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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 JAPAN

Compare Iran and Japan 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.

Japan
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
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iran IRAN   Japan JAPAN
      Iran IRAN   Japan JAPAN
           
    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
    		  
    65.3
    70.1
    67.7
    31
    35
    35
    1970
    54.2
    54.0
    54.1
    95
    111
    102
    		  
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
    1980
    58.3
    59.7
    58.9
    103
    117
    109
    		  
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
    1990
    63.7
    65.9
    64.8
    100
    114
    110
    		  
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
    2000
    69.4
    71.2
    70.3
    66
    102
    90
    		  
    77.6
    84.5
    81.1
    2
    1
    1
    2010
    72.7
    75.6
    74.1
    52
    88
    68
    		  
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
    2019
    75.7
    79.1
    77.3
    44
    62
    49
    		  
    81.5
    86.9
    84.3
    2
    1
    1
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iran IRAN   Japan JAPAN
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    75.7
    79.1
    44
    62
    81.5
    86.9
    2
    1
    Age 5
    76.8
    80.1
    43
    57
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 10
    76.9
    80.2
    42
    56
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 15
    77.0
    80.3
    42
    56
    81.8
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 20
    77.3
    80.5
    42
    56
    81.9
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 25
    77.7
    80.6
    40
    56
    82.0
    87.3
    2
    1
    Age 30
    78.0
    80.8
    40
    56
    82.1
    87.4
    2
    1
    Age 35
    78.4
    80.9
    40
    57
    82.2
    87.4
    3
    1
    Age 40
    78.7
    81.1
    41
    58
    82.4
    87.6
    3
    1
    Age 45
    79.1
    81.3
    42
    57
    82.6
    87.7
    3
    1
    Age 50
    79.6
    81.6
    42
    59
    82.9
    87.9
    3
    1
    Age 55
    80.3
    81.9
    41
    62
    83.4
    88.2
    3
    1
    Age 60
    81.2
    82.5
    41
    63
    84.0
    88.6
    3
    1
    Age 65
    82.4
    83.3
    40
    69
    84.8
    89.0
    4
    1
    Age 70
    83.8
    84.3
    39
    72
    86.0
    89.6
    2
    1
    Age 75
    85.6
    85.8
    46
    78
    87.3
    90.3
    6
    1
    Age 80
    87.9
    87.8
    46
    81
    89.0
    91.3
    8
    2
    Age 85
    90.6
    90.4
    46
    88
    91.4
    92.8
    9
    3
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iran IRAN   Japan JAPAN
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    142.51
    54
    30.62
    181
    2. Stroke
    57.21
    120
    23.21
    161
    3. Hypertension
    25.73
    55
    1.07
    183
    4. Road Traffic Accidents
    22.15
    65
    2.21
    175
    5. Diabetes Mellitus
    20.84
    107
    1.35
    182
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    18.63
    74
    7.87
    159
    7. Kidney Disease
    17.84
    115
    7.61
    154
    8. Lung Disease
    17.75
    119
    12.69
    156
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    16.00
    132
    16.56
    129
    10. Stomach Cancer
    14.67
    11
    11.47
    28
    11. Prostate Cancer
    10.80
    129
    6.05
    157
    12. Lung Cancers
    9.96
    104
    18.06
    66
    13. Breast Cancer
    9.78
    162
    10.31
    155
    14. Liver Disease
    9.41
    130
    4.78
    164
    15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    6.65
    124
    13.59
    37
    16. Leukemia
    5.50
    14
    2.76
    133
    17. Liver Cancer
    5.46
    89
    6.62
    62
    18. Suicide
    5.13
    140
    12.24
    49
    19. Asthma
    5.07
    88
    0.36
    174
    20. Other Injuries
    5.05
    132
    4.92
    133
    21. Congenital Anomalies
    4.74
    119
    2.49
    167
    22. Parkinson's Disease
    4.17
    89
    2.33
    156
    23. Low Birth Weight
    4.04
    103
    0.32
    183
    24. Lymphomas
    4.01
    118
    4.22
    111
    25. Falls
    3.88
    128
    1.98
    173
    26. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.58
    53
    3.28
    61
    27. Pancreas Cancer
    3.56
    99
    8.87
    10
    28. Violence
    3.01
    113
    0.19
    183
    29. Endocrine Disorders
    2.83
    120
    2.36
    135
    30. HIV/AIDS
    2.75
    96
    0.03
    164
    31. Drug Use
    2.62
    31
    0.33
    177
    32. Ovary Cancer
    2.62
    158
    3.30
    136
    33. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2.38
    102
    0.53
    161
    34. Fires
    2.30
    67
    0.33
    161
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.29
    157
    2.08
    163
    36. Birth Trauma
    2.23
    89
    0.17
    180
    37. Bladder Cancer
    2.18
    86
    1.86
    104
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1.90
    115
