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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 SOUTH KOREA

Compare Iraq and South 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.

South 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
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iraq IRAQ   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Iraq IRAQ   South Korea SOUTH 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
    		  
    52.6
    55.8
    54.2
    81
    82
    82
    1970
    55.1
    56.9
    56.0
    91
    96
    93
    		  
    58.7
    65.1
    61.8
    80
    68
    73
    1980
    60.2
    62.8
    61.5
    92
    100
    93
    		  
    61.8
    70.0
    65.8
    80
    69
    76
    1990
    60.2
    63.3
    61.8
    119
    125
    121
    		  
    67.3
    75.5
    71.3
    59
    41
    49
    2000
    67.8
    72.3
    70.0
    82
    97
    94
    		  
    72.3
    79.5
    76.0
    38
    27
    33
    2010
    68.4
    72.8
    70.6
    96
    109
    101
    		  
    77.2
    84.0
    80.7
    24
    8
    15
    2019
    69.9
    75.0
    72.4
    98
    106
    108
    		  
    80.3
    86.1
    83.3
    16
    2
    3
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iraq IRAQ   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    69.9
    75.0
    98
    106
    80.3
    86.1
    16
    2
    Age 5
    72.0
    76.8
    93
    99
    80.6
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 10
    72.2
    76.9
    94
    99
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 15
    72.3
    77.0
    92
    99
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 20
    72.6
    77.2
    92
    99
    80.8
    86.5
    17
    2
    Age 25
    73.0
    77.4
    90
    98
    80.9
    86.6
    17
    2
    Age 30
    73.3
    77.6
    91
    99
    81.0
    86.7
    17
    2
    Age 35
    73.7
    77.8
    92
    98
    81.2
    86.8
    17
    2
    Age 40
    74.1
    78.1
    95
    98
    81.4
    86.9
    15
    2
    Age 45
    74.6
    78.4
    94
    98
    81.7
    87.1
    16
    2
    Age 50
    75.4
    79.0
    93
    98
    82.1
    87.3
    15
    2
    Age 55
    76.3
    79.7
    93
    99
    82.6
    87.6
    15
    2
    Age 60
    77.6
    80.7
    94
    98
    83.4
    87.9
    12
    2
    Age 65
    79.3
    81.9
    95
    97
    84.2
    88.2
    14
    2
    Age 70
    81.4
    83.4
    100
    95
    85.3
    88.7
    15
    2
    Age 75
    83.8
    85.4
    91
    91
    86.6
    89.4
    21
    5
    Age 80
    86.7
    87.7
    87
    88
    88.6
    90.5
    19
    4
    Age 85
    89.9
    90.4
    86
    85
    91.2
    92.3
    13
    5
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iraq IRAQ   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    227.26
    23
    27.78
    183
    2. Stroke
    128.44
    31
    25.48
    155
    3. Diabetes Mellitus
    43.40
    51
    6.84
    160
    4. Kidney Disease
    37.39
    29
    9.92
    142
    5. Road Traffic Accidents
    34.41
    37
    5.76
    150
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    19.16
    66
    11.04
    154
    7. Violence
    17.20
    26
    0.68
    170
    8. Hypertension
    16.27
    101
    3.45
    163
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    15.14
    135
    25.21
    100
    10. Breast Cancer
    15.07
    115
    6.59
    180
    11. Lung Cancers
    11.72
    97
    20.90
    49
    12. Liver Disease
    10.94
    118
    7.50
    148
    13. Lung Disease
    8.53
    174
    8.14
    175
    14. War
    8.37
    6
    0.01
    177
    15. Low Birth Weight
    8.00
    54
    1.62
    152
    16. Congenital Anomalies
    6.83
    57
    1.82
    181
    17. Other Injuries
    6.33
    113
    3.88
    154
    18. Inflammatory/Heart
    5.43
    77
    1.55
    172
    19. Asthma
    5.15
    86
    1.08
    129
    20. Birth Trauma
    4.96
    66
    0.39
    164
    21. Leukemia
    4.79
    26
    2.65
    138
    22. Suicide
    4.74
    144
    21.16
    12
    23. Parkinson's Disease
    4.74
    59
    3.78
    114
    24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.32
    158
    10.56
    68
    25. Stomach Cancer
    3.94
    132
    9.13
    50
    26. Lymphomas
    3.82
    128
    3.72
    131
    27. Bladder Cancer
    3.81
    31
    1.74
    111
    28. Diarrhoeal diseases
    3.46
    87
    0.91
    139
    29. Ovary Cancer
    3.16
    141
    2.84
    149
    30. Liver Cancer
    3.04
    165
    12.57
    21
    31. Pancreas Cancer
    2.88
    115
    7.34
    34
    32. Prostate Cancer
    2.81
    176
    6.10
    155
    33. Falls
    2.77
    156
    3.34
    142
    34. Fires
    2.35
    66
    0.33
    159
    35. Tuberculosis
    2.26
    106
    1.93
    110
    36. Maternal Conditions
    2.17
    68
    0.07
    158
    37. Oral Cancer
    2.01
    133
    1.60
    154
    38. Skin Cancers
    2.00
    87
    0.60
    157
    39. Drug Use
