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Iran
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
IRAN VS IRAQ

Compare Iran and Iraq 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.

Iraq
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
Iran Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iran IRAN   Iraq IRAQ
      Iran IRAN   Iraq IRAQ
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    48.5
    48.5
    48.5
    96
    105
    100
    		  
    49.4
    51.2
    50.3
    90
    95
    94
    1970
    54.2
    54.0
    54.1
    95
    111
    102
    		  
    55.1
    56.9
    56.0
    91
    96
    93
    1980
    58.3
    59.7
    58.9
    103
    117
    109
    		  
    60.2
    62.8
    61.5
    92
    100
    93
    1990
    63.7
    65.9
    64.8
    100
    114
    110
    		  
    60.2
    63.3
    61.8
    119
    125
    121
    2000
    69.4
    71.2
    70.3
    66
    102
    90
    		  
    67.8
    72.3
    70.0
    82
    97
    94
    2010
    72.7
    75.6
    74.1
    52
    88
    68
    		  
    68.4
    72.8
    70.6
    96
    109
    101
    2019
    75.7
    79.1
    77.3
    44
    62
    49
    		  
    69.9
    75.0
    72.4
    98
    106
    108
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iran IRAN   Iraq IRAQ
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    75.7
    79.1
    44
    62
    69.9
    75.0
    98
    106
    Age 5
    76.8
    80.1
    43
    57
    72.0
    76.8
    93
    99
    Age 10
    76.9
    80.2
    42
    56
    72.2
    76.9
    94
    99
    Age 15
    77.0
    80.3
    42
    56
    72.3
    77.0
    92
    99
    Age 20
    77.3
    80.5
    42
    56
    72.6
    77.2
    92
    99
    Age 25
    77.7
    80.6
    40
    56
    73.0
    77.4
    90
    98
    Age 30
    78.0
    80.8
    40
    56
    73.3
    77.6
    91
    99
    Age 35
    78.4
    80.9
    40
    57
    73.7
    77.8
    92
    98
    Age 40
    78.7
    81.1
    41
    58
    74.1
    78.1
    95
    98
    Age 45
    79.1
    81.3
    42
    57
    74.6
    78.4
    94
    98
    Age 50
    79.6
    81.6
    42
    59
    75.4
    79.0
    93
    98
    Age 55
    80.3
    81.9
    41
    62
    76.3
    79.7
    93
    99
    Age 60
    81.2
    82.5
    41
    63
    77.6
    80.7
    94
    98
    Age 65
    82.4
    83.3
    40
    69
    79.3
    81.9
    95
    97
    Age 70
    83.8
    84.3
    39
    72
    81.4
    83.4
    100
    95
    Age 75
    85.6
    85.8
    46
    78
    83.8
    85.4
    91
    91
    Age 80
    87.9
    87.8
    46
    81
    86.7
    87.7
    87
    88
    Age 85
    90.6
    90.4
    46
    88
    89.9
    90.4
    86
    85
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iran IRAN   Iraq IRAQ
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    142.51
    54
    227.26
    23
    2. Stroke
    57.21
    120
    128.44
    31
    3. Hypertension
    25.73
    55
    16.27
    101
    4. Road Traffic Accidents
    22.15
    65
    34.41
    37
    5. Diabetes Mellitus
    20.84
    107
    43.40
    51
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    18.63
    74
    19.16
    66
    7. Kidney Disease
    17.84
    115
    37.39
    29
    8. Lung Disease
    17.75
    119
    8.53
    174
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    16.00
    132
    15.14
    135
    10. Stomach Cancer
    14.67
    11
    3.94
    132
    11. Prostate Cancer
    10.80
    129
    2.81
    176
    12. Lung Cancers
    9.96
    104
    11.72
    97
    13. Breast Cancer
    9.78
    162
    15.07
    115
    14. Liver Disease
    9.41
    130
    10.94
    118
    15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    6.65
    124
    4.32
    158
    16. Leukemia
    5.50
    14
    4.79
    26
    17. Liver Cancer
    5.46
    89
    3.04
    165
    18. Suicide
    5.13
    140
    4.74
    144
    19. Asthma
    5.07
    88
    5.15
    86
    20. Other Injuries
    5.05
    132
    6.33
    113
    21. Congenital Anomalies
    4.74
    119
    6.83
    57
    22. Parkinson's Disease
    4.17
    89
    4.74
    59
    23. Low Birth Weight
    4.04
    103
    8.00
    54
    24. Lymphomas
    4.01
    118
    3.82
    128
    25. Falls
    3.88
    128
    2.77
    156
    26. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.58
    53
    0.95
    158
    27. Pancreas Cancer
    3.56
    99
    2.88
    115
    28. Violence
    3.01
    113
    17.20
    26
    29. Endocrine Disorders
    2.83
    120
    1.35
    167
    30. HIV/AIDS
    2.75
    96
    0.00
    170
    31. Drug Use
    2.62
    31
    1.73
    58
    32. Ovary Cancer
    2.62
    158
    3.16
    141
    33. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2.38
    102
    3.46
    87
    34. Fires
    2.30
    67
    2.35
    66
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.29
    157
    5.43
    77
    36. Birth Trauma
    2.23
    89
    4.96
    66
    37. Bladder Cancer
    2.18
    86
    3.81
    31
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1.90
