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DR Congo
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
DR CONGO VS ICELAND

Compare DR Congo and Iceland 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.

Iceland
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
DR Congo Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      DR Congo DR CONGO   Iceland ICELAND
      DR Congo DR CONGO   Iceland ICELAND
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    39.9
    43.1
    41.4
    143
    135
    140
    		  
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    1970
    43.6
    46.8
    45.2
    143
    141
    141
    		  
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    1980
    46.2
    49.4
    47.8
    154
    149
    152
    		  
    72.1
    75.7
    73.9
    10
    22
    14
    1990
    44.4
    48.3
    46.3
    174
    172
    174
    		  
    74.9
    78.4
    76.6
    2
    20
    11
    2000
    49.8
    52.7
    51.3
    160
    160
    159
    		  
    77.7
    81.7
    79.7
    1
    9
    3
    2010
    55.9
    59.0
    57.4
    164
    160
    163
    		  
    80.2
    83.5
    81.8
    1
    10
    6
    2019
    60.0
    64.8
    62.4
    170
    165
    170
    		  
    80.8
    83.9
    82.3
    9
    20
    14
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      DR Congo DR CONGO   Iceland ICELAND
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    60.0
    64.8
    170
    165
    80.8
    83.9
    9
    20
    Age 5
    66.0
    70.3
    161
    156
    81.0
    84.0
    10
    23
    Age 10
    66.7
    71.0
    159
    153
    81.0
    84.1
    10
    22
    Age 15
    67.4
    71.5
    157
    153
    81.1
    84.1
    10
    23
    Age 20
    67.8
    71.8
    158
    153
    81.2
    84.1
    9
    23
    Age 25
    68.3
    72.2
    157
    153
    81.4
    84.2
    10
    23
    Age 30
    68.8
    72.6
    157
    154
    81.6
    84.3
    9
    23
    Age 35
    69.4
    73.1
    157
    156
    81.9
    84.4
    4
    23
    Age 40
    70.1
    73.7
    157
    157
    82.1
    84.5
    4
    22
    Age 45
    71.0
    74.5
    158
    158
    82.4
    84.6
    4
    25
    Age 50
    72.2
    75.4
    158
    157
    82.7
    84.8
    5
    26
    Age 55
    73.6
    76.5
    160
    156
    83.1
    85.1
    7
    26
    Age 60
    75.4
    77.9
    160
    157
    83.7
    85.5
    7
    27
    Age 65
    77.5
    79.6
    159
    155
    84.4
    86.1
    11
    28
    Age 70
    80.0
    81.5
    156
    154
    85.4
    86.7
    12
    34
    Age 75
    82.8
    83.9
    152
    147
    86.7
    87.7
    15
    36
    Age 80
    85.9
    86.7
    148
    143
    88.4
    89.2
    24
    39
    Age 85
    89.4
    90.0
    139
    137
    90.7
    91.3
    39
    42
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      DR Congo DR CONGO   Iceland ICELAND
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Influenza and Pneumonia
    117.32
    16
    9.67
    161
    2. Stroke
    112.53
    56
    18.39
    176
    3. Coronary Heart Disease
    108.48
    92
    54.46
    157
    4. Tuberculosis
    79.20
    9
    0.00
    183
    5. Diarrhoeal diseases
    55.99
    28
    0.16
    176
    6. Hypertension
    50.51
    14
    2.87
    168
    7. Lung Disease
    44.15
    23
    17.98
    117
    8. Road Traffic Accidents
    39.80
    25
    1.78
    178
    9. Diabetes Mellitus
    36.82
    69
    4.22
    176
    10. Liver Disease
    36.25
    41
    1.72
    183
    11. Prostate Cancer
    31.05
    27
    18.78
    71
    12. Malaria
    28.55
    33
    0.00
    113
    13. Measles
    24.57
    4
    0.00
    133
    14. Kidney Disease
    24.38
    79
    4.00
    177
    15. Cervical Cancer
    22.64
    30
    3.29
    142
    16. Asthma
    20.76
    18
    0.26
    178
    17. Alzheimers & Dementia
    19.83
    52
    35.59
    5
    18. HIV/AIDS
    19.43
    44
    0.09
    158
    19. Violence
    16.45
    27
    1.08
    149
    20. Maternal Conditions
    16.42
    13
    0.11
    142
    21. Breast Cancer
    15.42
    112
    18.02
    78
    22. Other Injuries
    12.62
    40
    7.88
    87
    23. Suicide
    12.41
    45
    11.15
    59
    24. Malnutrition
    11.91
    24
    0.06
    166
    25. Low Birth Weight
    11.44
    22
    1.13
    164
    26. Meningitis
    11.11
    32
    0.30
    140
    27. Birth Trauma
    10.95
    18
    1.05
    121
    28. Endocrine Disorders
    10.69
    18
    2.31
    139
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    9.82
    29
    3.42
    124
    30. Liver Cancer
    9.59
    31
    3.82
    140
    31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    9.05
    87
    12.15
    49
    32. Falls
    8.41
    41
    3.23
    143
    33. Congenital Anomalies
    7.74
    35
    1.96
    177
    34. Stomach Cancer
    6.55
    82
    3.12
    154
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    5.00
    58
    0.47
    178
    36. Pertussis
    4.63
    14
    0.01
    136
