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Iceland
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 Iceland and Brunei 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.

Brunei
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
Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
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%
Brunei Population Pyramid
492,391
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
  Iceland ICELAND   Brunei BRUNEI
  Iceland ICELAND   Brunei BRUNEI
       
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
 
61.9
62.9
62.4
45
56
52
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
65.8
68.4
67.0
40
54
49
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
 
69.3
72.7
71.0
28
51
33
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
 
72.1
76.4
74.2
23
35
31
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
 
73.1
76.0
74.4
35
50
41
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
 
75.5
78.3
76.9
36
47
35
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
 
73.4
75.4
74.3
65
100
83
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Brunei BRUNEI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
73.4
75.4
65
100
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
73.4
75.4
65
100
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
74.4
76.2
63
106
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
74.5
76.3
63
106
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
74.6
76.3
64
107
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
74.7
76.4
66
107
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
74.9
76.5
71
108
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
75.2
76.7
71
108
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
75.5
76.8
72
109
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
75.9
77.1
72
109
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
76.4
77.5
73
109
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
77.1
78.0
69
109
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
78.0
78.5
71
112
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
79.0
79.4
74
114
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
80.1
80.4
78
129
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
81.6
81.6
90
150
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
83.6
83.3
106
170
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
86.3
85.9
118
167
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.1
88.5
160
178
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Brunei BRUNEI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
90.67
122
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
33.87
6
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
24.77
28
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
15.24
100
5. Stroke
18.39
176
87.37
89
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
21.80
41
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
27.00
67
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
21.30
5
9. Suicide
11.15
59
2.54
172
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
25.00
101
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
8.96
75
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
4.50
76
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
7.90
7
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
9.76
5
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
5.66
43
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
0.73
139
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
56.41
32
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
33.89
42
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
10.79
26
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
0.91
160
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
6.93
50
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
8.94
89
23. Falls
3.23
143
6.36
78
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
0.43
147
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
8.69
55
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.60
122
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
5.44
15
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
15.15
108
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
25.19
1
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
6.19
11
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.49
163
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
9.40
14
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
7.38
136
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
1.90
182
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
6.55
22
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
6.58
6
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
1.15
124
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
3.38
118
39. Violence
1.08
149
0.65
172
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
0.90
128
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
0.00
183
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.50
48
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.00
180
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
1.78
124
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.49
23
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
7.61
8
47. Drownings
0.36
179
2.21
106
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.36
13
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
0.11
176
50. Asthma
0.26
178
4.75
91
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Brunei BRUNEI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
295
15.60
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
73
3.86
3. Stroke
141
7.03
240
12.69
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
73
3.86
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
61
3.23
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
69
3.65
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
69
3.65
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
19
1.00
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
39
2.06
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
18
0.95
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
29
1.53
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
13
0.69
13. Suicide
40
2.00
12
0.63
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
32
1.69
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
105
5.55
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
179
9.47
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
46
2.43
18. Falls
24
1.20
20
1.06
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
3
0.16
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
38
2.01
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
4
0.21
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
19
1.00
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
25
1.32
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
3
0.16
25. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
11
0.58
26. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
86
4.55
27. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
25
1.32
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
1
0.05
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
2
0.11
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
19
1.00
31. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
22
1.16
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
18
0.95
33. Liver Disease
9
0.45
9
0.48
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
11
0.58
35. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
37
1.96
36. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
32
1.69
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
4
0.21
38. Anemia
4
0.20
1
0.05
39. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
1
0.05
40. Violence
4
0.20
3
0.16
41. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
15
0.79
42. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
0
0.00
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
6
0.32
44. Skin Disease
3
0.15
20
1.06
45. Poisonings
3
0.15
0
0.00
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
4
0.21
47. Asthma
2
0.10
14
0.74
48. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
4
0.21
50. Meningitis
1
0.05
1
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Brunei BRUNEI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
24.77
28
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
15.24
100
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
21.80
41
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
21.30
5
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
4.50
76
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
9.76
5
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
5.66
43
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
10.79
26
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
0.91
160
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
8.94
89
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
8.69
55
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.60
122
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
5.44
15
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
6.19
11
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.49
163
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
6.55
22
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.