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Turkey
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 Turkey and Somalia 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.

Somalia
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
Turkey Population Pyramid
97,139,565
Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Turkey TURKEY   Somalia SOMALIA
  Turkey TURKEY   Somalia SOMALIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.9
52.1
50.5
94
94
93
 
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
1970
54.9
58.6
56.7
93
92
91
 
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
1980
59.2
63.8
61.4
96
93
94
 
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
1990
63.8
68.3
66.0
99
103
101
 
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
2000
67.1
73.8
70.4
93
80
89
 
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
2010
70.9
77.6
74.2
73
59
65
 
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
2019
76.4
80.7
78.6
38
43
39
 
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Turkey TURKEY   Somalia SOMALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.4
80.7
38
43
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age
76.4
80.7
38
43
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age 5
77.3
81.4
40
42
61.4
66.4
177
178
Age 10
77.3
81.5
40
42
62.3
67.4
176
177
Age 15
77.4
81.6
40
42
62.8
67.8
175
176
Age 20
77.5
81.6
40
42
63.4
68.2
175
176
Age 25
77.7
81.7
41
43
64.1
68.6
175
176
Age 30
77.8
81.8
42
43
64.8
69.2
175
177
Age 35
78.0
81.9
42
44
65.5
69.8
176
178
Age 40
78.2
82.0
43
45
66.4
70.6
176
178
Age 45
78.5
82.2
43
45
67.6
71.6
177
178
Age 50
79.0
82.4
43
45
69.1
72.8
177
178
Age 55
79.7
82.8
43
48
71.0
74.3
179
178
Age 60
80.6
83.2
43
50
73.2
76.0
179
178
Age 65
81.9
83.9
43
54
75.8
78.1
179
178
Age 70
83.6
84.9
45
58
78.7
80.3
179
176
Age 75
85.7
86.4
43
60
81.9
83.0
178
172
Age 80
88.2
88.4
33
59
85.4
86.1
171
166
Age 85
90.8
90.9
37
58
89.1
89.5
159
163
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Turkey TURKEY   Somalia SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
95.94
117
129.66
67
2. Stroke
49.06
129
150.17
23
3. Lung Cancers
39.65
3
3.67
149
4. Lung Disease
28.02
63
44.55
22
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.07
109
48.19
41
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.07
69
18.02
82
7. Kidney Disease
19.06
111
31.84
49
8. Hypertension
16.35
100
50.05
15
9. Prostate Cancer
15.64
94
12.27
123
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.42
140
155.59
3
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
53
8.09
101
12. Breast Cancer
11.74
142
33.65
7
13. Stomach Cancer
11.66
25
4.92
109
14. Pancreas Cancer
7.76
26
1.69
148
15. Liver Disease
7.14
150
57.15
7
16. Road Traffic Accidents
6.52
145
38.94
28
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.98
89
8.94
20
18. Leukemia
5.60
13
6.38
1
19. Lymphomas
5.51
62
7.68
12
20. Liver Cancer
5.13
96
3.62
148
21. Bladder Cancer
5.04
8
2.40
74
22. Falls
4.90
105
7.93
52
23. Violence
4.73
90
6.81
70
24. Ovary Cancer
4.73
78
8.19
6
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.81
109
3.95
100
26. Low Birth Weight
3.74
108
11.34
25
27. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
108
3.58
88
28. Asthma
2.72
104
25.62
9
29. Cervical Cancer
2.71
153
23.71
28
30. Suicide
2.34
174
14.66
29
31. Uterin Cancer
2.20
98
2.44
83
32. Other Injuries
1.96
181
31.38
1
33. Inflammatory/Heart
1.86
164
5.86
70
34. Skin Cancers
1.73
103
2.55
50
35. Oesophagus Cancer
1.49
128
7.97
19
36. Oral Cancer
1.48
163
4.64
44
37. Epilepsy
1.35
112
3.50
15
38. Drug Use
1.13
100
0.62
150