    37. Lymphomas
    4.48
    101
    5.87
    49
    38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    4.14
    24
    0.19
    180
    39. Parkinson's Disease
    3.70
    117
    7.15
    12
    40. Lung Cancers
    3.48
    152
    21.77
    41
    41. Leukemia
    3.40
    102
    2.88
    125
    42. Drownings
    3.10
    72
    0.36
    179
    43. Ovary Cancer
    3.08
    143
    5.09
    62
    44. Fires
    3.03
    48
    0.09
    181
    45. Pancreas Cancer
    2.92
    114
    7.25
    37
    46. Schistosomiasis
    2.63
    13
    0.00
    119
    47. Poisonings
    2.58
    30
    0.64
    86
    48. Epilepsy
    2.36
    50
    1.27
    116
    49. Oral Cancer
    2.21
    121
    1.55
    158
    50. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.18
    101
    3.70
    50
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      DR Congo DR CONGO   Iceland ICELAND
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Influenza and Pneumonia
    73,546
    11.18
    82
    4.09
    2. Tuberculosis
    43,759
    6.65
    0
    0.00
    3. Measles
    42,254
    6.42
    0
    0.00
    4. Malaria
    41,813
    6.35
    0
    0.00
    5. Diarrhoeal diseases
    41,301
    6.28
    1
    0.05
    6. Stroke
    36,596
    5.56
    141
    7.03
    7. Coronary Heart Disease
    34,713
    5.28
    403
    20.10
    8. Low Birth Weight
    34,668
    5.27
    3
    0.15
    9. Birth Trauma
    33,075
    5.03
    2
    0.10
    10. Road Traffic Accidents
    30,256
    4.60
    7
    0.35
    11. Congenital Anomalies
    16,256
    2.47
    7
    0.35
    12. Hypertension
    15,743
    2.39
    24
    1.20
    13. Liver Disease
    15,044
    2.29
    9
    0.45
    14. Lung Disease
    13,527
    2.06
    129
    6.43
    15. HIV/AIDS
    13,286
    2.02
    0
    0.00
    16. Diabetes Mellitus
    12,902
    1.96
    30
    1.50
    17. Meningitis
    11,568
    1.76
    1
    0.05
    18. Violence
    11,120
    1.69
    4
    0.20
    19. Maternal Conditions
    10,513
    1.60
    0
    0.00
    20. Kidney Disease
    9,077
    1.38
    33
    1.65
    21. Malnutrition
    8,910
    1.35
    1
    0.05
    22. Other Injuries
    8,272
    1.26
    50
    2.49
    23. Pertussis
    7,921
    1.20
    0
    0.00
    24. Asthma
    7,733
    1.18
    2
    0.10
    25. Endocrine Disorders
    7,380
    1.12
    16
    0.80
    26. Suicide
    5,812
    0.88
    40
    2.00
    27. Cervical Cancer
    4,823
    0.73
    9
    0.45
    28. Alzheimers & Dementia
    4,548
    0.69
    295
    14.71
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    4,045
    0.61
    16
    0.80
    30. Prostate Cancer
    3,948
    0.60
    61
    3.04
    31. Liver Cancer
    3,840
    0.58
    22
    1.10
    32. Syphilis
    3,751
    0.57
    0
    0.00
    33. Falls
    3,483
    0.53
    24
    1.20
    34. Drownings
    3,454
    0.52
    1
    0.05
    35. Breast Cancer
    3,416
    0.52
    53
    2.64
    36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    2,966
    0.45
    73
    3.64
    37. Stomach Cancer
    2,579
    0.39
    18
    0.90
    38. Lymphomas
    2,061
    0.31
    37
    1.85
    39. Fires
    2,007
    0.31
    1
    0.05
    40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1,923
    0.29
    3
    0.15
    41. Leukemia
    1,871
    0.28
    19
    0.95
    42. Poisonings
    1,729
    0.26
    3
    0.15
    43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1,728
    0.26
    1
    0.05
    44. Epilepsy
    1,727
    0.26
    5
    0.25
    45. War
    1,658
    0.25
    0
    0.00
    46. Tetanus
    1,166
    0.18
    0
    0.00
    47. Lung Cancers
    1,158
    0.18
    134
    6.68
    48. Schistosomiasis
    1,071
    0.16
    0
    0.00
    49. Parkinson's Disease
    1,035
    0.16
    53
    2.64
    50. Pancreas Cancer
    1,017
    0.15
    43
    2.14
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      DR Congo DR CONGO   Iceland ICELAND
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Prostate Cancer
    31.05
    27
    18.78
    71
    2. Cervical Cancer
    22.64
    30
    3.29
    142
    3. Breast Cancer
    15.42
    112
    18.02
    78
    4. Liver Cancer
    9.59
    31
    3.82
    140
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    9.05
    87
    12.15
    49
    6. Stomach Cancer
    6.55
    82
    3.12
    154
    7. Lymphomas
    4.48
    101
    5.87
    49
    8. Lung Cancers
    3.48
    152
    21.77
    41
    9. Leukemia
    3.40
    102
    2.88
    125
    10. Ovary Cancer
    3.08
    143
    5.09
    62
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    2.92
    114
    7.25
    37
    12. Oral Cancer
    2.21
    121
    1.55
    158
    13. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.18
    101
    3.70
    50
    14. Skin Cancers
    2.16
    74
    2.01
    85
    15. Uterin Cancer
    1.91
    111
    2.12
    102
    16. Bladder Cancer
    0.78
    167
    3.04
    53
    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.