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Botswana
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
BOTSWANA VS IRAN

Compare Botswana and Iran 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.

Iran
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
Botswana Population Pyramid
3,509,813
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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Iran Population Pyramid
103,098,083
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
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Iran IRAN
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Iran IRAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.9
52.5
50.7
95
91
92
  
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
1970
53.0
56.7
54.8
100
98
98
  
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
1980
58.5
62.6
60.5
101
102
101
  
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
1990
60.5
65.6
63.0
118
116
116
  
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
2000
47.9
47.7
47.8
168
177
173
  
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
2010
58.7
63.7
61.1
150
143
149
  
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
2019
59.0
65.5
62.2
174
160
171
  
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Iran IRAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.0
65.5
174
160
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age
59.0
65.5
174
160
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age 5
61.8
68.1
176
173
76.8
80.1
43
57
Age 10
62.0
68.3
177
174
76.9
80.2
42
56
Age 15
62.1
68.4
177
174
77.0
80.3
42
56
Age 20
62.6
68.7
177
174
77.3
80.5
42
56
Age 25
63.2
69.2
178
174
77.7
80.6
40
56
Age 30
63.9
69.8
178
174
78.0
80.8
40
56
Age 35
64.9
70.7
177
173
78.4
80.9
40
57
Age 40
66.1
71.9
177
172
78.7
81.1
41
58
Age 45
67.7
73.3
176
169
79.1
81.3
42
57
Age 50
69.6
74.8
176
164
79.6
81.6
42
59
Age 55
71.8
76.4
174
159
80.3
81.9
41
62
Age 60
74.2
78.0
172
156
81.2
82.5
41
63
Age 65
76.7
79.7
171
150
82.4
83.3
40
69
Age 70
79.4
81.7
170
148
83.8
84.3
39
72
Age 75
82.4
84.0
166
145
85.6
85.8
46
78
Age 80
85.7
86.7
159
145
87.9
87.8
46
81
Age 85
89.2
89.9
155
144
90.6
90.4
46
88
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Iran IRAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
252.76
3
2.75
96
2. Coronary Heart Disease
133.53
65
142.51
54
3. Stroke
133.30
30
57.21
120
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
110.71
21
16.00
132
5. Diabetes Mellitus
99.86
9
20.84
107
6. Lung Disease
40.61
28
17.75
119
7. Hypertension
39.78
24
25.73
55
8. Kidney Disease
38.81
24
17.84
115
9. Tuberculosis
34.54
30
1.25
119
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
30.71
49
2.38
102
11. Road Traffic Accidents
30.39
48
22.15
65
12. Liver Disease
30.38
56
9.41
130
13. Suicide
20.22
14
5.13
140
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.91
71
18.63
74
15. Cervical Cancer
18.90
40
1.43
179
16. Violence
18.25
22
3.01
113
17. Asthma
17.13
28
5.07
88
18. Inflammatory/Heart
13.33
15
2.29
157
19. Prostate Cancer
13.09
119
10.80
129
20. Other Injuries
11.76
48
5.05
132
21. Low Birth Weight
10.36
34
4.04
103
22. Breast Cancer
8.55
170
9.78
162
23. Malnutrition
8.21
37
0.23
133
24. Congenital Anomalies
8.12
28
4.74
119
25. Oesophagus Cancer
8.01
18
3.58
53
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.00
32
1.90
115
27. Endocrine Disorders
6.51
44
2.83
120
28. Fires
6.18
5
2.30
67
29. Birth Trauma
5.97
56
2.23
89
30. Meningitis
5.86
45
0.82
88
31. Oral Cancer
5.52
33
0.95
176
32. Maternal Conditions
4.92
49
0.30
124
