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Sudan
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
SUDAN VS IRAQ

Compare Sudan and Iraq 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.

Iraq
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
Sudan Population Pyramid
81,192,821
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Iraq Population Pyramid
70,940,131
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Iraq IRAQ
  Sudan SUDAN   Iraq IRAQ
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.0
41.8
40.4
147
142
145
  
49.4
51.2
50.3
90
95
94
1970
42.9
45.6
44.2
147
144
146
  
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
1980
48.0
50.8
49.3
147
145
145
  
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
1990
51.4
54.4
52.9
154
154
155
  
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
2000
56.8
60.4
58.6
137
137
139
  
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
2010
60.7
64.3
62.5
140
141
140
  
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
2019
67.6
70.8
69.1
123
129
125
  
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Iraq IRAQ
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
67.6
70.8
123
129
69.9
75.0
98
106
Age
67.6
70.8
123
129
69.9
75.0
98
106
Age 5
72.0
74.7
94
120
72.0
76.8
93
99
Age 10
72.4
75.0
89
118
72.2
76.9
94
99
Age 15
72.6
75.2
87
117
72.3
77.0
92
99
Age 20
72.9
75.4
88
117
72.6
77.2
92
99
Age 25
73.2
75.6
88
117
73.0
77.4
90
98
Age 30
73.6
75.9
89
117
73.3
77.6
91
99
Age 35
74.0
76.2
90
117
73.7
77.8
92
98
Age 40
74.4
76.6
89
116
74.1
78.1
95
98
Age 45
75.0
77.1
90
114
74.6
78.4
94
98
Age 50
75.7
77.7
90
114
75.4
79.0
93
98
Age 55
76.6
78.4
89
114
76.3
79.7
93
99
Age 60
77.8
79.4
89
111
77.6
80.7
94
98
Age 65
79.4
80.7
92
111
79.3
81.9
95
97
Age 70
81.4
82.3
98
113
81.4
83.4
100
95
Age 75
83.8
84.5
97
114
83.8
85.4
91
91
Age 80
86.6
87.1
98
112
86.7
87.7
87
88
Age 85
89.8
90.2
90
106
89.9
90.4
86
85
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Iraq IRAQ
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
231.30
20
227.26
23
2. Stroke
108.71
60
128.44
31
3. Hypertension
40.23
23
16.27
101
4. Road Traffic Accidents
36.38
33
34.41
37
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.74
83
15.14
135
6. Kidney Disease
24.83
75
37.39
29
7. Breast Cancer
24.70
29
15.07
115
8. Lung Disease
23.39
85
8.53
174
9. Liver Disease
19.11
92
10.94
118
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.52
94
19.16
66
11. Malaria
15.39
37
0.00
115
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.23
122
43.40
51
13. Tuberculosis
14.62
56
2.26
106
14. Low Birth Weight
14.18
9
8.00
54
15. Measles
13.26
7
0.10
58
16. Diarrhoeal diseases
13.22
63
3.46
87
17. Asthma
12.79
51
5.15
86
18. Prostate Cancer
7.55
143
2.81
176
19. Birth Trauma
7.45
45
4.96
66
20. HIV/AIDS
6.94
69
0.00
170
21. Lymphomas
6.85
20
3.82
128
22. Violence
6.81
69
17.20
26
23. Other Injuries
6.73
105
6.33
113
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.55
66
6.83
57
25. Ovary Cancer
6.51
24
3.16
141
26. Leukemia
6.37
2
4.79
26
27. Cervical Cancer
6.36
112
1.39
180
28. Maternal Conditions
5.36
46
2.17
68
29. Oesophagus Cancer
5.26
36
0.95
158
30. Falls
4.91
104
2.77
156
31. Suicide
4.76
143
4.74
144
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.61
154
4.32
158
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
90
4.74
59
34. Liver Cancer
4.10
124
3.04
165
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.90
70
0.92
151
36. Endocrine Disorders
