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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

Compare Iceland and Mongolia 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.

Mongolia
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%
Mongolia Population Pyramid
4,448,931
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Mongolia MONGOLIA
  Iceland ICELAND   Mongolia MONGOLIA
       
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
 
45.8
48.3
47.0
106
110
107
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
51.5
54.0
52.7
108
112
111
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
 
55.2
58.2
56.7
122
122
121
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
 
59.0
62.7
60.8
128
126
127
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
 
60.0
65.7
62.8
127
123
125
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
 
62.4
70.6
66.3
135
119
127
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
 
63.8
72.8
68.1
139
118
132
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Mongolia MONGOLIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
63.8
72.8
139
118
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
65.0
73.8
166
126
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
65.1
73.9
166
128
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
65.2
74.0
166
129
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
65.4
74.1
166
129
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
65.9
74.3
168
130
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
66.4
74.5
169
133
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
67.1
74.8
170
134
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
68.0
75.1
170
137
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
69.1
75.7
171
139
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
70.4
76.4
172
143
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
72.2
77.3
172
146
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
74.2
78.5
173
145
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
76.5
80.1
174
144
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
79.3
82.0
172
131
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
82.2
84.2
174
132
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
85.1
86.6
173
154
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
88.3
89.3
180
168
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Mongolia MONGOLIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
283.82
9
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
17.63
89
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
20.59
50
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
2.88
175
5. Stroke
18.39
176
216.30
2
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
4.46
181
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
18.16
112
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
4.43
155
9. Suicide
11.15
59
18.02
18
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
14.48
139
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
14.07
28
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
4.27
80
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
3.56
123
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
1.73
176
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
3.29
137
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
1.15
98
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
6.16
162
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
17.88
114
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
84.53
1
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
19.85
3
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
10.76
25
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
11.32
73
23. Falls
3.23
143
8.37
42
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
18.07
2
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
28.56
1
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.04
155
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
1.01
170
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
10.49
130
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
2.38
133
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
0.57
174
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.81
145
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
5.74
94
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
21.50
68
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
75.19
2
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.94
85
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.17
173
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
2.51
45
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
3.69
111
39. Violence
1.08
149
6.07
80
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
2.96
83
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
2.94
18
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.40
77
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.11
149
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
9.43
15
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
134
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
0.71
123
47. Drownings
0.36
179
4.70
30
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
132
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
0.70
97
50. Asthma
0.26
178
6.03
79
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Mongolia MONGOLIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
5,202
23.45
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
243
1.10
3. Stroke
141
7.03
4,401
19.84
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
411
1.85
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
327
1.47
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
410
1.85
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
93
0.42
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
18
0.08
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
61
0.27
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
55
0.25
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
442
1.99
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
94
0.42
13. Suicide
40
2.00
577
2.60
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
43
0.19
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
408
1.84
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
145
0.65
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
199
0.90
18. Falls
24
1.20
244
1.10
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
366
1.65
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
1,834
8.27
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
19
0.09
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
30
0.14
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
617
2.78
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
33
0.15
25. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
45
0.20
26. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
69
0.31
27. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
263
1.19
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
582
2.62
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
13
0.06
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
3
0.01
31. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
61
0.27
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
155
0.70
33. Liver Disease
9
0.45
1,723
7.77
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
7
0.03
35. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
262
1.18
36. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
679
3.06
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
80
0.36
38. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
39. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
8
0.04
40. Violence
4
0.20
197
0.89
41. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
204
0.92
42. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
3
0.01
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
192
0.87
44. Skin Disease
3
0.15
18
0.08
45. Poisonings
3
0.15
89
0.40
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
160
0.72
47. Asthma
2
0.10
112
0.50
48. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
66
0.30
50. Meningitis
1
0.05
21
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Mongolia MONGOLIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
20.59
50
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
2.88
175
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
4.46
181
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
4.43
155
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
4.27
80
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
1.73
176
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
3.29
137
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
84.53
1
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
19.85
3
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
11.32
73
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
28.56
1
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.04
155
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
1.01
170
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
0.57
174
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.81
145
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.94
85
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.