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Uganda
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
UGANDA VS IRAN

Compare Uganda 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
Uganda Population Pyramid
89,446,901
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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Iran Population Pyramid
103,098,083
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
  Uganda UGANDA   Iran IRAN
  Uganda UGANDA   Iran IRAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
42.7
45.9
44.2
122
121
122
  
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
1970
48.4
51.4
49.9
123
119
122
  
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
1980
48.6
51.6
50.1
146
144
144
  
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
1990
48.1
51.8
49.9
162
162
162
  
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
2000
45.1
48.0
46.6
176
176
176
  
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
2010
57.2
59.5
58.4
157
158
156
  
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
2019
63.2
70.1
66.7
148
133
136
  
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uganda UGANDA   Iran IRAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.2
70.1
148
133
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age
63.2
70.1
148
133
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age 5
66.5
73.0
155
133
76.8
80.1
43
57
Age 10
67.1
73.5
154
132
76.9
80.2
42
56
Age 15
67.4
73.8
154
131
77.0
80.3
42
56
Age 20
67.9
74.1
154
130
77.3
80.5
42
56
Age 25
68.3
74.4
154
129
77.7
80.6
40
56
Age 30
68.9
74.8
154
129
78.0
80.8
40
56
Age 35
69.5
75.4
154
126
78.4
80.9
40
57
Age 40
70.3
75.9
153
123
78.7
81.1
41
58
Age 45
71.3
76.6
154
123
79.1
81.3
42
57
Age 50
72.5
77.4
154
119
79.6
81.6
42
59
Age 55
74.0
78.3
153
116
80.3
81.9
41
62
Age 60
75.7
79.4
152
113
81.2
82.5
41
63
Age 65
77.7
80.8
154
109
82.4
83.3
40
69
Age 70
80.1
82.4
153
109
83.8
84.3
39
72
Age 75
82.8
84.6
151
105
85.6
85.8
46
78
Age 80
86.0
87.2
145
98
87.9
87.8
46
81
Age 85
89.5
90.4
131
86
90.6
90.4
46
88
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uganda UGANDA   Iran IRAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
99.89
72
57.21
120
2. Coronary Heart Disease
82.33
131
142.51
54
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
81.99
41
16.00
132
4. HIV/AIDS
69.15
18
2.75
96
5. Road Traffic Accidents
53.60
6
22.15
65
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
46.00
40
2.38
102
7. Cervical Cancer
45.76
8
1.43
179
8. Diabetes Mellitus
40.31
60
20.84
107
9. Liver Disease
33.70
47
9.41
130
10. Hypertension
30.73
43
25.73
55
11. Malaria
30.23
31
0.00
114
12. Lung Disease
28.73
59
17.75
119
13. Prostate Cancer
25.14
45
10.80
129
14. Kidney Disease
24.60
77
17.84
115
15. Tuberculosis
24.27
45
1.25
119
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.36
60
18.63
74
17. Violence
17.69
24
3.01
113
18. Oesophagus Cancer
11.56
7
3.58
53
19. Asthma
11.28
56
5.07
88
20. Breast Cancer
11.12
150
9.78
162
21. Malnutrition
11.07
28
0.23
133
22. Suicide
10.45
65
5.13
140
23. Other Injuries
10.15
64
5.05
132
24. Maternal Conditions
9.90
33
0.30
124
25. Meningitis
9.73
36
0.82
88
26. Lymphomas
8.13
7
4.01
118
27. Birth Trauma
7.85
42
2.23
89
28. Falls
7.78
59
3.88
128
29. Liver Cancer
7.69
50
5.46
89
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.45
112
6.65
124
31. Low Birth Weight
7.36
61
4.04
103
32. Congenital Anomalies
6.31
78
4.74
119
33. Ovary Cancer
5.62
44
2.62
158
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.66
63
1.90
115
35. Stomach Cancer
4.55
124
14.67
11
