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Yemen
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
YEMEN VS KUWAIT

Compare Yemen and Kuwait 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.

Kuwait
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
Yemen Population Pyramid
48,080,012
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Kuwait Population Pyramid
5,393,471
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Kuwait KUWAIT
  Yemen YEMEN   Kuwait KUWAIT
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
34.5
34.9
34.7
164
167
166
  
58.1
61.5
59.8
63
65
64
1970
38.5
38.9
38.7
164
167
167
  
64.8
68.8
66.8
48
51
52
1980
46.9
47.4
47.1
150
158
155
  
68.7
72.9
70.8
34
48
34
1990
53.8
55.2
54.5
146
150
150
  
73.2
76.9
75.0
16
31
24
2000
59.5
62.2
60.8
131
131
131
  
72.4
74.4
73.2
36
74
48
2010
63.1
65.8
64.4
129
135
134
  
73.2
75.2
74.0
47
91
69
2019
64.4
68.9
66.6
136
139
137
  
79.3
83.9
81.0
24
19
29
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Kuwait KUWAIT
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
64.4
68.9
136
139
79.3
83.9
24
19
Age
64.4
68.9
136
139
79.3
83.9
24
19
Age 5
68.7
72.8
137
134
79.9
84.5
21
13
Age 10
69.1
73.3
136
134
80.0
84.6
21
13
Age 15
69.5
73.6
137
134
80.1
84.7
21
13
Age 20
69.9
73.9
137
134
80.2
84.7
21
13
Age 25
70.7
74.2
129
133
80.4
84.8
20
13
Age 30
71.3
74.6
123
132
80.6
84.8
19
13
Age 35
71.9
75.0
122
132
80.8
84.9
22
14
Age 40
72.6
75.4
122
134
81.0
84.9
23
14
Age 45
73.3
76.0
122
135
81.2
85.1
23
15
Age 50
74.2
76.7
123
137
81.6
85.2
23
15
Age 55
75.3
77.6
123
140
82.1
85.5
23
15
Age 60
76.8
78.7
124
139
82.8
85.9
23
16
Age 65
78.6
80.2
120
141
83.8
86.5
22
17
Age 70
80.8
82.0
121
137
85.0
87.4
21
16
Age 75
83.4
84.2
121
133
86.7
88.5
17
15
Age 80
86.3
86.9
121
131
88.7
90.0
17
13
Age 85
89.6
90.1
119
128
91.1
92.0
18
12
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Kuwait KUWAIT
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
278.48
14
94.14
119
2. Stroke
127.49
32
37.49
140
3. Hypertension
52.65
11
15.74
106
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
44.65
63
26.91
93
5. War
43.23
3
0.02
94
6. Road Traffic Accidents
34.92
36
18.99
80
7. Lung Disease
30.33
49
6.49
182
8. Kidney Disease
22.46
95
12.44
132
9. Liver Disease
21.23
84
6.90
153
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.18
65
17.42
96
11. Asthma
17.56
26
1.12
126
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.42
120
14.78
127
13. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
25.21
27
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
13.11
64
0.24
172
15. Low Birth Weight
12.37
16
3.94
106
16. Violence
10.22
49
1.82
135
17. Tuberculosis
9.58
68
0.71
134
18. Other Injuries
8.91
78
2.62
174
19. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
29
5.27
105
20. Birth Trauma
8.05
39
0.18
179
21. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
3.19
151
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
9.88
77
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.19
30
0.96
150
24. Suicide
7.06
115
2.66
167
25. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
2.17
102
26. Malaria
6.67
41
0.00
124
27. Measles
6.60
12
0.00
85
28. Falls
6.19
82
2.93
152
29. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
8.20
113
30. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
6.12
72
31. Malnutrition
4.37
57
0.01
177
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.35
21
0.35
169
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.06
95
2.84
148
34. Fires
4.01
27
0.80
122
35. Inflammatory/Heart
3.58
121
1.37
177
