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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 SUDAN

Compare Iceland and Sudan 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.

Sudan
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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Sudan Population Pyramid
81,192,821
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   Sudan SUDAN
  Iceland ICELAND   Sudan SUDAN
       
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
  
39.0
41.8
40.4
147
142
145
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
42.9
45.6
44.2
147
144
146
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
48.0
50.8
49.3
147
145
145
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
51.4
54.4
52.9
154
154
155
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
56.8
60.4
58.6
137
137
139
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
60.7
64.3
62.5
140
141
140
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
67.6
70.8
69.1
123
129
125
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Sudan SUDAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
72.0
74.7
94
120
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
72.4
75.0
89
118
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
72.6
75.2
87
117
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
72.9
75.4
88
117
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
73.2
75.6
88
117
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
73.6
75.9
89
117
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
74.0
76.2
90
117
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
74.4
76.6
89
116
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
75.0
77.1
90
114
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
75.7
77.7
90
114
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
76.6
78.4
89
114
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
77.8
79.4
89
111
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
79.4
80.7
92
111
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
81.4
82.3
98
113
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
83.8
84.5
97
114
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
86.6
87.1
98
112
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.8
90.2
90
106
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Sudan SUDAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
231.30
20
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
17.52
94
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
2.40
168
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
7.55
143
5. Stroke
18.39
176
108.71
60
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
24.70
29
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
23.39
85
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
4.61
154
9. Suicide
11.15
59
4.76
143
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
30.74
83
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
6.73
105
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
1.20
163
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
4.17
90
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
6.85
20
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
6.51
24
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
3.34
21
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
15.23
122
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
24.83
75
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
4.10
124
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
5.26
36
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
2.98
140
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
6.36
112
23. Falls
3.23
143
4.91
104
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
0.31
161
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
2.16
175
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.94
101
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
6.37
2
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
40.23
23
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
3.60
87
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
0.67
172
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.67
108
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
6.55
66
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
36.38
33
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
19.11
92
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.23
119
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.16
179
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
1.59
93
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
14.18
9
39. Violence
1.08
149
6.81
69
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
7.45
45
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
1.59
55
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.10
163
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.20
90
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
3.90
70
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
162
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
0.60
134
47. Drownings
0.36
179
3.02
74
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
162
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
2.06
61
50. Asthma
0.26
178
12.79
51
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Sudan SUDAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
43,966
20.16
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
2,584
1.18
3. Stroke
141
7.03
20,582
9.44
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
545
0.25
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
4,382
2.01
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
12,619
5.79
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
1,049
0.48
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
523
0.24
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
3,071
1.41
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
705
0.32
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
2,912
1.34
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
272
0.12
13. Suicide
40
2.00
1,644
0.75
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
1,533
0.70
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
5,095
2.34
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
3,070
1.41
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
7,287
3.34
18. Falls
24
1.20
1,559
0.71
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
1,126
0.52
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
946
0.43
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
369
0.17
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
1,828
0.84
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
478
0.22
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
1,036
0.48
25. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
794
0.36
26. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
1,459
0.67
27. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
839
0.38
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
84
0.04
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
356
0.16
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
35
0.02
31. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
493
0.23
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
770
0.35
33. Liver Disease
9
0.45
4,348
1.99
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
71
0.03
35. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
5,507
2.53
36. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
11,459
5.25
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
735
0.34
38. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
39. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
20
0.01
40. Violence
4
0.20
2,478
1.14
41. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
16,036
7.35
42. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
54
0.02
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
775
0.36
44. Skin Disease
3
0.15
112
0.05
45. Poisonings
3
0.15
744
0.34
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
8,526
3.91
47. Asthma
2
0.10
2,636
1.21
48. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
6,277
2.88
50. Meningitis
1
0.05
1,092
0.50
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Sudan SUDAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
2.40
168
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
7.55
143
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
24.70
29
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
4.61
154
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
1.20
163
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
6.85
20
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
6.51
24
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
4.10
124
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
5.26
36
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
6.36
112
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
2.16
175
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.94
101
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
6.37
2
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
0.67
172
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.67
108
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.23
119
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.