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Pakistan
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 Pakistan 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
Pakistan Population Pyramid
338,013,194
Iran Population Pyramid
103,098,083
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Iran IRAN
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Iran IRAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
47.8
45.9
46.9
99
120
110
 
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
1970
51.7
50.5
51.1
106
126
118
 
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
1980
55.6
55.1
55.3
118
131
125
 
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
1990
59.7
60.1
59.9
121
133
129
 
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
2000
62.0
63.6
62.8
117
128
124
 
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
2010
64.1
66.1
65.1
125
134
133
 
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
2019
64.6
66.7
65.6
135
152
144
 
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Iran IRAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
64.6
66.7
135
152
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age 5
69.5
71.1
129
149
76.8
80.1
43
57
Age 10
69.8
71.4
130
150
76.9
80.2
42
56
Age 15
70.0
71.6
130
151
77.0
80.3
42
56
Age 20
70.3
71.9
128
151
77.3
80.5
42
56
Age 25
70.8
72.3
127
151
77.7
80.6
40
56
Age 30
71.3
72.7
124
153
78.0
80.8
40
56
Age 35
71.8
73.2
123
154
78.4
80.9
40
57
Age 40
72.4
73.8
123
154
78.7
81.1
41
58
Age 45
73.2
74.5
124
157
79.1
81.3
42
57
Age 50
74.1
75.3
124
158
79.6
81.6
42
59
Age 55
75.3
76.4
125
158
80.3
81.9
41
62
Age 60
76.8
77.8
120
160
81.2
82.5
41
63
Age 65
78.7
79.5
116
157
82.4
83.3
40
69
Age 70
80.9
81.5
118
155
83.8
84.3
39
72
Age 75
83.5
83.9
115
149
85.6
85.8
46
78
Age 80
86.4
86.7
114
140
87.9
87.8
46
81
Age 85
89.7
90.0
103
132
90.6
90.4
46
88
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Iran IRAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
193.56
30
142.51
54
2. Stroke
116.52
51
57.21
120
3. Lung Disease
77.79
8
17.75
119
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
65.76
19
2.38
102
5. Diabetes Mellitus
52.40
35
20.84
107
6. Kidney Disease
42.04
19
17.84
115
7. Liver Disease
38.05
29
9.41
130
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
37.37
72
16.00
132
9. Breast Cancer
25.28
26
9.78
162
10. Tuberculosis
23.21
49
1.25
119
11. Hypertension
20.05
82
25.73
55
12. Rheumatic Heart Disease
17.89
2
1.41
94
13. Low Birth Weight
17.20
2
4.04
103
14. Asthma
16.73
30
5.07
88
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.30
121
18.63
74
16. Road Traffic Accidents
15.18
95
22.15
65
17. Other Injuries
13.00
37
5.05
132
18. Oral Cancer
11.65
5
0.95
176
19. Birth Trauma
11.30
15
2.23
89
20. Suicide
9.77
73
5.13
140
21. Lung Cancers
7.37
120
9.96
104
22. Meningitis
6.99
40
0.82
88
23. Congenital Anomalies
6.64
62
4.74
119
24. Falls
6.29
80
3.88
128
25. Violence
6.16
78
3.01
113
26. Endocrine Disorders
6.05
52
2.83
120
27. Prostate Cancer
5.99
159
10.80
129
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.79
27
4.17
89
29. Maternal Conditions
5.74
45
0.30
124
30. Oesophagus Cancer
5.67
31
3.58
53
31. Cervical Cancer
5.56
119
1.43
179
32. Ovary Cancer
4.95
71
2.62
158
33. Lymphomas
4.73
89
4.01
118
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.53
64
1.90
115
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.71
171
6.65
124
36. Encephalitis
3.65
5
0.31
