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Belgium
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
BELGIUM VS NIGERIA

Compare Belgium and Nigeria 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.

Nigeria
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
Belgium Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Belgium BELGIUM   Nigeria NIGERIA
      Belgium BELGIUM   Nigeria NIGERIA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    67.5
    73.4
    70.4
    13
    12
    11
    		  
    37.2
    40.3
    38.7
    157
    151
    153
    1970
    68.0
    74.5
    71.2
    20
    15
    17
    		  
    40.6
    43.7
    42.1
    158
    155
    158
    1980
    69.9
    76.7
    73.2
    23
    15
    20
    		  
    43.8
    46.9
    45.3
    160
    159
    159
    1990
    72.7
    79.4
    76.0
    20
    12
    15
    		  
    46.0
    48.6
    47.2
    170
    170
    170
    2000
    74.3
    80.8
    77.6
    26
    19
    22
    		  
    46.2
    48.1
    47.1
    174
    175
    175
    2010
    77.3
    82.5
    80.0
    23
    24
    23
    		  
    51.2
    52.9
    52.0
    175
    176
    176
    2019
    79.3
    83.5
    81.4
    23
    25
    24
    		  
    61.2
    64.1
    62.6
    160
    169
    167
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Belgium BELGIUM   Nigeria NIGERIA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    79.3
    83.5
    23
    25
    61.2
    64.1
    160
    169
    Age 5
    79.6
    83.8
    24
    27
    69.5
    71.9
    128
    140
    Age 10
    79.6
    83.8
    25
    27
    70.4
    72.7
    120
    138
    Age 15
    79.7
    83.8
    25
    27
    70.9
    73.1
    117
    136
    Age 20
    79.7
    83.9
    25
    27
    71.2
    73.4
    116
    136
    Age 25
    79.9
    83.9
    26
    27
    71.6
    73.7
    116
    136
    Age 30
    80.0
    84.0
    26
    27
    72.0
    74.1
    115
    136
    Age 35
    80.2
    84.1
    26
    27
    72.5
    74.6
    112
    135
    Age 40
    80.4
    84.2
    26
    28
    73.2
    75.2
    109
    135
    Age 45
    80.7
    84.4
    27
    28
    74.1
    75.9
    104
    136
    Age 50
    81.1
    84.7
    27
    28
    75.1
    76.8
    101
    133
    Age 55
    81.5
    85.0
    29
    28
    76.2
    77.7
    95
    136
    Age 60
    82.3
    85.6
    29
    26
    77.6
    78.9
    95
    136
    Age 65
    83.4
    86.3
    29
    23
    79.3
    80.3
    94
    133
    Age 70
    84.8
    87.2
    28
    21
    81.3
    82.1
    101
    130
    Age 75
    86.4
    88.2
    28
    20
    83.8
    84.4
    93
    126
    Age 80
    88.3
    89.5
    30
    24
    86.7
    87.1
    88
    107
    Age 85
    90.6
    91.3
    49
    43
    90.0
    90.4
    81
    94
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Belgium BELGIUM   Nigeria NIGERIA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    44.62
    167
    100.91
    107
    2. Lung Cancers
    28.49
    16
    1.37
    178
    3. Alzheimers & Dementia
    22.30
    27
    19.45
    59
    4. Stroke
    21.11
    166
    88.68
    86
    5. Lung Disease
    20.24
    104
    20.77
    99
    6. Breast Cancer
    19.18
    58
    20.56
    47
    7. Influenza and Pneumonia
    14.69
    138
    98.12
    28
    8. Suicide
    13.93
    35
    6.87
    117
    9. Prostate Cancer
    13.32
    117
    20.40
    63
    10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    11.97
    51
    4.32
    157
    11. Kidney Disease
    7.64
    153
    23.87
    88
    12. Liver Disease
    7.38
    149
    41.99
    21
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    7.06
    43
    2.64
    126
    14. Other Injuries
    6.43
    110
    10.98
    56
    15. Falls
    5.68
    89
    8.54
    40
    16. Lymphomas
    5.59
    61
    5.96
    45
    17. Other Neoplasms
    5.38
    11
    0.50
    88
    18. Road Traffic Accidents
    5.10
    154
    27.25
    54
    19. Ovary Cancer
    4.84
    74
    3.90
    112
    20. Endocrine Disorders
    4.82
    64
    7.01
    35
    21. Leukemia
    4.44
    48
    2.06
    151
    22. Diabetes Mellitus
    4.21
    177
    33.50
    82
    23. Liver Cancer
    3.89
    137
    6.19
    71
    24. Parkinson's Disease
    3.89
    104
    5.60
    29
    25. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.84
    48
    0.75
    171
    26. Bladder Cancer
    3.54
    39
    0.81
    166
    27. Inflammatory/Heart
    3.38
    126
    5.49
    76
    28. Stomach Cancer
    3.31
    144
    2.52
    169
    29. Oral Cancer
    3.11
    81
    2.44
    107
    30. Alcohol
    2.78
    43
    1.16
    106
    31. Congenital Anomalies
    2.57
    165
    11.22
    5
    32. Uterin Cancer
    2.39
    88
    1.60
    132
    33. Cervical Cancer
    2.23
    163
    21.11
    35
    34. Skin Cancers
    2.14
    75
    2.29
    62
    35. Drug Use
    1.97
    46
    5.81
    5
    36. Hypertension
    1.78
    179
    16.07
    103
    37. Epilepsy
    1.63
    89
    3.25
    23
    38. Violence
    1.19
    147
    11.97
    42
    39. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.14
