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Russia
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 Russia 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
Russia Population Pyramid
135,824,486
Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Russia RUSSIA   Iceland ICELAND
  Russia RUSSIA   Iceland ICELAND
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
63.1
73.4
68.1
60
27
42
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
61.4
73.0
67.0
85
47
67
 
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
1990
63.8
74.3
68.9
98
55
79
 
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
2000
58.7
72.0
65.0
132
98
119
 
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
2010
62.4
74.6
68.4
134
97
115
 
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
2019
68.2
78.0
73.2
118
74
96
 
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Russia RUSSIA   Iceland ICELAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.2
78.0
118
74
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age
68.2
78.0
118
74
80.8
83.9
9
20
Age 5
68.6
78.4
138
84
81.0
84.0
10
23
Age 10
68.7
78.5
140
84
81.0
84.1
10
22
Age 15
68.7
78.5
143
84
81.1
84.1
10
23
Age 20
68.9
78.6
145
84
81.2
84.1
9
23
Age 25
69.3
78.8
144
84
81.4
84.2
10
23
Age 30
69.7
78.9
144
83
81.6
84.3
9
23
Age 35
70.4
79.2
144
81
81.9
84.4
4
23
Age 40
71.3
79.7
144
79
82.1
84.5
4
22
Age 45
72.4
80.2
137
76
82.4
84.6
4
25
Age 50
73.7
80.7
132
73
82.7
84.8
5
26
Age 55
75.1
81.4
130
73
83.1
85.1
7
26
Age 60
76.8
82.2
121
70
83.7
85.5
7
27
Age 65
79.0
83.2
109
70
84.4
86.1
11
28
Age 70
81.5
84.4
91
70
85.4
86.7
12
34
Age 75
84.2
86.0
79
71
86.7
87.7
15
36
Age 80
87.3
88.0
64
72
88.4
89.2
24
39
Age 85
90.8
90.5
36
76
90.7
91.3
39
42
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Russia RUSSIA   Iceland ICELAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
204.50
27
54.46
157
2. Stroke
117.23
48
18.39
176
3. Inflammatory/Heart
26.37
5
3.42
124
4. Liver Disease
22.50
82
1.72
183
5. Lung Cancers
22.20
39
21.77
41
6. Suicide
21.60
11
11.15
59
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.55
16
12.15
49
8. Breast Cancer
16.34
98
18.02
78
9. Prostate Cancer
15.95
91
18.78
71
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.22
134
9.67
161
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.07
134
35.59
5
12. Alcohol
15.02
3
3.14
32
13. Lung Disease
13.54
148
17.98
117
14. HIV/AIDS
12.88
52
0.09
158
15. Other Injuries
12.19
43
7.88
87
16. Stomach Cancer
11.80
24
3.12
154
17. Road Traffic Accidents
11.23
119
1.78
178
18. Pancreas Cancer
8.15
20
7.25
37
19. Diabetes Mellitus
7.12
157
4.22
176
20. Violence
7.00
68
1.08
149
21. Hypertension
6.77
149
2.87
168
22. Cervical Cancer
6.54
111
3.29
142
23. Ovary Cancer
5.99
33
5.09
62
24. Falls
5.79
87
3.23
143
25. Drug Use
5.40
7
4.41
12
26. Oral Cancer
4.78
41
1.55
158
27. Kidney Disease
4.70
172
4.00
177
28. Tuberculosis
4.61
85
0.00
183
29. Liver Cancer
4.52
115
3.82
140
30. Uterin Cancer
4.45
25
2.12
102
31. Drownings
4.19
41
0.36
179
32. Lymphomas
3.91
124
5.87
49
33. Leukemia
3.74
85
2.88
125
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.67
74
0.47
178
35. Congenital Anomalies
3.54
146
1.96
177
36. Fires
3.25
43
0.09
181
37. Parkinson's Disease
3.18
137
7.15
12
38. Poisonings
3.11
15
0.64
86
39. Oesophagus Cancer
3.07
69
3.70
50
40. Bladder Cancer
