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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

Compare Ireland and India 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.

India
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%
India Population Pyramid
1,639,176,036
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
  Ireland IRELAND   India INDIA
  Ireland IRELAND   India INDIA
       
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
 
43.2
41.3
42.3
121
145
135
1970
68.8
73.5
71.1
14
26
18
 
50.1
48.5
49.3
119
136
124
1980
70.1
75.4
72.7
20
27
25
 
55.9
55.5
55.7
117
129
124
1990
71.9
77.4
74.6
27
26
28
 
59.3
60.0
59.7
125
134
130
2000
73.8
79.0
76.4
30
31
30
 
61.7
63.4
62.5
119
130
128
2010
78.4
82.8
80.6
14
19
16
 
65.3
67.6
66.4
116
132
126
2019
80.2
83.5
81.8
17
26
18
 
69.5
72.2
70.8
107
122
117
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   India INDIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.2
83.5
17
26
69.5
72.2
107
122
Age
80.2
83.5
17
26
69.5
72.2
107
122
Age 5
80.5
83.7
18
28
71.9
74.7
98
119
Age 10
80.5
83.8
18
28
72.1
74.9
98
120
Age 15
80.5
83.8
18
28
72.2
75.1
96
120
Age 20
80.6
83.8
18
28
72.4
75.4
98
118
Age 25
80.8
83.9
18
28
72.8
75.7
97
116
Age 30
81.0
83.9
18
28
73.2
76.0
97
116
Age 35
81.1
84.0
18
29
73.6
76.3
94
115
Age 40
81.3
84.1
19
29
74.2
76.7
93
115
Age 45
81.6
84.3
20
29
74.9
77.1
91
113
Age 50
81.9
84.5
20
29
75.7
77.7
91
115
Age 55
82.4
84.8
17
29
76.7
78.5
87
113
Age 60
83.0
85.3
18
29
78.1
79.5
85
110
Age 65
83.8
85.9
23
32
79.7
80.9
84
106
Age 70
84.8
86.7
26
35
81.7
82.6
88
106
Age 75
86.2
87.7
33
37
84.0
84.7
84
104
Age 80
88.0
89.0
44
48
86.7
87.1
86
109
Age 85
90.3
90.8
61
60
90.1
90.4
77
95
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   India INDIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
53.73
158
140.72
55
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
32.23
9
14.60
137
3. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
7.82
117
4. Lung Disease
20.91
98
87.90
3
5. Stroke
19.27
172
64.97
113
6. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
13.62
125
7. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
6.69
147
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.45
145
35.30
77
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
7.03
118
10. Suicide
8.90
86
12.91
41
11. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
3.73
120
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
2.97
113
13. Lymphomas
6.29
33
3.44
136
14. Kidney Disease
6.12
160
19.90
107
15. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
32
4.57
65
16. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
3.40
57
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.68
172
25.49
97
18. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
7.07
76
19. Liver Disease
4.13
169
22.24
83
20. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
2.67
175
21. Leukemia
3.39
105
2.79
129
22. Drug Use
3.38
20
0.94
119
23. Congenital Anomalies
3.33
149
4.70
122
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
103
1.29
169
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.19
131
1.12
182
26. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
0.47
164
27. Falls
3.03
147
21.87
1
28. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
7.46
100
29. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
1.19
155
30. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
1.34
140
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.92
171
16.33
90
32. Other Neoplasms
2.55
39
0.28
145
33. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
11.45
6
34. Other Injuries
2.23
179
12.19
44
35. Hypertension
1.87
178
10.68
128
36. Low Birth Weight
1.39
157
11.98
19
37. Epilepsy
1.27
117
2.44
47
38. Multiple Sclerosis
1.12
5
0.19
96
39. Drownings
1.05
148
3.76
51
40. Alcohol
1.04
112
1.81
68
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.79
158
6.24
42
42. Violence
0.77
163
3.84
104
43. Asthma
0.70
149
18.49
24
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.68
24
1.19
4
45. Skin Disease
0.63
128
1.62
92
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
149
10.94
8
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.55
158
64.45
20
48. Fires
0.41
152
1.84
79
49. Hepatitis C
0.32
35
0.11
86
50. Anemia
0.29
42
0.00
111
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ireland IRELAND   India INDIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,762
18.40
1.52m
17.94
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,209
12.40
126,593
1.49
3. Lung Cancers
1,916
7.40
88,276
1.04
4. Lung Disease
1,915
7.40
879,732
10.38
5. Stroke
1,770
6.84
697,038
8.23
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,298
5.02
392,425
4.63
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,095
4.23
77,368
0.91
8. Breast Cancer
760
2.94
82,821
0.98
9. Prostate Cancer
585
2.26
30,945
0.37
10. Kidney Disease
566
2.19
222,903
2.63
11. Pancreas Cancer
530
2.05
32,812
0.39
12. Parkinson's Disease
530
2.05
43,398
0.51
13. Lymphomas
513
1.98
40,159
0.47
14. Suicide
470
1.82
173,347
2.05
15. Oesophagus Cancer
419
1.62
38,898
0.46
16. Diabetes Mellitus
414
1.60
271,495
3.20
17. Stomach Cancer
357
1.38
81,058
0.96
18. Liver Cancer
318
1.23
30,369
0.36
19. Liver Disease
279
1.08
268,580
3.17
20. Leukemia
274
1.06
33,383
0.39
21. Ovary Cancer
273
1.05
21,947
0.26
22. Bladder Cancer
256
0.99
14,081
0.17
23. Skin Cancers
252
0.97
5,054
0.06
24. Endocrine Disorders
249
0.96
15,264
0.18
25. Falls
247
0.95
225,755
2.66
26. Inflammatory/Heart
240
0.93
12,651
0.15
27. Other Neoplasms
218
0.84
2,968
0.04
28. Oral Cancer
183
0.71
134,187
1.58
29. Hypertension
175
0.68
108,050
1.28
30. Other Injuries
171
0.66
149,570
1.77
31. Drug Use
167
0.65
11,747
0.14
32. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.59
82,769
0.98
33. Road Traffic Accidents
153
0.59
212,596
2.51
34. Uterin Cancer
126
0.49
6,841
0.08
35. Cervical Cancer
103
0.40
45,319
0.53
36. Epilepsy
85
0.33
30,307
0.36
37. Multiple Sclerosis
83
0.32
2,328
0.03
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
67
0.26
68,108
0.80
39. Alcohol
64
0.25
23,097
0.27
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
59
0.23
11,931
0.14
41. Asthma
58
0.22
196,051
2.31
42. Skin Disease
58
0.22
17,857
0.21
43. Drownings
57
0.22
48,774
0.58
44. Low Birth Weight
56
0.22
238,739
2.82
45. Diarrhoeal diseases
53
0.20
670,315
7.91
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
50
0.19
126,079
1.49
47. Violence
38
0.15
51,767
0.61
48. Fires
30
0.12
23,265
0.27
49. Anemia
29
0.11
0
0.00
50. Tuberculosis
23
0.09
435,882
5.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   India INDIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
7.82
117
2. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
13.62
125
3. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
6.69
147
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
7.03
118
5. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
3.73
120
6. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
2.97
113
7. Lymphomas
6.29
33
3.44
136
8. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
3.40
57
9. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
7.07
76
10. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
2.67
175
11. Leukemia
3.39
105
2.79
129
12. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
0.47
164
13. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
7.46
100
14. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
1.19
155
15. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
1.34
140
16. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
11.45
6
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.