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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 ETHIOPIA

Compare Iran and Ethiopia 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.

Ethiopia
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
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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Ethiopia Population Pyramid
205,410,671
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
  Iran IRAN   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Iran IRAN   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
       
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
  
37.3
40.2
38.7
155
152
155
1970
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
  
41.5
44.5
43.0
155
152
153
1980
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
  
43.3
46.3
44.8
164
160
161
1990
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
  
46.1
49.1
47.5
168
168
168
2000
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
  
49.3
53.1
51.2
162
156
160
2010
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
  
60.1
63.6
61.8
144
144
146
2019
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
  
66.9
70.5
68.7
126
130
128
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.7
79.1
44
62
66.9
70.5
126
130
Age
75.7
79.1
44
62
66.9
70.5
126
130
Age 5
76.8
80.1
43
57
70.8
73.8
112
127
Age 10
76.9
80.2
42
56
71.2
74.2
108
125
Age 15
77.0
80.3
42
56
71.5
74.4
105
124
Age 20
77.3
80.5
42
56
71.9
74.7
103
124
Age 25
77.7
80.6
40
56
72.2
74.9
103
123
Age 30
78.0
80.8
40
56
72.6
75.2
103
123
Age 35
78.4
80.9
40
57
73.1
75.6
103
122
Age 40
78.7
81.1
41
58
73.6
76.1
102
121
Age 45
79.1
81.3
42
57
74.2
76.7
102
121
Age 50
79.6
81.6
42
59
75.1
77.5
102
116
Age 55
80.3
81.9
41
62
76.1
78.4
101
115
Age 60
81.2
82.5
41
63
77.4
79.4
101
112
Age 65
82.4
83.3
40
69
79.1
80.7
105
110
Age 70
83.8
84.3
39
72
81.2
82.4
108
111
Age 75
85.6
85.8
46
78
83.6
84.5
107
106
Age 80
87.9
87.8
46
81
86.5
87.2
105
101
Age 85
90.6
90.4
46
88
89.8
90.4
94
91
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.51
54
78.39
134
2. Stroke
57.21
120
83.71
90
3. Hypertension
25.73
55
29.73
46
4. Road Traffic Accidents
22.15
65
42.41
19
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.84
107
33.58
80
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.63
74
21.74
30
7. Kidney Disease
17.84
115
24.20
81
8. Lung Disease
17.75
119
25.66
75
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.00
132
79.86
42
10. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
2.77
163
11. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
6.02
158
12. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
4.05
145
13. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
26.35
21
14. Liver Disease
9.41
130
50.31
11
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
6.59
127
16. Leukemia
5.50
14
6.06
6
17. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
3.00
167
18. Suicide
5.13
140
9.45
80
19. Asthma
5.07
88
8.13
71
20. Other Injuries
5.05
132
14.07
29
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.74
119
6.38
73
22. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
89
3.68
119
23. Low Birth Weight
4.04
103
9.52
37
24. Lymphomas
4.01
118
5.49
64
25. Falls
3.88
128
8.65
38
26. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
3.35
59
27. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
0.83
170
28. Violence
3.01
113
8.85
58
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.83
120
2.30
141
30. HIV/AIDS
2.75
96
13.62
51
31. Drug Use
2.62
31
0.71
140
32. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
7.86
9
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.38
102
63.15
22
34. Fires
2.30
67
3.73
33
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.29
157
3.59
120
36. Birth Trauma
2.23
89
10.53
20
37. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
2.06
92
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.90
115
3.22
83
39. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
16.48
49
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.41
94
2.22
60
41. Tuberculosis
1.25
119
25.31
44
42. Drownings
1.16
143
2.44
90
43. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
1.54
136
44. Poisonings
0.98
68
4.29
7
45. War
0.96
19
0.26
36
46. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
2.58
101
47. Epilepsy
0.90
142
2.02
65
48. Meningitis
0.82
88
13.13
25
49. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
1.82
97
50. Hepatitis B
0.57
62
1.25
27
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iran IRAN   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
93,308
28.07
36,530
6.48
2. Stroke
36,730
11.05
39,362
6.98
3. Road Traffic Accidents
17,803
5.36
31,564
5.60
4. Hypertension
16,415
4.94
13,470
2.39
5. Diabetes Mellitus
13,910
4.18
16,258
2.88
6. Kidney Disease
11,810
3.55
12,103
2.15
7. Lung Disease
11,409
3.43
11,870
2.11
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,243
3.38
59,931
10.63
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
11,046
3.32
8,258
1.46
10. Stomach Cancer
9,822
2.96
1,519
0.27
11. Lung Cancers
6,784
2.04
2,202
0.39
12. Liver Disease
6,637
2.00
27,270
4.84
13. Low Birth Weight
4,861
1.46
28,020
4.97
14. Congenital Anomalies
4,844
1.46
15,638
2.77
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,575
1.38
3,755
0.67
16. Suicide
4,334
1.30
6,030
1.07
17. Other Injuries
4,048
1.22
11,735
2.08
18. Leukemia
3,966
1.19
4,222
0.75
19. Breast Cancer
3,736
1.12
8,485
1.51
20. Liver Cancer
3,714
1.12
1,730
0.31
21. Prostate Cancer
3,583
1.08
1,244
0.22
22. Asthma
3,360
1.01
4,484
0.80
23. Lymphomas
2,882
0.87
3,590
0.64
24. Falls
2,821
0.85
4,510
0.80
25. Birth Trauma
2,735
0.82
31,107
5.52
26. Parkinson's Disease
2,545
0.77
1,578
0.28
27. Violence
2,535
0.76
8,076
1.43
28. HIV/AIDS
2,521
0.76
11,471
2.03
29. Pancreas Cancer
2,418
0.73
488
0.09
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2,371
0.71
1,839
0.33
31. Drug Use
2,242
0.67
513
0.09
32. Endocrine Disorders
2,092
0.63
1,623
0.29
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,836
0.55
44,361
7.87
34. Fires
1,823
0.55
3,255
0.58
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1,611
0.48
2,168
0.38
36. Bladder Cancer
1,410
0.42
1,080
0.19
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,246
0.37
1,758
0.31
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
996
0.30
1,339
0.24
39. Ovary Cancer
937
0.28
2,424
0.43
40. Drownings
930
0.28
3,133
0.56
41. Tuberculosis
882
0.27
21,455
3.81
42. War
848
0.26
281
0.05
43. Poisonings
816
0.25
3,668
0.65
44. Epilepsy
719
0.22
1,625
0.29
45. Oral Cancer
655
0.20
1,477
0.26
46. Meningitis
642
0.19
12,019
2.13
47. Skin Cancers
518
0.16
1,006
0.18
48. Cervical Cancer
501
0.15
5,019
0.89
49. Hepatitis B
425
0.13
742
0.13
50. Multiple Sclerosis
405
0.12
61
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
2.77
163
2. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
6.02
158
3. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
4.05
145
4. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
26.35
21
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
6.59
127
6. Leukemia
5.50
14
6.06
6
7. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
3.00
167
8. Lymphomas
4.01
118
5.49
64
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
3.35
59
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
0.83
170
11. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
7.86
9
12. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
2.06
92
13. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
16.48
49
14. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
1.54
136
15. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
2.58
101
16. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
1.82
97
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.