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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
SWITZERLAND VS NIGERIA

Compare Switzerland and Nigeria 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.

Nigeria
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
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Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
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   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
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
  
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
70.0
76.2
73.0
6
5
5
  
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
72.2
78.9
75.5
8
4
5
  
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
73.9
80.7
77.2
9
3
4
  
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
76.8
82.5
79.7
4
4
2
  
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
80.0
84.5
82.3
2
5
2
  
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
81.8
85.1
83.4
1
7
2
  
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.8
85.1
1
7
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
81.8
85.1
1
7
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
82.1
85.4
1
6
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
82.1
85.4
1
6
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
82.2
85.4
1
6
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
82.2
85.5
1
6
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
82.3
85.5
1
6
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
82.5
85.6
1
6
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
82.6
85.6
1
6
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
82.7
85.7
1
6
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
82.9
85.8
1
6
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
83.1
86.0
2
7
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
83.5
86.3
2
8
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
84.1
86.7
2
8
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
84.9
87.2
2
9
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
85.9
87.8
4
10
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
87.2
88.7
7
13
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
88.8
89.8
11
15
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
90.9
91.5
30
26
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
41.51
170
100.91
107
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.78
19
19.45
59
3. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
1.37
178
4. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
20.56
47
5. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
20.40
63
6. Stroke
14.92
183
88.68
86
7. Lung Disease
12.25
158
20.77
99
8. Suicide
9.83
72
6.87
117
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
4.32
157
10. Hypertension
8.02
143
16.07
103
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
2.64
126
12. Falls
7.39
65
8.54
40
13. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.97
177
98.12
28
14. Lymphomas
5.46
65
5.96
45
15. Kidney Disease
4.61
174
23.87
88
16. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
3.90
112
17. Liver Disease
4.37
167
41.99
21
18. Diabetes Mellitus
4.37
174
33.50
82
19. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
6.19
71
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.21
106
5.49
76
21. Congenital Anomalies
3.56
145
11.22
5
22. Leukemia
3.37
106
2.06
151
23. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
2.52
169
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
102
7.01
35
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.24
133
5.60
29
26. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
0.81
166
27. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
2.44
107
28. Other Neoplasms
2.81
35
0.50
88
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
0.75
171
30. Other Injuries
2.56
176
10.98
56
31. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
2.29
62
32. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
1.60
132
33. Drug Use
1.84
54
5.81
5
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.71
180
27.25
54
35. Low Birth Weight
1.58
154
14.70
5
36. Alcohol
1.53
81
1.16
106
37. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
21.11
35
38. Multiple Sclerosis
0.96
10
0.18
103
39. Epilepsy
0.95
141
3.25
23
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.71
151
78.99
13
41. Osteoarthritis
0.57
4
0.00
139
42. Skin Disease
0.51
139
1.64
90
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.51
175
7.03
31
44. Schizophrenia
0.50
8
0.00
140
45. Birth Trauma
0.48
153
15.51
2
46. Drownings
0.47
172
2.17
107
47. Violence
0.45
179
11.97
42
48. Asthma
0.42
169
10.71
58
49. Anemia
0.32
40
0.00
142
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.31
170
2.05
69
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
10,713
18.49
61,374
4.14
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
7,192
12.41
6,786
0.46
3. Stroke
3,918
6.76
57,744
3.90
4. Lung Cancers
3,520
6.08
1,295
0.09
5. Lung Disease
2,902
5.01
12,569
0.85
6. Hypertension
2,471
4.26
10,692
0.72
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,995
3.44
4,152
0.28
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,949
3.36
207,281
14.00
9. Falls
1,919
3.31
7,528
0.51
10. Prostate Cancer
1,579
2.73
5,914
0.40
11. Breast Cancer
1,577
2.72
11,884
0.80
12. Pancreas Cancer
1,486
2.56
1,975
0.13
13. Kidney Disease
1,261
2.18
18,189
1.23
14. Suicide
1,249
2.16
7,019
0.47
15. Lymphomas
1,131
1.95
5,202
0.35
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,027
1.77
4,826
0.33
17. Diabetes Mellitus
1,022
1.76
22,497
1.52
18. Parkinson's Disease
857
1.48
2,473
0.17
19. Liver Cancer
805
1.39
5,289
0.36
20. Other Neoplasms
681
1.18
290
0.02
21. Liver Disease
677
1.17
38,326
2.59
22. Leukemia
671
1.16
2,257
0.15
23. Bladder Cancer
669
1.15
670
0.05
24. Stomach Cancer
614
1.06
2,129
0.14
25. Endocrine Disorders
593
1.02
15,799
1.07
26. Oral Cancer
500
0.86
2,238
0.15
27. Skin Cancers
493
0.85
1,933
0.13
28. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.85
560
0.04
29. Ovary Cancer
457
0.79
2,133
0.14
30. Other Injuries
410
0.71
22,696
1.53
31. Congenital Anomalies
305
0.53
49,696
3.36
32. Alcohol
229
0.40
1,031
0.07
33. Uterin Cancer
224
0.39
679
0.05
34. Road Traffic Accidents
193
0.33
41,693
2.82
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
186
0.32
144,724
9.77
36. Drug Use
176
0.30
6,273
0.42
37. Osteoarthritis
170
0.29
0
0.00
38. Multiple Sclerosis
160
0.28
179
0.01
39. Epilepsy
159
0.27
5,001
0.34
40. Skin Disease
129
0.22
1,468
0.10
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
122
0.21
5,846
0.39
42. Low Birth Weight
105
0.18
95,959
6.48
43. Cervical Cancer
105
0.18
10,574
0.71
44. Anemia
102
0.18
0
0.00
45. Schizophrenia
96
0.17
0
0.00
46. Asthma
95
0.16
8,192
0.55
47. Malnutrition
84
0.14
5,896
0.40
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
78
0.13
1,946
0.13
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
68
0.12
165
0.01
50. Drownings
49
0.08
6,584
0.44
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
1.37
178
2. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
20.56
47
3. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
20.40
63
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
4.32
157
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
2.64
126
6. Lymphomas
5.46
65
5.96
45
7. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
3.90
112
8. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
6.19
71
9. Leukemia
3.37
106
2.06
151
10. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
2.52
169
11. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
0.81
166
12. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
2.44
107
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
0.75
171
14. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
2.29
62
15. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
1.60
132
16. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
21.11
35
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.