2.41
73
3.04
53
41. Skin Cancers
2.35
58
2.01
85
42. Low Birth Weight
1.62
153
1.13
164
43. Skin Disease
1.23
104
0.39
150
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.19
102
0.19
180
45. Endocrine Disorders
1.08
172
2.31
139
46. Asthma
0.72
147
0.26
178
47. Encephalitis
0.61
59
0.00
182
48. Meningitis
0.56
109
0.30
140
49. Birth Trauma
0.56
148
1.05
121
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.44
39
0.51
34
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Russia RUSSIA   Iceland ICELAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
562,711
34.17
403
20.10
2. Stroke
327,199
19.87
141
7.03
3. Lung Cancers
54,361
3.30
134
6.68
4. Inflammatory/Heart
54,060
3.28
16
0.80
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
48,522
2.95
295
14.71
6. Liver Disease
45,463
2.76
9
0.45
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
42,633
2.59
73
3.64
8. Suicide
36,625
2.22
40
2.00
9. Lung Disease
36,600
2.22
129
6.43
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
32,404
1.97
82
4.09
11. Stomach Cancer
29,386
1.78
18
0.90
12. Alcohol
27,984
1.70
14
0.70
13. Breast Cancer
23,242
1.41
53
2.64
14. Other Injuries
22,517
1.37
50
2.49
15. HIV/AIDS
21,262
1.29
0
0.00
16. Pancreas Cancer
20,282
1.23
43
2.14
17. Hypertension
18,348
1.11
24
1.20
18. Diabetes Mellitus
18,345
1.11
30
1.50
19. Road Traffic Accidents
17,507
1.06
7
0.35
20. Prostate Cancer
14,107
0.86
61
3.04
21. Falls
11,705
0.71
24
1.20
22. Kidney Disease
11,581
0.70
33
1.65
23. Violence
11,450
0.70
4
0.20
24. Liver Cancer
11,165
0.68
22
1.10
25. Oral Cancer
10,880
0.66
9
0.45
26. Parkinson's Disease
9,371
0.57
53
2.64
27. Drug Use
9,113
0.55
17
0.85
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8,938
0.54
3
0.15
29. Lymphomas
8,919
0.54
37
1.85
30. Tuberculosis
8,422
0.51
0
0.00
31. Leukemia
8,238
0.50
19
0.95
32. Ovary Cancer
8,123
0.49
16
0.80
33. Oesophagus Cancer
7,431
0.45
23
1.15
34. Cervical Cancer
7,423
0.45
9
0.45
35. Uterin Cancer
6,867
0.42
7
0.35
36. Drownings
6,629
0.40
1
0.05
37. Fires
6,387
0.39
1
0.05
38. Bladder Cancer
6,307
0.38
20
1.00
39. Skin Cancers
5,612
0.34
13
0.65
40. Poisonings
5,565
0.34
3
0.15
41. Congenital Anomalies
4,201
0.26
7
0.35
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,770
0.17
1
0.05
43. Skin Disease
2,735
0.17
3
0.15
44. Low Birth Weight
2,153
0.13
3
0.15
45. Endocrine Disorders
2,004
0.12
16
0.80
46. Asthma
1,764
0.11
2
0.10
47. Encephalitis
1,076
0.07
0
0.00
48. Meningitis
1,037
0.06
1
0.05
49. Multiple Sclerosis
827
0.05
3
0.15
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
750
0.05
4
0.20
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Russia RUSSIA   Iceland ICELAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.20
39
21.77
41
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.55
16
12.15
49
3. Breast Cancer
16.34
98
18.02
78
4. Prostate Cancer
15.95
91
18.78
71
5. Stomach Cancer
11.80
24
3.12
154
6. Pancreas Cancer
8.15
20
7.25
37
7. Cervical Cancer
6.54
111
3.29
142
8. Ovary Cancer
5.99
33
5.09
62
9. Oral Cancer
4.78
41
1.55
158
10. Liver Cancer
4.52
115
3.82
140
11. Uterin Cancer
4.45
25
2.12
102
12. Lymphomas
3.91
124
5.87
49
13. Leukemia
3.74
85
2.88
125
14. Oesophagus Cancer
3.07
69
3.70
50
15. Bladder Cancer
2.41
73
3.04
53
16. Skin Cancers
2.35
58
2.01
85
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.