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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 Lesotho 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.

Lesotho
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
Lesotho Population Pyramid
2,665,265
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Lesotho LESOTHO
  Iceland ICELAND   Lesotho LESOTHO
       
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
 
44.9
48.3
46.6
115
111
114
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
47.5
50.8
49.1
126
122
127
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
 
52.2
55.5
53.8
130
128
131
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
 
56.7
60.5
58.6
135
131
134
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
 
48.2
50.3
49.3
167
167
166
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
 
49.4
52.6
51.1
179
178
179
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
 
47.7
54.2
50.7
183
183
183
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Lesotho LESOTHO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
47.7
54.2
183
183
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
47.7
54.2
183
183
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
52.5
58.8
183
183
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
52.8
59.1
183
183
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
52.9
59.2
183
183
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
53.6
59.7
183
183
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
54.5
60.6
183
183
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
55.6
62.0
183
183
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
57.2
63.8
183
183
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
59.4
66.0
183
183
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
62.0
68.3
183
183
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
65.0
70.7
183
183
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
68.1
73.0
183
181
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
71.2
75.2
183
180
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
74.4
77.5
182
180
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
77.7
79.9
182
179
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
81.2
82.6
183
178
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
84.8
85.7
181
172
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
88.6
89.1
175
172
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Lesotho LESOTHO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
155.85
43
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
17.24
99
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
3.87
146
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
24.42
47
5. Stroke
18.39
176
211.66
3
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
11.68
143
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
83.85
6
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
2.77
180
9. Suicide
11.15
59
87.48
1
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
192.07
1
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
28.67
2
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
0.90
168
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
4.56
67
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
4.86
86
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
3.01
145
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
1.67
61
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
147.55
5
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
69.87
4
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
4.78
106
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
5.57
33
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
21.17
6
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
44.59
9
23. Falls
3.23
143
8.24
44
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
4.54
21
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
0.76
181
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
0.70
170
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
2.43
144
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
74.75
1
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
14.08
10
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
2.88
66
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
3.61
19
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
11.28
4
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
36.62
32
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
51.33
9
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
3.76
61
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.66
73
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
7.57
1
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
18.96
1
39. Violence
1.08
149
43.38
5
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
13.70
7
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
5.26
2
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
1.28
2
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.38
43
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
18.88
3
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
124
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
5.11
14
47. Drownings
0.36
179
9.67
7
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
122
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
16.69
10
50. Asthma
0.26
178
45.32
3
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Lesotho LESOTHO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
2,101
6.31
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
194
0.58
3. Stroke
141
7.03
2,817
8.45
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
51
0.15
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
1,102
3.31
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
3,214
9.65
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
40
0.12
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
81
0.24
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
97
0.29
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
55
0.17
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
533
1.60
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
12
0.04
13. Suicide
40
2.00
1,539
4.62
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
78
0.23
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
1,015
3.05
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
2,000
6.00
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
990
2.97
18. Falls
24
1.20
128
0.38
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
73
0.22
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
71
0.21
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
10
0.03
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
39
0.12
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
11
0.03
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
32
0.10
25. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
305
0.92
26. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
24
0.07
27. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
235
0.71
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
71
0.21
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
46
0.14
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
9
0.03
31. Liver Disease
9
0.45
792
2.38
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
372
1.12
33. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
52
0.16
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
23
0.07
35. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
678
2.03
36. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
389
1.17
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
143
0.43
38. Violence
4
0.20
924
2.77
39. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
18
0.05
41. Skin Disease
3
0.15
70
0.21
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
279
0.84
43. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
6
0.02
44. Poisonings
3
0.15
111
0.33
45. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
957
2.87
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
717
2.15
47. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
48. Asthma
2
0.10
678
2.03
49. Hepatitis C
1
0.05
2
0.01
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
2,354
7.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Lesotho LESOTHO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
3.87
146
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
24.42
47
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
11.68
143
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
2.77
180
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
0.90
168
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
4.86
86
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
3.01
145
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
4.78
106
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
5.57
33
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
44.59
9
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
0.76
181
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
0.70
170
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
2.43
144
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
2.88
66
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
3.61
19
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
3.76
61
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.