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Maldives
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
MALDIVES VS IRAN

Compare Maldives and Iran 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.

Iran
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
Maldives Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Maldives MALDIVES   Iran IRAN
      Maldives MALDIVES   Iran IRAN
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    45.1
    42.6
    43.9
    111
    140
    124
    		  
    48.5
    48.5
    48.5
    96
    105
    100
    1970
    51.5
    48.9
    50.2
    109
    132
    120
    		  
    54.2
    54.0
    54.1
    95
    111
    102
    1980
    57.4
    54.8
    56.1
    110
    132
    123
    		  
    58.3
    59.7
    58.9
    103
    117
    109
    1990
    61.8
    59.2
    60.5
    112
    138
    128
    		  
    63.7
    65.9
    64.8
    100
    114
    110
    2000
    68.9
    70.4
    69.6
    71
    108
    96
    		  
    69.4
    71.2
    70.3
    66
    102
    90
    2010
    75.6
    78.0
    76.7
    34
    53
    36
    		  
    72.7
    75.6
    74.1
    52
    88
    68
    2019
    78.6
    80.8
    79.6
    28
    41
    33
    		  
    75.7
    79.1
    77.3
    44
    62
    49
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Maldives MALDIVES   Iran IRAN
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    78.6
    80.8
    28
    41
    75.7
    79.1
    44
    62
    Age 5
    79.3
    81.3
    27
    43
    76.8
    80.1
    43
    57
    Age 10
    79.4
    81.4
    27
    43
    76.9
    80.2
    42
    56
    Age 15
    79.5
    81.5
    26
    43
    77.0
    80.3
    42
    56
    Age 20
    79.6
    81.6
    26
    43
    77.3
    80.5
    42
    56
    Age 25
    79.7
    81.7
    28
    44
    77.7
    80.6
    40
    56
    Age 30
    79.8
    81.8
    28
    44
    78.0
    80.8
    40
    56
    Age 35
    79.9
    81.9
    29
    45
    78.4
    80.9
    40
    57
    Age 40
    80.0
    81.9
    31
    46
    78.7
    81.1
    41
    58
    Age 45
    80.1
    82.1
    31
    46
    79.1
    81.3
    42
    57
    Age 50
    80.4
    82.2
    34
    48
    79.6
    81.6
    42
    59
    Age 55
    80.7
    82.5
    39
    52
    80.3
    81.9
    41
    62
    Age 60
    81.4
    83.1
    40
    55
    81.2
    82.5
    41
    63
    Age 65
    82.2
    83.7
    41
    59
    82.4
    83.3
    40
    69
    Age 70
    83.5
    84.5
    48
    67
    83.8
    84.3
    39
    72
    Age 75
    85.5
    86.3
    47
    61
    85.6
    85.8
    46
    78
    Age 80
    87.7
    88.3
    54
    60
    87.9
    87.8
    46
    81
    Age 85
    90.4
    91.0
    57
    56
    90.6
    90.4
    46
    88
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Maldives MALDIVES   Iran IRAN
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    103.55
    102
    142.51
    54
    2. Stroke
    52.95
    123
    57.21
    120
    3. Lung Disease
    34.69
    38
    17.75
    119
    4. Kidney Disease
    29.04
    65
    17.84
    115
    5. Breast Cancer
    18.52
    71
    9.78
    162
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    18.30
    78
    18.63
    74
    7. Diabetes Mellitus
    17.38
    114
    20.84
    107
    8. Cervical Cancer
    15.15
    53
    1.43
    179
    9. Lung Cancers
    13.06
    89
    9.96
    104
    10. Influenza and Pneumonia
    11.61
    151
    16.00
    132
    11. Liver Cancer
    9.20
    35
    5.46
    89
    12. Prostate Cancer
    8.38
    139
    10.80
    129
    13. Liver Disease
    7.83
    143
    9.41
    130
    14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    7.68
    109
    6.65
    124
    15. Endocrine Disorders
    6.80
    39
    2.83
    120
    16. Ovary Cancer
    6.77
    18
    2.62
    158
    17. Hypertension
    6.22
    151
    25.73
    55
    18. Falls
    5.80
    86
    3.88
    128
    19. Parkinson's Disease
    4.42
    73
    4.17
    89
    20. Tuberculosis
    4.39
    87
    1.25
    119
    21. Oral Cancer
    4.34
    52
    0.95
    176
    22. Other Injuries
    4.22
    145
    5.05
    132
    23. Diarrhoeal diseases
    4.20
    83
    2.38
    102
    24. Congenital Anomalies
    4.18
    130
    4.74
    119
    25. Asthma
    3.60
    99
    5.07
    88
    26. Drownings
    3.18
    70
    1.16
    143
    27. Skin Disease
    3.03
    27
    0.37
    152
    28. Low Birth Weight
    2.91
    126
    4.04
    103
    29. Leukemia
    2.87
    126
    5.50
    14
    30. Suicide
    2.76
    165
    5.13
    140
    31. Lymphomas
    2.62
    159
    4.01
    118
    32. Bladder Cancer
    2.01
    95
    2.18
    86
    33. Violence
    1.95
    133
    3.01
    113
    34. Road Traffic Accidents
    1.85
    177
    22.15
    65
    35. Uterin Cancer
    1.73
    127
    1.01
    160
    36. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.71
    170
    2.29
    157
    37. Dengue
    1.54
    4
    0.00