    1.73
    58
    0.20
    181
    40. Drownings
    1.56
    127
    0.71
    161
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.42
    93
    0.23
    175
    42. Cervical Cancer
    1.39
    180
    2.29
    160
    43. Endocrine Disorders
    1.35
    167
    2.11
    148
    44. Pertussis
    1.08
    63
    0.03
    116
    45. Meningitis
    1.07
    77
    0.07
    181
    46. Encephalitis
    1.07
    17
    0.05
    137
    47. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.95
    158
    1.84
    115
    48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.92
    151
    0.54
    171
    49. Epilepsy
    0.75
    161
    0.72
    166
    50. Uterin Cancer
    0.59
    173
    0.89
    165
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Iraq IRAQ   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    36,594
    24.98
    28,043
    11.19
    2. Stroke
    20,793
    14.19
    25,596
    10.21
    3. Road Traffic Accidents
    10,726
    7.32
    4,399
    1.76
    4. Diabetes Mellitus
    7,395
    5.05
    6,812
    2.72
    5. Low Birth Weight
    6,573
    4.49
    370
    0.15
    6. Kidney Disease
    6,323
    4.32
    10,107
    4.03
    7. Violence
    5,658
    3.86
    386
    0.15
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    5,551
    3.79
    26,650
    10.63
    9. Congenital Anomalies
    4,812
    3.28
    518
    0.21
    10. Birth Trauma
    4,223
    2.88
    88
    0.04
    11. War
    2,942
    2.01
    5
    0.00
    12. Hypertension
    2,451
    1.67
    3,711
    1.48
    13. Alzheimers & Dementia
    2,429
    1.66
    12,145
    4.85
    14. Other Injuries
    2,212
    1.51
    3,634
    1.45
    15. Lung Cancers
    2,162
    1.48
    20,293
    8.10
    16. Liver Disease
    2,127
    1.45
    6,348
    2.53
    17. Breast Cancer
    1,783
    1.22
    2,880
    1.15
    18. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1,578
    1.08
    929
    0.37
    19. Suicide
    1,418
    0.97
    14,636
    5.84
    20. Lung Disease
    1,329
    0.91
    8,526
    3.40
    21. Leukemia
    1,315
    0.90
    2,140
    0.85
    22. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,190
    0.81
    1,325
    0.53
    23. Asthma
    914
    0.62
    1,150
    0.46
    24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    852
    0.58
    10,180
    4.06
    25. Tuberculosis
    821
    0.56
    1,950
    0.78
    26. Lymphomas
    811
    0.55
    3,477
    1.39
    27. Maternal Conditions
    780
    0.53
    34
    0.01
    28. Stomach Cancer
    771
    0.53
    8,625
    3.44
    29. Fires
    742
    0.51
    263
    0.10
    30. Falls
    709
    0.48
    2,934
    1.17
    31. Parkinson's Disease
    658
    0.45
    3,951
    1.58
    32. Drownings
    658
    0.45
    501
    0.20
    33. Pertussis
    636
    0.43
    6
    0.00
    34. Bladder Cancer
    628
    0.43
    1,768
    0.71
    35. Liver Cancer
    555
    0.38
    11,589
    4.62
    36. Pancreas Cancer
    530
    0.36
    6,994
    2.79
    37. Endocrine Disorders
    462
    0.32
    1,891
    0.75
    38. Drug Use
    441
    0.30
    154
    0.06
    39. Oral Cancer
    410
    0.28
    1,457
    0.58
    40. Encephalitis
    378
    0.26
    19
    0.01
    41. Ovary Cancer
    376
    0.26
    1,330
    0.53
    42. Meningitis
    372
    0.25
    51
    0.02
    43. Skin Cancers
    339
    0.23
    585
    0.23
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    283
    0.19
    224
    0.09
    45. Epilepsy
    253
    0.17
    524
    0.21
    46. Oesophagus Cancer
    173
    0.12
    1,733
    0.69
    47. Prostate Cancer
    171
    0.12
    2,316
    0.92
    48. Cervical Cancer
    162
    0.11
    1,065
    0.42
    49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    159
    0.11
    540
    0.22
    50. Syphilis
    137
    0.09
    27
    0.01
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iraq IRAQ   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    15.07
    115
    6.59
    180
    2. Lung Cancers
    11.72
    97
    20.90
    49
    3. Leukemia
    4.79
    26
    2.65
    138
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.32
    158
    10.56
    68
    5. Stomach Cancer
    3.94
    132
    9.13
    50
    6. Lymphomas
    3.82
    128
    3.72
    131
    7. Bladder Cancer
    3.81
    31
    1.74
    111
    8. Ovary Cancer
    3.16
    141
    2.84
    149
    9. Liver Cancer
    3.04
    165
    12.57
    21
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    2.88
    115
    7.34
    34
    11. Prostate Cancer
    2.81
    176
    6.10
    155
    12. Oral Cancer
    2.01
    133
    1.60
    154
    13. Skin Cancers
    2.00
    87
    0.60
    157
    14. Cervical Cancer
    1.39
    180
    2.29
    160
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.95
    158
    1.84
    115
    16. Uterin Cancer
    0.59
    173
    0.89
    165
    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.