
0.87
27. Skin Cancers
493
0.85
400
0.25
28. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.85
491
0.31
29. Ovary Cancer
457
0.79
585
0.36
30. Other Injuries
410
0.71
1,655
1.03
31. Congenital Anomalies
305
0.53
1,949
1.21
32. Alcohol
229
0.40
168
0.10
33. Uterin Cancer
224
0.39
56
0.03
34. Road Traffic Accidents
193
0.33
4,654
2.90
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
186
0.32
6,071
3.78
36. Drug Use
176
0.30
93
0.06
37. Osteoarthritis
170
0.29
0
0.00
38. Multiple Sclerosis
160
0.28
38
0.02
39. Epilepsy
159
0.27
874
0.54
40. Skin Disease
129
0.22
17
0.01
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
122
0.21
191
0.12
42. Low Birth Weight
105
0.18
3,822
2.38
43. Cervical Cancer
105
0.18
1,969
1.23
44. Anemia
102
0.18
0
0.00
45. Schizophrenia
96
0.17
0
0.00
46. Asthma
95
0.16
5,930
3.69
47. Malnutrition
84
0.14
845
0.53
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
78
0.13
2,320
1.44
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
68
0.12
173
0.11
50. Drownings
49
0.08
1,505
0.94
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Nepal NEPAL
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
18.16
65
2. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
8.50
172
3. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
0.95
182
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
5.77
137
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
2.18
138
6. Lymphomas
5.46
65
3.51
134
7. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
4.60
83
8. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
1.19
183
9. Leukemia
3.37
106
2.61
139
10. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
6.79
79
11. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
1.62
119
12. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
6.52
23
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
2.40
92
14. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
2.13
76
15. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
0.48
176
16. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
15.27
52
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.