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Tunisia
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 Tunisia and Egypt 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.

Egypt
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
Tunisia Population Pyramid
13,796,600
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%
Egypt Population Pyramid
159,956,809
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
  Tunisia TUNISIA   Egypt EGYPT
  Tunisia TUNISIA   Egypt EGYPT
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.1
49.1
48.6
98
102
99
 
45.1
46.9
46.0
112
115
115
1970
53.7
54.7
54.2
98
107
101
 
49.5
51.3
50.4
121
120
119
1980
61.4
63.5
62.4
84
96
91
 
54.1
55.9
54.9
124
127
127
1990
68.6
72.1
70.3
47
78
58
 
60.8
63.6
62.2
117
123
120
2000
70.6
75.6
72.9
49
57
51
 
66.4
71.4
68.8
96
100
100
2010
72.5
77.3
74.8
54
63
58
 
67.9
72.2
70.0
99
113
105
2019
74.9
79.2
77.0
50
58
53
 
69.6
74.1
71.8
105
111
112
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tunisia TUNISIA   Egypt EGYPT
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.9
79.2
50
58
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age
74.9
79.2
50
58
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age 5
76.3
80.5
45
51
71.1
75.6
106
112
Age 10
76.4
80.6
45
51
71.3
75.8
106
112
Age 15
76.6
80.7
45
51
71.4
75.9
107
112
Age 20
76.7
80.8
45
51
71.7
76.0
107
112
Age 25
77.0
80.9
44
51
72.0
76.2
109
112
Age 30
77.2
81.0
44
52
72.2
76.3
111
113
Age 35
77.5
81.1
45
52
72.5
76.5
114
113
Age 40
77.8
81.3
45
52
72.9
76.7
115
114
Age 45
78.2
81.6
45
54
73.3
77.0
121
115
Age 50
78.6
81.9
46
54
73.9
77.4
126
117
Age 55
79.3
82.2
48
56
75.0
78.1
132
119
Age 60
80.2
82.8
51
59
76.5
79.1
134
122
Age 65
81.4
83.6
55
60
78.5
80.5
131
117
Age 70
82.9
84.7
58
62
81.0
82.6
116
105
Age 75
84.8
86.3
64
62
83.4
84.7
119
103
Age 80
87.1
88.2
71
66
86.5
87.2
109
103
Age 85
90.0
90.8
79
61
89.8
90.1
98
120
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tunisia TUNISIA   Egypt EGYPT
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
164.63
38
268.11
15
2. Stroke
68.10
105
65.24
110
3. Hypertension
22.55
70
34.03
35
4. Kidney Disease
20.60
106
32.58
46
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.92
47
13.14
148
6. Road Traffic Accidents
16.02
91
11.77
116
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.33
133
25.25
99
8. Lung Cancers
14.42
79
8.02
115
9. Diabetes Mellitus
14.15
131
27.97
92
10. Lung Disease
14.05
147
20.69
100
11. Breast Cancer
11.56
145
24.04
33
12. Liver Disease
10.46
123
93.37
1
13. Prostate Cancer
7.97
140
6.17
154
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.69
108
4.35
156
15. Congenital Anomalies
7.36
44
7.73
38
16. Low Birth Weight
6.32
73
6.01
80
17. Asthma
5.34
85
10.51
59
18. Bladder Cancer
5.21
7
8.13
2
19. Lymphomas
4.90
83
11.00
2
20. Stomach Cancer
4.63
122
2.54
168
21. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
115
4.12
91
22. Falls
3.61
134
2.57
161
23. Violence
3.47
107
4.42
93
24. Suicide
3.18
161
3.41
158
25. Leukemia
3.15
116
4.53
42
26. Other Injuries
3.06
170
4.29
144
27. Cervical Cancer
2.97
147
1.68
175
28. Birth Trauma
2.96
82
3.36
79
29. Ovary Cancer
2.83
150
5.11
61
30. Liver Cancer
2.83
171
34.11
2
31. Pancreas Cancer
2.82
119
4.11
83
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
154
3.07
135
33. Endocrine Disorders
2.35
136
2.96
113
34. HIV/AIDS
2.06
104
0.41
127
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.90
116
1.89
119
36. Drug Use
1.88
53
0.13
183
37. Oral Cancer
1.83
144
1.16
170
