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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 IRAQ

Compare Belgium 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
Belgium Population Pyramid
8,637,521
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%
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Iraq Population Pyramid
5,719,183
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
  Belgium BELGIUM   Iraq IRAQ
  Belgium BELGIUM   Iraq IRAQ
       
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
  
49.4
51.2
50.3
90
95
94
1970
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
  
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
1980
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
  
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
1990
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
  
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
2000
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
  
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
2010
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
  
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
2019
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
  
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Iraq IRAQ
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.5
23
25
69.9
75.0
98
106
Age
79.3
83.5
23
25
69.9
75.0
98
106
Age 5
79.6
83.8
24
27
72.0
76.8
93
99
Age 10
79.6
83.8
25
27
72.2
76.9
94
99
Age 15
79.7
83.8
25
27
72.3
77.0
92
99
Age 20
79.7
83.9
25
27
72.6
77.2
92
99
Age 25
79.9
83.9
26
27
73.0
77.4
90
98
Age 30
80.0
84.0
26
27
73.3
77.6
91
99
Age 35
80.2
84.1
26
27
73.7
77.8
92
98
Age 40
80.4
84.2
26
28
74.1
78.1
95
98
Age 45
80.7
84.4
27
28
74.6
78.4
94
98
Age 50
81.1
84.7
27
28
75.4
79.0
93
98
Age 55
81.5
85.0
29
28
76.3
79.7
93
99
Age 60
82.3
85.6
29
26
77.6
80.7
94
98
Age 65
83.4
86.3
29
23
79.3
81.9
95
97
Age 70
84.8
87.2
28
21
81.4
83.4
100
95
Age 75
86.4
88.2
28
20
83.8
85.4
91
91
Age 80
88.3
89.5
30
24
86.7
87.7
87
88
Age 85
90.6
91.3
49
43
89.9
90.4
86
85
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Iraq IRAQ
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
44.62
167
227.26
23
2. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
11.72
97
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.30
27
19.16
66
4. Stroke
21.11
166
128.44
31
5. Lung Disease
20.24
104
8.53
174
6. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
15.07
115
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.69
138
15.14
135
8. Suicide
13.93
35
4.74
144
9. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
2.81
176
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
4.32
158
11. Kidney Disease
7.64
153
37.39
29
12. Liver Disease
7.38
149
10.94
118
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
2.88
115
14. Other Injuries
6.43
110
6.33
113
15. Falls
5.68
89
2.77
156
16. Lymphomas
5.59
61
3.82
128
17. Other Neoplasms
5.38
11
0.14
181
18. Road Traffic Accidents
5.10
154
34.41
37
19. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
3.16
141
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.82
64
1.35
167
21. Leukemia
4.44
48
4.79
26
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.21
177
43.40
51
23. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
3.04
165
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
104
4.74
59
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
0.95
158
26. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
3.81
31
27. Inflammatory/Heart
3.38
126
5.43
77
28. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
3.94
132
29. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
2.01
133
30. Alcohol
2.78
43
0.16
177
31. Congenital Anomalies
2.57
165
6.83
57
32. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
0.59
173
33. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
1.39
180
34. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
2.00
87
35. Drug Use
1.97
46
1.73
58
36. Hypertension
1.78
179
16.27
101
37. Epilepsy
1.63
89
0.75
161
38. Violence
1.19
147
17.20
26
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.14
131
3.46
87
40. Skin Disease
0.98
112
0.25
165
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.81
129
1.42
93
42. Low Birth Weight
0.79
170
8.00
54
43. Malnutrition
0.71
108
0.24
131
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.67
24
0.13
134
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.65
167
0.92
151
46. Birth Trauma
0.53
151
4.96
66
47. Drownings
0.52
168
1.56
127
48. Fires
0.46
146
2.35
66
49. Asthma
0.46
166
5.15
86
50. Anemia
0.45
27
0.00
114
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Belgium BELGIUM   Iraq IRAQ
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,281
16.50
36,594
24.98
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
9,416
10.17
2,429
1.66
3. Stroke
7,408
8.00
20,793
14.19
4. Lung Cancers
6,777
7.32
2,162
1.48
5. Lung Disease
6,438
6.95
1,329
0.91
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,677
6.13
5,551
3.79
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,329
3.59
852
0.58
8. Kidney Disease
2,952
3.19
6,323
4.32
9. Breast Cancer
2,587
2.79
1,783
1.22
10. Suicide
2,111
2.28
1,418
0.97
11. Other Injuries
2,006
2.17
2,212
1.51
12. Other Neoplasms
1,828
1.97
26
0.02
13. Prostate Cancer
1,824
1.97
171
0.12
14. Pancreas Cancer
1,809
1.95
530
0.36
15. Falls
1,756
1.90
709
0.48
16. Lymphomas
1,552
1.68
811
0.55
17. Liver Disease
1,433
1.55
2,127
1.45
18. Endocrine Disorders
1,432
1.55
462
0.32
19. Parkinson's Disease
1,378
1.49
658
0.45
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,269
1.37
7,395
5.05
21. Leukemia
1,199
1.29
1,315
0.90
22. Bladder Cancer
1,078
1.16
628
0.43
23. Inflammatory/Heart
1,060
1.14
1,190
0.81
24. Liver Cancer
976
1.05
555
0.38
25. Oesophagus Cancer
898
0.97
173
0.12
26. Stomach Cancer
863
0.93
771
0.53
27. Hypertension
740
0.80
2,451
1.67
28. Oral Cancer
675
0.73
410
0.28
29. Road Traffic Accidents
666
0.72
10,726
7.32
30. Ovary Cancer
653
0.71
376
0.26
31. Skin Cancers
522
0.56
339
0.23
32. Alcohol
500
0.54
40
0.03
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
418
0.45
1,578
1.08
34. Uterin Cancer
384
0.41
61
0.04
35. Skin Disease
380
0.41
49
0.03
36. Epilepsy
348
0.38
253
0.17
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
293
0.32
283
0.19
38. Malnutrition
291
0.31
92
0.06
39. Drug Use
287
0.31
441
0.30
40. Congenital Anomalies
282
0.30
4,812
3.28
41. Cervical Cancer
243
0.26
162
0.11
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
213
0.23
159
0.11
43. Anemia
199
0.21
0
0.00
44. Violence
149
0.16
5,658
3.86
45. Multiple Sclerosis
147
0.16
30
0.02
46. Asthma
128
0.14
914
0.62
47. Drownings
79
0.09
658
0.45
48. Fires
75
0.08
742
0.51
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
73
0.08
21
0.01
50. Low Birth Weight
70
0.08
6,573
4.49
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Iraq IRAQ
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
11.72
97
2. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
15.07
115
3. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
2.81
176
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
4.32
158
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
2.88
115
6. Lymphomas
5.59
61
3.82
128
7. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
3.16
141
8. Leukemia
4.44
48
4.79
26
9. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
3.04
165
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
0.95
158
11. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
3.81
31
12. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
3.94
132
13. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
2.01
133
14. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
0.59
173
15. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
1.39
180
16. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
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.