3.60
87
1.35
167
37. Drug Use
3.34
21
1.73
58
38. Fires
3.17
44
2.35
66
39. Drownings
3.02
74
1.56
127
40. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
140
5.43
77
41. Hepatitis B
2.84
3
0.24
92
42. Pertussis
2.72
27
1.08
63
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.53
54
1.42
93
44. Lung Cancers
2.40
168
11.72
97
45. Malnutrition
2.39
82
0.24
131
46. Oral Cancer
2.23
119
2.01
133
47. Stomach Cancer
2.16
175
3.94
132
48. Meningitis
2.06
61
1.07
77
49. Bladder Cancer
1.94
101
3.81
31
50. Skin Cancers
1.67
108
2.00
87
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sudan SUDAN   Iraq IRAQ
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43,966
20.16
36,594
24.98
2. Stroke
20,582
9.44
20,793
14.19
3. Low Birth Weight
16,036
7.35
6,573
4.49
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
12,619
5.79
5,551
3.79
5. Road Traffic Accidents
11,459
5.25
10,726
7.32
6. Measles
9,301
4.26
59
0.04
7. Birth Trauma
8,526
3.91
4,223
2.88
8. Hypertension
7,287
3.34
2,451
1.67
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,277
2.88
1,578
1.08
10. Malaria
5,614
2.57
0
0.00
11. Congenital Anomalies
5,507
2.53
4,812
3.28
12. Kidney Disease
5,095
2.34
6,323
4.32
13. Lung Disease
4,382
2.01
1,329
0.91
14. Liver Disease
4,348
1.99
2,127
1.45
15. Tuberculosis
4,250
1.95
821
0.56
16. Breast Cancer
3,071
1.41
1,783
1.22
17. Diabetes Mellitus
3,070
1.41
7,395
5.05
18. Other Injuries
2,912
1.34
2,212
1.51
19. Asthma
2,636
1.21
914
0.62
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,584
1.18
2,429
1.66
21. Violence
2,478
1.14
5,658
3.86
22. HIV/AIDS
2,331
1.07
0
0.00
23. Maternal Conditions
1,961
0.90
780
0.53
24. Pertussis
1,899
0.87
636
0.43
25. Leukemia
1,828
0.84
1,315
0.90
26. Drownings
1,684
0.77
658
0.45
27. Suicide
1,644
0.75
1,418
0.97
28. Falls
1,559
0.71
709
0.48
29. Lymphomas
1,533
0.70
811
0.55
30. Endocrine Disorders
1,459
0.67
462
0.32
31. Fires
1,310
0.60
742
0.51
32. Oesophagus Cancer
1,126
0.52
173
0.12
33. Meningitis
1,092
0.50
372
0.25
34. Malnutrition
1,089
0.50
92
0.06
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,049
0.48
852
0.58
36. Drug Use
1,036
0.48
441
0.30
37. Liver Cancer
946
0.43
555
0.38
38. Inflammatory/Heart
839
0.38
1,190
0.81
39. Ovary Cancer
794
0.36
376
0.26
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
775
0.36
159
0.11
41. Cervical Cancer
770
0.35
162
0.11
42. Poisonings
744
0.34
95
0.06
43. Epilepsy
735
0.34
253
0.17
44. Hepatitis B
730
0.33
57
0.04
45. Parkinson's Disease
705
0.32
658
0.45
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
684
0.31
283
0.19
47. Syphilis
603
0.28
137
0.09
48. Lung Cancers
545
0.25
2,162
1.48
49. Prostate Cancer
523
0.24
171
0.12
50. Oral Cancer
493
0.23
410
0.28
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Iraq IRAQ
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
24.70
29
15.07
115
2. Prostate Cancer
7.55
143
2.81
176
3. Lymphomas
6.85
20
3.82
128
4. Ovary Cancer
6.51
24
3.16
141
5. Leukemia
6.37
2
4.79
26
6. Cervical Cancer
6.36
112
1.39
180
7. Oesophagus Cancer
5.26
36
0.95
158
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.61
154
4.32
158
9. Liver Cancer
4.10
124
3.04
165
10. Lung Cancers
2.40
168
11.72
97
11. Oral Cancer
2.23
119
2.01
133
12. Stomach Cancer
2.16
175
3.94
132
13. Bladder Cancer
1.94
101
3.81
31
14. Skin Cancers
1.67
108
2.00
87
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.20
163
2.88
115
16. Uterin Cancer
0.67
172
0.59
173
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.