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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 Myanmar 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.

Myanmar
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
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%
Myanmar Population Pyramid
62,253,423
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
  Yemen YEMEN   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Yemen YEMEN   Myanmar MYANMAR
       
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
 
42.4
45.4
43.9
126
127
125
1970
38.5
38.9
38.7
164
167
167
 
49.8
53.6
51.7
120
115
117
1980
46.9
47.4
47.1
150
158
155
 
55.4
59.4
57.3
121
119
118
1990
53.8
55.2
54.5
146
150
150
 
57.0
61.1
59.0
133
129
132
2000
59.5
62.2
60.8
131
131
131
 
60.2
64.1
62.1
126
127
130
2010
63.1
65.8
64.4
129
135
134
 
63.5
67.3
65.4
127
133
131
2019
64.4
68.9
66.6
136
139
137
 
65.9
72.2
69.1
133
121
126
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Myanmar MYANMAR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
64.4
68.9
136
139
65.9
72.2
133
121
Age
64.4
68.9
136
139
65.9
72.2
133
121
Age 5
68.7
72.8
137
134
69.3
75.2
133
115
Age 10
69.1
73.3
136
134
69.4
75.3
135
115
Age 15
69.5
73.6
137
134
69.6
75.5
136
115
Age 20
69.9
73.9
137
134
69.9
75.6
136
115
Age 25
70.7
74.2
129
133
70.4
75.9
135
115
Age 30
71.3
74.6
123
132
70.8
76.1
134
114
Age 35
71.9
75.0
122
132
71.3
76.4
134
114
Age 40
72.6
75.4
122
134
71.8
76.8
134
112
Age 45
73.3
76.0
122
135
72.5
77.3
135
111
Age 50
74.2
76.7
123
137
73.4
77.9
138
111
Age 55
75.3
77.6
123
140
74.7
78.7
138
108
Age 60
76.8
78.7
124
139
76.2
79.6
139
107
Age 65
78.6
80.2
120
141
78.1
80.9
143
107
Age 70
80.8
82.0
121
137
80.3
82.4
140
110
Age 75
83.4
84.2
121
133
83.0
84.5
142
112
Age 80
86.3
86.9
121
131
86.0
87.0
139
120
Age 85
89.6
90.1
119
128
89.4
90.1
135
121
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Myanmar MYANMAR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
278.48
14
90.33
123
2. Stroke
127.49
32
185.28
7
3. Hypertension
52.65
11
20.51
79
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
44.65
63
40.28
67
5. War
43.23
3
1.26
17
6. Road Traffic Accidents
34.92
36
20.94
71
7. Lung Disease
30.33
49
73.61
9
8. Kidney Disease
22.46
95
23.48
89
9. Liver Disease
21.23
84
33.29
50
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.18
65
17.12
104
11. Asthma
17.56
26
24.48
11
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.42
120
48.14
42
13. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
11.49
147
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
13.11
64
17.00
61
15. Low Birth Weight
12.37
16
8.91
46
16. Violence
10.22
49
3.92
102
17. Tuberculosis
9.58
68
38.12
27
18. Other Injuries
8.91
78
5.48
124
19. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
29
5.25
108
20. Birth Trauma
8.05
39
7.82
43
21. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
11.58
26
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
6.75
122
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.19
30
6.05
47
24. Suicide
7.06
115
2.96
162
25. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
6.70
25
26. Malaria
6.67
41
0.21
53
27. Measles
6.60
12
8.71
8
28. Falls
6.19
82
13.85
9
29. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
16.58
74
30. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
10.79
27
31. Malnutrition
4.37
57
2.65
78
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.35
21
2.00
71
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.06
95
4.36
78
34. Fires
4.01
27
0.47
144
35. Inflammatory/Heart
3.58
121
4.16
110
36. Leukemia
3.41
