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Brazil
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
BRAZIL VS IRAQ

Compare Brazil 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
Brazil Population Pyramid
53,974,728
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
5,719,183
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
  Brazil BRAZIL   Iraq IRAQ
  Brazil BRAZIL   Iraq IRAQ
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
53.0
56.7
54.8
79
79
78
  
49.4
51.2
50.3
90
95
94
1970
56.8
61.1
58.9
86
86
85
  
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
1980
60.0
65.7
62.8
93
85
89
  
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
1990
62.9
70.4
66.6
106
90
98
  
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
2000
66.8
74.3
70.5
95
76
87
  
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
2010
70.2
77.5
73.8
84
60
71
  
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
2019
72.4
79.4
75.9
77
56
67
  
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Iraq IRAQ
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.4
79.4
77
56
69.9
75.0
98
106
Age
72.4
79.4
77
56
69.9
75.0
98
106
Age 5
73.6
80.4
74
52
72.0
76.8
93
99
Age 10
73.6
80.4
74
52
72.2
76.9
94
99
Age 15
73.8
80.5
74
52
72.3
77.0
92
99
Age 20
74.3
80.6
71
52
72.6
77.2
92
99
Age 25
75.1
80.8
66
53
73.0
77.4
90
98
Age 30
75.7
81.0
61
53
73.3
77.6
91
99
Age 35
76.2
81.1
60
51
73.7
77.8
92
98
Age 40
76.7
81.4
59
51
74.1
78.1
95
98
Age 45
77.3
81.8
56
50
74.6
78.4
94
98
Age 50
78.1
82.2
57
49
75.4
79.0
93
98
Age 55
79.0
82.8
54
47
76.3
79.7
93
99
Age 60
80.1
83.5
54
47
77.6
80.7
94
98
Age 65
81.5
84.5
51
48
79.3
81.9
95
97
Age 70
83.2
85.6
51
47
81.4
83.4
100
95
Age 75
85.3
87.2
53
45
83.8
85.4
91
91
Age 80
87.6
89.0
55
46
86.7
87.7
87
88
Age 85
90.2
91.2
68
48
89.9
90.4
86
85
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Iraq IRAQ
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
68.14
145
227.26
23
2. Stroke
50.40
128
128.44
31
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
38.59
70
15.14
135
4. Violence
31.58
11
17.20
26
5. Diabetes Mellitus
24.64
100
43.40
51
6. Lung Disease
24.17
82
8.53
174
7. Prostate Cancer
19.07
69
2.81
176
8. Breast Cancer
15.74
108
15.07
115
9. Kidney Disease
15.46
122
37.39
29
10. Road Traffic Accidents
15.08
97
34.41
37
11. Lung Cancers
13.20
87
11.72
97
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.93
151
19.16
66
13. Hypertension
11.69
121
16.27
101
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.62
80
4.32
158
15. Liver Disease
9.02
133
10.94
118
16. Falls
7.64
62
2.77
156
17. Stomach Cancer
7.50
69
3.94
132
18. Cervical Cancer
7.46
99
1.39
180
19. Inflammatory/Heart
7.37
45
5.43
77
20. Endocrine Disorders
7.18
33
1.35
167
21. Suicide
6.41
123
4.74
144
22. Congenital Anomalies
6.33
77
6.83
57
23. Other Injuries
6.04
118
6.33
113
24. HIV/AIDS
5.44
73
0.00
170
25. Pancreas Cancer
4.99
64
2.88
115
26. Liver Cancer
4.81
105
3.04
165
27. Lymphomas
4.37
106
3.82
128
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4.36
42
0.95
158
29. Oral Cancer
4.15
56
2.01
133
30. Leukemia
3.72
86
4.79
26
31. Ovary Cancer
3.36
131
3.16
141
32. Low Birth Weight
3.14
121
8.00
54
33. Alcohol
3.02
35
0.16
177
34. Skin Disease
2.94
29
0.25
165
35. Malnutrition
2.76
73
0.24
131
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.48
99
3.46
87
37. Drownings
2.32
97
1.56
127
38. Tuberculosis
