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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 SOUTH AFRICA

Compare Iran and South Africa 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.

South Africa
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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South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
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   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Iran IRAN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
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
  
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
  
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
  
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
  
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
  
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
  
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
  
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.7
79.1
44
62
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
75.7
79.1
44
62
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
76.8
80.1
43
57
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
76.9
80.2
42
56
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
77.0
80.3
42
56
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
77.3
80.5
42
56
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
77.7
80.6
40
56
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
78.0
80.8
40
56
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
78.4
80.9
40
57
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
78.7
81.1
41
58
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
79.1
81.3
42
57
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
79.6
81.6
42
59
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
80.3
81.9
41
62
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
81.2
82.5
41
63
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
82.4
83.3
40
69
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
83.8
84.3
39
72
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
85.6
85.8
46
78
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
87.9
87.8
46
81
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
90.6
90.4
46
88
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.51
54
83.76
128
2. Stroke
57.21
120
80.50
93
3. Hypertension
25.73
55
33.86
36
4. Road Traffic Accidents
22.15
65
22.70
61
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.84
107
74.67
16
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.63
74
16.44
118
7. Kidney Disease
17.84
115
35.72
35
8. Lung Disease
17.75
119
31.41
47
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.00
132
83.23
40
10. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
3.68
137
11. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
35.20
22
12. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
18.34
64
13. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
18.21
76
14. Liver Disease
9.41
130
18.41
95
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
8.90
89
16. Leukemia
5.50
14
3.34
108
17. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
5.46
87
18. Suicide
5.13
140
23.49
8
19. Asthma
5.07
88
13.63
45
20. Other Injuries
5.05
132
10.77
57
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.74
119
6.23
83
22. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
89
3.36
130
23. Low Birth Weight
4.04
103
7.16
63
24. Lymphomas
4.01
118
6.08
39
25. Falls
3.88
128
2.99
150
26. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
8.50
16
27. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
4.98
65
28. Violence
3.01
113
37.54
8
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.83
120
11.70
14
30. HIV/AIDS
2.75
96
121.35
9
31. Drug Use
2.62
31
1.52
67
32. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
3.85
115
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.38
102
33.37
46
34. Fires
2.30
67
6.64
4
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.29
157
12.75
17
36. Birth Trauma
2.23
89
3.36
78
37. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
2.19
83
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.90
115
4.52
65
39. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
20.99
37
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.41
94
2.04
70
41. Tuberculosis
1.25
119
39.83
26
42. Drownings
1.16
143
4.06
44
43. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
2.15
99
44. Poisonings
0.98
68
1.62
54
45. War
0.96
19
0.11
49
46. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
3.18
80
47. Epilepsy
0.90
142
3.28
22
48. Meningitis
0.82
88
6.74
41
49. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
2.47
53
50. Hepatitis B
0.57
62
0.28
86
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iran IRAN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
93,308
28.07
32,739
7.20
2. Stroke
36,730
11.05
30,693
6.75
3. Road Traffic Accidents
17,803
5.36
13,014
2.86
4. Hypertension
16,415
4.94
12,789
2.81
5. Diabetes Mellitus
13,910
4.18
30,188
6.64
6. Kidney Disease
11,810
3.55
15,302
3.37
7. Lung Disease
11,409
3.43
11,895
2.62
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,243
3.38
39,341
8.65
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
11,046
3.32
4,676
1.03
10. Stomach Cancer
9,822
2.96
1,535
0.34
11. Lung Cancers
6,784
2.04
7,705
1.70
12. Liver Disease
6,637
2.00
9,013
1.98
13. Low Birth Weight
4,861
1.46
6,250
1.37
14. Congenital Anomalies
4,844
1.46
4,351
0.96
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,575
1.38
3,587
0.79
16. Suicide
4,334
1.30
13,774
3.03
17. Other Injuries
4,048
1.22
6,014
1.32
18. Leukemia
3,966
1.19
1,464
0.32
19. Breast Cancer
3,736
1.12
4,533
1.00
20. Liver Cancer
3,714
1.12
2,383
0.52
21. Prostate Cancer
3,583
1.08
4,374
0.96
22. Asthma
3,360
1.01
5,966
1.31
23. Lymphomas
2,882
0.87
2,818
0.62
24. Falls
2,821
0.85
1,399
0.31
25. Birth Trauma
2,735
0.82
3,004
0.66
26. Parkinson's Disease
2,545
0.77
1,077
0.24
27. Violence
2,535
0.76
21,000
4.62
28. HIV/AIDS
2,521
0.76
71,996
15.84
29. Pancreas Cancer
2,418
0.73
2,007
0.44
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2,371
0.71
3,486
0.77
31. Drug Use
2,242
0.67
770
0.17
32. Endocrine Disorders
2,092
0.63
5,890
1.30
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,836
0.55
15,843
3.49
34. Fires
1,823
0.55
3,618
0.80
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1,611
0.48
5,408
1.19
36. Bladder Cancer
1,410
0.42
829
0.18
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,246
0.37
1,894
0.42
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
996
0.30
1,015
0.22
39. Ovary Cancer
937
0.28
951
0.21
40. Drownings
930
0.28
2,403
0.53
41. Tuberculosis
882
0.27
21,965
4.83
42. War
848
0.26
66
0.01
43. Poisonings
816
0.25
975
0.21
44. Epilepsy
719
0.22
1,870
0.41
45. Oral Cancer
655
0.20
1,406
0.31
46. Meningitis
642
0.19
3,660
0.81
47. Skin Cancers
518
0.16
993
0.22
48. Cervical Cancer
501
0.15
5,555
1.22
49. Hepatitis B
425
0.13
139
0.03
50. Multiple Sclerosis
405
0.12
113
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
3.68
137
2. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
35.20
22
3. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
18.34
64
4. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
18.21
76
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
8.90
89
6. Leukemia
5.50
14
3.34
108
7. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
5.46
87
8. Lymphomas
4.01
118
6.08
39
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
8.50
16
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
4.98
65
11. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
3.85
115
12. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
2.19
83
13. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
20.99
37
14. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
2.15
99
15. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
3.18
80
16. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
2.47
53
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.