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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
ICELAND VS GAMBIA

Compare Iceland and Gambia 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.

Gambia
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
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Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Gambia GAMBIA
  Iceland ICELAND   Gambia GAMBIA
       
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
  
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Gambia GAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
67.2
71.0
149
151
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
67.5
71.3
149
152
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
67.8
71.5
147
152
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
68.2
71.8
149
154
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
68.6
72.1
150
154
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
69.1
72.5
151
156
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
69.7
73.1
151
157
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
70.4
73.8
149
155
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
71.5
74.6
149
155
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
72.7
75.6
150
154
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
74.1
76.7
149
153
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
75.8
78.0
148
154
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
77.8
79.6
148
153
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
80.2
81.5
146
152
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
83.0
83.8
143
153
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
86.0
86.6
141
155
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.3
89.7
147
155
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Gambia GAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
142.59
53
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
19.89
49
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
3.62
150
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
6.08
156
5. Stroke
18.39
176
108.94
59
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
4.44
182
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
29.40
54
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
1.05
183
9. Suicide
11.15
59
9.64
77
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
113.77
18
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
11.81
46
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
0.54
179
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
6.31
18
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
0.74
181
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
0.44
183
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
2.38
34
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
37.65
66
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
32.04
48
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
30.83
3
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
0.48
177
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
6.44
58
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
25.76
23
23. Falls
3.23
143
9.85
22
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
1.23
103
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
1.43
178
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
0.44
181
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
0.09
183
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
22.89
68
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
11.17
16
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
0.23
180
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.01
177
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
6.72
59
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
51.34
8
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
33.48
48
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
0.01
181
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.42
95
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
2.78
36
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
9.17
43
39. Violence
1.08
149
11.94
43
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
10.44
21
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
2.48
34
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.25
104
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.24
63
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
6.56
37
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
103
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
2.12
59
47. Drownings
0.36
179
2.58
84
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
100
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
13.27
23
50. Asthma
0.26
178
15.88
35
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Gambia GAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
1,007
7.83
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
89
0.69
3. Stroke
141
7.03
802
6.24
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
34
0.26
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
206
1.60
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
1,340
10.42
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
11
0.09
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
21
0.16
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
26
0.20
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
34
0.26
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
194
1.51
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
6
0.05
13. Suicide
40
2.00
113
0.88
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
12
0.09
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
266
2.07
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
290
2.25
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
172
1.34
18. Falls
24
1.20
83
0.65
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
5
0.04
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
377
2.93
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
4
0.03
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
2
0.02
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
14
0.11
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
28
0.22
25. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
59
0.46
26. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
2
0.02
27. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
230
1.79
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
12
0.09
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
0
0.00
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
3
0.02
31. Liver Disease
9
0.45
323
2.51
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
145
1.13
33. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
0
0.00
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
1
0.01
35. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
695
5.40
36. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
383
2.98
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
43
0.33
38. Violence
4
0.20
195
1.52
39. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
2
0.02
41. Skin Disease
3
0.15
19
0.15
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
56
0.44
43. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
3
0.02
44. Poisonings
3
0.15
42
0.33
45. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
662
5.15
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
754
5.86
47. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
48. Asthma
2
0.10
134
1.04
49. Hepatitis C
1
0.05
1
0.01
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
626
4.87
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Gambia GAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
3.62
150
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
6.08
156
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
4.44
182
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
1.05
183
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
0.54
179
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
0.74
181
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
0.44
183
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
30.83
3
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
0.48
177
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
25.76
23
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
1.43
178
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
0.44
181
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
0.09
183
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
0.23
180
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.01
177
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
0.01
181
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.