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Ireland
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
IRELAND VS BHUTAN

Compare Ireland and Bhutan 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.

Bhutan
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
Ireland Population Pyramid
5,677,620
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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Bhutan Population Pyramid
904,614
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Ireland IRELAND   Bhutan BHUTAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.9
71.6
69.7
10
26
17
  
36.9
37.7
37.3
158
159
158
1970
68.8
73.5
71.1
14
26
18
  
40.2
41.7
40.9
159
160
159
1980
70.1
75.4
72.7
20
27
25
  
45.6
47.8
46.7
155
156
157
1990
71.9
77.4
74.6
27
26
28
  
51.6
54.7
53.1
153
152
154
2000
73.8
79.0
76.4
30
31
30
  
60.0
60.3
60.2
128
138
132
2010
78.4
82.8
80.6
14
19
16
  
67.7
68.2
67.9
100
128
120
2019
80.2
83.5
81.8
17
26
18
  
72.0
74.4
73.1
79
108
99
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Bhutan BHUTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.2
83.5
17
26
72.0
74.4
79
108
Age
80.2
83.5
17
26
72.0
74.4
79
108
Age 5
80.5
83.7
18
28
74.3
76.3
67
105
Age 10
80.5
83.8
18
28
74.4
76.4
64
105
Age 15
80.5
83.8
18
28
74.7
76.7
63
104
Age 20
80.6
83.8
18
28
75.0
76.8
63
104
Age 25
80.8
83.9
18
28
75.2
77.0
64
104
Age 30
81.0
83.9
18
28
75.5
77.1
64
104
Age 35
81.1
84.0
18
29
75.8
77.4
64
104
Age 40
81.3
84.1
19
29
76.1
77.6
64
103
Age 45
81.6
84.3
20
29
76.5
78.0
68
103
Age 50
81.9
84.5
20
29
77.1
78.5
70
103
Age 55
82.4
84.8
17
29
77.9
79.1
73
103
Age 60
83.0
85.3
18
29
78.9
80.0
75
104
Age 65
83.8
85.9
23
32
80.3
81.1
75
104
Age 70
84.8
86.7
26
35
82.0
82.5
78
108
Age 75
86.2
87.7
33
37
84.2
84.4
81
118
Age 80
88.0
89.0
44
48
86.8
86.9
82
130
Age 85
90.3
90.8
61
60
90.0
90.1
80
119
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Bhutan BHUTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
53.73
158
117.54
84
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
32.23
9
16.73
112
3. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
7.68
118
4. Lung Disease
20.91
98
87.76
4
5. Stroke
19.27
172
60.70
117
6. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
2.89
183
7. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
1.13
181
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.45
145
27.08
92
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
4.09
168
10. Suicide
8.90
86
5.07
142
11. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
5.31
57
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
3.57
97
13. Lymphomas
6.29
33
0.81
180
14. Kidney Disease
6.12
160
24.53
78
15. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
32
5.20
43
16. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
7.67
20
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.68
172
27.56
94
18. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
20.62
2
19. Liver Disease
4.13
169
26.66
70
20. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
5.90
80
21. Leukemia
3.39
105
2.69
136
22. Drug Use
3.38
20
0.97
117
23. Congenital Anomalies
3.33
149
5.36
102
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
103
1.66
158
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.19
131
1.24
179
26. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
1.61
109
27. Falls
3.03
147
17.91
4
28. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
10.80
80
29. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
0.00
182
30. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
1.12
149
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.92
171
17.35
85
32. Other Neoplasms
2.55
39
0.36
117
33. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
7.12
15
34. Other Injuries
2.23
179
6.45
108
35. Hypertension
1.87
178
12.74
117
36. Low Birth Weight
1.39
157
7.39
59
37. Epilepsy
1.27
117
2.00
69
38. Multiple Sclerosis
1.12
5
0.16
111
39. Drownings
1.05
148
2.83
76
40. Alcohol
1.04
112
0.92
123
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.79
158
6.37
39
42. Violence
0.77
163
2.26
126
43. Asthma
0.70
149
12.98
49
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.68
24
0.89
10
45. Skin Disease
0.63
128
1.19
106
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
149
10.92
9
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.55
158
26.23
55
48. Fires
0.41
152
1.13
106
49. Hepatitis C
0.32
35
0.14
75
50. Anemia
0.29
42
0.00
76
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ireland IRELAND   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,762
18.40
702
17.06
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,209
12.40
105
2.55
3. Lung Cancers
1,916
7.40
44
1.07
4. Lung Disease
1,915
7.40
524
12.73
5. Stroke
1,770
6.84
360
8.75
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,298
5.02
177
4.30
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,095
4.23
24
0.58
8. Breast Cancer
760
2.94
8
0.19
9. Prostate Cancer
585
2.26
3
0.07
10. Kidney Disease
566
2.19
149
3.62
11. Pancreas Cancer
530
2.05
20
0.49
12. Parkinson's Disease
530
2.05
31
0.75
13. Lymphomas
513
1.98
5
0.12
14. Suicide
470
1.82
35
0.85
15. Oesophagus Cancer
419
1.62
44
1.07
16. Diabetes Mellitus
414
1.60
164
3.99
17. Stomach Cancer
357
1.38
118
2.87
18. Liver Cancer
318
1.23
35
0.85
19. Liver Disease
279
1.08
166
4.03
20. Leukemia
274
1.06
19
0.46
21. Ovary Cancer
273
1.05
14
0.34
22. Bladder Cancer
256
0.99
6
0.15
23. Skin Cancers
252
0.97
9
0.22
24. Endocrine Disorders
249
0.96
11
0.27
25. Falls
247
0.95
111
2.70
26. Inflammatory/Heart
240
0.93
8
0.19
27. Other Neoplasms
218
0.84
2
0.05
28. Oral Cancer
183
0.71
43
1.04
29. Hypertension
175
0.68
77
1.87
30. Other Injuries
171
0.66
43
1.04
31. Drug Use
167
0.65
7
0.17
32. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.59
50
1.22
33. Road Traffic Accidents
153
0.59
123
2.99
34. Uterin Cancer
126
0.49
0
0.00
35. Cervical Cancer
103
0.40
30
0.73
36. Epilepsy
85
0.33
14
0.34
37. Multiple Sclerosis
83
0.32
1
0.02
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
67
0.26
39
0.95
39. Alcohol
64
0.25
6
0.15
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
59
0.23
5
0.12
41. Asthma
58
0.22
78
1.90
42. Skin Disease
58
0.22
7
0.17
43. Drownings
57
0.22
20
0.49
44. Low Birth Weight
56
0.22
79
1.92
45. Diarrhoeal diseases
53
0.20
169
4.11
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
50
0.19
68
1.65
47. Violence
38
0.15
18
0.44
48. Fires
30
0.12
8
0.19
49. Anemia
29
0.11
0
0.00
50. Tuberculosis
23
0.09
138
3.35
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
7.68
118
2. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
2.89
183
3. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
1.13
181
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
4.09
168
5. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
5.31
57
6. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
3.57
97
7. Lymphomas
6.29
33
0.81
180
8. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
7.67
20
9. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
20.62
2
10. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
5.90
80
11. Leukemia
3.39
105
2.69
136
12. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
1.61
109
13. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
10.80
80
14. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
0.00
182
15. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
1.12
149
16. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
7.12
15
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.