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Namibia
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
NAMIBIA VS IRAN

Compare Namibia 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
Namibia Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Namibia NAMIBIA   Iran IRAN
      Namibia NAMIBIA   Iran IRAN
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    45.0
    49.3
    47.1
    113
    100
    105
    		  
    48.5
    48.5
    48.5
    96
    105
    100
    1970
    50.8
    54.8
    52.8
    114
    105
    110
    		  
    54.2
    54.0
    54.1
    95
    111
    102
    1980
    56.0
    60.0
    57.9
    114
    113
    114
    		  
    58.3
    59.7
    58.9
    103
    117
    109
    1990
    59.5
    63.7
    61.5
    123
    122
    124
    		  
    63.7
    65.9
    64.8
    100
    114
    110
    2000
    56.2
    58.5
    57.4
    142
    147
    144
    		  
    69.4
    71.2
    70.3
    66
    102
    90
    2010
    61.3
    64.6
    63.0
    139
    140
    138
    		  
    72.7
    75.6
    74.1
    52
    88
    68
    2019
    60.6
    68.4
    64.6
    165
    142
    152
    		  
    75.7
    79.1
    77.3
    44
    62
    49
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Namibia NAMIBIA   Iran IRAN
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    60.6
    68.4
    165
    142
    75.7
    79.1
    44
    62
    Age 5
    63.5
    71.1
    173
    148
    76.8
    80.1
    43
    57
    Age 10
    63.8
    71.5
    173
    149
    76.9
    80.2
    42
    56
    Age 15
    64.1
    71.7
    173
    149
    77.0
    80.3
    42
    56
    Age 20
    64.6
    72.0
    173
    149
    77.3
    80.5
    42
    56
    Age 25
    65.2
    72.4
    173
    150
    77.7
    80.6
    40
    56
    Age 30
    65.8
    72.8
    173
    150
    78.0
    80.8
    40
    56
    Age 35
    66.6
    73.5
    173
    149
    78.4
    80.9
    40
    57
    Age 40
    67.6
    74.4
    173
    148
    78.7
    81.1
    41
    58
    Age 45
    69.0
    75.5
    172
    143
    79.1
    81.3
    42
    57
    Age 50
    70.7
    76.7
    171
    138
    79.6
    81.6
    42
    59
    Age 55
    72.6
    78.0
    171
    125
    80.3
    81.9
    41
    62
    Age 60
    74.7
    79.3
    170
    118
    81.2
    82.5
    41
    63
    Age 65
    77.0
    80.7
    170
    113
    82.4
    83.3
    40
    69
    Age 70
    79.5
    82.3
    169
    114
    83.8
    84.3
    39
    72
    Age 75
    82.4
    84.4
    165
    119
    85.6
    85.8
    46
    78
    Age 80
    85.7
    87.0
    158
    126
    87.9
    87.8
    46
    81
    Age 85
    89.2
    90.0
    153
    131
    90.6
    90.4
    46
    88
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Namibia NAMIBIA   Iran IRAN
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. HIV/AIDS
    147.62
    7
    2.75
    96
    2. Stroke
    117.61
    46
    57.21
    120
    3. Coronary Heart Disease
    105.72
    98
    142.51
    54
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    94.17
    31
    16.00
    132
    5. Tuberculosis
    74.32
    11
    1.25
    119
    6. Diabetes Mellitus
    61.52
    25
    20.84
    107
    7. Road Traffic Accidents
    44.05
    14
    22.15
    65
    8. Lung Disease
    40.96
    26
    17.75
    119
    9. Diarrhoeal diseases
    38.12
    45
    2.38
    102
    10. Hypertension
    37.70
    28
    25.73
    55
    11. Prostate Cancer
    25.79
    40
    10.80
    129
    12. Kidney Disease
    25.76
    73
    17.84
    115
    13. Liver Disease
    23.50
    80
    9.41
    130
    14. Violence
    20.18
    18
    3.01
    113
    15. Alzheimers & Dementia
    18.25
    79
    18.63
    74
    16. Cervical Cancer
    16.57
    48
    1.43
    179
    17. Asthma
    15.49
    38
    5.07
    88
    18. Breast Cancer
    14.84
    120
    9.78
    162
    19. Suicide
    13.51
    36
    5.13
    140
    20. Inflammatory/Heart
    12.49
    19
    2.29
    157
    21. Other Injuries
    10.07
    66
    5.05
    132
    22. Malnutrition
    9.45
    32
    0.23
    133
    23. Low Birth Weight
    9.38
    39
    4.04
    103
    24. Skin Cancers
    9.09
    2
    0.77
    147
    25. Oral Cancer
    7.84
    12
    0.95
    176
    26. Congenital Anomalies
    6.25
    81
    4.74
    119
    27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    6.23
    44
    1.90
    115
    28. Birth Trauma
    6.21
    53
    2.23
    89
    29. Fires
    5.58
    8
    2.30
    67
    30. Meningitis
    5.31
    47
    0.82
    88
    31. Maternal Conditions
    4.80
    51
    0.30
    124
    32. Endocrine Disorders
    4.68
    70
    2.83
    120
    33. Lung Cancers
    4.38
    143
    9.96
    104
    34. Falls
    4.37
    118
    3.88
    128
    35. Parkinson's Disease
    4.18
    87
    4.17
    89
    36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.10
    166
    6.65
    124
    37. Drownings
    4.09
    43
    1.16
    143