36. Inflammatory/Heart
4.44
95
2.29
157
37. Oral Cancer
4.38
50
0.95
176
38. Parkinson's Disease
4.10
93
4.17
89
39. Lung Cancers
3.20
157
9.96
104
40. Endocrine Disorders
2.94
115
2.83
120
41. Uterin Cancer
2.93
60
1.01
160
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
116
3.56
99
43. Fires
2.83
54
2.30
67
44. Leukemia
2.67
137
5.50
14
45. Skin Cancers
2.54
51
0.77
147
46. Drownings
2.33
95
1.16
143
47. Poisonings
2.33
39
0.98
68
48. Syphilis
2.33
5
0.06
109
49. Pertussis
2.25
38
0.09
106
50. Epilepsy
1.99
70
0.90
142
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Uganda UGANDA   Iran IRAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
21,188
10.21
2,521
0.76
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
18,865
9.09
11,243
3.38
3. Malaria
13,576
6.54
0
0.00
4. Road Traffic Accidents
13,012
6.27
17,803
5.36
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
12,103
5.83
1,836
0.55
6. Stroke
11,181
5.39
36,730
11.05
7. Birth Trauma
10,405
5.01
2,735
0.82
8. Low Birth Weight
9,673
4.66
4,861
1.46
9. Coronary Heart Disease
8,784
4.23
93,308
28.07
10. Tuberculosis
7,255
3.50
882
0.27
11. Congenital Anomalies
6,641
3.20
4,844
1.46
12. Violence
6,175
2.98
2,535
0.76
13. Liver Disease
5,122
2.47
6,637
2.00
14. Diabetes Mellitus
4,794
2.31
13,910
4.18
15. Cervical Cancer
4,378
2.11
501
0.15
16. Meningitis
3,718
1.79
642
0.19
17. Maternal Conditions
3,641
1.75
285
0.09
18. Malnutrition
3,317
1.60
157
0.05
19. Kidney Disease
3,168
1.53
11,810
3.55
20. Other Injuries
3,130
1.51
4,048
1.22
21. Hypertension
3,120
1.50
16,415
4.94
22. Lung Disease
3,051
1.47
11,409
3.43
23. Syphilis
2,235
1.08
52
0.02
24. Suicide
2,033
0.98
4,334
1.30
25. Pertussis
1,909
0.92
75
0.02
26. Lymphomas
1,762
0.85
2,882
0.87
27. Asthma
1,745
0.84
3,360
1.01
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,674
0.81
2,371
0.71
29. Liver Cancer
1,522
0.73
3,714
1.12
30. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,286
0.62
11,046
3.32
31. Drownings
1,238
0.60
930
0.28
32. Breast Cancer
1,128
0.54
3,736
1.12
33. Falls
1,127
0.54
2,821
0.85
34. Prostate Cancer
950
0.46
3,583
1.08
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
919
0.44
4,575
1.38
36. Fires
872
0.42
1,823
0.55
37. Inflammatory/Heart
859
0.41
1,611
0.48
38. Endocrine Disorders
761
0.37
2,092
0.63
39. Poisonings
745
0.36
816
0.25
40. Oral Cancer
731
0.35
655
0.20
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
687
0.33
1,246
0.37
42. Leukemia
599
0.29
3,966
1.19
43. Epilepsy
599
0.29
719
0.22
44. Ovary Cancer
519
0.25
937
0.28
45. Stomach Cancer
515
0.25
9,822
2.96
46. Lung Cancers
441
0.21
6,784
2.04
47. Pancreas Cancer
358
0.17
2,418
0.73
48. Parkinson's Disease
351
0.17
2,545
0.77
49. Skin Cancers
349
0.17
518
0.16
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
348
0.17
996
0.30
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Uganda UGANDA   Iran IRAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
45.76
8
1.43
179
2. Prostate Cancer
25.14
45
10.80
129
3. Oesophagus Cancer
11.56
7
3.58
53
4. Breast Cancer
11.12
150
9.78
162
5. Lymphomas
8.13
7
4.01
118
6. Liver Cancer
7.69
50
5.46
89
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.45
112
6.65
124
8. Ovary Cancer
5.62
44
2.62
158
9. Stomach Cancer
4.55
124
14.67
11
10. Oral Cancer
4.38
50
0.95
176
11. Lung Cancers
3.20
157
9.96
104
12. Uterin Cancer
2.93
60
1.01
160
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
116
3.56
99
14. Leukemia
2.67
137
5.50
14
15. Skin Cancers
2.54
51
0.77
147
16. Bladder Cancer
1.70
113
2.18
86
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.