38. Skin Cancers
1.69
106
1.52
117
39. Fires
1.66
86
1.72
83
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.57
113
3.32
88
41. Tuberculosis
1.15
123
0.54
138
42. Drownings
1.06
147
1.09
146
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.99
121
1.62
82
44. Oesophagus Cancer
0.87
167
1.39
132
45. Epilepsy
0.85
148
0.48
179
46. Maternal Conditions
0.71
100
0.80
93
47. Meningitis
0.70
96
0.78
92
48. Uterin Cancer
0.67
171
1.19
154
49. Poisonings
0.67
82
0.20
151
50. Hepatitis B
0.55
65
1.29
24
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Tunisia TUNISIA   Egypt EGYPT
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
20,658
33.50
173,871
32.40
2. Stroke
8,509
13.80
43,839
8.17
3. Hypertension
2,824
4.58
21,094
3.93
4. Kidney Disease
2,574
4.17
21,087
3.93
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,507
4.07
6,975
1.30
6. Road Traffic Accidents
1,928
3.13
10,141
1.89
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,912
3.10
20,694
3.86
8. Lung Cancers
1,849
3.00
5,677
1.06
9. Diabetes Mellitus
1,773
2.88
19,131
3.57
10. Lung Disease
1,754
2.84
13,393
2.50
11. Liver Disease
1,313
2.13
60,122
11.20
12. Congenital Anomalies
980
1.59
12,163
2.27
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
971
1.57
3,083
0.57
14. Low Birth Weight
924
1.50
11,391
2.12
15. Breast Cancer
781
1.27
9,180
1.71
16. Asthma
665
1.08
7,104
1.32
17. Bladder Cancer
654
1.06
5,133
0.96
18. Lymphomas
616
1.00
7,539
1.40
19. Stomach Cancer
583
0.95
1,844
0.34
20. Parkinson's Disease
469
0.76
2,391
0.45
21. Falls
445
0.72
2,019
0.38
22. Birth Trauma
436
0.71
6,109
1.14
23. Prostate Cancer
417
0.68
1,282
0.24
24. Violence
410
0.66
4,165
0.78
25. Leukemia
385
0.62
3,763
0.70
26. Suicide
383
0.62
3,022
0.56
27. Other Injuries
372
0.60
3,819
0.71
28. Pancreas Cancer
361
0.59
2,906
0.54
29. Liver Cancer
360
0.58
24,512
4.57
30. Inflammatory/Heart
298
0.48
2,489
0.46
31. Endocrine Disorders
285
0.46
2,372
0.44
32. HIV/AIDS
261
0.42
397
0.07
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
237
0.38
1,339
0.25
34. Drug Use
235
0.38
116
0.02
35. Oral Cancer
232
0.38
793
0.15
36. Skin Cancers
214
0.35
1,013
0.19
37. Fires
202
0.33
1,568
0.29
38. Cervical Cancer
201
0.33
625
0.12
39. Ovary Cancer
192
0.31
1,944
0.36
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
184
0.30
3,692
0.69
41. Tuberculosis
136
0.22
432
0.08
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
123
0.20
1,248
0.23
43. Drownings
122
0.20
1,122
0.21
44. Oesophagus Cancer
109
0.18
951
0.18
45. Epilepsy
101
0.16
451
0.08
46. Meningitis
86
0.14
827
0.15
47. Maternal Conditions
83
0.13
795
0.15
48. Poisonings
81
0.13
195
0.04
49. Hepatitis B
70
0.11
988
0.18
50. Uterin Cancer
46
0.07
422
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tunisia TUNISIA   Egypt EGYPT
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
14.42
79
8.02
115
2. Breast Cancer
11.56
145
24.04
33
3. Prostate Cancer
7.97
140
6.17
154
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.69
108
4.35
156
5. Bladder Cancer
5.21
7
8.13
2
6. Lymphomas
4.90
83
11.00
2
7. Stomach Cancer
4.63
122
2.54
168
8. Leukemia
3.15
116
4.53
42
9. Cervical Cancer
2.97
147
1.68
175
10. Ovary Cancer
2.83
150
5.11
61
11. Liver Cancer
2.83
171
34.11
2
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.82
119
4.11
83
13. Oral Cancer
1.83
144
1.16
170
14. Skin Cancers
1.69
106
1.52
117
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.87
167
1.39
132
16. Uterin Cancer
0.67
171
1.19
154
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.