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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

Compare Iran and Mauritania 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.

Mauritania
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%
Mauritania Population Pyramid
9,024,891
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Iran IRAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
       
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
 
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
1970
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
 
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
1980
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
 
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
1990
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
 
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
2000
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
 
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
2010
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
 
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
2019
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
 
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.7
79.1
44
62
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age
75.7
79.1
44
62
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age 5
76.8
80.1
43
57
73.8
73.6
71
129
Age 10
76.9
80.2
42
56
74.2
73.9
68
127
Age 15
77.0
80.3
42
56
74.3
74.1
68
127
Age 20
77.3
80.5
42
56
74.6
74.3
69
127
Age 25
77.7
80.6
40
56
74.9
74.6
69
127
Age 30
78.0
80.8
40
56
75.3
74.9
70
127
Age 35
78.4
80.9
40
57
75.7
75.2
70
127
Age 40
78.7
81.1
41
58
76.1
75.7
67
128
Age 45
79.1
81.3
42
57
76.6
76.2
66
129
Age 50
79.6
81.6
42
59
77.2
76.9
67
131
Age 55
80.3
81.9
41
62
78.1
77.8
66
134
Age 60
81.2
82.5
41
63
79.1
78.9
71
135
Age 65
82.4
83.3
40
69
80.6
80.3
70
131
Age 70
83.8
84.3
39
72
82.3
82.1
68
125
Age 75
85.6
85.8
46
78
84.6
84.4
67
127
Age 80
87.9
87.8
46
81
87.1
87.0
69
123
Age 85
90.6
90.4
46
88
90.1
90.2
71
112
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.51
54
97.58
114
2. Stroke
57.21
120
74.41
100
3. Hypertension
25.73
55
16.11
102
4. Road Traffic Accidents
22.15
65
31.87
44
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.84
107
33.08
83
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.63
74
19.76
53
7. Kidney Disease
17.84
115
28.66
67
8. Lung Disease
17.75
119
16.35
131
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.00
132
84.48
39
10. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
6.03
91
11. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
18.54
72
12. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
2.77
163
13. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
14.72
122
14. Liver Disease
9.41
130
25.88
73
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
5.29
146
16. Leukemia
5.50
14
0.73
176
17. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
12.80
20
18. Suicide
5.13
140
5.47
132
19. Asthma
5.07
88
8.59
70
20. Other Injuries
5.05
132
8.96
76
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.74
119
7.27
46
22. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
89
4.87
54
23. Low Birth Weight
4.04
103
15.92
3
24. Lymphomas
4.01
118
2.74
157
25. Falls
3.88
128
6.66
73
26. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
1.31
140
27. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
1.67
151
28. Violence
3.01
113
13.71
31
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.83
120
4.39
78
30. HIV/AIDS
2.75
96
7.20
66
31. Drug Use
2.62
31
2.66
30
32. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
3.39
128
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.38
102
44.13
41
34. Fires
2.30
67
3.05
47
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.29
157
4.86
90
36. Birth Trauma
2.23
89
9.85
27
37. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
2.05
93
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.90
115
4.26
67
39. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
27.42
20
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.41
94
1.53
91
41. Tuberculosis
1.25
119
24.14
46
42. Drownings
1.16
143
2.10
112
43. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
1.46
141
44. Poisonings
0.98
68
1.50
59
45. War
0.96
19
0.04
76
46. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
2.03
130
47. Epilepsy
0.90
142
1.97
72
48. Meningitis
0.82
88
8.18
39
49. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
2.41
54
50. Hepatitis B
0.57
62
0.71
49
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iran IRAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
93,308
28.07
1,636
6.92
2. Stroke
36,730
11.05
1,307
5.53
3. Road Traffic Accidents
17,803
5.36
1,158
4.90
4. Hypertension
16,415
4.94
286
1.21
5. Diabetes Mellitus
13,910
4.18
594
2.51
6. Kidney Disease
11,810
3.55
555
2.35
7. Lung Disease
11,409
3.43
275
1.16
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,243
3.38
2,756
11.66
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
11,046
3.32
251
1.06
10. Stomach Cancer
9,822
2.96
132
0.56
11. Lung Cancers
6,784
2.04
60
0.25
12. Liver Disease
6,637
2.00
586
2.48
13. Low Birth Weight
4,861
1.46
2,014
8.52
14. Congenital Anomalies
4,844
1.46
665
2.81
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,575
1.38
110
0.47
16. Suicide
4,334
1.30
141
0.60
17. Other Injuries
4,048
1.22
343
1.45
18. Leukemia
3,966
1.19
22
0.09
19. Breast Cancer
3,736
1.12
189
0.80
20. Liver Cancer
3,714
1.12
312
1.32
21. Prostate Cancer
3,583
1.08
118
0.50
22. Asthma
3,360
1.01
170
0.72
23. Lymphomas
2,882
0.87
65
0.28
24. Falls
2,821
0.85
140
0.59
25. Birth Trauma
2,735
0.82
1,204
5.10
26. Parkinson's Disease
2,545
0.77
69
0.29
27. Violence
2,535
0.76
491
2.08
28. HIV/AIDS
2,521
0.76
231
0.98
29. Pancreas Cancer
2,418
0.73
39
0.17
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2,371
0.71
30
0.13
31. Drug Use
2,242
0.67
71
0.30
32. Endocrine Disorders
2,092
0.63
197
0.83
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,836
0.55
1,656
7.01
34. Fires
1,823
0.55
123
0.52
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1,611
0.48
110
0.47
36. Bladder Cancer
1,410
0.42
42
0.18
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,246
0.37
83
0.35
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
996
0.30
34
0.14
39. Ovary Cancer
937
0.28
43
0.18
40. Drownings
930
0.28
116
0.49
41. Tuberculosis
882
0.27
717
3.03
42. War
848
0.26
2
0.01
43. Poisonings
816
0.25
67
0.28
44. Epilepsy
719
0.22
75
0.32
45. Oral Cancer
655
0.20
45
0.19
46. Meningitis
642
0.19
357
1.51
47. Skin Cancers
518
0.16
50
0.21
48. Cervical Cancer
501
0.15
333
1.41
49. Hepatitis B
425
0.13
22
0.09
50. Multiple Sclerosis
405
0.12
5
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
6.03
91
2. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
18.54
72
3. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
2.77
163
4. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
14.72
122
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
5.29
146
6. Leukemia
5.50
14
0.73
176
7. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
12.80
20
8. Lymphomas
4.01
118
2.74
157
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
1.31
140
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
1.67
151
11. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
3.39
128
12. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
2.05
93
13. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
27.42
20
14. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
1.46
141
15. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
2.03
130
16. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
2.41
54
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.