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China
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 China 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
China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
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%
Iraq Population Pyramid
70,940,131
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
  China CHINA   Iraq IRAQ
  China CHINA   Iraq IRAQ
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
 
49.4
51.2
50.3
90
95
94
1970
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
 
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
1980
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
 
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
1990
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
 
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
2000
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
 
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
2010
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
 
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
2019
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
 
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   Iraq IRAQ
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.7
80.5
52
46
69.9
75.0
98
106
Age
74.7
80.5
52
46
69.9
75.0
98
106
Age 5
75.4
81.1
53
46
72.0
76.8
93
99
Age 10
75.4
81.2
53
46
72.2
76.9
94
99
Age 15
75.5
81.2
53
46
72.3
77.0
92
99
Age 20
75.6
81.3
56
47
72.6
77.2
92
99
Age 25
75.9
81.4
56
47
73.0
77.4
90
98
Age 30
76.1
81.4
56
47
73.3
77.6
91
99
Age 35
76.3
81.6
58
47
73.7
77.8
92
98
Age 40
76.7
81.7
60
47
74.1
78.1
95
98
Age 45
77.1
81.9
59
47
74.6
78.4
94
98
Age 50
77.6
82.2
61
50
75.4
79.0
93
98
Age 55
78.3
82.6
62
51
76.3
79.7
93
99
Age 60
79.2
83.1
67
52
77.6
80.7
94
98
Age 65
80.3
83.8
73
57
79.3
81.9
95
97
Age 70
81.7
84.8
87
59
81.4
83.4
100
95
Age 75
83.7
86.2
104
63
83.8
85.4
91
91
Age 80
85.9
88.1
147
70
86.7
87.7
87
88
Age 85
88.7
90.6
172
71
89.9
90.4
86
85
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   Iraq IRAQ
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
110.80
58
128.44
31
2. Coronary Heart Disease
97.57
115
227.26
23
3. Lung Disease
54.18
13
8.53
174
4. Lung Cancers
36.63
5
11.72
97
5. Stomach Cancer
20.55
3
3.94
132
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.36
97
19.16
66
7. Hypertension
16.80
98
16.27
101
8. Road Traffic Accidents
15.09
96
34.41
37
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.02
42
4.32
158
10. Oesophagus Cancer
12.42
6
0.95
158
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.28
152
15.14
135
12. Kidney Disease
10.39
141
37.39
29
13. Liver Cancer
9.30
33
3.04
165
14. Breast Cancer
8.95
169
15.07
115
15. Diabetes Mellitus
8.56
148
43.40
51
16. Falls
8.04
50
2.77
156
17. Liver Disease
7.57
146
10.94
118
18. Suicide
6.67
121
4.74
144
19. Prostate Cancer
6.41
152
2.81
176
20. Pancreas Cancer
5.72
59
2.88
115
21. Cervical Cancer
5.16
124
1.39
180
22. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
98
4.74
59
23. Drownings
3.66
56
1.56
127
24. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.53
34
1.42
93
25. Other Injuries
3.50
161
6.33
113
26. Leukemia
3.48
97
4.79
26
27. Congenital Anomalies
3.32
150
6.83
57
28. Lymphomas
3.04
145
3.82
128
29. Oral Cancer
2.81
89
2.01
133
30. Ovary Cancer
2.76
153
3.16
141
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.05
106
0.92
151
32. Bladder Cancer
2.04
94
3.81
31
33. Tuberculosis
1.88
111
2.26
106
34. Low Birth Weight
1.76
150
8.00
54
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1.73
168
5.43
77
36. HIV/AIDS
