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Norway
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
NORWAY VS ICELAND

Compare Norway and Iceland 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.

Iceland
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
Norway Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Norway NORWAY   Iceland ICELAND
      Norway NORWAY   Iceland ICELAND
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    71.3
    75.9
    73.6
    2
    1
    1
    		  
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    1970
    71.0
    77.3
    74.1
    2
    1
    2
    		  
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    1980
    72.3
    79.2
    75.7
    5
    2
    4
    		  
    72.1
    75.7
    73.9
    10
    22
    14
    1990
    73.4
    79.8
    76.5
    13
    10
    13
    		  
    74.9
    78.4
    76.6
    2
    20
    11
    2000
    75.7
    81.3
    78.5
    12
    10
    12
    		  
    77.7
    81.7
    79.7
    1
    9
    3
    2010
    78.8
    83.1
    81.0
    12
    13
    12
    		  
    80.2
    83.5
    81.8
    1
    10
    6
    2019
    81.1
    84.1
    82.6
    5
    14
    10
    		  
    80.8
    83.9
    82.3
    9
    20
    14
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Norway NORWAY   Iceland ICELAND
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    81.1
    84.1
    5
    14
    80.8
    83.9
    9
    20
    Age 5
    81.3
    84.3
    5
    16
    81.0
    84.0
    10
    23
    Age 10
    81.3
    84.3
    5
    16
    81.0
    84.1
    10
    22
    Age 15
    81.4
    84.4
    5
    16
    81.1
    84.1
    10
    23
    Age 20
    81.4
    84.4
    5
    16
    81.2
    84.1
    9
    23
    Age 25
    81.5
    84.5
    5
    16
    81.4
    84.2
    10
    23
    Age 30
    81.7
    84.5
    4
    17
    81.6
    84.3
    9
    23
    Age 35
    81.9
    84.6
    6
    16
    81.9
    84.4
    4
    23
    Age 40
    82.0
    84.7
    6
    18
    82.1
    84.5
    4
    22
    Age 45
    82.2
    84.8
    7
    18
    82.4
    84.6
    4
    25
    Age 50
    82.5
    85.0
    8
    18
    82.7
    84.8
    5
    26
    Age 55
    82.9
    85.3
    10
    21
    83.1
    85.1
    7
    26
    Age 60
    83.5
    85.8
    11
    22
    83.7
    85.5
    7
    27
    Age 65
    84.2
    86.3
    13
    24
    84.4
    86.1
    11
    28
    Age 70
    85.3
    87.1
    13
    25
    85.4
    86.7
    12
    34
    Age 75
    86.6
    88.1
    19
    28
    86.7
    87.7
    15
    36
    Age 80
    88.3
    89.4
    28
    28
    88.4
    89.2
    24
    39
    Age 85
    90.5
    91.2
    51
    49
    90.7
    91.3
    39
    42
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Norway NORWAY   Iceland ICELAND
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    40.10
    172
    54.46
    157
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    28.94
    12
    35.59
    5
    3. Lung Cancers
    22.09
    40
    21.77
    41
    4. Lung Disease
    21.82
    92
    17.98
    117
    5. Prostate Cancer
    20.99
    58
    18.78
    71
    6. Stroke
    18.16
    178
    18.39
    176
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    15.79
    21
    12.15
    49
    8. Breast Cancer
    12.94
    132
    18.02
    78
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    11.78
    150
    9.67
    161
    10. Suicide
    9.91
    71
    11.15
    59
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    7.20
    41
    7.25
    37
    12. Ovary Cancer
    6.01
    31
    5.09
    62
    13. Lymphomas
    5.70
    56
    5.87
    49
    14. Falls
    5.70
    88
    3.23
    143
    15. Diabetes Mellitus
    4.85
    170
    4.22
    176
    16. Other Injuries
    4.72
    137
    7.88
    87
    17. Drug Use
    4.45
    11
    4.41
    12
    18. Kidney Disease
    4.28
    175
    4.00
    177
    19. Parkinson's Disease
    4.23
    84
    7.15
    12
    20. Skin Cancers
    3.96
    14
    2.01
    85
    21. Leukemia
    3.34
    107
    2.88
    125
    22. Endocrine Disorders
    3.19
    105
    2.31
    139
    23. Stomach Cancer
    3.15
    152
    3.12
    154
    24. Bladder Cancer
    2.80
    62
    3.04
    53
    25. Liver Cancer
    2.59
    176
    3.82
    140
    26. Cervical Cancer
    2.52
    157
    3.29
    142
    27. Other Neoplasms
    2.47
    43
    1.53
    57
    28. Congenital Anomalies
    2.44
    169
    1.96
    177
    29. Liver Disease
    2.41
    179
    1.72
    183
    30. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.37
    94
    3.70
    50
    31. Alcohol
    2.35
    51
    3.14
    32
    32. Uterin Cancer
    2.29
    94
    2.12
    102
    33. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.10
    162
    3.42
    124
    34. Road Traffic Accidents
    1.76
    179
    1.78
    178
    35. Oral Cancer
    1.64
    151
    1.55
    158
    36. Hypertension
    1.54
    181
    2.87
    168
    37. Epilepsy
    1.48
    100
    1.27
    116