    115
    0.92
    151
    39. Cervical Cancer
    1.43
    179
    1.39
    180
    40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.41
    94
    1.42
    93
    41. Tuberculosis
    1.25
    119
    2.26
    106
    42. Drownings
    1.16
    143
    1.56
    127
    43. Uterin Cancer
    1.01
    160
    0.59
    173
    44. Poisonings
    0.98
    68
    0.27
    127
    45. War
    0.96
    19
    8.37
    6
    46. Oral Cancer
    0.95
    176
    2.01
    133
    47. Epilepsy
    0.90
    142
    0.75
    161
    48. Meningitis
    0.82
    88
    1.07
    77
    49. Skin Cancers
    0.77
    147
    2.00
    87
    50. Hepatitis B
    0.57
    62
    0.24
    92
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Iran IRAN   Iraq IRAQ
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    93,308
    28.07
    36,594
    24.98
    2. Stroke
    36,730
    11.05
    20,793
    14.19
    3. Road Traffic Accidents
    17,803
    5.36
    10,726
    7.32
    4. Hypertension
    16,415
    4.94
    2,451
    1.67
    5. Diabetes Mellitus
    13,910
    4.18
    7,395
    5.05
    6. Kidney Disease
    11,810
    3.55
    6,323
    4.32
    7. Lung Disease
    11,409
    3.43
    1,329
    0.91
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    11,243
    3.38
    5,551
    3.79
    9. Alzheimers & Dementia
    11,046
    3.32
    2,429
    1.66
    10. Stomach Cancer
    9,822
    2.96
    771
    0.53
    11. Lung Cancers
    6,784
    2.04
    2,162
    1.48
    12. Liver Disease
    6,637
    2.00
    2,127
    1.45
    13. Low Birth Weight
    4,861
    1.46
    6,573
    4.49
    14. Congenital Anomalies
    4,844
    1.46
    4,812
    3.28
    15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4,575
    1.38
    852
    0.58
    16. Suicide
    4,334
    1.30
    1,418
    0.97
    17. Other Injuries
    4,048
    1.22
    2,212
    1.51
    18. Leukemia
    3,966
    1.19
    1,315
    0.90
    19. Breast Cancer
    3,736
    1.12
    1,783
    1.22
    20. Liver Cancer
    3,714
    1.12
    555
    0.38
    21. Prostate Cancer
    3,583
    1.08
    171
    0.12
    22. Asthma
    3,360
    1.01
    914
    0.62
    23. Lymphomas
    2,882
    0.87
    811
    0.55
    24. Falls
    2,821
    0.85
    709
    0.48
    25. Birth Trauma
    2,735
    0.82
    4,223
    2.88
    26. Parkinson's Disease
    2,545
    0.77
    658
    0.45
    27. Violence
    2,535
    0.76
    5,658
    3.86
    28. HIV/AIDS
    2,521
    0.76
    0
    0.00
    29. Pancreas Cancer
    2,418
    0.73
    530
    0.36
    30. Oesophagus Cancer
    2,371
    0.71
    173
    0.12
    31. Drug Use
    2,242
    0.67
    441
    0.30
    32. Endocrine Disorders
    2,092
    0.63
    462
    0.32
    33. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1,836
    0.55
    1,578
    1.08
    34. Fires
    1,823
    0.55
    742
    0.51
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,611
    0.48
    1,190
    0.81
    36. Bladder Cancer
    1,410
    0.42
    628
    0.43
    37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1,246
    0.37
    159
    0.11
    38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    996
    0.30
    283
    0.19
    39. Ovary Cancer
    937
    0.28
    376
    0.26
    40. Drownings
    930
    0.28
    658
    0.45
    41. Tuberculosis
    882
    0.27
    821
    0.56
    42. War
    848
    0.26
    2,942
    2.01
    43. Poisonings
    816
    0.25
    95
    0.06
    44. Epilepsy
    719
    0.22
    253
    0.17
    45. Oral Cancer
    655
    0.20
    410
    0.28
    46. Meningitis
    642
    0.19
    372
    0.25
    47. Skin Cancers
    518
    0.16
    339
    0.23
    48. Cervical Cancer
    501
    0.15
    162
    0.11
    49. Hepatitis B
    425
    0.13
    57
    0.04
    50. Multiple Sclerosis
    405
    0.12
    30
    0.02
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iran IRAN   Iraq IRAQ
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Stomach Cancer
    14.67
    11
    3.94
    132
    2. Prostate Cancer
    10.80
    129
    2.81
    176
    3. Lung Cancers
    9.96
    104
    11.72
    97
    4. Breast Cancer
    9.78
    162
    15.07
    115
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    6.65
    124
    4.32
    158
    6. Leukemia
    5.50
    14
    4.79
    26
    7. Liver Cancer
    5.46
    89
    3.04
    165
    8. Lymphomas
    4.01
    118
    3.82
    128
    9. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.58
    53
    0.95
    158
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    3.56
    99
    2.88
    115
    11. Ovary Cancer
    2.62
    158
    3.16
    141
    12. Bladder Cancer
    2.18
    86
    3.81
    31
    13. Cervical Cancer
    1.43
    179
    1.39
    180
    14. Uterin Cancer
    1.01
    160
    0.59
    173
    15. Oral Cancer
    0.95
    176
    2.01
    133
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.77
    147
    2.00
    87
    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.