1.62
111
0.00
170
37. Poisonings
1.55
57
0.27
127
38. Endocrine Disorders
1.51
162
1.35
167
39. Birth Trauma
1.40
108
4.96
66
40. Drug Use
1.34
79
1.73
58
41. Asthma
1.29
123
5.15
86
42. Uterin Cancer
1.16
157
0.59
173
43. Alcohol
1.05
111
0.16
177
44. Skin Cancers
1.05
137
2.00
87
45. Malnutrition
0.78
107
0.24
131
46. Epilepsy
0.74
163
0.75
161
47. Violence
0.73
166
17.20
26
48. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.72
150
3.46
87
49. Fires
0.62
129
2.35
66
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.55
41
0.12
152
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  China CHINA   Iraq IRAQ
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
2.043m
21.27
20,793
14.19
2. Coronary Heart Disease
1.772m
18.44
36,594
24.98
3. Lung Disease
968,607
10.08
1,329
0.91
4. Lung Cancers
714,311
7.44
2,162
1.48
5. Stomach Cancer
398,439
4.15
771
0.53
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
304,455
3.17
2,429
1.66
7. Hypertension
301,183
3.14
2,451
1.67
8. Road Traffic Accidents
250,272
2.61
10,726
7.32
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
248,388
2.59
852
0.58
10. Oesophagus Cancer
242,891
2.53
173
0.12
11. Kidney Disease
192,302
2.00
6,323
4.32
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
183,342
1.91
5,551
3.79
13. Liver Cancer
180,952
1.88
555
0.38
14. Diabetes Mellitus
161,672
1.68
7,395
5.05
15. Liver Disease
145,603
1.52
2,127
1.45
16. Falls
138,878
1.45
709
0.48
17. Suicide
116,324
1.21
1,418
0.97
18. Pancreas Cancer
111,537
1.16
530
0.36
19. Breast Cancer
92,757
0.97
1,783
1.22
20. Parkinson's Disease
70,699
0.74
658
0.45
21. Rheumatic Heart Disease
65,350
0.68
283
0.19
22. Leukemia
58,145
0.61
1,315
0.90
23. Lymphomas
57,838
0.60
811
0.55
24. Oral Cancer
54,695
0.57
410
0.28
25. Other Injuries
54,087
0.56
2,212
1.51
26. Drownings
52,807
0.55
658
0.45
27. Cervical Cancer
51,650
0.54
162
0.11
28. Prostate Cancer
51,056
0.53
171
0.12
29. Bladder Cancer
37,873
0.39
628
0.43
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
37,723
0.39
159
0.11
31. Congenital Anomalies
36,613
0.38
4,812
3.28
32. Tuberculosis
34,802
0.36
821
0.56
33. Inflammatory/Heart
29,954
0.31
1,190
0.81
34. HIV/AIDS
28,746
0.30
0
0.00
35. Ovary Cancer
28,078
0.29
376
0.26
36. Poisonings
25,762
0.27
95
0.06
37. Endocrine Disorders
25,613
0.27
462
0.32
38. Drug Use
24,214
0.25
441
0.30
39. Asthma
23,147
0.24
914
0.62
40. Low Birth Weight
21,631
0.23
6,573
4.49
41. Skin Cancers
19,669
0.20
339
0.23
42. Alcohol
19,071
0.20
40
0.03
43. Birth Trauma
17,644
0.18
4,223
2.88
44. Malnutrition
12,995
0.14
92
0.06
45. Uterin Cancer
11,751
0.12
61
0.04
46. Epilepsy
11,365
0.12
253
0.17
47. Violence
11,115
0.12
5,658
3.86
48. Fires
10,498
0.11
742
0.51
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
10,108
0.11
21
0.01
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
8,719
0.09
1,578
1.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   Iraq IRAQ
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
36.63
5
11.72
97
2. Stomach Cancer
20.55
3
3.94
132
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.02
42
4.32
158
4. Oesophagus Cancer
12.42
6
0.95
158
5. Liver Cancer
9.30
33
3.04
165
6. Breast Cancer
8.95
169
15.07
115
7. Prostate Cancer
6.41
152
2.81
176
8. Pancreas Cancer
5.72
59
2.88
115
9. Cervical Cancer
5.16
124
1.39
180
10. Leukemia
3.48
97
4.79
26
11. Lymphomas
3.04
145
3.82
128
12. Oral Cancer
2.81
89
2.01
133
13. Ovary Cancer
2.76
153
3.16
141
14. Bladder Cancer
2.04
94
3.81
31
15. Uterin Cancer
1.16
157
0.59
173
16. Skin Cancers
1.05
137
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.