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Zambia
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 Zambia and Belarus 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.

Belarus
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
Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
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%
Belarus Population Pyramid
8,634,216
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Belarus BELARUS
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Belarus BELARUS
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
 
64.0
72.9
68.3
35
16
31
1970
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
 
68.0
76.0
71.9
21
6
11
1980
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
 
65.9
75.6
70.6
54
24
36
1990
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
 
66.3
75.6
70.8
74
39
57
2000
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
 
62.6
73.5
68.0
115
84
103
2010
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
 
64.5
76.3
70.3
122
81
103
2019
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
 
69.7
79.6
74.8
104
53
79
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Belarus BELARUS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.5
65.4
172
161
69.7
79.6
104
53
Age
59.5
65.4
172
161
69.7
79.6
104
53
Age 5
63.8
69.3
172
164
70.0
79.9
123
63
Age 10
64.2
69.7
172
164
70.0
79.9
125
64
Age 15
64.5
69.9
172
166
70.0
79.9
129
64
Age 20
64.9
70.2
171
166
70.1
80.0
131
64
Age 25
65.5
70.7
172
166
70.3
80.1
136
64
Age 30
66.1
71.3
172
166
70.5
80.2
136
65
Age 35
66.9
72.0
172
166
70.9
80.3
138
64
Age 40
67.9
72.9
171
165
71.4
80.5
139
64
Age 45
69.2
74.0
170
162
72.2
80.9
143
64
Age 50
70.8
75.2
170
159
73.2
81.3
145
63
Age 55
72.6
76.6
170
155
74.4
81.8
144
63
Age 60
74.7
78.1
171
153
76.0
82.5
143
64
Age 65
77.0
79.7
168
149
78.1
83.3
140
68
Age 70
79.7
81.7
167
146
80.6
84.5
132
68
Age 75
82.6
84.0
160
144
83.3
85.9
125
73
Age 80
85.8
86.7
155
139
86.3
88.0
116
74
Age 85
89.3
89.9
150
142
89.8
90.6
96
70
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Belarus BELARUS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
156.50
19
88.08
87
2. HIV/AIDS
132.99
8
1.60
112
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
87.45
35
7.00
175
4. Coronary Heart Disease
85.40
126
282.35
10
5. Liver Disease
63.86
4
14.66
108
6. Hypertension
56.20
6
2.07
176
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
54.75
30
0.10
179
8. Malaria
54.16
2
0.00
82
9. Tuberculosis
49.91
19
2.52
100
10. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
3.98
138
11. Diabetes Mellitus
42.93
53
2.20
181
12. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
16.14
85
13. Road Traffic Accidents
32.93
43
6.48
146
14. Kidney Disease
29.46
63
2.70
181
15. Lung Disease
25.95
72
12.05
159
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.87
72
15.86
125
17. Malnutrition
17.63
11
0.17
144
18. Meningitis
15.31
15
0.29
141
19. Suicide
14.43
32
16.49
22
20. Other Injuries
13.38
34
8.33
83
21. Asthma
10.81
57
0.72
146
22. Birth Trauma
10.07
26
0.40
161
23. Low Birth Weight
9.64
36
0.98
168
24. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
13.60
126
25. Falls
9.14
30
6.97
69
26. Congenital Anomalies
8.15
24
2.85
159
27. Maternal Conditions
7.77
38
0.02
182
28. Violence
7.04
67
2.29
124
29. Lymphomas
6.38
29
4.50
99
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.33
60
10.19
27
31. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
3.20
63
32. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
18.53
62
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.09
94
3.10
141
34. Fires
3.87
31
4.48
15
35. Poisonings
3.48
11
2.52
32
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.48
77
1.46
133
37. Endocrine Disorders
3.28
99
1.05
173
38. Drownings
3.21
69
4.91
27
39. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
10.43
41
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
17.05
12
41. Leukemia
2.93
124
3.67
87
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.70
47
1.59
85
43. Epilepsy
2.68
38
1.06
131
44. Syphilis
2.49
3
0.01
155
45. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
6.03
30
46. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
1.70
112
47. Pertussis
2.30
37
0.00
172
48. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
2.31
177
49. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
4.83
75
50. Alcohol
1.90
63
19.82
1
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Belarus BELARUS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
17,234
15.43
167
0.15
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,517
8.52
1,086
1.00
3. Stroke
7,948
7.12
16,393
15.07
4. Malaria
7,882
7.06
0
0.00
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,275
5.62
13
0.01
6. Tuberculosis
5,941
5.32
269
0.25
7. Birth Trauma
5,062
4.53
25
0.02
8. Low Birth Weight
4,857
4.35
64
0.06
9. Liver Disease
4,501
4.03
2,078
1.91
10. Coronary Heart Disease
4,432
3.97
53,186
48.88
11. Road Traffic Accidents
3,654
3.27
722
0.66
12. Congenital Anomalies
3,146
2.82
202
0.19
13. Hypertension
2,616
2.34
367
0.34
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,395
2.14
373
0.34
15. Malnutrition
2,303
2.06
22
0.02
16. Meningitis
1,976
1.77
36
0.03
17. Cervical Cancer
1,799
1.61
303
0.28
18. Kidney Disease
1,760
1.58
480
0.44
19. Other Injuries
1,729
1.55
1,099
1.01
20. Suicide
1,303
1.17
2,004
1.84
21. Lung Disease
1,273
1.14
2,208
2.03
22. Maternal Conditions
1,188
1.06
2
0.00
23. Violence
1,153
1.03
255
0.23
24. Syphilis
885
0.79
1
0.00
25. Pertussis
743
0.67
0
0.00
26. Asthma
741
0.66
122
0.11
27. Drownings
689
0.62
543
0.50
28. Falls
596
0.53
952
0.87
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
590
0.53
3,530
3.24
30. Prostate Cancer
561
0.50
936
0.86
31. Lymphomas
548
0.49
672
0.62
32. Fires
546
0.49
620
0.57
33. Inflammatory/Heart
501
0.45
1,361
1.25
34. Poisonings
456
0.41
311
0.29
35. Breast Cancer
366
0.33
1,230
1.13
36. Oesophagus Cancer
359
0.32
493
0.45
37. Endocrine Disorders
354
0.32
141
0.13
38. Epilepsy
332
0.30
116
0.11
39. Leukemia
261
0.23
554
0.51
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
246
0.22
235
0.22
41. Lung Cancers
226
0.20
2,950
2.71
42. Stomach Cancer
206
0.18
1,690
1.55
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
203
0.18
2,886
2.65
44. Tetanus
190
0.17
0
0.00
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
190
0.17
239
0.22
46. Liver Cancer
177
0.16
363
0.33
47. Parkinson's Disease
164
0.15
621
0.57
48. Oral Cancer
155
0.14
901
0.83
49. Alcohol
140
0.13
2,761
2.54
50. Bladder Cancer
132
0.12
295
0.27
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Belarus BELARUS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
3.98
138
2. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
16.14
85
3. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
13.60
126
4. Lymphomas
6.38
29
4.50
99
5. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
3.20
63
6. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
18.53
62
7. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
10.43
41
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
17.05
12
9. Leukemia
2.93
124
3.67
87
10. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
6.03
30
11. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
1.70
112
12. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
2.31
177
13. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
4.83
75
14. Skin Cancers
1.87
93
1.81
99
15. Uterin Cancer
0.90
164
3.90
29
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.68
175
7.23
40
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.