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Iran
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
IRAN VS CHINA

Compare Iran and China 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.

China
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
Iran Population Pyramid
103,098,083
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China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   China CHINA
  Iran IRAN   China CHINA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
  
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
  
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
  
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
  
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
  
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
  
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
  
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.7
79.1
44
62
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
75.7
79.1
44
62
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
76.8
80.1
43
57
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
76.9
80.2
42
56
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
77.0
80.3
42
56
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
77.3
80.5
42
56
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
77.7
80.6
40
56
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
78.0
80.8
40
56
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
78.4
80.9
40
57
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
78.7
81.1
41
58
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
79.1
81.3
42
57
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
79.6
81.6
42
59
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
80.3
81.9
41
62
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
81.2
82.5
41
63
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
82.4
83.3
40
69
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
83.8
84.3
39
72
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
85.6
85.8
46
78
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
87.9
87.8
46
81
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
90.6
90.4
46
88
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.51
54
97.57
115
2. Stroke
57.21
120
110.80
58
3. Hypertension
25.73
55
16.80
98
4. Road Traffic Accidents
22.15
65
15.09
96
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.84
107
8.56
148
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.63
74
17.36
97
7. Kidney Disease
17.84
115
10.39
141
8. Lung Disease
17.75
119
54.18
13
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.00
132
11.28
152
10. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
20.55
3
11. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
6.41
152
12. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
36.63
5
13. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
8.95
169
14. Liver Disease
9.41
130
7.57
146
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
13.02
42
16. Leukemia
5.50
14
3.48
97
17. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
9.30
33
18. Suicide
5.13
140
6.67
121
19. Asthma
5.07
88
1.29
123
20. Other Injuries
5.05
132
3.50
161
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.74
119
3.32
150
22. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
89
3.95
98
23. Low Birth Weight
4.04
103
1.76
150
24. Lymphomas
4.01
118
3.04
145
25. Falls
3.88
128
8.04
50
26. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
12.42
6
27. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
5.72
59
28. Violence
3.01
113
0.73
166
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.83
120
1.51
162
30. HIV/AIDS
2.75
96
1.62
111
31. Drug Use
2.62
31
1.34
79
32. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
2.76
153
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.38
102
0.72
150
34. Fires
2.30
67
0.62
129
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.29
157
1.73
168
36. Birth Trauma
2.23
89
1.40
108
37. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
2.04
94
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.90
115
2.05
106
39. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
5.16
124
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.41
94
3.53
34
41. Tuberculosis
1.25
119
1.88
111
42. Drownings
1.16
143
3.66
56
43. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
1.16
157
44. Poisonings
0.98
68
1.55
57
45. War
0.96
19
0.06
68
46. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
2.81
89
47. Epilepsy
0.90
142
0.74
163
48. Meningitis
0.82
88
0.39
128
49. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
1.05
137
50. Hepatitis B
0.57
62
0.15
113
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iran IRAN   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
93,308
28.07
1.772m
18.44
2. Stroke
36,730
11.05
2.043m
21.27
3. Road Traffic Accidents
17,803
5.36
250,272
2.61
4. Hypertension
16,415
4.94
301,183
3.14
5. Diabetes Mellitus
13,910
4.18
161,672
1.68
6. Kidney Disease
11,810
3.55
192,302
2.00
7. Lung Disease
11,409
3.43
968,607
10.08
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,243
3.38
183,342
1.91
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
11,046
3.32
304,455
3.17
10. Stomach Cancer
9,822
2.96
398,439
4.15
11. Lung Cancers
6,784
2.04
714,311
7.44
12. Liver Disease
6,637
2.00
145,603
1.52
13. Low Birth Weight
4,861
1.46
21,631
0.23
14. Congenital Anomalies
4,844
1.46
36,613
0.38
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,575
1.38
248,388
2.59
16. Suicide
4,334
1.30
116,324
1.21
17. Other Injuries
4,048
1.22
54,087
0.56
18. Leukemia
3,966
1.19
58,145
0.61
19. Breast Cancer
3,736
1.12
92,757
0.97
20. Liver Cancer
3,714
1.12
180,952
1.88
21. Prostate Cancer
3,583
1.08
51,056
0.53
22. Asthma
3,360
1.01
23,147
0.24
23. Lymphomas
2,882
0.87
57,838
0.60
24. Falls
2,821
0.85
138,878
1.45
25. Birth Trauma
2,735
0.82
17,644
0.18
26. Parkinson's Disease
2,545
0.77
70,699
0.74
27. Violence
2,535
0.76
11,115
0.12
28. HIV/AIDS
2,521
0.76
28,746
0.30
29. Pancreas Cancer
2,418
0.73
111,537
1.16
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2,371
0.71
242,891
2.53
31. Drug Use
2,242
0.67
24,214
0.25
32. Endocrine Disorders
2,092
0.63
25,613
0.27
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,836
0.55
8,719
0.09
34. Fires
1,823
0.55
10,498
0.11
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1,611
0.48
29,954
0.31
36. Bladder Cancer
1,410
0.42
37,873
0.39
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,246
0.37
37,723
0.39
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
996
0.30
65,350
0.68
39. Ovary Cancer
937
0.28
28,078
0.29
40. Drownings
930
0.28
52,807
0.55
41. Tuberculosis
882
0.27
34,802
0.36
42. War
848
0.26
900
0.01
43. Poisonings
816
0.25
25,762
0.27
44. Epilepsy
719
0.22
11,365
0.12
45. Oral Cancer
655
0.20
54,695
0.57
46. Meningitis
642
0.19
5,704
0.06
47. Skin Cancers
518
0.16
19,669
0.20
48. Cervical Cancer
501
0.15
51,650
0.54
49. Hepatitis B
425
0.13
2,757
0.03
50. Multiple Sclerosis
405
0.12
1,734
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
20.55
3
2. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
6.41
152
3. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
36.63
5
4. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
8.95
169
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
13.02
42
6. Leukemia
5.50
14
3.48
97
7. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
9.30
33
8. Lymphomas
4.01
118
3.04
145
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
12.42
6
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
5.72
59
11. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
2.76
153
12. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
2.04
94
13. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
5.16
124
14. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
1.16
157
15. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
2.81
89
16. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
1.05
137
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.