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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 NORTH KOREA

Compare Iraq and North Korea 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.

North Korea
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
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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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
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
  Iraq IRAQ   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Iraq IRAQ   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
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
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
75.0
98
106
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
69.9
75.0
98
106
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
72.0
76.8
93
99
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
72.2
76.9
94
99
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
72.3
77.0
92
99
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
72.6
77.2
92
99
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
73.0
77.4
90
98
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
73.3
77.6
91
99
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
73.7
77.8
92
98
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
74.1
78.1
95
98
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
74.6
78.4
94
98
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
75.4
79.0
93
98
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
76.3
79.7
93
99
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
77.6
80.7
94
98
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
79.3
81.9
95
97
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
81.4
83.4
100
95
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
83.8
85.4
91
91
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
86.7
87.7
87
88
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
89.9
90.4
86
85
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
227.26
23
105.37
99
2. Stroke
128.44
31
162.14
15
3. Diabetes Mellitus
43.40
51
11.82
137
4. Kidney Disease
37.39
29
12.98
129
5. Road Traffic Accidents
34.41
37
22.21
64
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.16
66
16.26
122
7. Violence
17.20
26
3.97
101
8. Hypertension
16.27
101
18.24
92
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
135
22.75
104
10. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
7.80
177
11. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
37.70
4
12. Liver Disease
10.94
118
14.33
111
13. Lung Disease
8.53
174
87.71
5
14. War
8.37
6
0.06
64
15. Low Birth Weight
8.00
54
4.39
98
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.83
57
3.79
139
17. Other Injuries
6.33
113
5.48
125
18. Inflammatory/Heart
5.43
77
2.40
153
19. Asthma
5.15
86
4.81
90
20. Birth Trauma
4.96
66
2.66
86
21. Leukemia
4.79
26
3.44
99
22. Suicide
4.74
144
8.20
95
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.74
59
3.78
113
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
10.37
70
25. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
11.99
21
26. Lymphomas
3.82
128
1.84
175
27. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
1.61
120
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.46
87
1.70
109
29. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
2.96
147
30. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
16.66
12
31. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
4.85
68
32. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
2.38
178
33. Falls
2.77
156
6.34
79
34. Fires
2.35
66
0.90
118
35. Tuberculosis
2.26
106
57.14
16
36. Maternal Conditions
2.17
68
1.02
84
37. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
1.62
152
38. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
0.55
160
39. Drug Use
1.73
58
1.24
89
40. Drownings
1.56
127
4.46
35
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.42
93
6.87
15
42. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
4.11
136
43. Endocrine Disorders
1.35
167
1.60
160
44. Pertussis
1.08
63
0.17
96
45. Meningitis
1.07
77
0.81
89
46. Encephalitis
1.07
17
0.51
77
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
3.80
49
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.92
151
5.64
51
49. Epilepsy
0.75
161
0.98
137
50. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
0.78
168
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iraq IRAQ   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,594
24.98
31,342
14.63
2. Stroke
20,793
14.19
49,648
23.17
3. Road Traffic Accidents
10,726
7.32
6,210
2.90
4. Diabetes Mellitus
7,395
5.05
3,671
1.71
5. Low Birth Weight
6,573
4.49
1,208
0.56
6. Kidney Disease
6,323
4.32
3,959
1.85
7. Violence
5,658
3.86
1,082
0.50
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,551
3.79
6,231
2.91
9. Congenital Anomalies
4,812
3.28
991
0.46
10. Birth Trauma
4,223
2.88
736
0.34
11. War
2,942
2.01
16
0.01
12. Hypertension
2,451
1.67
5,368
2.51
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,429
1.66
4,340
2.03
14. Other Injuries
2,212
1.51
1,531
0.71
15. Lung Cancers
2,162
1.48
11,893
5.55
16. Liver Disease
2,127
1.45
4,506
2.10
17. Breast Cancer
1,783
1.22
1,366
0.64
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,578
1.08
374
0.17
19. Suicide
1,418
0.97
2,407
1.12
20. Lung Disease
1,329
0.91
26,178
12.22
21. Leukemia
1,315
0.90
965
0.45
22. Inflammatory/Heart
1,190
0.81
684
0.32
23. Asthma
914
0.62
1,439
0.67
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
852
0.58
3,232
1.51
25. Tuberculosis
821
0.56
17,417
8.13
26. Lymphomas
811
0.55
560
0.26
27. Maternal Conditions
780
0.53
252
0.12
28. Stomach Cancer
771
0.53
3,771
1.76
29. Fires
742
0.51
253
0.12
30. Falls
709
0.48
1,801
0.84
31. Parkinson's Disease
658
0.45
1,155
0.54
32. Drownings
658
0.45
1,126
0.53
33. Pertussis
636
0.43
34
0.02
34. Bladder Cancer
628
0.43
500
0.23
35. Liver Cancer
555
0.38
5,326
2.49
36. Pancreas Cancer
530
0.36
1,525
0.71
37. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.32
452
0.21
38. Drug Use
441
0.30
356
0.17
39. Oral Cancer
410
0.28
513
0.24
40. Encephalitis
378
0.26
117
0.05
41. Ovary Cancer
376
0.26
532
0.25
42. Meningitis
372
0.25
207
0.10
43. Skin Cancers
339
0.23
168
0.08
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
283
0.19
2,093
0.98
45. Epilepsy
253
0.17
266
0.12
46. Oesophagus Cancer
173
0.12
1,222
0.57
47. Prostate Cancer
171
0.12
219
0.10
48. Cervical Cancer
162
0.11
704
0.33
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
159
0.11
1,712
0.80
50. Syphilis
137
0.09
54
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
7.80
177
2. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
37.70
4
3. Leukemia
4.79
26
3.44
99
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
10.37
70
5. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
11.99
21
6. Lymphomas
3.82
128
1.84
175
7. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
1.61
120
8. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
2.96
147
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
16.66
12
10. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
4.85
68
11. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
2.38
178
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
1.62
152
13. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
0.55
160
14. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
4.11
136
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
3.80
49
16. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
0.78
168
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.