36. Leukemia
3.41
101
4.74
29
37. Drownings
3.37
65
0.52
169
38. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
2.60
100
39. Meningitis
3.13
52
0.30
138
40. Maternal Conditions
3.12
56
0.07
161
41. Endocrine Disorders
2.84
118
1.67
157
42. Pertussis
2.74
26
0.00
166
43. Drug Use
2.68
29
1.35
78
44. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
4.60
74
45. Lymphomas
2.30
168
6.31
32
46. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
4.56
85
47. Hepatitis B
2.02
7
0.02
171
48. Poisonings
1.93
46
0.40
110
49. HIV/AIDS
1.93
107
0.11
156
50. Epilepsy
1.86
77
0.61
169
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Yemen YEMEN   Kuwait KUWAIT
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30,158
19.39
2,325
30.48
2. Stroke
13,570
8.72
599
7.85
3. War
12,915
8.30
1
0.01
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,978
7.70
340
4.46
5. Low Birth Weight
8,810
5.66
158
2.07
6. Road Traffic Accidents
8,561
5.50
649
8.51
7. Birth Trauma
5,939
3.82
7
0.09
8. Hypertension
5,293
3.40
256
3.36
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,372
2.81
6
0.08
10. Congenital Anomalies
4,291
2.76
202
2.65
11. Lung Disease
3,196
2.05
84
1.10
12. Measles
3,019
1.94
0
0.00
13. Liver Disease
2,891
1.86
192
2.52
14. Violence
2,839
1.83
75
0.98
15. Kidney Disease
2,679
1.72
204
2.67
16. Other Injuries
2,225
1.43
83
1.09
17. Asthma
2,106
1.35
21
0.28
18. Tuberculosis
1,899
1.22
31
0.41
19. Diabetes Mellitus
1,794
1.15
242
3.17
20. Malaria
1,719
1.11
0
0.00
21. Suicide
1,699
1.09
122
1.60
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,405
0.90
139
1.82
23. Pertussis
1,239
0.80
0
0.00
24. Falls
1,170
0.75
102
1.34
25. Drownings
1,142
0.73
19
0.25
26. Breast Cancer
1,134
0.73
230
3.01
27. Malnutrition
1,058
0.68
0
0.00
28. Meningitis
1,018
0.65
9
0.12
29. Fires
991
0.64
28
0.37
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
913
0.59
198
2.60
31. Stomach Cancer
902
0.58
72
0.94
32. Maternal Conditions
890
0.57
4
0.05
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
833
0.54
14
0.18
34. Leukemia
776
0.50
123
1.61
35. Oesophagus Cancer
765
0.49
35
0.46
36. Endocrine Disorders
738
0.47
44
0.58
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
707
0.45
8
0.10
38. Drug Use
613
0.39
38
0.50
39. Liver Cancer
609
0.39
129
1.69
40. Inflammatory/Heart
585
0.38
36
0.47
41. Lung Cancers
569
0.37
161
2.11
42. Oral Cancer
547
0.35
74
0.97
43. Epilepsy
539
0.35
22
0.29
44. Poisonings
532
0.34
16
0.21
45. Lymphomas
433
0.28
132
1.73
46. HIV/AIDS
396
0.25
7
0.09
47. Tetanus
395
0.25
0
0.00
48. Encephalitis
369
0.24
4
0.05
49. Parkinson's Disease
362
0.23
29
0.38
50. Hepatitis B
299
0.19
1
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Kuwait KUWAIT
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
25.21
27
2. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
3.19
151
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
9.88
77
4. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
2.17
102
5. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
8.20
113
6. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
6.12
72
7. Leukemia
3.41
101
4.74
29
8. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
2.60
100
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
4.60
74
10. Lymphomas
2.30
168
6.31
32
11. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
4.56
85
12. Cervical Cancer
1.52
178
2.99
146
13. Bladder Cancer
1.50
129
3.76
33
14. Prostate Cancer
0.88
183
10.40
133
15. Skin Cancers
0.81
144
1.24
129
16. Uterin Cancer
0.05
181
4.90
19
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.