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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

Compare Yemen and Liberia 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.

Liberia
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
Liberia Population Pyramid
9,339,755
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Liberia LIBERIA
  Yemen YEMEN   Liberia LIBERIA
       
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
 
38.9
41.3
40.1
149
144
146
1970
38.5
38.9
38.7
164
167
167
 
41.3
43.1
42.2
156
156
157
1980
46.9
47.4
47.1
150
158
155
 
43.4
45.5
44.4
162
163
162
1990
53.8
55.2
54.5
146
150
150
 
41.8
44.1
42.9
177
178
177
2000
59.5
62.2
60.8
131
131
131
 
51.2
52.6
51.9
155
163
156
2010
63.1
65.8
64.4
129
135
134
 
58.4
61.0
59.7
151
152
152
2019
64.4
68.9
66.6
136
139
137
 
63.2
65.0
64.1
149
163
155
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Liberia LIBERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
64.4
68.9
136
139
63.2
65.0
149
163
Age
64.4
68.9
136
139
63.2
65.0
149
163
Age 5
68.7
72.8
137
134
69.4
70.4
131
154
Age 10
69.1
73.3
136
134
69.9
70.9
126
155
Age 15
69.5
73.6
137
134
70.3
71.3
123
155
Age 20
69.9
73.9
137
134
70.7
71.6
122
155
Age 25
70.7
74.2
129
133
71.1
72.0
121
155
Age 30
71.3
74.6
123
132
71.6
72.5
121
155
Age 35
71.9
75.0
122
132
72.2
73.1
120
155
Age 40
72.6
75.4
122
134
72.9
73.8
117
153
Age 45
73.3
76.0
122
135
73.7
74.6
112
154
Age 50
74.2
76.7
123
137
74.8
75.5
106
155
Age 55
75.3
77.6
123
140
76.0
76.7
103
154
Age 60
76.8
78.7
124
139
77.4
78.0
102
155
Age 65
78.6
80.2
120
141
79.2
79.7
98
151
Age 70
80.8
82.0
121
137
81.3
81.7
102
147
Age 75
83.4
84.2
121
133
83.8
84.1
89
139
Age 80
86.3
86.9
121
131
86.7
86.9
92
132
Age 85
89.6
90.1
119
128
89.9
90.1
85
115
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Liberia LIBERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
278.48
14
98.87
112
2. Stroke
127.49
32
79.84
94
3. Hypertension
52.65
11
18.52
90
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
44.65
63
78.43
44
5. War
43.23
3
0.01
145
6. Road Traffic Accidents
34.92
36
55.89
4
7. Lung Disease
30.33
49
15.39
139
8. Kidney Disease
22.46
95
27.80
69
9. Liver Disease
21.23
84
34.32
44
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.18
65
17.56
92
11. Asthma
17.56
26
8.98
68
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.42
120
31.63
86
13. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
17.79
81
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
13.11
64
47.97
37
15. Low Birth Weight
12.37
16
11.72
21
16. Violence
10.22
49
13.13
34
17. Tuberculosis
9.58
68
89.99
7
18. Other Injuries
8.91
78
9.64
70
19. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
29
7.74
37
20. Birth Trauma
8.05
39
11.43
14
21. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
5.47
99
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
3.79
170
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.19
30
5.75
50
24. Suicide
7.06
115
7.37
108
25. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
0.64
174
26. Malaria
6.67
41
52.62
4
27. Measles
6.60
12
31.33
2
28. Falls
6.19
82
7.14
68
29. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
2.68
165
30. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
17.19
11
31. Malnutrition
4.37
57
10.21
29
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.35
21
2.08
67
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.06
95
4.57
66
34. Fires
4.01
27
3.65
35
35. Inflammatory/Heart
3.58
121
4.81
91
36. Leukemia
3.41
101
0.66
178
37. Drownings
3.37
65
2.30
99
38. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
2.01
131
39. Meningitis
3.13
52
11.52
30
40. Maternal Conditions
3.12
56
20.74
5
41. Endocrine Disorders
2.84
118
5.61
58
42. Pertussis
2.74
26
2.42
33
43. Drug Use
2.68
29
1.66
63
44. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
1.56
152
45. Lymphomas
2.30
168
3.62
132
46. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
3.65
123
47. Hepatitis B
2.02
7
1.16
31
48. Poisonings
1.93
46
1.76
50
49. HIV/AIDS
1.93
107
50.98
23
50. Epilepsy
1.86
77
2.16
56
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Yemen YEMEN   Liberia LIBERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30,158
19.39
1,885
5.60
2. Stroke
13,570
8.72
1,578
4.68
3. War
12,915
8.30
1
0.00
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,978
7.70
2,693
7.99
5. Low Birth Weight
8,810
5.66
1,652
4.90
6. Road Traffic Accidents
8,561
5.50
1,920
5.70
7. Birth Trauma
5,939
3.82
1,601
4.75
8. Hypertension
5,293
3.40
371
1.10
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,372
2.81
1,592
4.73
10. Congenital Anomalies
4,291
2.76
833
2.47
11. Lung Disease
3,196
2.05
294
0.87
12. Measles
3,019
1.94
2,554
7.58
13. Liver Disease
2,891
1.86
858
2.55
14. Violence
2,839
1.83
477
1.42
15. Kidney Disease
2,679
1.72
609
1.81
16. Other Injuries
2,225
1.43
380
1.13
17. Asthma
2,106
1.35
200
0.59
18. Tuberculosis
1,899
1.22
2,766
8.21
19. Diabetes Mellitus
1,794
1.15
650
1.93
20. Malaria
1,719
1.11
2,428
7.21
21. Suicide
1,699
1.09
220
0.65
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,405
0.90
235
0.70
23. Pertussis
1,239
0.80
197
0.58
24. Falls
1,170
0.75
155
0.46
25. Drownings
1,142
0.73
127
0.38
26. Breast Cancer
1,134
0.73
246
0.73
27. Malnutrition
1,058
0.68
353
1.05
28. Meningitis
1,018
0.65
552
1.64
29. Fires
991
0.64
153
0.45
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
913
0.59
90
0.27
31. Stomach Cancer
902
0.58
122
0.36
32. Maternal Conditions
890
0.57
870
2.58
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
833
0.54
126
0.37
34. Leukemia
776
0.50
23
0.07
35. Oesophagus Cancer
765
0.49
16
0.05
36. Endocrine Disorders
738
0.47
245
0.73
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
707
0.45
50
0.15
38. Drug Use
613
0.39
42
0.12
39. Liver Cancer
609
0.39
439
1.30
40. Inflammatory/Heart
585
0.38
115
0.34
41. Lung Cancers
569
0.37
66
0.20
42. Oral Cancer
547
0.35
50
0.15
43. Epilepsy
539
0.35
81
0.24
44. Poisonings
532
0.34
82
0.24
45. Lymphomas
433
0.28
93
0.28
46. HIV/AIDS
396
0.25
1,919
5.70
47. Tetanus
395
0.25
31
0.09
48. Encephalitis
369
0.24
27
0.08
49. Parkinson's Disease
362
0.23
72
0.21
50. Hepatitis B
299
0.19
39
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Liberia LIBERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
17.79
81
2. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
5.47
99
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
3.79
170
4. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
0.64
174
5. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
2.68
165
6. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
17.19
11
7. Leukemia
3.41
101
0.66
178
8. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
2.01
131
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
1.56
152
10. Lymphomas
2.30
168
3.62
132
11. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
3.65
123
12. Cervical Cancer
1.52
178
35.18
16
13. Bladder Cancer
1.50
129
0.83
163
14. Prostate Cancer
0.88
183
38.87
16
15. Skin Cancers
0.81
144
2.29
61
16. Uterin Cancer
0.05
181
2.31
91
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.