2.19
108
2.26
106
39. Bladder Cancer
2.18
87
3.81
31
40. Chagas disease
2.10
3
0.00
91
41. Uterin Cancer
2.08
104
0.59
173
42. Skin Cancers
2.06
81
2.00
87
43. Other Neoplasms
1.94
53
0.14
181
44. Parkinson's Disease
1.92
162
4.74
59
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.76
126
0.92
151
46. Birth Trauma
1.71
99
4.96
66
47. Epilepsy
1.45
105
0.75
161
48. Asthma
1.09
127
5.15
86
49. Drug Use
1.08
110
1.73
58
50. Anemia
0.98
14
0.00
114
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Brazil BRAZIL   Iraq IRAQ
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
165,788
14.72
36,594
24.98
2. Stroke
123,207
10.94
20,793
14.19
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
94,705
8.41
5,551
3.79
4. Violence
68,779
6.11
5,658
3.86
5. Diabetes Mellitus
59,608
5.29
7,395
5.05
6. Lung Disease
59,373
5.27
1,329
0.91
7. Kidney Disease
37,690
3.35
6,323
4.32
8. Road Traffic Accidents
33,871
3.01
10,726
7.32
9. Lung Cancers
31,659
2.81
2,162
1.48
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
30,717
2.73
2,429
1.66
11. Hypertension
28,822
2.56
2,451
1.67
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23,161
2.06
852
0.58
13. Liver Disease
21,422
1.90
2,127
1.45
14. Breast Cancer
20,759
1.84
1,783
1.22
15. Prostate Cancer
19,001
1.69
171
0.12
16. Falls
18,847
1.67
709
0.48
17. Stomach Cancer
17,992
1.60
771
0.53
18. Inflammatory/Heart
17,508
1.55
1,190
0.81
19. Endocrine Disorders
16,927
1.50
462
0.32
20. Suicide
14,540
1.29
1,418
0.97
21. Other Injuries
13,807
1.23
2,212
1.51
22. HIV/AIDS
12,558
1.12
0
0.00
23. Congenital Anomalies
12,317
1.09
4,812
3.28
24. Pancreas Cancer
11,999
1.07
530
0.36
25. Liver Cancer
11,514
1.02
555
0.38
26. Oesophagus Cancer
10,466
0.93
173
0.12
27. Lymphomas
10,376
0.92
811
0.55
28. Oral Cancer
9,951
0.88
410
0.28
29. Cervical Cancer
9,511
0.84
162
0.11
30. Leukemia
8,531
0.76
1,315
0.90
31. Skin Disease
7,179
0.64
49
0.03
32. Alcohol
7,121
0.63
40
0.03
33. Low Birth Weight
6,881
0.61
6,573
4.49
34. Malnutrition
6,695
0.59
92
0.06
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,659
0.50
1,578
1.08
36. Bladder Cancer
5,306
0.47
628
0.43
37. Chagas disease
5,045
0.45
0
0.00
38. Skin Cancers
5,032
0.45
339
0.23
39. Drownings
4,937
0.44
658
0.45
40. Tuberculosis
4,895
0.43
821
0.56
41. Parkinson's Disease
4,770
0.42
658
0.45
42. Other Neoplasms
4,665
0.41
26
0.02
43. Ovary Cancer
4,355
0.39
376
0.26
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4,258
0.38
159
0.11
45. Birth Trauma
3,777
0.34
4,223
2.88
46. Epilepsy
3,263
0.29
253
0.17
47. Uterin Cancer
2,780
0.25
61
0.04
48. Asthma
2,595
0.23
914
0.62
49. Drug Use
2,467
0.22
441
0.30
50. Anemia
2,417
0.21
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Iraq IRAQ
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
19.07
69
2.81
176
2. Breast Cancer
15.74
108
15.07
115
3. Lung Cancers
13.20
87
11.72
97
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.62
80
4.32
158
5. Stomach Cancer
7.50
69
3.94
132
6. Cervical Cancer
7.46
99
1.39
180
7. Pancreas Cancer
4.99
64
2.88
115
8. Liver Cancer
4.81
105
3.04
165
9. Lymphomas
4.37
106
3.82
128
10. Oesophagus Cancer
4.36
42
0.95
158
11. Oral Cancer
4.15
56
2.01
133
12. Leukemia
3.72
86
4.79
26
13. Ovary Cancer
3.36
131
3.16
141
14. Bladder Cancer
2.18
87
3.81
31
15. Uterin Cancer
2.08
104
0.59
173
16. Skin Cancers
2.06
81
2.00
87
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.