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Iraq
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
IRAQ VS DR CONGO

Compare Iraq and DR Congo 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.

DR Congo
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
Iraq Population Pyramid
70,940,131
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DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Iraq IRAQ   DR Congo DR CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
49.4
51.2
50.3
90
95
94
  
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
  
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
  
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
  
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
  
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
  
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
  
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   DR Congo DR CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
75.0
98
106
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age
69.9
75.0
98
106
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
72.0
76.8
93
99
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
72.2
76.9
94
99
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
72.3
77.0
92
99
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
72.6
77.2
92
99
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
73.0
77.4
90
98
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
73.3
77.6
91
99
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
73.7
77.8
92
98
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
74.1
78.1
95
98
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
74.6
78.4
94
98
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
75.4
79.0
93
98
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
76.3
79.7
93
99
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
77.6
80.7
94
98
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
79.3
81.9
95
97
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
81.4
83.4
100
95
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
83.8
85.4
91
91
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
86.7
87.7
87
88
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
89.9
90.4
86
85
89.4
90.0
139
137
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   DR Congo DR CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
227.26
23
108.48
92
2. Stroke
128.44
31
112.53
56
3. Diabetes Mellitus
43.40
51
36.82
69
4. Kidney Disease
37.39
29
24.38
79
5. Road Traffic Accidents
34.41
37
39.80
25
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.16
66
19.83
52
7. Violence
17.20
26
16.45
27
8. Hypertension
16.27
101
50.51
14
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
135
117.32
16
10. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
15.42
112
11. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
3.48
152
12. Liver Disease
10.94
118
36.25
41
13. Lung Disease
8.53
174
44.15
23
14. War
8.37
6
1.98
12
15. Low Birth Weight
8.00
54
11.44
22
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.83
57
7.74
35
17. Other Injuries
6.33
113
12.62
40
18. Inflammatory/Heart
5.43
77
9.82
29
19. Asthma
5.15
86
20.76
18
20. Birth Trauma
4.96
66
10.95
18
21. Leukemia
4.79
26
3.40
102
22. Suicide
4.74
144
12.41
45
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.74
59
3.70
117
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
9.05
87
25. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
6.55
82
26. Lymphomas
3.82
128
4.48
101
27. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
0.78
167
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.46
87
55.99
28
29. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
3.08
143
30. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
9.59
31
31. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
2.92
114
32. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
31.05
27
33. Falls
2.77
156
8.41
41
34. Fires
2.35
66
3.03
48
35. Tuberculosis
2.26
106
79.20
9
36. Maternal Conditions
2.17
68
16.42
13
37. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
2.21
121
38. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
2.16
74
39. Drug Use
1.73
58
1.25
88
40. Drownings
1.56
127
3.10
72
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.42
93
4.14
24
42. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
22.64
30
43. Endocrine Disorders
1.35
167
10.69
18
44. Pertussis
1.08
63
4.63
14
45. Meningitis
1.07
77
11.11
32
46. Encephalitis
1.07
17
0.63
57
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
2.18
101
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.92
151
5.00
58
49. Epilepsy
0.75
161
2.36
50
50. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
1.91
111
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iraq IRAQ   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,594
24.98
34,713
5.28
2. Stroke
20,793
14.19
36,596
5.56
3. Road Traffic Accidents
10,726
7.32
30,256
4.60
4. Diabetes Mellitus
7,395
5.05
12,902
1.96
5. Low Birth Weight
6,573
4.49
34,668
5.27
6. Kidney Disease
6,323
4.32
9,077
1.38
7. Violence
5,658
3.86
11,120
1.69
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,551
3.79
73,546
11.18
9. Congenital Anomalies
4,812
3.28
16,256
2.47
10. Birth Trauma
4,223
2.88
33,075
5.03
11. War
2,942
2.01
1,658
0.25
12. Hypertension
2,451
1.67
15,743
2.39
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,429
1.66
4,548
0.69
14. Other Injuries
2,212
1.51
8,272
1.26
15. Lung Cancers
2,162
1.48
1,158
0.18
16. Liver Disease
2,127
1.45
15,044
2.29
17. Breast Cancer
1,783
1.22
3,416
0.52
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,578
1.08
41,301
6.28
19. Suicide
1,418
0.97
5,812
0.88
20. Lung Disease
1,329
0.91
13,527
2.06
21. Leukemia
1,315
0.90
1,871
0.28
22. Inflammatory/Heart
1,190
0.81
4,045
0.61
23. Asthma
914
0.62
7,733
1.18
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
852
0.58
2,966
0.45
25. Tuberculosis
821
0.56
43,759
6.65
26. Lymphomas
811
0.55
2,061
0.31
27. Maternal Conditions
780
0.53
10,513
1.60
28. Stomach Cancer
771
0.53
2,579
0.39
29. Fires
742
0.51
2,007
0.31
30. Falls
709
0.48
3,483
0.53
31. Parkinson's Disease
658
0.45
1,035
0.16
32. Drownings
658
0.45
3,454
0.52
33. Pertussis
636
0.43
7,921
1.20
34. Bladder Cancer
628
0.43
270
0.04
35. Liver Cancer
555
0.38
3,840
0.58
36. Pancreas Cancer
530
0.36
1,017
0.15
37. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.32
7,380
1.12
38. Drug Use
441
0.30
638
0.10
39. Oral Cancer
410
0.28
1,003
0.15
40. Encephalitis
378
0.26
680
0.10
41. Ovary Cancer
376
0.26
656
0.10
42. Meningitis
372
0.25
11,568
1.76
43. Skin Cancers
339
0.23
765
0.12
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
283
0.19
1,728
0.26
45. Epilepsy
253
0.17
1,727
0.26
46. Oesophagus Cancer
173
0.12
790
0.12
47. Prostate Cancer
171
0.12
3,948
0.60
48. Cervical Cancer
162
0.11
4,823
0.73
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
159
0.11
1,923
0.29
50. Syphilis
137
0.09
3,751
0.57
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
15.42
112
2. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
3.48
152
3. Leukemia
4.79
26
3.40
102
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
9.05
87
5. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
6.55
82
6. Lymphomas
3.82
128
4.48
101
7. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
0.78
167
8. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
3.08
143
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
9.59
31
10. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
2.92
114
11. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
31.05
27
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
2.21
121
13. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
2.16
74
14. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
22.64
30
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
2.18
101
16. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
1.91
111
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.