101
3.05
119
37. Drownings
3.37
65
4.24
40
38. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
8.77
8
39. Meningitis
3.13
52
1.01
79
40. Maternal Conditions
3.12
56
3.00
58
41. Endocrine Disorders
2.84
118
2.91
116
42. Pertussis
2.74
26
2.43
32
43. Drug Use
2.68
29
0.84
128
44. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
1.68
149
45. Lymphomas
2.30
168
3.11
142
46. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
3.69
122
47. Hepatitis B
2.02
7
0.19
103
48. Poisonings
1.93
46
1.44
60
49. HIV/AIDS
1.93
107
13.93
50
50. Epilepsy
1.86
77
1.02
134
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Yemen YEMEN   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30,158
19.39
34,871
9.67
2. Stroke
13,570
8.72
71,440
19.81
3. War
12,915
8.30
688
0.19
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,978
7.70
16,726
4.64
5. Low Birth Weight
8,810
5.66
7,125
1.98
6. Road Traffic Accidents
8,561
5.50
11,004
3.05
7. Birth Trauma
5,939
3.82
6,169
1.71
8. Hypertension
5,293
3.40
7,843
2.18
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,372
2.81
7,237
2.01
10. Congenital Anomalies
4,291
2.76
3,679
1.02
11. Lung Disease
3,196
2.05
26,531
7.36
12. Measles
3,019
1.94
4,465
1.24
13. Liver Disease
2,891
1.86
17,143
4.75
14. Violence
2,839
1.83
2,124
0.59
15. Kidney Disease
2,679
1.72
9,924
2.75
16. Other Injuries
2,225
1.43
2,762
0.77
17. Asthma
2,106
1.35
9,557
2.65
18. Tuberculosis
1,899
1.22
19,299
5.35
19. Diabetes Mellitus
1,794
1.15
19,944
5.53
20. Malaria
1,719
1.11
109
0.03
21. Suicide
1,699
1.09
1,565
0.43
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,405
0.90
5,082
1.41
23. Pertussis
1,239
0.80
1,244
0.35
24. Falls
1,170
0.75
5,686
1.58
25. Drownings
1,142
0.73
2,212
0.61
26. Breast Cancer
1,134
0.73
3,192
0.89
27. Malnutrition
1,058
0.68
945
0.26
28. Meningitis
1,018
0.65
550
0.15
29. Fires
991
0.64
227
0.06
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
913
0.59
2,996
0.83
31. Stomach Cancer
902
0.58
5,343
1.48
32. Maternal Conditions
890
0.57
1,681
0.47
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
833
0.54
2,558
0.71
34. Leukemia
776
0.50
1,546
0.43
35. Oesophagus Cancer
765
0.49
3,325
0.92
36. Endocrine Disorders
738
0.47
1,265
0.35
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
707
0.45
893
0.25
38. Drug Use
613
0.39
411
0.11
39. Liver Cancer
609
0.39
5,215
1.45
40. Inflammatory/Heart
585
0.38
1,702
0.47
41. Lung Cancers
569
0.37
7,558
2.10
42. Oral Cancer
547
0.35
4,209
1.17
43. Epilepsy
539
0.35
524
0.15
44. Poisonings
532
0.34
728
0.20
45. Lymphomas
433
0.28
1,472
0.41
46. HIV/AIDS
396
0.25
7,707
2.14
47. Tetanus
395
0.25
426
0.12
48. Encephalitis
369
0.24
171
0.05
49. Parkinson's Disease
362
0.23
1,450
0.40
50. Hepatitis B
299
0.19
93
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
11.49
147
2. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
11.58
26
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
6.75
122
4. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
6.70
25
5. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
16.58
74
6. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
10.79
27
7. Leukemia
3.41
101
3.05
119
8. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
8.77
8
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
1.68
149
10. Lymphomas
2.30
168
3.11
142
11. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
3.69
122
12. Cervical Cancer
1.52
178
14.20
59
13. Bladder Cancer
1.50
129
1.46
130
14. Prostate Cancer
0.88
183
2.63
177
15. Skin Cancers
0.81
144
2.27
64
16. Uterin Cancer
0.05
181
0.94
163
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.