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Russia
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 Russia 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
Russia Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Russia RUSSIA   Belarus BELARUS
      Russia RUSSIA   Belarus BELARUS
           
    World Rank
           
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
     
    64.0
    72.9
    68.3
    35
    16
    31
    1970
    63.1
    73.4
    68.1
    60
    27
    42
     
    68.0
    76.0
    71.9
    21
    6
    11
    1980
    61.4
    73.0
    67.0
    85
    47
    67
     
    65.9
    75.6
    70.6
    54
    24
    36
    1990
    63.8
    74.3
    68.9
    98
    55
    79
     
    66.3
    75.6
    70.8
    74
    39
    57
    2000
    58.7
    72.0
    65.0
    132
    98
    119
     
    62.6
    73.5
    68.0
    115
    84
    103
    2010
    62.4
    74.6
    68.4
    134
    97
    115
     
    64.5
    76.3
    70.3
    122
    81
    103
    2019
    68.2
    78.0
    73.2
    118
    74
    96
     
    69.7
    79.6
    74.8
    104
    53
    79
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Russia RUSSIA   Belarus BELARUS
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    68.2
    78.0
    118
    74
    69.7
    79.6
    104
    53
    Age 5
    68.6
    78.4
    138
    84
    70.0
    79.9
    123
    63
    Age 10
    68.7
    78.5
    140
    84
    70.0
    79.9
    125
    64
    Age 15
    68.7
    78.5
    143
    84
    70.0
    79.9
    129
    64
    Age 20
    68.9
    78.6
    145
    84
    70.1
    80.0
    131
    64
    Age 25
    69.3
    78.8
    144
    84
    70.3
    80.1
    136
    64
    Age 30
    69.7
    78.9
    144
    83
    70.5
    80.2
    136
    65
    Age 35
    70.4
    79.2
    144
    81
    70.9
    80.3
    138
    64
    Age 40
    71.3
    79.7
    144
    79
    71.4
    80.5
    139
    64
    Age 45
    72.4
    80.2
    137
    76
    72.2
    80.9
    143
    64
    Age 50
    73.7
    80.7
    132
    73
    73.2
    81.3
    145
    63
    Age 55
    75.1
    81.4
    130
    73
    74.4
    81.8
    144
    63
    Age 60
    76.8
    82.2
    121
    70
    76.0
    82.5
    143
    64
    Age 65
    79.0
    83.2
    109
    70
    78.1
    83.3
    140
    68
    Age 70
    81.5
    84.4
    91
    70
    80.6
    84.5
    132
    68
    Age 75
    84.2
    86.0
    79
    71
    83.3
    85.9
    125
    73
    Age 80
    87.3
    88.0
    64
    72
    86.3
    88.0
    116
    74
    Age 85
    90.8
    90.5
    36
    76
    89.8
    90.6
    96
    70
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Russia RUSSIA   Belarus BELARUS
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    204.50
    27
    282.35
    10
    2. Stroke
    117.23
    48
    88.08
    87
    3. Inflammatory/Heart
    26.37
    5
    10.19
    27
    4. Liver Disease
    22.50
    82
    14.66
    108
    5. Lung Cancers
    22.20
    39
    18.53
    62
    6. Suicide
    21.60
    11
    16.49
    22
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.55
    16
    17.05
    12
    8. Breast Cancer
    16.34
    98
    13.60
    126
    9. Prostate Cancer
    15.95
    91
    16.14
    85
    10. Influenza and Pneumonia
    15.22
    134
    7.00
    175
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    15.07
    134
    15.86
    125
    12. Alcohol
    15.02
    3
    19.82
    1
    13. Lung Disease
    13.54
    148
    12.05
    159
    14. HIV/AIDS
    12.88
    52
    1.60
    112
    15. Other Injuries
    12.19
    43
    8.33
    83
    16. Stomach Cancer
    11.80
    24
    10.43
    41
    17. Road Traffic Accidents
    11.23
    119
    6.48
    146
    18. Pancreas Cancer
    8.15
    20
    7.23
    40
    19. Diabetes Mellitus
    7.12
    157
    2.20
    181
    20. Violence
    7.00
    68
    2.29
    124
    21. Hypertension
    6.77
    149
    2.07
    176
    22. Cervical Cancer
    6.54
    111
    3.98
    138
    23. Ovary Cancer
    5.99
    33
    4.83
    75
    24. Falls
    5.79
    87
    6.97
    69
    25. Drug Use
    5.40
    7
    3.17
    23
    26. Oral Cancer
    4.78
    41
    6.03
    30
    27. Kidney Disease
    4.70
    172
    2.70
    181
    28. Tuberculosis
    4.61
    85
    2.52
    100
    29. Liver Cancer
    4.52
    115
    2.31
    177
    30. Uterin Cancer
    4.45
    25
    3.90
    29
    31. Drownings
    4.19
    41
    4.91
    27
    32. Lymphomas
    3.91
    124
    4.50
    99
    33. Leukemia
    3.74
    85
    3.67
    87
    34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    3.67
    74
    1.46
    133
    35. Congenital Anomalies
    3.54
    146
    2.85
    159
    36. Fires
    3.25
    43
    4.48
    15
    37. Parkinson's Disease
    3.18
    137
    3.10
    141
    38. Poisonings
    3.11
    15
    2.52
    32
    39. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.07
