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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 GREECE

Compare Iran and Greece 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.

Greece
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
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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Greece Population Pyramid
9,029,254
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
  Iran IRAN   Greece GREECE
  Iran IRAN   Greece GREECE
       
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
  
67.3
70.5
68.9
15
32
24
1970
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
  
70.1
73.6
71.8
5
24
12
1980
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
  
72.3
76.5
74.4
7
17
9
1990
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
  
74.5
79.5
76.9
5
11
6
2000
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
  
75.4
81.1
78.2
15
12
14
2010
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
  
77.7
82.9
80.3
19
17
19
2019
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
  
78.6
83.6
81.1
27
23
28
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Greece GREECE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.7
79.1
44
62
78.6
83.6
27
23
Age
75.7
79.1
44
62
78.6
83.6
27
23
Age 5
76.8
80.1
43
57
79.0
83.9
30
25
Age 10
76.9
80.2
42
56
79.0
83.9
30
25
Age 15
77.0
80.3
42
56
79.0
83.9
30
25
Age 20
77.3
80.5
42
56
79.1
84.0
30
26
Age 25
77.7
80.6
40
56
79.3
84.0
30
26
Age 30
78.0
80.8
40
56
79.4
84.1
31
26
Age 35
78.4
80.9
40
57
79.6
84.2
32
26
Age 40
78.7
81.1
41
58
79.8
84.3
32
27
Age 45
79.1
81.3
42
57
80.1
84.4
33
27
Age 50
79.6
81.6
42
59
80.5
84.7
32
27
Age 55
80.3
81.9
41
62
81.1
85.0
33
27
Age 60
81.2
82.5
41
63
82.1
85.5
33
28
Age 65
82.4
83.3
40
69
83.4
86.1
31
27
Age 70
83.8
84.3
39
72
84.8
86.8
25
29
Age 75
85.6
85.8
46
78
86.7
87.9
18
32
Age 80
87.9
87.8
46
81
88.7
89.1
14
41
Age 85
90.6
90.4
46
88
91.2
90.9
14
59
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Greece GREECE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.51
54
63.02
148
2. Stroke
57.21
120
35.72
144
3. Hypertension
25.73
55
7.48
146
4. Road Traffic Accidents
22.15
65
6.68
140
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.84
107
4.49
173
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.63
74
9.74
156
7. Kidney Disease
17.84
115
12.11
134
8. Lung Disease
17.75
119
13.43
149
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.00
132
18.43
121
10. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
5.85
95
11. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
12.42
122
12. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
30.95
12
13. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
18.29
75
14. Liver Disease
9.41
130
3.87
173
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
11.20
59
16. Leukemia
5.50
14
5.01
18
17. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
5.75
83
18. Suicide
5.13
140
3.63
156
19. Asthma
5.07
88
0.09
183
20. Other Injuries
5.05
132
6.19
117
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.74
119
2.37
171
22. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
89
6.56
16
23. Low Birth Weight
4.04
103
2.25
143
24. Lymphomas
4.01
118
4.87
84
25. Falls
3.88
128
3.05
146
26. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
1.06
153
27. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
7.43
32
28. Violence
3.01
113
0.86
160
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.83
120
2.60
127
30. HIV/AIDS
2.75
96
0.38
129
31. Drug Use
2.62
31
1.95
47
32. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
4.63
80
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.38
102
0.21
175
34. Fires
2.30
67
0.54
137
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.29
157
3.67
117
36. Birth Trauma
2.23
89
0.28
174
37. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
5.01
9
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.90
115
1.60
129
39. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
2.16
164
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.41
94
0.29
171
41. Tuberculosis
1.25
119
0.25
154
42. Drownings
1.16
143
2.08
114
43. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
2.71
72
44. Poisonings
0.98
68
0.14
161
45. War
0.96
19
0.01
138
46. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
1.84
143
47. Epilepsy
0.90
142
0.99
136
48. Meningitis
0.82
88
0.21
155
49. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
1.61
110
50. Hepatitis B
0.57
62
0.24
91
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iran IRAN   Greece GREECE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
93,308
28.07
21,124
20.92
2. Stroke
36,730
11.05
14,077
13.94
3. Road Traffic Accidents
17,803
5.36
870
0.86
4. Hypertension
16,415
4.94
2,922
2.89
5. Diabetes Mellitus
13,910
4.18
1,266
1.25
6. Kidney Disease
11,810
3.55
4,759
4.71
7. Lung Disease
11,409
3.43
5,526
5.47
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,243
3.38
8,282
8.20
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
11,046
3.32
3,940
3.90
10. Stomach Cancer
9,822
2.96
1,535
1.52
11. Lung Cancers
6,784
2.04
7,355
7.28
12. Liver Disease
6,637
2.00
809
0.80
13. Low Birth Weight
4,861
1.46
127
0.13
14. Congenital Anomalies
4,844
1.46
174
0.17
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,575
1.38
3,264
3.23
16. Suicide
4,334
1.30
533
0.53
17. Other Injuries
4,048
1.22
1,453
1.44
18. Leukemia
3,966
1.19
1,354
1.34
19. Breast Cancer
3,736
1.12
2,520
2.50
20. Liver Cancer
3,714
1.12
1,566
1.55
21. Prostate Cancer
3,583
1.08
2,023
2.00
22. Asthma
3,360
1.01
27
0.03
23. Lymphomas
2,882
0.87
1,268
1.26
24. Falls
2,821
0.85
1,245
1.23
25. Birth Trauma
2,735
0.82
17
0.02
26. Parkinson's Disease
2,545
0.77
2,646
2.62
27. Violence
2,535
0.76
104
0.10
28. HIV/AIDS
2,521
0.76
47
0.05
29. Pancreas Cancer
2,418
0.73
1,904
1.89
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2,371
0.71
246
0.24
31. Drug Use
2,242
0.67
193
0.19
32. Endocrine Disorders
2,092
0.63
526
0.52
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,836
0.55
95
0.09
34. Fires
1,823
0.55
146
0.14
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1,611
0.48
725
0.72
36. Bladder Cancer
1,410
0.42
1,551
1.54
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,246
0.37
611
0.61
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
996
0.30
100
0.10
39. Ovary Cancer
937
0.28
557
0.55
40. Drownings
930
0.28
435
0.43
41. Tuberculosis
882
0.27
66
0.07
42. War
848
0.26
1
0.00
43. Poisonings
816
0.25
19
0.02
44. Epilepsy
719
0.22
249
0.25
45. Oral Cancer
655
0.20
440
0.44
46. Meningitis
642
0.19
33
0.03
47. Skin Cancers
518
0.16
438
0.43
48. Cervical Cancer
501
0.15
243
0.24
49. Hepatitis B
425
0.13
56
0.06
50. Multiple Sclerosis
405
0.12
135
0.13
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Greece GREECE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
5.85
95
2. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
12.42
122
3. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
30.95
12
4. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
18.29
75
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
11.20
59
6. Leukemia
5.50
14
5.01
18
7. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
5.75
83
8. Lymphomas
4.01
118
4.87
84
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
1.06
153
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
7.43
32
11. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
4.63
80
12. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
5.01
9
13. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
2.16
164
14. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
2.71
72
15. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
1.84
143
16. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
1.61
110
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.