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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 Libya 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.

Libya
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
Libya Population Pyramid
8,525,412
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tunisia TUNISIA   Libya LIBYA
  Tunisia TUNISIA   Libya LIBYA
       
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
 
45.7
48.2
46.9
107
112
108
1970
53.7
54.7
54.2
98
107
101
 
50.4
53.4
51.9
115
116
115
1980
61.4
63.5
62.4
84
96
91
 
58.8
62.2
60.5
100
104
102
1990
68.6
72.1
70.3
47
78
58
 
65.9
70.6
68.2
77
87
88
2000
70.6
75.6
72.9
49
57
51
 
69.3
72.7
70.9
68
96
84
2010
72.5
77.3
74.8
54
63
58
 
70.6
75.3
72.8
79
90
87
2019
74.9
79.2
77.0
50
58
53
 
74.2
77.3
75.8
59
85
72
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tunisia TUNISIA   Libya LIBYA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.9
79.2
50
58
74.2
77.3
59
85
Age
74.9
79.2
50
58
74.2
77.3
59
85
Age 5
76.3
80.5
45
51
75.2
78.2
56
88
Age 10
76.4
80.6
45
51
75.3
78.3
56
87
Age 15
76.6
80.7
45
51
75.5
78.4
54
87
Age 20
76.7
80.8
45
51
75.8
78.6
52
87
Age 25
77.0
80.9
44
51
76.3
78.8
52
83
Age 30
77.2
81.0
44
52
76.7
79.0
47
82
Age 35
77.5
81.1
45
52
77.1
79.2
47
83
Age 40
77.8
81.3
45
52
77.6
79.5
46
82
Age 45
78.2
81.6
45
54
78.1
79.9
46
83
Age 50
78.6
81.9
46
54
78.8
80.4
45
82
Age 55
79.3
82.2
48
56
79.5
81.1
44
79
Age 60
80.2
82.8
51
59
80.6
81.9
44
77
Age 65
81.4
83.6
55
60
81.9
83.1
44
71
Age 70
82.9
84.7
58
62
83.6
84.8
44
61
Age 75
84.8
86.3
64
62
85.7
86.6
41
57
Age 80
87.1
88.2
71
66
88.3
89.0
29
50
Age 85
90.0
90.8
79
61
90.9
91.2
29
47
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tunisia TUNISIA   Libya LIBYA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
164.63
38
158.90
40
2. Stroke
68.10
105
64.09
114
3. Hypertension
22.55
70
23.41
66
4. Kidney Disease
20.60
106
28.70
66
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.92
47
22.36
25
6. Road Traffic Accidents
16.02
91
22.90
59
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.33
133
16.90
127
8. Lung Cancers
14.42
79
13.37
86
9. Diabetes Mellitus
14.15
131
19.17
111
10. Lung Disease
14.05
147
15.44
138
11. Breast Cancer
11.56
145
6.73
179
12. Liver Disease
10.46
123
13.95
112
13. Prostate Cancer
7.97
140
6.62
148
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.69
108
8.87
90
15. Congenital Anomalies
7.36
44
6.46
69
16. Low Birth Weight
6.32
73
4.09
102
17. Asthma
5.34
85
7.09
75
18. Bladder Cancer
5.21
7
3.67
36
19. Lymphomas
4.90
83
4.24
109
20. Stomach Cancer
4.63
122
2.96
158
21. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
115
4.34
79
22. Falls
3.61
134
4.06
124
23. Violence
3.47
107
2.11
132
24. Suicide
3.18
161
4.50
148
25. Leukemia
3.15
116
4.41
51
26. Other Injuries
3.06
170
6.89
100
27. Cervical Cancer
2.97
147
5.45
120
28. Birth Trauma
2.96
82
1.48
106
29. Ovary Cancer
2.83
150
3.10
142
30. Liver Cancer
2.83
171
3.69
145
31. Pancreas Cancer
2.82
119
4.87
67
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
154
2.16
161
33. Endocrine Disorders
2.35
136
3.04
109
34. HIV/AIDS
2.06
104
3.03
92
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.90
116
2.45
95
36. Drug Use
1.88
53
6.17
4
37. Oral Cancer
1.83
144
1.71
148
38. Skin Cancers
1.69
106
0.50
162
39. Fires
1.66
86
1.98
75
