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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 Morocco 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.

Morocco
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
Morocco Population Pyramid
46,165,497
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Morocco MOROCCO
  Iran IRAN   Morocco MOROCCO
       
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
 
45.7
48.2
46.9
108
113
109
1970
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
 
50.4
53.4
51.9
116
117
116
1980
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
 
56.4
59.9
58.1
113
115
113
1990
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
 
62.5
66.3
64.4
108
112
112
2000
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
 
66.9
70.2
68.6
94
111
101
2010
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
 
71.7
74.0
72.8
66
101
86
2019
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
 
71.7
74.3
73.0
81
109
102
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Morocco MOROCCO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.7
79.1
44
62
71.7
74.3
81
109
Age
75.7
79.1
44
62
71.7
74.3
81
109
Age 5
76.8
80.1
43
57
73.5
75.8
76
111
Age 10
76.9
80.2
42
56
73.6
75.9
75
110
Age 15
77.0
80.3
42
56
73.6
76.0
77
111
Age 20
77.3
80.5
42
56
73.9
76.1
77
111
Age 25
77.7
80.6
40
56
74.1
76.2
78
111
Age 30
78.0
80.8
40
56
74.4
76.4
82
111
Age 35
78.4
80.9
40
57
74.6
76.6
84
112
Age 40
78.7
81.1
41
58
74.9
76.9
84
111
Age 45
79.1
81.3
42
57
75.3
77.3
86
112
Age 50
79.6
81.6
42
59
75.8
77.8
88
112
Age 55
80.3
81.9
41
62
76.6
78.6
90
110
Age 60
81.2
82.5
41
63
77.7
79.6
92
108
Age 65
82.4
83.3
40
69
79.3
80.9
96
105
Age 70
83.8
84.3
39
72
81.2
82.5
106
107
Age 75
85.6
85.8
46
78
83.6
84.5
109
110
Age 80
87.9
87.8
46
81
86.4
87.0
112
125
Age 85
90.6
90.4
46
88
89.6
89.9
114
143
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Morocco MOROCCO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.51
54
242.07
19
2. Stroke
57.21
120
101.53
69
3. Hypertension
25.73
55
34.58
32
4. Road Traffic Accidents
22.15
65
17.29
86
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.84
107
22.25
105
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.63
74
18.11
80
7. Kidney Disease
17.84
115
31.77
50
8. Lung Disease
17.75
119
20.04
106
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.00
132
22.11
106
10. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
4.83
113
11. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
15.38
97
12. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
18.44
63
13. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
19.50
55
14. Liver Disease
9.41
130
14.62
109
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
7.39
115
16. Leukemia
5.50
14
3.03
121
17. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
1.24
182
18. Suicide
5.13
140
7.29
110
19. Asthma
5.07
88
10.42
60
20. Other Injuries
5.05
132
6.43
109
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.74
119
4.67
123
22. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
89
4.96
50
23. Low Birth Weight
4.04
103
6.59
70
24. Lymphomas
4.01
118
6.77
24
25. Falls
3.88
128
7.70
60
26. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
1.29
141
27. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
2.09
139
28. Violence
3.01
113
1.75
137
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.83
120
3.35
95
30. HIV/AIDS
2.75
96
0.79
117
31. Drug Use
2.62
31
0.94
120
32. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
4.29
97
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.38
102
3.52
86
34. Fires
2.30
67
2.59
63
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.29
157
3.13
133
36. Birth Trauma
2.23
89
4.05
73
37. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
3.25
50
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.90
115
3.45
79
39. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
13.57
63
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.41
94
2.13
66
41. Tuberculosis
1.25
119
8.35
72
42. Drownings
1.16
143
1.17
141
43. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
0.84
166
44. Poisonings
0.98
68
0.74
79
45. War
0.96
19
0.06
69
46. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
2.27
116
47. Epilepsy
0.90
142
0.95
140
48. Meningitis
0.82
88
1.40
69
49. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
1.50
119
50. Hepatitis B
0.57
62
0.90
41
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iran IRAN   Morocco MOROCCO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
93,308
28.07
77,340
33.89
2. Stroke
36,730
11.05
31,861
13.96
3. Road Traffic Accidents
17,803
5.36
6,185
2.71
4. Hypertension
16,415
4.94
10,736
4.70
5. Diabetes Mellitus
13,910
4.18
7,377
3.23
6. Kidney Disease
11,810
3.55
10,216
4.48
7. Lung Disease
11,409
3.43
6,296
2.76
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,243
3.38
7,237
3.17
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
11,046
3.32
4,967
2.18
10. Stomach Cancer
9,822
2.96
1,691
0.74
11. Lung Cancers
6,784
2.04
6,585
2.89
12. Liver Disease
6,637
2.00
4,866
2.13
13. Low Birth Weight
4,861
1.46
3,305
1.45
14. Congenital Anomalies
4,844
1.46
2,124
0.93
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,575
1.38
2,556
1.12
16. Suicide
4,334
1.30
2,617
1.15
17. Other Injuries
4,048
1.22
2,271
1.00
18. Leukemia
3,966
1.19
1,035
0.45
19. Breast Cancer
3,736
1.12
3,604
1.58
20. Liver Cancer
3,714
1.12
423
0.19
21. Prostate Cancer
3,583
1.08
1,914
0.84
22. Asthma
3,360
1.01
3,342
1.46
23. Lymphomas
2,882
0.87
2,274
1.00
24. Falls
2,821
0.85
2,456
1.08
25. Birth Trauma
2,735
0.82
2,067
0.91
26. Parkinson's Disease
2,545
0.77
1,511
0.66
27. Violence
2,535
0.76
632
0.28
28. HIV/AIDS
2,521
0.76
289
0.13
29. Pancreas Cancer
2,418
0.73
747
0.33
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2,371
0.71
439
0.19
31. Drug Use
2,242
0.67
321
0.14
32. Endocrine Disorders
2,092
0.63
1,129
0.49
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,836
0.55
1,192
0.52
34. Fires
1,823
0.55
904
0.40
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1,611
0.48
1,022
0.45
36. Bladder Cancer
1,410
0.42
1,069
0.47
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,246
0.37
1,076
0.47
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
996
0.30
718
0.31
39. Ovary Cancer
937
0.28
800
0.35
40. Drownings
930
0.28
426
0.19
41. Tuberculosis
882
0.27
2,870
1.26
42. War
848
0.26
22
0.01
43. Poisonings
816
0.25
266
0.12
44. Epilepsy
719
0.22
336
0.15
45. Oral Cancer
655
0.20
780
0.34
46. Meningitis
642
0.19
542
0.24
47. Skin Cancers
518
0.16
477
0.21
48. Cervical Cancer
501
0.15
2,508
1.10
49. Hepatitis B
425
0.13
316
0.14
50. Multiple Sclerosis
405
0.12
106
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Morocco MOROCCO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
4.83
113
2. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
15.38
97
3. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
18.44
63
4. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
19.50
55
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
7.39
115
6. Leukemia
5.50
14
3.03
121
7. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
1.24
182
8. Lymphomas
4.01
118
6.77
24
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
1.29
141
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
2.09
139
11. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
4.29
97
12. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
3.25
50
13. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
13.57
63
14. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
0.84
166
15. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
2.27
116
16. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
1.50
119
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.