109
37. HIV/AIDS
3.61
84
2.75
96
38. Malnutrition
3.52
61
0.23
133
39. Liver Cancer
3.19
159
5.46
89
40. Stomach Cancer
2.97
157
14.67
11
41. Epilepsy
2.83
35
0.90
142
42. Leukemia
2.78
130
5.50
14
43. Bladder Cancer
2.19
82
2.18
86
44. Tetanus
2.15
7
0.04
101
45. Drownings
2.12
110
1.16
143
46. Pertussis
2.07
42
0.09
106
47. Fires
1.95
76
2.30
67
48. Uterin Cancer
1.80
121
1.01
160
49. Inflammatory/Heart
1.61
171
2.29
157
50. Alcohol
1.57
78
0.30
163
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Iran IRAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
240,720
16.49
93,308
28.07
2. Stroke
141,432
9.69
36,730
11.05
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
104,383
7.15
1,836
0.55
4. Low Birth Weight
93,373
6.40
4,861
1.46
5. Lung Disease
86,968
5.96
11,409
3.43
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
83,483
5.72
11,243
3.38
7. Diabetes Mellitus
63,852
4.37
13,910
4.18
8. Birth Trauma
59,559
4.08
2,735
0.82
9. Kidney Disease
56,796
3.89
11,810
3.55
10. Liver Disease
54,835
3.76
6,637
2.00
11. Tuberculosis
42,103
2.88
882
0.27
12. Road Traffic Accidents
28,170
1.93
17,803
5.36
13. Other Injuries
27,010
1.85
4,048
1.22
14. Congenital Anomalies
26,320
1.80
4,844
1.46
15. Rheumatic Heart Disease
26,017
1.78
996
0.30
16. Hypertension
22,917
1.57
16,415
4.94
17. Asthma
20,750
1.42
3,360
1.01
18. Suicide
19,331
1.32
4,334
1.30
19. Meningitis
18,025
1.23
642
0.19
20. Breast Cancer
18,009
1.23
3,736
1.12
21. Oral Cancer
17,181
1.18
655
0.20
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
15,216
1.04
11,046
3.32
23. Violence
12,925
0.89
2,535
0.76
24. Maternal Conditions
12,392
0.85
285
0.09
25. Endocrine Disorders
11,439
0.78
2,092
0.63
26. Lung Cancers
9,688
0.66
6,784
2.04
27. Malnutrition
8,852
0.61
157
0.05
28. Falls
8,642
0.59
2,821
0.85
29. Oesophagus Cancer
7,866
0.54
2,371
0.71
30. Tetanus
7,541
0.52
37
0.01
31. Lymphomas
7,020
0.48
2,882
0.87
32. HIV/AIDS
6,797
0.47
2,521
0.76
33. Encephalitis
6,651
0.46
246
0.07
34. Pertussis
6,358
0.44
75
0.02
35. Parkinson's Disease
6,145
0.42
2,545
0.77
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5,450
0.37
1,246
0.37
37. Drownings
5,376
0.37
930
0.28
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5,279
0.36
4,575
1.38
39. Leukemia
5,254
0.36
3,966
1.19
40. Epilepsy
4,873
0.33
719
0.22
41. Liver Cancer
4,427
0.30
3,714
1.12
42. Fires
4,305
0.29
1,823
0.55
43. Stomach Cancer
4,044
0.28
9,822
2.96
44. Cervical Cancer
4,009
0.27
501
0.15
45. Prostate Cancer
3,559
0.24
3,583
1.08
46. Ovary Cancer
3,533
0.24
937
0.28
47. Poisonings
3,364
0.23
816
0.25
48. Bladder Cancer
2,727
0.19
1,410
0.42
49. Measles
2,579
0.18
2
0.00
50. Alcohol
2,520
0.17
253
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Iran IRAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
25.28
26
9.78
162
2. Oral Cancer
11.65
5
0.95
176
3. Lung Cancers
7.37
120
9.96
104
4. Prostate Cancer
5.99
159
10.80
129
5. Oesophagus Cancer
5.67
31
3.58
53
6. Cervical Cancer
5.56
119
1.43
179
7. Ovary Cancer
4.95
71
2.62
158
8. Lymphomas
4.73
89
4.01
118
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.71
171
6.65
124
10. Liver Cancer
3.19
159
5.46
89
11. Stomach Cancer
2.97
157
14.67
11
12. Leukemia
2.78
130
5.50
14
13. Bladder Cancer
2.19
82
2.18
86
14. Uterin Cancer
1.80
121
1.01
160
15. Skin Cancers
1.16
132
0.77
147
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.79
172
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.