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.88
154
8.06
22
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.87
145
128.81
3
41. Birth Trauma
0.79
134
16.45
1
42. Other Neoplasms
0.73
68
0.20
162
43. Drownings
0.66
164
6.47
16
44. Malnutrition
0.66
110
42.27
1
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.51
156
5.27
20
46. Poisonings
0.43
105
5.99
1
47. Fires
0.40
155
6.16
6
48. War
0.38
30
9.09
5
49. Skin Disease
0.36
153
1.92
73
50. Tuberculosis
0.35
145
109.27
5
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Turkey TURKEY   Somalia SOMALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
85,905
22.08
7,233
4.57
2. Stroke
44,006
11.31
8,595
5.43
3. Lung Cancers
35,070
9.01
233
0.15
4. Lung Disease
25,088
6.45
2,442
1.54
5. Diabetes Mellitus
17,900
4.60
2,888
1.82
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17,308
4.45
647
0.41
7. Kidney Disease
17,021
4.37
2,051
1.29
8. Hypertension
14,763
3.79
2,643
1.67
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
12,845
3.30
21,712
13.71
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,606
2.73
546
0.34
11. Stomach Cancer
10,333
2.66
310
0.20
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,882
1.77
108
0.07
13. Liver Disease
6,340
1.63
3,917
2.47
14. Breast Cancer
5,643
1.45
1,232
0.78
15. Prostate Cancer
5,608
1.44
285
0.18
16. Road Traffic Accidents
5,573
1.43
4,231
2.67
17. Congenital Anomalies
4,966
1.28
3,410
2.15
18. Leukemia
4,870
1.25
562
0.35
19. Lymphomas
4,849
1.25
605
0.38
20. Liver Cancer
4,542
1.17
256
0.16
21. Bladder Cancer
4,485
1.15
149
0.09
22. Falls
4,373
1.12
548
0.35
23. Violence
4,010
1.03
828
0.52
24. Low Birth Weight
3,478
0.89
6,250
3.95
25. Parkinson's Disease
3,439
0.88
184
0.12
26. Endocrine Disorders
2,612
0.67
406
0.26
27. Asthma
2,434
0.63
1,878
1.19
28. Ovary Cancer
2,287
0.59
295
0.19
29. Suicide
2,003
0.51
1,219
0.77
30. Other Injuries
1,678
0.43
3,602
2.27
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,632
0.42
521
0.33
32. Skin Cancers
1,548
0.40
164
0.10
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1,321
0.34
516
0.33
34. Cervical Cancer
1,311
0.34
883
0.56
35. Oral Cancer
1,305
0.34
328
0.21
36. Epilepsy
1,147
0.29
419
0.26
37. Uterin Cancer
1,090
0.28
78
0.05
38. Drug Use
972
0.25
54
0.03
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
789
0.20
559
0.35
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
741
0.19
15,363
9.70
41. Birth Trauma
720
0.19
9,573
6.04
42. Other Neoplasms
646
0.17
12
0.01
43. Malnutrition
588
0.15
4,825
3.05
44. Drownings
549
0.14
1,272
0.80
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
452
0.12
446
0.28
46. Poisonings
369
0.09
758
0.48
47. Fires
343
0.09
810
0.51
48. Skin Disease
324
0.08
151
0.10
49. War
318
0.08
1,318
0.83
50. Tuberculosis
303
0.08
10,261
6.48
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Turkey TURKEY   Somalia SOMALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
39.65
3
3.67
149
2. Prostate Cancer
15.64
94
12.27
123
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
53
8.09
101
4. Breast Cancer
11.74
142
33.65
7
5. Stomach Cancer
11.66
25
4.92
109
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.76
26
1.69
148
7. Leukemia
5.60
13
6.38
1
8. Lymphomas
5.51
62
7.68
12
9. Liver Cancer
5.13
96
3.62
148
10. Bladder Cancer
5.04
8
2.40
74
11. Ovary Cancer
4.73
78
8.19
6
12. Cervical Cancer
2.71
153
23.71
28
13. Uterin Cancer
2.20
98
2.44
83
14. Skin Cancers
1.73
103
2.55
50
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.49
128
7.97
19
16. Oral Cancer
1.48
163
4.64
44
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.