    0.61
    169
    39. Cervical Cancer
    1.43
    179
    2.73
    152
    40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.41
    94
    0.40
    162
    41. Tuberculosis
    1.25
    119
    0.53
    140
    42. Drownings
    1.16
    143
    2.12
    109
    43. Uterin Cancer
    1.01
    160
    2.02
    106
    44. Poisonings
    0.98
    68
    0.14
    160
    45. War
    0.96
    19
    0.01
    142
    46. Oral Cancer
    0.95
    176
    2.19
    124
    47. Epilepsy
    0.90
    142
    0.51
    176
    48. Meningitis
    0.82
    88
    0.09
    180
    49. Skin Cancers
    0.77
    147
    0.42
    167
    50. Hepatitis B
    0.57
    62
    0.34
    77
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Iran IRAN   Japan JAPAN
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    93,308
    28.07
    163,905
    14.84
    2. Stroke
    36,730
    11.05
    121,823
    11.03
    3. Road Traffic Accidents
    17,803
    5.36
    4,566
    0.41
    4. Hypertension
    16,415
    4.94
    6,673
    0.60
    5. Diabetes Mellitus
    13,910
    4.18
    5,433
    0.49
    6. Kidney Disease
    11,810
    3.55
    44,779
    4.05
    7. Lung Disease
    11,409
    3.43
    78,169
    7.08
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    11,243
    3.38
    107,899
    9.77
    9. Alzheimers & Dementia
    11,046
    3.32
    56,937
    5.15
    10. Stomach Cancer
    9,822
    2.96
    50,433
    4.57
    11. Lung Cancers
    6,784
    2.04
    79,688
    7.21
    12. Liver Disease
    6,637
    2.00
    14,195
    1.29
    13. Low Birth Weight
    4,861
    1.46
    202
    0.02
    14. Congenital Anomalies
    4,844
    1.46
    2,473
    0.22
    15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4,575
    1.38
    57,340
    5.19
    16. Suicide
    4,334
    1.30
    19,466
    1.76
    17. Other Injuries
    4,048
    1.22
    22,068
    2.00
    18. Leukemia
    3,966
    1.19
    9,607
    0.87
    19. Breast Cancer
    3,736
    1.12
    15,805
    1.43
    20. Liver Cancer
    3,714
    1.12
    29,384
    2.66
    21. Prostate Cancer
    3,583
    1.08
    13,515
    1.22
    22. Asthma
    3,360
    1.01
    1,922
    0.17
    23. Lymphomas
    2,882
    0.87
    19,273
    1.74
    24. Falls
    2,821
    0.85
    9,736
    0.88
    25. Birth Trauma
    2,735
    0.82
    104
    0.01
    26. Parkinson's Disease
    2,545
    0.77
    14,007
    1.27
    27. Violence
    2,535
    0.76
    266
    0.02
    28. HIV/AIDS
    2,521
    0.76
    48
    0.00
    29. Pancreas Cancer
    2,418
    0.73
    37,027
    3.35
    30. Oesophagus Cancer
    2,371
    0.71
    12,316
    1.11
    31. Drug Use
    2,242
    0.67
    732
    0.07
    32. Endocrine Disorders
    2,092
    0.63
    11,486
    1.04
    33. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1,836
    0.55
    2,731
    0.25
    34. Fires
    1,823
    0.55
    1,007
    0.09
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,611
    0.48
    8,232
    0.75
    36. Bladder Cancer
    1,410
    0.42
    9,936
    0.90
    37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1,246
    0.37
    2,922
    0.26
    38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    996
    0.30
    2,555
    0.23
    39. Ovary Cancer
    937
    0.28
    5,061
    0.46
    40. Drownings
    930
    0.28
    8,409
    0.76
    41. Tuberculosis
    882
    0.27
    3,459
    0.31
    42. War
    848
    0.26
    15
    0.00
    43. Poisonings
    816
    0.25
    255
    0.02
    44. Epilepsy
    719
    0.22
    1,558
    0.14
    45. Oral Cancer
    655
    0.20
    8,333
    0.75
    46. Meningitis
    642
    0.19
    308
    0.03
    47. Skin Cancers
    518
    0.16
    1,843
    0.17
    48. Cervical Cancer
    501
    0.15
    3,799
    0.34
    49. Hepatitis B
    425
    0.13
    1,423
    0.13
    50. Multiple Sclerosis
    405
    0.12
    108
    0.01
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iran IRAN   Japan JAPAN
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Stomach Cancer
    14.67
    11
    11.47
    28
    2. Prostate Cancer
    10.80
    129
    6.05
    157
    3. Lung Cancers
    9.96
    104
    18.06
    66
    4. Breast Cancer
    9.78
    162
    10.31
    155
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    6.65
    124
    13.59
    37
    6. Leukemia
    5.50
    14
    2.76
    133
    7. Liver Cancer
    5.46
    89
    6.62
    62
    8. Lymphomas
    4.01
    118
    4.22
    111
    9. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.58
    53
    3.28
    61
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    3.56
    99
    8.87
    10
    11. Ovary Cancer
    2.62
    158
    3.30
    136
    12. Bladder Cancer
    2.18
    86
    1.86
    104
    13. Cervical Cancer
    1.43
    179
    2.73
    152
    14. Uterin Cancer
    1.01
    160
    2.02
    106
    15. Oral Cancer
    0.95
    176
    2.19
    124
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.77
    147
    0.42
    167
    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.