    131
    78.99
    13
    40. Skin Disease
    0.98
    112
    1.64
    90
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.81
    129
    2.05
    69
    42. Low Birth Weight
    0.79
    170
    14.70
    5
    43. Malnutrition
    0.71
    108
    2.36
    83
    44. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.67
    24
    0.18
    103
    45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.65
    167
    7.03
    31
    46. Birth Trauma
    0.53
    151
    15.51
    2
    47. Drownings
    0.52
    168
    2.17
    107
    48. Fires
    0.46
    146
    3.44
    37
    49. Asthma
    0.46
    166
    10.71
    58
    50. Anemia
    0.45
    27
    0.00
    142
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Belgium BELGIUM   Nigeria NIGERIA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    15,281
    16.50
    61,374
    4.14
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    9,416
    10.17
    6,786
    0.46
    3. Stroke
    7,408
    8.00
    57,744
    3.90
    4. Lung Cancers
    6,777
    7.32
    1,295
    0.09
    5. Lung Disease
    6,438
    6.95
    12,569
    0.85
    6. Influenza and Pneumonia
    5,677
    6.13
    207,281
    14.00
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    3,329
    3.59
    4,152
    0.28
    8. Kidney Disease
    2,952
    3.19
    18,189
    1.23
    9. Breast Cancer
    2,587
    2.79
    11,884
    0.80
    10. Suicide
    2,111
    2.28
    7,019
    0.47
    11. Other Injuries
    2,006
    2.17
    22,696
    1.53
    12. Other Neoplasms
    1,828
    1.97
    290
    0.02
    13. Prostate Cancer
    1,824
    1.97
    5,914
    0.40
    14. Pancreas Cancer
    1,809
    1.95
    1,975
    0.13
    15. Falls
    1,756
    1.90
    7,528
    0.51
    16. Lymphomas
    1,552
    1.68
    5,202
    0.35
    17. Liver Disease
    1,433
    1.55
    38,326
    2.59
    18. Endocrine Disorders
    1,432
    1.55
    15,799
    1.07
    19. Parkinson's Disease
    1,378
    1.49
    2,473
    0.17
    20. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,269
    1.37
    22,497
    1.52
    21. Leukemia
    1,199
    1.29
    2,257
    0.15
    22. Bladder Cancer
    1,078
    1.16
    670
    0.05
    23. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,060
    1.14
    4,826
    0.33
    24. Liver Cancer
    976
    1.05
    5,289
    0.36
    25. Oesophagus Cancer
    898
    0.97
    560
    0.04
    26. Stomach Cancer
    863
    0.93
    2,129
    0.14
    27. Hypertension
    740
    0.80
    10,692
    0.72
    28. Oral Cancer
    675
    0.73
    2,238
    0.15
    29. Road Traffic Accidents
    666
    0.72
    41,693
    2.82
    30. Ovary Cancer
    653
    0.71
    2,133
    0.14
    31. Skin Cancers
    522
    0.56
    1,933
    0.13
    32. Alcohol
    500
    0.54
    1,031
    0.07
    33. Diarrhoeal diseases
    418
    0.45
    144,724
    9.77
    34. Uterin Cancer
    384
    0.41
    679
    0.05
    35. Skin Disease
    380
    0.41
    1,468
    0.10
    36. Epilepsy
    348
    0.38
    5,001
    0.34
    37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    293
    0.32
    1,946
    0.13
    38. Malnutrition
    291
    0.31
    5,896
    0.40
    39. Drug Use
    287
    0.31
    6,273
    0.42
    40. Congenital Anomalies
    282
    0.30
    49,696
    3.36
    41. Cervical Cancer
    243
    0.26
    10,574
    0.71
    42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    213
    0.23
    5,846
    0.39
    43. Anemia
    199
    0.21
    0
    0.00
    44. Violence
    149
    0.16
    18,407
    1.24
    45. Multiple Sclerosis
    147
    0.16
    179
    0.01
    46. Asthma
    128
    0.14
    8,192
    0.55
    47. Drownings
    79
    0.09
    6,584
    0.44
    48. Fires
    75
    0.08
    7,132
    0.48
    49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    73
    0.08
    165
    0.01
    50. Low Birth Weight
    70
    0.08
    95,959
    6.48
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Belgium BELGIUM   Nigeria NIGERIA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    28.49
    16
    1.37
    178
    2. Breast Cancer
    19.18
    58
    20.56
    47
    3. Prostate Cancer
    13.32
    117
    20.40
    63
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    11.97
    51
    4.32
    157
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.06
    43
    2.64
    126
    6. Lymphomas
    5.59
    61
    5.96
    45
    7. Ovary Cancer
    4.84
    74
    3.90
    112
    8. Leukemia
    4.44
    48
    2.06
    151
    9. Liver Cancer
    3.89
    137
    6.19
    71
    10. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.84
    48
    0.75
    171
    11. Bladder Cancer
    3.54
    39
    0.81
    166
    12. Stomach Cancer
    3.31
    144
    2.52
    169
    13. Oral Cancer
    3.11
    81
    2.44
    107
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.39
    88
    1.60
    132
    15. Cervical Cancer
    2.23
    163
    21.11
    35
    16. Skin Cancers
    2.14
    75
    2.29
    62
    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.