    38. Lymphomas
    3.10
    144
    4.01
    118
    39. Liver Cancer
    3.04
    164
    5.46
    89
    40. Ovary Cancer
    3.01
    146
    2.62
    158
    41. Skin Disease
    2.57
    36
    0.37
    152
    42. Epilepsy
    2.41
    49
    0.90
    142
    43. Stomach Cancer
    2.39
    172
    14.67
    11
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2.22
    61
    1.41
    94
    45. Alcohol
    1.87
    64
    0.30
    163
    46. Poisonings
    1.74
    51
    0.98
    68
    47. Drug Use
    1.74
    57
    2.62
    31
    48. Leukemia
    1.66
    158
    5.50
    14
    49. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.65
    120
    3.58
    53
    50. Uterin Cancer
    1.63
    131
    1.01
    160
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Namibia NAMIBIA   Iran IRAN
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. HIV/AIDS
    2,928
    17.28
    2,521
    0.76
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    1,464
    8.64
    11,243
    3.38
    3. Tuberculosis
    1,416
    8.35
    882
    0.27
    4. Stroke
    1,333
    7.86
    36,730
    11.05
    5. Coronary Heart Disease
    1,221
    7.20
    93,308
    28.07
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    868
    5.12
    17,803
    5.36
    7. Diabetes Mellitus
    724
    4.27
    13,910
    4.18
    8. Diarrhoeal diseases
    645
    3.81
    1,836
    0.55
    9. Low Birth Weight
    516
    3.04
    4,861
    1.46
    10. Lung Disease
    461
    2.72
    11,409
    3.43
    11. Violence
    450
    2.66
    2,535
    0.76
    12. Hypertension
    428
    2.53
    16,415
    4.94
    13. Birth Trauma
    345
    2.04
    2,735
    0.82
    14. Liver Disease
    336
    1.98
    6,637
    2.00
    15. Kidney Disease
    322
    1.90
    11,810
    3.55
    16. Congenital Anomalies
    283
    1.67
    4,844
    1.46
    17. Suicide
    243
    1.43
    4,334
    1.30
    18. Malnutrition
    224
    1.32
    157
    0.05
    19. Other Injuries
    207
    1.22
    4,048
    1.22
    20. Asthma
    200
    1.18
    3,360
    1.01
    21. Alzheimers & Dementia
    176
    1.04
    11,046
    3.32
    22. Inflammatory/Heart
    162
    0.96
    1,611
    0.48
    23. Cervical Cancer
    133
    0.78
    501
    0.15
    24. Breast Cancer
    121
    0.71
    3,736
    1.12
    25. Maternal Conditions
    110
    0.65
    285
    0.09
    26. Drownings
    110
    0.65
    930
    0.28
    27. Meningitis
    109
    0.64
    642
    0.19
    28. Fires
    109
    0.64
    1,823
    0.55
    29. Skin Cancers
    108
    0.64
    518
    0.16
    30. Oral Cancer
    100
    0.59
    655
    0.20
    31. Prostate Cancer
    94
    0.55
    3,583
    1.08
    32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    76
    0.45
    1,246
    0.37
    33. Endocrine Disorders
    73
    0.43
    2,092
    0.63
    34. Falls
    62
    0.37
    2,821
    0.85
    35. Lung Cancers
    59
    0.35
    6,784
    2.04
    36. Pertussis
    54
    0.32
    75
    0.02
    37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    54
    0.32
    4,575
    1.38
    38. Epilepsy
    49
    0.29
    719
    0.22
    39. Lymphomas
    46
    0.27
    2,882
    0.87
    40. Poisonings
    46
    0.27
    816
    0.25
    41. Liver Cancer
    45
    0.27
    3,714
    1.12
    42. Parkinson's Disease
    43
    0.25
    2,545
    0.77
    43. Syphilis
    35
    0.21
    52
    0.02
    44. Stomach Cancer
    33
    0.19
    9,822
    2.96
    45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    33
    0.19
    996
    0.30
    46. Drug Use
    32
    0.19
    2,242
    0.67
    47. Skin Disease
    31
    0.18
    237
    0.07
    48. Alcohol
    28
    0.17
    253
    0.08
    49. Leukemia
    24
    0.14
    3,966
    1.19
    50. Ovary Cancer
    23
    0.14
    937
    0.28
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Namibia NAMIBIA   Iran IRAN
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Prostate Cancer
    25.79
    40
    10.80
    129
    2. Cervical Cancer
    16.57
    48
    1.43
    179
    3. Breast Cancer
    14.84
    120
    9.78
    162
    4. Skin Cancers
    9.09
    2
    0.77
    147
    5. Oral Cancer
    7.84
    12
    0.95
    176
    6. Lung Cancers
    4.38
    143
    9.96
    104
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.10
    166
    6.65
    124
    8. Lymphomas
    3.10
    144
    4.01
    118
    9. Liver Cancer
    3.04
    164
    5.46
    89
    10. Ovary Cancer
    3.01
    146
    2.62
    158
    11. Stomach Cancer
    2.39
    172
    14.67
    11
    12. Leukemia
    1.66
    158
    5.50
    14
    13. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.65
    120
    3.58
    53
    14. Uterin Cancer
    1.63
    131
    1.01
    160
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.39
    134
    2.18
    86
    16. Pancreas Cancer
    1.37
    158
    3.56
    99
    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.