    134
    38. Pancreas Cancer
    1.42
    156
    3.56
    99
    39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1.34
    137
    1.90
    115
    40. Epilepsy
    1.14
    126
    0.90
    142
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.04
    114
    1.41
    94
    42. Malnutrition
    1.00
    102
    0.23
    133
    43. Birth Trauma
    0.99
    123
    2.23
    89
    44. Fires
    0.99
    114
    2.30
    67
    45. Encephalitis
    0.76
    43
    0.31
    109
    46. Other Neoplasms
    0.75
    66
    0.16
    176
    47. Maternal Conditions
    0.75
    98
    0.30
    124
    48. Drug Use
    0.46
    161
    2.62
    31
    49. Stomach Cancer
    0.39
    183
    14.67
    11
    50. Meningitis
    0.30
    137
    0.82
    88
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Maldives MALDIVES   Iran IRAN
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    279
    23.13
    93,308
    28.07
    2. Stroke
    143
    11.86
    36,730
    11.05
    3. Lung Disease
    91
    7.55
    11,409
    3.43
    4. Kidney Disease
    80
    6.63
    11,810
    3.55
    5. Diabetes Mellitus
    47
    3.90
    13,910
    4.18
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    47
    3.90
    11,046
    3.32
    7. Lung Cancers
    36
    2.99
    6,784
    2.04
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    33
    2.74
    11,243
    3.38
    9. Breast Cancer
    28
    2.32
    3,736
    1.12
    10. Liver Cancer
    27
    2.24
    3,714
    1.12
    11. Liver Disease
    24
    1.99
    6,637
    2.00
    12. Cervical Cancer
    22
    1.82
    501
    0.15
    13. Endocrine Disorders
    22
    1.82
    2,092
    0.63
    14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    21
    1.74
    4,575
    1.38
    15. Congenital Anomalies
    19
    1.58
    4,844
    1.46
    16. Falls
    19
    1.58
    2,821
    0.85
    17. Hypertension
    16
    1.33
    16,415
    4.94
    18. Other Injuries
    16
    1.33
    4,048
    1.22
    19. Low Birth Weight
    15
    1.24
    4,861
    1.46
    20. Oral Cancer
    15
    1.24
    655
    0.20
    21. Suicide
    15
    1.24
    4,334
    1.30
    22. Diarrhoeal diseases
    14
    1.16
    1,836
    0.55
    23. Drownings
    14
    1.16
    930
    0.28
    24. Leukemia
    13
    1.08
    3,966
    1.19
    25. Parkinson's Disease
    12
    1.00
    2,545
    0.77
    26. Tuberculosis
    11
    0.91
    882
    0.27
    27. Prostate Cancer
    11
    0.91
    3,583
    1.08
    28. Asthma
    10
    0.83
    3,360
    1.01
    29. Violence
    10
    0.83
    2,535
    0.76
    30. Ovary Cancer
    9
    0.75
    937
    0.28
    31. Road Traffic Accidents
    9
    0.75
    17,803
    5.36
    32. Dengue
    8
    0.66
    0
    0.00
    33. Skin Disease
    8
    0.66
    237
    0.07
    34. Lymphomas
    7
    0.58
    2,882
    0.87
    35. Maternal Conditions
    5
    0.41
    285
    0.09
    36. Birth Trauma
    5
    0.41
    2,735
    0.82
    37. Bladder Cancer
    5
    0.41
    1,410
    0.42
    38. Epilepsy
    5
    0.41
    719
    0.22
    39. Inflammatory/Heart
    5
    0.41
    1,611
    0.48
    40. Pancreas Cancer
    4
    0.33
    2,418
    0.73
    41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    4
    0.33
    1,246
    0.37
    42. Fires
    4
    0.33
    1,823
    0.55
    43. Encephalitis
    3
    0.25
    246
    0.07
    44. Malnutrition
    3
    0.25
    157
    0.05
    45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    3
    0.25
    996
    0.30
    46. Uterin Cancer
    2
    0.17
    355
    0.11
    47. Other Neoplasms
    2
    0.17
    112
    0.03
    48. Drug Use
    2
    0.17
    2,242
    0.67
    49. Meningitis
    1
    0.08
    642
    0.19
    50. Stomach Cancer
    1
    0.08
    9,822
    2.96
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Maldives MALDIVES   Iran IRAN
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    18.52
    71
    9.78
    162
    2. Cervical Cancer
    15.15
    53
    1.43
    179
    3. Lung Cancers
    13.06
    89
    9.96
    104
    4. Liver Cancer
    9.20
    35
    5.46
    89
    5. Prostate Cancer
    8.38
    139
    10.80
    129
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    7.68
    109
    6.65
    124
    7. Ovary Cancer
    6.77
    18
    2.62
    158
    8. Oral Cancer
    4.34
    52
    0.95
    176
    9. Leukemia
    2.87
    126
    5.50
    14
    10. Lymphomas
    2.62
    159
    4.01
    118
    11. Bladder Cancer
    2.01
    95
    2.18
    86
    12. Uterin Cancer
    1.73
    127
    1.01
    160
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    1.42
    156
    3.56
    99
    14. Stomach Cancer
    0.39
    183
    14.67
    11
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.03
    182
    3.58
    53
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.01
    178
    0.77
    147
    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.