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Togo
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 Togo and South Africa 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 Africa
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
Togo Population Pyramid
15,415,505
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%
South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
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
  Togo TOGO   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Togo TOGO   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
41.3
44.4
42.8
132
130
131
 
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
46.9
50.2
48.5
128
128
129
 
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
52.7
56.3
54.4
128
125
129
 
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
55.7
59.7
57.6
139
135
136
 
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
53.3
55.9
54.6
151
151
151
 
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
56.6
58.2
57.4
160
165
164
 
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
61.5
67.2
64.3
158
150
153
 
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Togo TOGO   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.5
67.2
158
150
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
61.5
67.2
158
150
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
66.3
71.6
156
143
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
66.7
72.1
161
144
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
67.1
72.3
161
142
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
67.5
72.6
161
142
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
68.0
73.0
160
142
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
68.5
73.4
160
143
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
69.2
73.9
160
143
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
69.9
74.6
162
144
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
70.9
75.4
161
145
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
72.2
76.3
159
145
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
73.7
77.4
158
145
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
75.4
78.7
156
141
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
77.6
80.2
156
139
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
80.0
82.1
155
129
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
82.8
84.4
150
125
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
86.0
87.1
144
111
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
89.5
90.3
130
103
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Togo TOGO   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
143.23
52
83.76
128
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
122.55
11
83.23
40
3. Stroke
116.50
52
80.50
93
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
61.24
23
33.37
46
5. Malaria
52.24
5
0.14
56
6. HIV/AIDS
45.39
26
121.35
9
7. Diabetes Mellitus
37.36
68
74.67
16
8. Liver Disease
37.10
33
18.41
95
9. Road Traffic Accidents
33.94
39
22.70
61
10. Kidney Disease
33.57
43
35.72
35
11. Lung Disease
29.00
58
31.41
47
12. Hypertension
21.50
74
33.86
36
13. Cervical Cancer
20.48
38
20.99
37
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.75
54
16.44
118
15. Prostate Cancer
17.31
78
35.20
22
16. Asthma
16.62
31
13.63
45
17. Breast Cancer
15.95
103
18.21
76
18. Suicide
14.81
28
23.49
8
19. Other Injuries
14.32
27
10.77
57
20. Meningitis
13.13
24
6.74
41
21. Endocrine Disorders
11.83
13
11.70
14
22. Birth Trauma
10.60
19
3.36
78
23. Violence
10.19
50
37.54
8
24. Low Birth Weight
9.36
40
7.16
63
25. Falls
9.27
23
2.99
150
26. Maternal Conditions
8.51
36
2.65
62
27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.30
21
4.52
65
28. Liver Cancer
7.53
51
5.46
87
29. Stomach Cancer
7.49
70
3.68
137
30. Inflammatory/Heart
7.26
47
12.75
17
31. Congenital Anomalies
7.21
48
6.23
83
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.33
129
8.90
89
33. Parkinson's Disease
5.41
38
3.36
130
34. Malnutrition
5.31
52
4.41
56
35. Lymphomas
4.73
90
6.08
39
36. Skin Cancers
4.71
5
2.47
53
37. Ovary Cancer
3.92
111
3.85
115
38. Fires
3.92
29
6.64
4
39. Tuberculosis
3.67
92
39.83
26
40. Epilepsy
3.51
14
3.28
22
41. Oral Cancer
3.49
73
3.18
80
42. Drug Use
3.02
27
1.52
67
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.01
43
2.04
70
44. Drownings
2.78
77
4.06
44
45. Uterin Cancer
2.76
71
2.15
99
46. Oesophagus Cancer
2.68
83
8.50
16
47. Schistosomiasis
2.53
15
0.07
58
48. Poisonings
2.42
36
1.62
54
49. Lung Cancers
2.15
170
18.34
64
50. Skin Disease
2.12
58
2.91
30
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Togo TOGO   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,739
11.56
39,341
8.65
2. Malaria
5,075
10.23
83
0.02
3. Coronary Heart Disease
4,142
8.35
32,739
7.20
4. Stroke
3,574
7.20
30,693
6.75
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
3,190
6.43
15,843
3.49
6. HIV/AIDS
3,007
6.06
71,996
15.84
7. Road Traffic Accidents
2,316
4.67
13,014
2.86
8. Birth Trauma
2,309
4.65
3,004
0.66
9. Low Birth Weight
2,005
4.04
6,250
1.37
10. Liver Disease
1,517
3.06
9,013
1.98
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,181
2.38
30,188
6.64
12. Congenital Anomalies
1,170
2.36
4,351
0.96
13. Kidney Disease
1,159
2.34
15,302
3.37
14. Meningitis
941
1.90
3,660
0.81
15. Endocrine Disorders
881
1.78
5,890
1.30
16. Other Injuries
834
1.68
6,014
1.32
17. Lung Disease
823
1.66
11,895
2.62
18. Violence
723
1.46
21,000
4.62
19. Suicide
711
1.43
13,774
3.03
20. Hypertension
672
1.35
12,789
2.81
21. Maternal Conditions
601
1.21
1,700
0.37
22. Asthma
587
1.18
5,966
1.31
23. Cervical Cancer
421
0.85
5,555
1.22
24. Breast Cancer
362
0.73
4,533
1.00
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
328
0.66
4,676
1.03
26. Liver Cancer
312
0.63
2,383
0.52
27. Falls
307
0.62
1,399
0.31
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
297
0.60
1,894
0.42
29. Pertussis
282
0.57
1,142
0.25
30. Stomach Cancer
280
0.56
1,535
0.34
31. Inflammatory/Heart
276
0.56
5,408
1.19
32. Malnutrition
254
0.51
2,381
0.52
33. Drownings
225
0.45
2,403
0.53
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
224
0.45
3,587
0.79
35. Tuberculosis
216
0.44
21,965
4.83
36. Fires
215
0.43
3,618
0.80
37. Epilepsy
210
0.42
1,870
0.41
38. Lymphomas
190
0.38
2,818
0.62
39. Prostate Cancer
186
0.37
4,374
0.96
40. Skin Cancers
159
0.32
993
0.22
41. Drug Use
158
0.32
770
0.17
42. Poisonings
153
0.31
975
0.21
43. Oral Cancer
131
0.26
1,406
0.31
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
115
0.23
1,015
0.22
45. Parkinson's Disease
111
0.22
1,077
0.24
46. Schistosomiasis
98
0.20
35
0.01
47. Oesophagus Cancer
96
0.19
3,486
0.77
48. Syphilis
94
0.19
1,130
0.25
49. Ovary Cancer
88
0.18
951
0.21
50. Tetanus
80
0.16
38
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Togo TOGO   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
20.48
38
20.99
37
2. Prostate Cancer
17.31
78
35.20
22
3. Breast Cancer
15.95
103
18.21
76
4. Liver Cancer
7.53
51
5.46
87
5. Stomach Cancer
7.49
70
3.68
137
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.33
129
8.90
89
7. Lymphomas
4.73
90
6.08
39
8. Skin Cancers
4.71
5
2.47
53
9. Ovary Cancer
3.92
111
3.85
115
10. Oral Cancer
3.49
73
3.18
80
11. Uterin Cancer
2.76
71
2.15
99
12. Oesophagus Cancer
2.68
83
8.50
16
13. Lung Cancers
2.15
170
18.34
64
14. Bladder Cancer
1.53
125
2.19
83
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.05
165
4.98
65
16. Leukemia
0.75
175
3.34
108
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.