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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 LAOS

Compare Iraq and Laos 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.

Laos
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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Laos Population Pyramid
9,479,753
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Laos LAOS
  Iraq IRAQ   Laos LAOS
       
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
  
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
1970
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
  
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
1980
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
  
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
1990
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
  
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
2000
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
  
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
2010
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
  
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
2019
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
  
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Laos LAOS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
75.0
98
106
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age
69.9
75.0
98
106
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age 5
72.0
76.8
93
99
69.6
73.9
126
125
Age 10
72.2
76.9
94
99
69.8
74.1
128
126
Age 15
72.3
77.0
92
99
70.1
74.3
126
126
Age 20
72.6
77.2
92
99
70.4
74.5
126
125
Age 25
73.0
77.4
90
98
70.9
74.8
124
125
Age 30
73.3
77.6
91
99
71.3
75.0
125
125
Age 35
73.7
77.8
92
98
71.7
75.4
126
124
Age 40
74.1
78.1
95
98
72.2
75.8
127
125
Age 45
74.6
78.4
94
98
72.9
76.3
128
127
Age 50
75.4
79.0
93
98
73.7
76.9
131
128
Age 55
76.3
79.7
93
99
74.9
77.8
135
130
Age 60
77.6
80.7
94
98
76.4
78.9
138
132
Age 65
79.3
81.9
95
97
78.2
80.3
137
135
Age 70
81.4
83.4
100
95
80.5
82.0
137
135
Age 75
83.8
85.4
91
91
83.1
84.2
135
135
Age 80
86.7
87.7
87
88
86.1
86.8
134
135
Age 85
89.9
90.4
86
85
89.4
90.0
136
140
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Laos LAOS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
227.26
23
139.74
56
2. Stroke
128.44
31
152.50
21
3. Diabetes Mellitus
43.40
51
36.38
71
4. Kidney Disease
37.39
29
38.60
25
5. Road Traffic Accidents
34.41
37
19.78
77
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.16
66
16.42
119
7. Violence
17.20
26
6.67
74
8. Hypertension
16.27
101
24.41
59
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
135
59.07
61
10. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
17.83
80
11. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
21.02
48
12. Liver Disease
10.94
118
24.75
75
13. Lung Disease
8.53
174
46.19
20
14. War
8.37
6
0.04
75
15. Low Birth Weight
8.00
54
8.47
50
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.83
57
5.84
92
17. Other Injuries
6.33
113
7.53
92
18. Inflammatory/Heart
5.43
77
4.66
93
19. Asthma
5.15
86
19.60
22
20. Birth Trauma
4.96
66
8.00
40
21. Leukemia
4.79
26
5.00
19
22. Suicide
4.74
144
5.98
128
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.74
59
4.40
75
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
10.17
74
25. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
11.97
22
26. Lymphomas
3.82
128
4.47
102
27. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
1.36
137
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.46
87
27.89
53
29. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
4.05
108
30. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
25.37
4
31. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
1.38
157
32. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
3.01
174
33. Falls
2.77
156
9.16
28
34. Fires
2.35
66
1.68
85
35. Tuberculosis
2.26
106
34.86
29
36. Maternal Conditions
2.17
68
2.91
61
37. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
7.55
14
38. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
1.43
123
39. Drug Use
1.73
58
0.53
157
40. Drownings
1.56
127
7.51
9
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.42
93
3.57
33
42. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
7.80
96
43. Endocrine Disorders
1.35
167
3.39
92
44. Pertussis
1.08
63
3.41
21
45. Meningitis
1.07
77
1.88
64
46. Encephalitis
1.07
17
0.97
23
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
4.43
41
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.92
151
16.83
4
49. Epilepsy
0.75
161
0.86
144
50. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
1.27
151
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iraq IRAQ   Laos LAOS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,594
24.98
5,190
12.89
2. Stroke
20,793
14.19
5,769
14.33
3. Road Traffic Accidents
10,726
7.32
1,281
3.18
4. Diabetes Mellitus
7,395
5.05
1,466
3.64
5. Low Birth Weight
6,573
4.49
1,156
2.87
6. Kidney Disease
6,323
4.32
1,646
4.09
7. Violence
5,658
3.86
475
1.18
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,551
3.79
2,820
7.01
9. Congenital Anomalies
4,812
3.28
647
1.61
10. Birth Trauma
4,223
2.88
1,116
2.77
11. War
2,942
2.01
3
0.01
12. Hypertension
2,451
1.67
890
2.21
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,429
1.66
458
1.14
14. Other Injuries
2,212
1.51
519
1.29
15. Lung Cancers
2,162
1.48
919
2.28
16. Liver Disease
2,127
1.45
1,171
2.91
17. Breast Cancer
1,783
1.22
437
1.09
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,578
1.08
1,552
3.86
19. Suicide
1,418
0.97
390
0.97
20. Lung Disease
1,329
0.91
1,626
4.04
21. Leukemia
1,315
0.90
290
0.72
22. Inflammatory/Heart
1,190
0.81
206
0.51
23. Asthma
914
0.62
840
2.09
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
852
0.58
422
1.05
25. Tuberculosis
821
0.56
1,949
4.84
26. Lymphomas
811
0.55
211
0.52
27. Maternal Conditions
780
0.53
218
0.54
28. Stomach Cancer
771
0.53
530
1.32
29. Fires
742
0.51
108
0.27
30. Falls
709
0.48
440
1.09
31. Parkinson's Disease
658
0.45
139
0.35
32. Drownings
658
0.45
568
1.41
33. Pertussis
636
0.43
304
0.76
34. Bladder Cancer
628
0.43
49
0.12
35. Liver Cancer
555
0.38
1,104
2.74
36. Pancreas Cancer
530
0.36
61
0.15
37. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.32
186
0.46
38. Drug Use
441
0.30
33
0.08
39. Oral Cancer
410
0.28
349
0.87
40. Encephalitis
378
0.26
69
0.17
41. Ovary Cancer
376
0.26
101
0.25
42. Meningitis
372
0.25
154
0.38
43. Skin Cancers
339
0.23
59
0.15
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
283
0.19
207
0.51
45. Epilepsy
253
0.17
58
0.14
46. Oesophagus Cancer
173
0.12
214
0.53
47. Prostate Cancer
171
0.12
37
0.09
48. Cervical Cancer
162
0.11
187
0.46
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
159
0.11
651
1.62
50. Syphilis
137
0.09
28
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Laos LAOS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
17.83
80
2. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
21.02
48
3. Leukemia
4.79
26
5.00
19
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
10.17
74
5. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
11.97
22
6. Lymphomas
3.82
128
4.47
102
7. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
1.36
137
8. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
4.05
108
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
25.37
4
10. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
1.38
157
11. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
3.01
174
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
7.55
14
13. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
1.43
123
14. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
7.80
96
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
4.43
41
16. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
1.27
151
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.