    69
    3.20
    63
    40. Bladder Cancer
    2.41
    73
    1.70
    112
    41. Skin Cancers
    2.35
    58
    1.81
    99
    42. Low Birth Weight
    1.62
    153
    0.98
    168
    43. Skin Disease
    1.23
    104
    0.19
    169
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.19
    102
    1.59
    85
    45. Endocrine Disorders
    1.08
    172
    1.05
    173
    46. Asthma
    0.72
    147
    0.72
    146
    47. Encephalitis
    0.61
    59
    0.75
    46
    48. Meningitis
    0.56
    109
    0.29
    141
    49. Birth Trauma
    0.56
    148
    0.40
    161
    50. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.44
    39
    0.32
    50
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Russia RUSSIA   Belarus BELARUS
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    562,711
    34.17
    53,186
    48.88
    2. Stroke
    327,199
    19.87
    16,393
    15.07
    3. Lung Cancers
    54,361
    3.30
    2,950
    2.71
    4. Inflammatory/Heart
    54,060
    3.28
    1,361
    1.25
    5. Alzheimers & Dementia
    48,522
    2.95
    3,530
    3.24
    6. Liver Disease
    45,463
    2.76
    2,078
    1.91
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    42,633
    2.59
    2,886
    2.65
    8. Suicide
    36,625
    2.22
    2,004
    1.84
    9. Lung Disease
    36,600
    2.22
    2,208
    2.03
    10. Influenza and Pneumonia
    32,404
    1.97
    1,086
    1.00
    11. Stomach Cancer
    29,386
    1.78
    1,690
    1.55
    12. Alcohol
    27,984
    1.70
    2,761
    2.54
    13. Breast Cancer
    23,242
    1.41
    1,230
    1.13
    14. Other Injuries
    22,517
    1.37
    1,099
    1.01
    15. HIV/AIDS
    21,262
    1.29
    167
    0.15
    16. Pancreas Cancer
    20,282
    1.23
    1,171
    1.08
    17. Hypertension
    18,348
    1.11
    367
    0.34
    18. Diabetes Mellitus
    18,345
    1.11
    373
    0.34
    19. Road Traffic Accidents
    17,507
    1.06
    722
    0.66
    20. Prostate Cancer
    14,107
    0.86
    936
    0.86
    21. Falls
    11,705
    0.71
    952
    0.87
    22. Kidney Disease
    11,581
    0.70
    480
    0.44
    23. Violence
    11,450
    0.70
    255
    0.23
    24. Liver Cancer
    11,165
    0.68
    363
    0.33
    25. Oral Cancer
    10,880
    0.66
    901
    0.83
    26. Parkinson's Disease
    9,371
    0.57
    621
    0.57
    27. Drug Use
    9,113
    0.55
    389
    0.36
    28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    8,938
    0.54
    235
    0.22
    29. Lymphomas
    8,919
    0.54
    672
    0.62
    30. Tuberculosis
    8,422
    0.51
    269
    0.25
    31. Leukemia
    8,238
    0.50
    554
    0.51
    32. Ovary Cancer
    8,123
    0.49
    429
    0.39
    33. Oesophagus Cancer
    7,431
    0.45
    493
    0.45
    34. Cervical Cancer
    7,423
    0.45
    303
    0.28
    35. Uterin Cancer
    6,867
    0.42
    391
    0.36
    36. Drownings
    6,629
    0.40
    543
    0.50
    37. Fires
    6,387
    0.39
    620
    0.57
    38. Bladder Cancer
    6,307
    0.38
    295
    0.27
    39. Skin Cancers
    5,612
    0.34
    272
    0.25
    40. Poisonings
    5,565
    0.34
    311
    0.29
    41. Congenital Anomalies
    4,201
    0.26
    202
    0.19
    42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2,770
    0.17
    239
    0.22
    43. Skin Disease
    2,735
    0.17
    31
    0.03
    44. Low Birth Weight
    2,153
    0.13
    64
    0.06
    45. Endocrine Disorders
    2,004
    0.12
    141
    0.13
    46. Asthma
    1,764
    0.11
    122
    0.11
    47. Encephalitis
    1,076
    0.07
    93
    0.09
    48. Meningitis
    1,037
    0.06
    36
    0.03
    49. Multiple Sclerosis
    827
    0.05
    42
    0.04
    50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    750
    0.05
    15
    0.01
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Russia RUSSIA   Belarus BELARUS
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    22.20
    39
    18.53
    62
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.55
    16
    17.05
    12
    3. Breast Cancer
    16.34
    98
    13.60
    126
    4. Prostate Cancer
    15.95
    91
    16.14
    85
    5. Stomach Cancer
    11.80
    24
    10.43
    41
    6. Pancreas Cancer
    8.15
    20
    7.23
    40
    7. Cervical Cancer
    6.54
    111
    3.98
    138
    8. Ovary Cancer
    5.99
    33
    4.83
    75
    9. Oral Cancer
    4.78
    41
    6.03
    30
    10. Liver Cancer
    4.52
    115
    2.31
    177
    11. Uterin Cancer
    4.45
    25
    3.90
    29
    12. Lymphomas
    3.91
    124
    4.50
    99
    13. Leukemia
    3.74
    85
    3.67
    87
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.07
    69
    3.20
    63
    15. Bladder Cancer
    2.41
    73
    1.70
    112
    16. Skin Cancers
    2.35
    58
    1.81
    99
    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.