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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 BURKINA FASO

Compare Ireland and Burkina Faso 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.

Burkina Faso
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
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Burkina Faso Population Pyramid
43,432,174
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Ireland IRELAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
       
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
  
37.3
36.0
36.7
154
165
160
1970
68.8
73.5
71.1
14
26
18
  
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
1980
70.1
75.4
72.7
20
27
25
  
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
1990
71.9
77.4
74.6
27
26
28
  
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
2000
73.8
79.0
76.4
30
31
30
  
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
2010
78.4
82.8
80.6
14
19
16
  
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
2019
80.2
83.5
81.8
17
26
18
  
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.2
83.5
17
26
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age
80.2
83.5
17
26
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age 5
80.5
83.7
18
28
66.1
71.0
159
150
Age 10
80.5
83.8
18
28
66.7
71.7
160
146
Age 15
80.5
83.8
18
28
67.1
72.1
159
147
Age 20
80.6
83.8
18
28
67.6
72.4
159
147
Age 25
80.8
83.9
18
28
68.1
72.8
159
146
Age 30
81.0
83.9
18
28
68.7
73.2
159
146
Age 35
81.1
84.0
18
29
69.3
73.7
158
147
Age 40
81.3
84.1
19
29
70.0
74.2
159
149
Age 45
81.6
84.3
20
29
71.0
74.9
159
150
Age 50
81.9
84.5
20
29
72.1
75.7
162
150
Age 55
82.4
84.8
17
29
73.5
76.8
162
151
Age 60
83.0
85.3
18
29
75.2
78.1
161
152
Age 65
83.8
85.9
23
32
77.4
79.7
163
152
Age 70
84.8
86.7
26
35
79.8
81.6
161
149
Age 75
86.2
87.7
33
37
82.7
84.1
157
140
Age 80
88.0
89.0
44
48
85.9
86.9
151
128
Age 85
90.3
90.8
61
60
89.5
90.3
128
104
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
53.73
158
131.79
66
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
32.23
9
20.98
34
3. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
3.02
158
4. Lung Disease
20.91
98
18.73
110
5. Stroke
19.27
172
95.70
77
6. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
16.06
101
7. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
27.33
35
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.45
145
122.30
12
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
6.07
134
10. Suicide
8.90
86
14.38
33
11. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
3.23
139
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
2.01
142
13. Lymphomas
6.29
33
2.58
161
14. Kidney Disease
6.12
160
31.16
51
15. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
32
5.51
35
16. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
1.17
147
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.68
172
37.67
65
18. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
9.32
49
19. Liver Disease
4.13
169
32.34
53
20. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
14.45
15
21. Leukemia
3.39
105
0.82
172
22. Drug Use
3.38
20
1.42
72
23. Congenital Anomalies
3.33
149
7.94
34
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
103
25.05
2
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.19
131
9.08
35
26. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
2.91
34
27. Falls
3.03
147
10.27
19
28. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
42.15
12
29. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
1.67
129
30. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
3.26
49
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.92
171
43.30
16
32. Other Neoplasms
2.55
39
0.39
107
33. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
2.71
95
34. Other Injuries
2.23
179
16.52
15
35. Hypertension
1.87
178
31.19
42
36. Low Birth Weight
1.39
157
10.86
31
37. Epilepsy
1.27
117
3.04
29
38. Multiple Sclerosis
1.12
5
0.24
69
39. Drownings
1.05
148
3.55
61
40. Alcohol
1.04
112
1.72
72
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.79
158
5.07
57
42. Violence
0.77
163
11.16
45
43. Asthma
0.70
149
11.80
54
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.68
24
0.25
107
45. Skin Disease
0.63
128
2.01
66
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
149
3.06
42
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.55
158
83.63
10
48. Fires
0.41
152
4.29
22
49. Hepatitis C
0.32
35
0.63
11
50. Anemia
0.29
42
0.00
80
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ireland IRELAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,762
18.40
8,117
6.02
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,209
12.40
767
0.57
3. Lung Cancers
1,916
7.40
242
0.18
4. Lung Disease
1,915
7.40
1,161
0.86
5. Stroke
1,770
6.84
6,324
4.69
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,298
5.02
16,807
12.47
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,095
4.23
478
0.35
8. Breast Cancer
760
2.94
862
0.64
9. Prostate Cancer
585
2.26
514
0.38
10. Kidney Disease
566
2.19
2,398
1.78
11. Pancreas Cancer
530
2.05
148
0.11
12. Parkinson's Disease
530
2.05
252
0.19
13. Lymphomas
513
1.98
280
0.21
14. Suicide
470
1.82
1,521
1.13
15. Oesophagus Cancer
419
1.62
101
0.07
16. Diabetes Mellitus
414
1.60
2,609
1.94
17. Stomach Cancer
357
1.38
777
0.58
18. Liver Cancer
318
1.23
1,309
0.97
19. Liver Disease
279
1.08
2,722
2.02
20. Leukemia
274
1.06
112
0.08
21. Ovary Cancer
273
1.05
174
0.13
22. Bladder Cancer
256
0.99
265
0.20
23. Skin Cancers
252
0.97
220
0.16
24. Endocrine Disorders
249
0.96
4,794
3.56
25. Falls
247
0.95
828
0.61
26. Inflammatory/Heart
240
0.93
743
0.55
27. Other Neoplasms
218
0.84
23
0.02
28. Oral Cancer
183
0.71
227
0.17
29. Hypertension
175
0.68
2,020
1.50
30. Other Injuries
171
0.66
2,637
1.96
31. Drug Use
167
0.65
172
0.13
32. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.59
3,515
2.61
33. Road Traffic Accidents
153
0.59
6,303
4.68
34. Uterin Cancer
126
0.49
74
0.05
35. Cervical Cancer
103
0.40
2,122
1.57
36. Epilepsy
85
0.33
477
0.35
37. Multiple Sclerosis
83
0.32
24
0.02
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
67
0.26
410
0.30
39. Alcohol
64
0.25
152
0.11
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
59
0.23
15
0.01
41. Asthma
58
0.22
941
0.70
42. Skin Disease
58
0.22
174
0.13
43. Drownings
57
0.22
910
0.68
44. Low Birth Weight
56
0.22
6,809
5.05
45. Diarrhoeal diseases
53
0.20
11,887
8.82
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
50
0.19
269
0.20
47. Violence
38
0.15
1,943
1.44
48. Fires
30
0.12
704
0.52
49. Anemia
29
0.11
0
0.00
50. Tuberculosis
23
0.09
1,968
1.46
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
3.02
158
2. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
16.06
101
3. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
27.33
35
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
6.07
134
5. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
3.23
139
6. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
2.01
142
7. Lymphomas
6.29
33
2.58
161
8. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
1.17
147
9. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
9.32
49
10. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
14.45
15
11. Leukemia
3.39
105
0.82
172
12. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
2.91
34
13. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
42.15
12
14. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
1.67
129
15. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
3.26
49
16. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
2.71
95
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.