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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 SRI LANKA

Compare Yemen and Sri Lanka 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.

Sri Lanka
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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Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
21,813,964
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   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Yemen YEMEN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
       
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
  
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
1970
38.5
38.9
38.7
164
167
167
  
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
1980
46.9
47.4
47.1
150
158
155
  
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
1990
53.8
55.2
54.5
146
150
150
  
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
2000
59.5
62.2
60.8
131
131
131
  
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
2010
63.1
65.8
64.4
129
135
134
  
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
2019
64.4
68.9
66.6
136
139
137
  
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
64.4
68.9
136
139
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age
64.4
68.9
136
139
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age 5
68.7
72.8
137
134
74.4
80.3
64
53
Age 10
69.1
73.3
136
134
74.4
80.4
65
53
Age 15
69.5
73.6
137
134
74.5
80.4
65
54
Age 20
69.9
73.9
137
134
74.7
80.6
64
54
Age 25
70.7
74.2
129
133
75.1
80.7
67
54
Age 30
71.3
74.6
123
132
75.3
80.9
68
54
Age 35
71.9
75.0
122
132
75.6
81.0
71
55
Age 40
72.6
75.4
122
134
75.8
81.1
74
55
Age 45
73.3
76.0
122
135
76.2
81.4
77
56
Age 50
74.2
76.7
123
137
76.7
81.6
76
57
Age 55
75.3
77.6
123
140
77.6
82.1
79
59
Age 60
76.8
78.7
124
139
78.6
82.6
79
60
Age 65
78.6
80.2
120
141
80.1
83.4
79
66
Age 70
80.8
82.0
121
137
81.5
84.2
93
73
Age 75
83.4
84.2
121
133
83.8
85.8
96
76
Age 80
86.3
86.9
121
131
87.0
88.3
74
62
Age 85
89.6
90.1
119
128
90.8
91.2
35
44
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
278.48
14
101.31
106
2. Stroke
127.49
32
26.55
154
3. Hypertension
52.65
11
4.08
161
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
44.65
63
20.42
113
5. War
43.23
3
1.35
16
6. Road Traffic Accidents
34.92
36
18.07
82
7. Lung Disease
30.33
49
36.99
33
8. Kidney Disease
22.46
95
26.23
72
9. Liver Disease
21.23
84
4.96
160
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.18
65
27.62
14
11. Asthma
17.56
26
25.43
10
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.42
120
47.34
45
13. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
9.49
165
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
13.11
64
2.47
100
15. Low Birth Weight
12.37
16
2.13
145
16. Violence
10.22
49
2.36
122
17. Tuberculosis
9.58
68
3.45
95
18. Other Injuries
8.91
78
6.41
112
19. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
29
4.53
125
20. Birth Trauma
8.05
39
0.78
135
21. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
4.94
107
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
3.43
175
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.19
30
0.15
183
24. Suicide
7.06
115
12.89
42
25. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
5.72
30
26. Malaria
6.67
41
0.00
166
27. Measles
6.60
12
0.00
170
28. Falls
6.19
82
3.85
129
29. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
6.56
126
30. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
4.05
128
31. Malnutrition
4.37
57
0.18
142
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.35
21
0.20
178
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.06
95
0.65
181
34. Fires
4.01
27
1.04
112
35. Inflammatory/Heart
3.58
121
1.83
165
36. Leukemia
3.41
101
4.61
35
37. Drownings
3.37
65
3.24
68
38. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
10.87
7
39. Meningitis
3.13
52
0.59
106
40. Maternal Conditions
3.12
56
0.50
110
41. Endocrine Disorders
2.84
118
1.82
154
42. Pertussis
2.74
26
0.08
108
43. Drug Use
2.68
29
1.16
96
44. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
0.80
171
45. Lymphomas
2.30
168
3.88
126
46. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
1.93
174
47. Hepatitis B
2.02
7
0.03
169
48. Poisonings
1.93
46
0.39
113
49. HIV/AIDS
1.93
107
0.18
147
50. Epilepsy
1.86
77
1.14
127
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Yemen YEMEN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30,158
19.39
26,304
22.66
2. Stroke
13,570
8.72
6,805
5.86
3. War
12,915
8.30
280
0.24
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,978
7.70
5,117
4.41
5. Low Birth Weight
8,810
5.66
536
0.46
6. Road Traffic Accidents
8,561
5.50
4,200
3.62
7. Birth Trauma
5,939
3.82
193
0.17
8. Hypertension
5,293
3.40
1,055
0.91
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,372
2.81
605
0.52
10. Congenital Anomalies
4,291
2.76
989
0.85
11. Lung Disease
3,196
2.05
9,456
8.15
12. Measles
3,019
1.94
0
0.00
13. Liver Disease
2,891
1.86
1,303
1.12
14. Violence
2,839
1.83
499
0.43
15. Kidney Disease
2,679
1.72
6,858
5.91
16. Other Injuries
2,225
1.43
1,529
1.32
17. Asthma
2,106
1.35
6,471
5.57
18. Tuberculosis
1,899
1.22
769
0.66
19. Diabetes Mellitus
1,794
1.15
12,460
10.73
20. Malaria
1,719
1.11
0
0.00
21. Suicide
1,699
1.09
2,977
2.56
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,405
0.90
6,939
5.98
23. Pertussis
1,239
0.80
15
0.01
24. Falls
1,170
0.75
964
0.83
25. Drownings
1,142
0.73
731
0.63
26. Breast Cancer
1,134
0.73
1,383
1.19
27. Malnutrition
1,058
0.68
43
0.04
28. Meningitis
1,018
0.65
146
0.13
29. Fires
991
0.64
239
0.21
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
913
0.59
911
0.78
31. Stomach Cancer
902
0.58
1,321
1.14
32. Maternal Conditions
890
0.57
96
0.08
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
833
0.54
38
0.03
34. Leukemia
776
0.50
1,155
0.99
35. Oesophagus Cancer
765
0.49
1,544
1.33
36. Endocrine Disorders
738
0.47
462
0.40
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
707
0.45
49
0.04
38. Drug Use
613
0.39
257
0.22
39. Liver Cancer
609
0.39
1,090
0.94
40. Inflammatory/Heart
585
0.38
425
0.37
41. Lung Cancers
569
0.37
1,775
1.53
42. Oral Cancer
547
0.35
2,893
2.49
43. Epilepsy
539
0.35
269
0.23
44. Poisonings
532
0.34
93
0.08
45. Lymphomas
433
0.28
1,027
0.88
46. HIV/AIDS
396
0.25
39
0.03
47. Tetanus
395
0.25
27
0.02
48. Encephalitis
369
0.24
10
0.01
49. Parkinson's Disease
362
0.23
168
0.14
50. Hepatitis B
299
0.19
6
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
9.49
165
2. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
4.94
107
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
3.43
175
4. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
5.72
30
5. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
6.56
126
6. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
4.05
128
7. Leukemia
3.41
101
4.61
35
8. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
10.87
7
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
0.80
171
10. Lymphomas
2.30
168
3.88
126
11. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
1.93
174
12. Cervical Cancer
1.52
178
5.15
125
13. Bladder Cancer
1.50
129
1.63
117
14. Prostate Cancer
0.88
183
4.61
165
15. Skin Cancers
0.81
144
0.22
174
16. Uterin Cancer
0.05
181
1.40
144
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.