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Iran
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
IRAN VS GABON

Compare Iran and Gabon 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.

Gabon
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
Iran Population Pyramid
103,098,083
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Gabon Population Pyramid
3,809,049
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Gabon GABON
  Iran IRAN   Gabon GABON
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
  
38.3
41.5
39.9
150
143
148
1970
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
  
45.5
48.7
47.0
134
133
135
1980
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
  
53.5
56.7
55.1
126
123
126
1990
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
  
59.4
62.6
60.9
124
127
126
2000
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
  
59.5
60.7
60.1
130
136
133
2010
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
  
62.4
62.1
62.3
133
150
141
2019
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
  
63.6
69.7
66.5
143
134
138
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Gabon GABON
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.7
79.1
44
62
63.6
69.7
143
134
Age
75.7
79.1
44
62
63.6
69.7
143
134
Age 5
76.8
80.1
43
57
66.6
72.5
153
137
Age 10
76.9
80.2
42
56
67.0
72.8
155
136
Age 15
77.0
80.3
42
56
67.4
73.1
155
137
Age 20
77.3
80.5
42
56
67.8
73.3
155
137
Age 25
77.7
80.6
40
56
68.3
73.6
156
137
Age 30
78.0
80.8
40
56
68.8
74.0
158
137
Age 35
78.4
80.9
40
57
69.3
74.5
159
137
Age 40
78.7
81.1
41
58
70.0
75.2
161
136
Age 45
79.1
81.3
42
57
70.8
76.0
163
133
Age 50
79.6
81.6
42
59
72.0
77.0
163
127
Age 55
80.3
81.9
41
62
73.4
78.1
164
122
Age 60
81.2
82.5
41
63
75.2
79.3
163
117
Age 65
82.4
83.3
40
69
77.3
80.7
165
114
Age 70
83.8
84.3
39
72
79.7
82.3
164
115
Age 75
85.6
85.8
46
78
82.6
84.4
162
120
Age 80
87.9
87.8
46
81
85.7
86.9
157
129
Age 85
90.6
90.4
46
88
89.2
90.0
154
138
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Gabon GABON
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.51
54
107.54
94
2. Stroke
57.21
120
94.08
79
3. Hypertension
25.73
55
44.80
19
4. Road Traffic Accidents
22.15
65
28.47
53
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.84
107
64.41
22
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.63
74
20.55
40
7. Kidney Disease
17.84
115
37.95
27
8. Lung Disease
17.75
119
23.69
84
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.00
132
73.73
46
10. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
2.73
165
11. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
20.47
61
12. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
8.18
114
13. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
13.28
131
14. Liver Disease
9.41
130
35.26
43
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
3.54
174
16. Leukemia
5.50
14
1.42
162
17. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
3.71
143
18. Suicide
5.13
140
13.11
40
19. Asthma
5.07
88
8.68
69
20. Other Injuries
5.05
132
9.28
73
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.74
119
6.38
72
22. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
89
5.55
33
23. Low Birth Weight
4.04
103
8.92
45
24. Lymphomas
4.01
118
2.32
166
25. Falls
3.88
128
7.99
51
26. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
2.91
76
27. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
2.05
140
28. Violence
3.01
113
9.80
53
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.83
120
6.74
42
30. HIV/AIDS
2.75
96
60.61
20
31. Drug Use
2.62
31
2.27
40
32. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
4.13
101
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.38
102
21.09
57
34. Fires
2.30
67
2.62
62
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.29
157
8.92
37
36. Birth Trauma
2.23
89
6.57
52
37. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
3.39
46
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.90
115
3.48
76
39. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
14.89
56
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.41
94
1.78
78
41. Tuberculosis
1.25
119
113.96
4
42. Drownings
1.16
143
1.96
117
43. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
3.26
45
44. Poisonings
0.98
68
1.87
49
45. War
0.96
19
0.13
44
46. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
6.76
19
47. Epilepsy
0.90
142
2.20
54
48. Meningitis
0.82
88
5.91
44
49. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
3.19
24
50. Hepatitis B
0.57
62
0.49
67
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iran IRAN   Gabon GABON
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
93,308
28.07
1,019
7.70
2. Stroke
36,730
11.05
896
6.77
3. Road Traffic Accidents
17,803
5.36
518
3.91
4. Hypertension
16,415
4.94
412
3.11
5. Diabetes Mellitus
13,910
4.18
643
4.86
6. Kidney Disease
11,810
3.55
384
2.90
7. Lung Disease
11,409
3.43
215
1.62
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,243
3.38
966
7.30
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
11,046
3.32
152
1.15
10. Stomach Cancer
9,822
2.96
32
0.24
11. Lung Cancers
6,784
2.04
87
0.66
12. Liver Disease
6,637
2.00
416
3.14
13. Low Birth Weight
4,861
1.46
494
3.73
14. Congenital Anomalies
4,844
1.46
285
2.15
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,575
1.38
43
0.32
16. Suicide
4,334
1.30
183
1.38
17. Other Injuries
4,048
1.22
140
1.06
18. Leukemia
3,966
1.19
17
0.13
19. Breast Cancer
3,736
1.12
92
0.70
20. Liver Cancer
3,714
1.12
53
0.40
21. Prostate Cancer
3,583
1.08
80
0.60
22. Asthma
3,360
1.01
90
0.68
23. Lymphomas
2,882
0.87
32
0.24
24. Falls
2,821
0.85
84
0.63
25. Birth Trauma
2,735
0.82
362
2.73
26. Parkinson's Disease
2,545
0.77
47
0.36
27. Violence
2,535
0.76
184
1.39
28. HIV/AIDS
2,521
0.76
1,128
8.52
29. Pancreas Cancer
2,418
0.73
21
0.16
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2,371
0.71
35
0.26
31. Drug Use
2,242
0.67
34
0.26
32. Endocrine Disorders
2,092
0.63
98
0.74
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,836
0.55
318
2.40
34. Fires
1,823
0.55
39
0.29
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1,611
0.48
101
0.76
36. Bladder Cancer
1,410
0.42
35
0.26
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,246
0.37
36
0.27
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
996
0.30
20
0.15
39. Ovary Cancer
937
0.28
27
0.20
40. Drownings
930
0.28
42
0.32
41. Tuberculosis
882
0.27
1,819
13.74
42. War
848
0.26
3
0.02
43. Poisonings
816
0.25
28
0.21
44. Epilepsy
719
0.22
37
0.28
45. Oral Cancer
655
0.20
69
0.52
46. Meningitis
642
0.19
113
0.85
47. Skin Cancers
518
0.16
34
0.26
48. Cervical Cancer
501
0.15
96
0.73
49. Hepatitis B
425
0.13
7
0.05
50. Multiple Sclerosis
405
0.12
2
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Gabon GABON
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
2.73
165
2. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
20.47
61
3. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
8.18
114
4. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
13.28
131
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
3.54
174
6. Leukemia
5.50
14
1.42
162
7. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
3.71
143
8. Lymphomas
4.01
118
2.32
166
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
2.91
76
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
2.05
140
11. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
4.13
101
12. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
3.39
46
13. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
14.89
56
14. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
3.26
45
15. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
6.76
19
16. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
3.19
24
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.