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Iceland
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
ICELAND VS BURKINA FASO

Compare Iceland and Burkina Faso 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.

Burkina Faso
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
Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
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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Burkina Faso Population Pyramid
43,432,174
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
  Iceland ICELAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Iceland ICELAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
37.3
36.0
36.7
154
165
160
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
66.1
71.0
159
150
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
66.7
71.7
160
146
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
67.1
72.1
159
147
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
67.6
72.4
159
147
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
68.1
72.8
159
146
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
68.7
73.2
159
146
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
69.3
73.7
158
147
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
70.0
74.2
159
149
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
71.0
74.9
159
150
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
72.1
75.7
162
150
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
73.5
76.8
162
151
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
75.2
78.1
161
152
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
77.4
79.7
163
152
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
79.8
81.6
161
149
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
82.7
84.1
157
140
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
85.9
86.9
151
128
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.5
90.3
128
104
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
131.79
66
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
20.98
34
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
3.02
158
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
27.33
35
5. Stroke
18.39
176
95.70
77
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
16.06
101
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
18.73
110
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
6.07
134
9. Suicide
11.15
59
14.38
33
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
122.30
12
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
16.52
15
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.01
142
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
5.51
35
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
2.58
161
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
3.23
139
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
1.42
72
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
37.67
65
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
31.16
51
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
14.45
15
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
1.17
147
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
9.08
35
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
42.15
12
23. Falls
3.23
143
10.27
19
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
1.72
72
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
9.32
49
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
3.26
49
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
0.82
172
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
31.19
42
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
25.05
2
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
1.67
129
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
2.91
34
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
7.94
34
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
43.30
16
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
32.34
53
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.71
95
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.39
107
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
3.04
29
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
10.86
31
39. Violence
1.08
149
11.16
45
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
10.42
22
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
3.69
10
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.25
107
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.24
69
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
5.07
57
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
80
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
2.01
66
47. Drownings
0.36
179
3.55
61
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
76
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
18.01
8
50. Asthma
0.26
178
11.80
54
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
8,117
6.02
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
767
0.57
3. Stroke
141
7.03
6,324
4.69
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
242
0.18
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
1,161
0.86
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
16,807
12.47
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
478
0.35
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
514
0.38
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
862
0.64
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
252
0.19
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
2,637
1.96
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
148
0.11
13. Suicide
40
2.00
1,521
1.13
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
280
0.21
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
2,398
1.78
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
2,609
1.94
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
2,020
1.50
18. Falls
24
1.20
828
0.61
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
101
0.07
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
1,309
0.97
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
265
0.20
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
112
0.08
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
777
0.58
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
172
0.13
25. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
174
0.13
26. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
4,794
3.56
27. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
743
0.55
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
152
0.11
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
220
0.16
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
23
0.02
31. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
227
0.17
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
2,122
1.57
33. Liver Disease
9
0.45
2,722
2.02
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
74
0.05
35. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
3,515
2.61
36. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
6,303
4.68
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
477
0.35
38. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
39. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
15
0.01
40. Violence
4
0.20
1,943
1.44
41. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
6,809
5.05
42. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
24
0.02
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
410
0.30
44. Skin Disease
3
0.15
174
0.13
45. Poisonings
3
0.15
620
0.46
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
6,426
4.77
47. Asthma
2
0.10
941
0.70
48. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
11,887
8.82
50. Meningitis
1
0.05
3,375
2.50
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
3.02
158
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
27.33
35
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
16.06
101
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
6.07
134
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.01
142
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
2.58
161
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
3.23
139
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
14.45
15
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
1.17
147
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
42.15
12
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
9.32
49
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
3.26
49
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
0.82
172
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
1.67
129
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
2.91
34
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.71
95
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.