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.69
60
4.17
89
34. Skin Cancers
4.55
11
0.77
147
35. Falls
4.45
115
3.88
128
36. Lymphomas
4.43
104
4.01
118
37. Liver Cancer
4.32
118
5.46
89
38. Drownings
3.71
54
1.16
143
39. Lung Cancers
3.39
153
9.96
104
40. Epilepsy
2.90
31
0.90
142
41. Skin Disease
2.52
37
0.37
152
42. Ovary Cancer
2.44
164
2.62
158
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.43
57
1.41
94
44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.09
181
6.65
124
45. Alcohol
1.92
62
0.30
163
46. Poisonings
1.90
48
0.98
68
47. Pertussis
1.48
55
0.09
106
48. Drug Use
1.40
73
2.62
31
49. Pancreas Cancer
1.33
159
3.56
99
50. Uterin Cancer
1.23
153
1.01
160
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Iran IRAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
4,950
25.51
2,521
0.76
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,674
8.63
11,243
3.38
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,632
8.41
93,308
28.07
4. Stroke
1,588
8.18
36,730
11.05
5. Diabetes Mellitus
1,273
6.56
13,910
4.18
6. Tuberculosis
649
3.34
882
0.27
7. Road Traffic Accidents
608
3.13
17,803
5.36
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
527
2.72
1,836
0.55
9. Kidney Disease
506
2.61
11,810
3.55
10. Lung Disease
482
2.48
11,409
3.43
11. Hypertension
471
2.43
16,415
4.94
12. Liver Disease
459
2.37
6,637
2.00
13. Low Birth Weight
447
2.30
4,861
1.46
14. Violence
389
2.00
2,535
0.76
15. Suicide
370
1.91
4,334
1.30
16. Congenital Anomalies
287
1.48
4,844
1.46
17. Birth Trauma
261
1.34
2,735
0.82
18. Asthma
232
1.20
3,360
1.01
19. Other Injuries
216
1.11
4,048
1.22
20. Inflammatory/Heart
177
0.91
1,611
0.48
21. Malnutrition
171
0.88
157
0.05
22. Cervical Cancer
164
0.85
501
0.15
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
164
0.85
11,046
3.32
24. Maternal Conditions
118
0.61
285
0.09
25. Meningitis
108
0.56
642
0.19
26. Fires
108
0.56
1,823
0.55
27. Oesophagus Cancer
103
0.53
2,371
0.71
28. Endocrine Disorders
103
0.53
2,092
0.63
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
90
0.46
1,246
0.37
30. Drownings
83
0.43
930
0.28
31. Lymphomas
77
0.40
2,882
0.87
32. Oral Cancer
70
0.36
655
0.20
33. Breast Cancer
68
0.35
3,736
1.12
34. Falls
62
0.32
2,821
0.85
35. Liver Cancer
57
0.29
3,714
1.12
36. Epilepsy
56
0.29
719
0.22
37. Skin Cancers
52
0.27
518
0.16
38. Parkinson's Disease
47
0.24
2,545
0.77
39. Pertussis
45
0.23
75
0.02
40. Lung Cancers
45
0.23
6,784
2.04
41. Prostate Cancer
45
0.23
3,583
1.08
42. Poisonings
42
0.22
816
0.25
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
37
0.19
996
0.30
44. Syphilis
36
0.19
52
0.02
45. Alcohol
31
0.16
253
0.08
46. Skin Disease
30
0.15
237
0.07
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
28
0.14
4,575
1.38
48. Drug Use
26
0.13
2,242
0.67
49. Ovary Cancer
19
0.10
937
0.28
50. Pancreas Cancer
16
0.08
2,418
0.73
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Iran IRAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
18.90
40
1.43
179
2. Prostate Cancer
13.09
119
10.80
129
3. Breast Cancer
8.55
170
9.78
162
4. Oesophagus Cancer
8.01
18
3.58
53
5. Oral Cancer
5.52
33
0.95
176
6. Skin Cancers
4.55
11
0.77
147
7. Lymphomas
4.43
104
4.01
118
8. Liver Cancer
4.32
118
5.46
89
9. Lung Cancers
3.39
153
9.96
104
10. Ovary Cancer
2.44
164
2.62
158
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.09
181
6.65
124
12. Pancreas Cancer
1.33
159
3.56
99
13. Uterin Cancer
1.23
153
1.01
160
14. Leukemia
0.76
174
5.50
14
15. Stomach Cancer
0.74
182
14.67
11
16. Bladder Cancer
0.52
178
2.18
86
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.