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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

Compare Iraq and Serbia 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.

Serbia
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%
Serbia Population Pyramid
7,083,830
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   Serbia SERBIA
  Iraq IRAQ   Serbia SERBIA
       
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
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1990
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
2000
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
 
69.7
75.6
72.6
59
58
60
2010
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
 
71.8
77.1
74.4
64
70
64
2019
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
 
73.5
78.3
75.9
64
70
69
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Serbia SERBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
75.0
98
106
73.5
78.3
64
70
Age
69.9
75.0
98
106
73.5
78.3
64
70
Age 5
72.0
76.8
93
99
73.9
78.6
70
77
Age 10
72.2
76.9
94
99
73.9
78.7
71
79
Age 15
72.3
77.0
92
99
74.0
78.7
72
79
Age 20
72.6
77.2
92
99
74.1
78.8
73
80
Age 25
73.0
77.4
90
98
74.2
78.8
77
80
Age 30
73.3
77.6
91
99
74.4
78.9
80
85
Age 35
73.7
77.8
92
98
74.6
79.0
83
88
Age 40
74.1
78.1
95
98
74.9
79.2
83
90
Age 45
74.6
78.4
94
98
75.2
79.4
87
91
Age 50
75.4
79.0
93
98
75.8
79.8
89
90
Age 55
76.3
79.7
93
99
76.7
80.4
88
91
Age 60
77.6
80.7
94
98
77.9
81.1
88
93
Age 65
79.3
81.9
95
97
79.6
82.1
88
93
Age 70
81.4
83.4
100
95
81.8
83.3
86
99
Age 75
83.8
85.4
91
91
84.0
84.9
86
101
Age 80
86.7
87.7
87
88
86.5
87.0
102
122
Age 85
89.9
90.4
86
85
89.8
89.9
93
141
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Serbia SERBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
227.26
23
116.50
86
2. Stroke
128.44
31
83.30
91
3. Diabetes Mellitus
43.40
51
19.21
110
4. Kidney Disease
37.39
29
22.07
97
5. Road Traffic Accidents
34.41
37
6.23
148
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.16
66
13.58
146
7. Violence
17.20
26
1.05
154
8. Hypertension
16.27
101
8.11
141
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
135
10.50
158
10. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
25.62
22
11. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
40.20
2
12. Liver Disease
10.94
118
6.26
155
13. Lung Disease
8.53
174
20.58
102
14. War
8.37
6
0.01
178
15. Low Birth Weight
8.00
54
2.99
123
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.83
57
2.56
166
17. Other Injuries
6.33
113
3.18
169
18. Inflammatory/Heart
5.43
77
75.38
2
19. Asthma
5.15
86
2.18
109
20. Birth Trauma
4.96
66
0.75
137
21. Leukemia
4.79
26
4.67
32
22. Suicide
4.74
144
7.86
101
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.74
59
3.95
101
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
19.81
7
25. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
7.17
74
26. Lymphomas
3.82
128
5.30
71
27. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
4.93
10
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.46
87
0.88
144
29. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
6.75
20
30. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
5.39
92
31. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
8.20
19
32. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
16.14
86
33. Falls
2.77
156
2.17
169
34. Fires
2.35
66
0.44
149
35. Tuberculosis
2.26
106
0.63
136
36. Maternal Conditions
2.17
68
0.16
135
37. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
4.38
49
38. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
3.84
16
39. Drug Use
1.73
58
0.66
145
40. Drownings
1.56
127
0.71
159
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.42
93
0.43
160
42. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
8.76
91
43. Endocrine Disorders
1.35
167
2.12
146
44. Pertussis
1.08
63
0.14
100
45. Meningitis
1.07
77
0.27
149
46. Encephalitis
1.07
17
0.04
143
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
2.10
107
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.92
151
3.25
82
49. Epilepsy
0.75
161
1.68
87
50. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
3.92
28
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iraq IRAQ   Serbia SERBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,594
24.98
21,776
21.26
2. Stroke
20,793
14.19
16,241
15.86
3. Road Traffic Accidents
10,726
7.32
655
0.64
4. Diabetes Mellitus
7,395
5.05
3,611
3.53
5. Low Birth Weight
6,573
4.49
187
0.18
6. Kidney Disease
6,323
4.32
4,169
4.07
7. Violence
5,658
3.86
108
0.11
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,551
3.79
1,832
1.79
9. Congenital Anomalies
4,812
3.28
162
0.16
10. Birth Trauma
4,223
2.88
45
0.04
11. War
2,942
2.01
1
0.00
12. Hypertension
2,451
1.67
1,621
1.58
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,429
1.66
2,876
2.81
14. Other Injuries
2,212
1.51
406
0.40
15. Lung Cancers
2,162
1.48
6,539
6.38
16. Liver Disease
2,127
1.45
887
0.87
17. Breast Cancer
1,783
1.22
2,284
2.23
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,578
1.08
167
0.16
19. Suicide
1,418
0.97
996
0.97
20. Lung Disease
1,329
0.91
3,853
3.76
21. Leukemia
1,315
0.90
710
0.69
22. Inflammatory/Heart
1,190
0.81
15,274
14.91
23. Asthma
914
0.62
390
0.38
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
852
0.58
3,429
3.35
25. Tuberculosis
821
0.56
100
0.10
26. Lymphomas
811
0.55
831
0.81
27. Maternal Conditions
780
0.53
12
0.01
28. Stomach Cancer
771
0.53
1,203
1.17
29. Fires
742
0.51
64
0.06
30. Falls
709
0.48
362
0.35
31. Parkinson's Disease
658
0.45
804
0.79
32. Drownings
658
0.45
73
0.07
33. Pertussis
636
0.43
6
0.01
34. Bladder Cancer
628
0.43
893
0.87
35. Liver Cancer
555
0.38
918
0.90
36. Pancreas Cancer
530
0.36
1,402
1.37
37. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.32
309
0.30
38. Drug Use
441
0.30
72
0.07
39. Oral Cancer
410
0.28
680
0.66
40. Encephalitis
378
0.26
2
0.00
41. Ovary Cancer
376
0.26
555
0.54
42. Meningitis
372
0.25
35
0.03
43. Skin Cancers
339
0.23
638
0.62
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
283
0.19
78
0.08
45. Epilepsy
253
0.17
223
0.22
46. Oesophagus Cancer
173
0.12
332
0.32
47. Prostate Cancer
171
0.12
1,317
1.29
48. Cervical Cancer
162
0.11
638
0.62
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
159
0.11
594
0.58
50. Syphilis
137
0.09
2
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Serbia SERBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
25.62
22
2. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
40.20
2
3. Leukemia
4.79
26
4.67
32
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
19.81
7
5. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
7.17
74
6. Lymphomas
3.82
128
5.30
71
7. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
4.93
10
8. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
6.75
20
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
5.39
92
10. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
8.20
19
11. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
16.14
86
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
4.38
49
13. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
3.84
16
14. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
8.76
91
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
2.10
107
16. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
3.92
28
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.