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.57
113
1.78
108
41. Tuberculosis
1.15
123
13.26
59
42. Drownings
1.06
147
1.11
144
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.99
121
0.99
120
44. Oesophagus Cancer
0.87
167
0.80
170
45. Epilepsy
0.85
148
1.06
132
46. Maternal Conditions
0.71
100
1.57
76
47. Meningitis
0.70
96
0.76
93
48. Uterin Cancer
0.67
171
0.42
179
49. Poisonings
0.67
82
0.86
73
50. Hepatitis B
0.55
65
0.68
53
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Tunisia TUNISIA   Libya LIBYA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
20,658
33.50
6,610
26.30
2. Stroke
8,509
13.80
2,603
10.36
3. Hypertension
2,824
4.58
915
3.64
4. Kidney Disease
2,574
4.17
1,186
4.72
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,507
4.07
743
2.96
6. Road Traffic Accidents
1,928
3.13
1,444
5.75
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,912
3.10
744
2.96
8. Lung Cancers
1,849
3.00
592
2.36
9. Diabetes Mellitus
1,773
2.88
803
3.20
10. Lung Disease
1,754
2.84
607
2.42
11. Liver Disease
1,313
2.13
630
2.51
12. Congenital Anomalies
980
1.59
493
1.96
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
971
1.57
427
1.70
14. Low Birth Weight
924
1.50
359
1.43
15. Breast Cancer
781
1.27
190
0.76
16. Asthma
665
1.08
297
1.18
17. Bladder Cancer
654
1.06
136
0.54
18. Lymphomas
616
1.00
189
0.75
19. Stomach Cancer
583
0.95
134
0.53
20. Parkinson's Disease
469
0.76
159
0.63
21. Falls
445
0.72
204
0.81
22. Birth Trauma
436
0.71
132
0.53
23. Prostate Cancer
417
0.68
96
0.38
24. Violence
410
0.66
145
0.58
25. Leukemia
385
0.62
217
0.86
26. Suicide
383
0.62
304
1.21
27. Other Injuries
372
0.60
432
1.72
28. Pancreas Cancer
361
0.59
209
0.83
29. Liver Cancer
360
0.58
153
0.61
30. Inflammatory/Heart
298
0.48
107
0.43
31. Endocrine Disorders
285
0.46
153
0.61
32. HIV/AIDS
261
0.42
224
0.89
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
237
0.38
99
0.39
34. Drug Use
235
0.38
371
1.48
35. Oral Cancer
232
0.38
81
0.32
36. Skin Cancers
214
0.35
20
0.08
37. Fires
202
0.33
115
0.46
38. Cervical Cancer
201
0.33
135
0.54
39. Ovary Cancer
192
0.31
75
0.30
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
184
0.30
92
0.37
41. Tuberculosis
136
0.22
812
3.23
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
123
0.20
49
0.19
43. Drownings
122
0.20
74
0.29
44. Oesophagus Cancer
109
0.18
33
0.13
45. Epilepsy
101
0.16
67
0.27
46. Meningitis
86
0.14
41
0.16
47. Maternal Conditions
83
0.13
124
0.49
48. Poisonings
81
0.13
56
0.22
49. Hepatitis B
70
0.11
34
0.14
50. Uterin Cancer
46
0.07
8
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Tunisia TUNISIA   Libya LIBYA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
14.42
79
13.37
86
2. Breast Cancer
11.56
145
6.73
179
3. Prostate Cancer
7.97
140
6.62
148
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.69
108
8.87
90
5. Bladder Cancer
5.21
7
3.67
36
6. Lymphomas
4.90
83
4.24
109
7. Stomach Cancer
4.63
122
2.96
158
8. Leukemia
3.15
116
4.41
51
9. Cervical Cancer
2.97
147
5.45
120
10. Ovary Cancer
2.83
150
3.10
142
11. Liver Cancer
2.83
171
3.69
145
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.82
119
4.87
67
13. Oral Cancer
1.83
144
1.71
148
14. Skin Cancers
1.69
106
0.50
162
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.87
167
0.80
170
16. Uterin Cancer
0.67
171
0.42
179
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.