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1.30
    139
    0.47
    178
    39. Multiple Sclerosis
    1.29
    2
    0.51
    34
    40. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.92
    138
    0.16
    176
    41. Drownings
    0.90
    152
    0.36
    179
    42. Malnutrition
    0.87
    105
    0.06
    166
    43. Skin Disease
    0.85
    116
    0.39
    150
    44. Asthma
    0.64
    151
    0.26
    178
    45. Low Birth Weight
    0.57
    179
    1.13
    164
    46. Violence
    0.56
    175
    1.08
    149
    47. Fires
    0.54
    136
    0.09
    181
    48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.50
    52
    0.61
    35
    49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.47
    158
    0.19
    180
    50. Anemia
    0.45
    28
    0.42
    30
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Norway NORWAY   Iceland ICELAND
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    5,321
    15.60
    403
    20.10
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    4,464
    13.09
    295
    14.71
    3. Lung Disease
    2,723
    7.98
    129
    6.43
    4. Stroke
    2,475
    7.26
    141
    7.03
    5. Lung Cancers
    2,320
    6.80
    134
    6.68
    6. Influenza and Pneumonia
    1,797
    5.27
    82
    4.09
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    1,787
    5.24
    73
    3.64
    8. Prostate Cancer
    1,172
    3.44
    61
    3.04
    9. Falls
    777
    2.28
    24
    1.20
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    770
    2.26
    43
    2.14
    11. Breast Cancer
    698
    2.05
    53
    2.64
    12. Lymphomas
    646
    1.89
    37
    1.85
    13. Suicide
    633
    1.86
    40
    2.00
    14. Kidney Disease
    611
    1.79
    33
    1.65
    15. Other Injuries
    583
    1.71
    50
    2.49
    16. Diabetes Mellitus
    560
    1.64
    30
    1.50
    17. Parkinson's Disease
    554
    1.62
    53
    2.64
    18. Skin Cancers
    407
    1.19
    13
    0.65
    19. Endocrine Disorders
    359
    1.05
    16
    0.80
    20. Bladder Cancer
    356
    1.04
    20
    1.00
    21. Leukemia
    354
    1.04
    19
    0.95
    22. Stomach Cancer
    343
    1.01
    18
    0.90
    23. Other Neoplasms
    324
    0.95
    10
    0.50
    24. Ovary Cancer
    309
    0.91
    16
    0.80
    25. Drug Use
    264
    0.77
    17
    0.85
    26. Liver Cancer
    259
    0.76
    22
    1.10
    27. Oesophagus Cancer
    248
    0.73
    23
    1.15
    28. Hypertension
    230
    0.67
    24
    1.20
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    221
    0.65
    16
    0.80
    30. Liver Disease
    214
    0.63
    9
    0.45
    31. Alcohol
    205
    0.60
    14
    0.70
    32. Oral Cancer
    168
    0.49
    9
    0.45
    33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    160
    0.47
    3
    0.15
    34. Congenital Anomalies
    136
    0.40
    7
    0.35
    35. Malnutrition
    135
    0.40
    1
    0.05
    36. Uterin Cancer
    134
    0.39
    7
    0.35
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    128
    0.38
    1
    0.05
    38. Skin Disease
    128
    0.38
    3
    0.15
    39. Cervical Cancer
    125
    0.37
    9
    0.45
    40. Epilepsy
    119
    0.35
    5
    0.25
    41. Multiple Sclerosis
    119
    0.35
    3
    0.15
    42. Road Traffic Accidents
    114
    0.33
    7
    0.35
    43. Asthma
    85
    0.25
    2
    0.10
    44. Anemia
    75
    0.22
    4
    0.20
    45. Drownings
    65
    0.19
    1
    0.05
    46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    61
    0.18
    1
    0.05
    47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    60
    0.18
    4
    0.20
    48. Fires
    45
    0.13
    1
    0.05
    49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
    32
    0.09
    1
    0.05
    50. Violence
    32
    0.09
    4
    0.20
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Norway NORWAY   Iceland ICELAND
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    22.09
    40
    21.77
    41
    2. Prostate Cancer
    20.99
    58
    18.78
    71
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    15.79
    21
    12.15
    49
    4. Breast Cancer
    12.94
    132
    18.02
    78
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.20
    41
    7.25
    37
    6. Ovary Cancer
    6.01
    31
    5.09
    62
    7. Lymphomas
    5.70
    56
    5.87
    49
    8. Skin Cancers
    3.96
    14
    2.01
    85
    9. Leukemia
    3.34
    107
    2.88
    125
    10. Stomach Cancer
    3.15
    152
    3.12
    154
    11. Bladder Cancer
    2.80
    62
    3.04
    53
    12. Liver Cancer
    2.59
    176
    3.82
    140
    13. Cervical Cancer
    2.52
    157
    3.29
    142
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.37
    94
    3.70
    50
    15. Uterin Cancer
    2.29
    94
    2.12
    102
    16. Oral Cancer
    1.64
    151
    1.55
    158
    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.