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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 Oman 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.

Oman
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
Oman Population Pyramid
6,915,451
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Oman OMAN
  Iran IRAN   Oman OMAN
       
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
 
41.1
42.9
41.9
135
139
136
1970
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
 
48.9
51.3
50.1
122
121
121
1980
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
 
59.2
62.1
60.6
97
105
100
1990
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
 
68.4
71.5
69.9
50
80
65
2000
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
 
70.7
74.9
72.6
48
69
61
2010
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
 
73.7
78.1
75.6
40
49
46
2019
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
 
73.0
75.3
73.9
72
103
91
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Oman OMAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.7
79.1
44
62
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age
75.7
79.1
44
62
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age 5
76.8
80.1
43
57
73.8
76.0
72
107
Age 10
76.9
80.2
42
56
73.9
76.1
72
108
Age 15
77.0
80.3
42
56
74.0
76.1
71
108
Age 20
77.3
80.5
42
56
74.3
76.3
72
109
Age 25
77.7
80.6
40
56
74.7
76.4
72
109
Age 30
78.0
80.8
40
56
74.9
76.5
73
110
Age 35
78.4
80.9
40
57
75.1
76.6
75
110
Age 40
78.7
81.1
41
58
75.4
76.8
78
113
Age 45
79.1
81.3
42
57
75.6
77.0
79
116
Age 50
79.6
81.6
42
59
76.0
77.3
85
122
Age 55
80.3
81.9
41
62
76.5
77.7
92
137
Age 60
81.2
82.5
41
63
77.2
78.5
109
146
Age 65
82.4
83.3
40
69
78.3
79.6
136
156
Age 70
83.8
84.3
39
72
80.1
81.2
150
165
Age 75
85.6
85.8
46
78
82.3
83.4
171
165
Age 80
87.9
87.8
46
81
84.9
86.3
178
162
Age 85
90.6
90.4
46
88
88.8
89.6
171
158
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Oman OMAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.51
54
301.95
5
2. Stroke
57.21
120
94.98
78
3. Hypertension
25.73
55
21.35
75
4. Road Traffic Accidents
22.15
65
12.63
113
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.84
107
58.11
28
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.63
74
22.46
24
7. Kidney Disease
17.84
115
18.16
113
8. Lung Disease
17.75
119
20.58
101
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.00
132
37.10
74
10. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
8.09
61
11. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
4.21
170
12. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
4.80
138
13. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
12.12
138
14. Liver Disease
9.41
130
17.70
98
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
7.13
117
16. Leukemia
5.50
14
3.54
94
17. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
4.70
109
18. Suicide
5.13
140
4.47
149
19. Asthma
5.07
88
0.60
156
20. Other Injuries
5.05
132
4.21
146
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.74
119
6.52
67
22. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
89
7.63
8
23. Low Birth Weight
4.04
103
2.79
129
24. Lymphomas
4.01
118
5.23
77
25. Falls
3.88
128
9.24
25
26. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
1.43
130
27. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
3.32
104
28. Violence
3.01
113
0.72
167
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.83
120
1.47
163
30. HIV/AIDS
2.75
96
0.66
121
31. Drug Use
2.62
31
0.54
155
32. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
2.65
157
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.38
102
2.95
92
34. Fires
2.30
67
1.20
102
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.29
157
4.33
98
36. Birth Trauma
2.23
89
1.05
120
37. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
2.19
81
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.90
115
2.10
105
39. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
4.16
135
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.41
94
0.57
151
41. Tuberculosis
1.25
119
0.45
143
42. Drownings
1.16
143
4.91
26
43. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
1.40
147
44. Poisonings
0.98
68
0.91
71
45. War
0.96
19
0.07
62
46. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
2.40
109
47. Epilepsy
0.90
142
0.50
177
48. Meningitis
0.82
88
0.88
87
49. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
0.75
148
50. Hepatitis B
0.57
62
0.01
176
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iran IRAN   Oman OMAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
93,308
28.07
5,287
35.65
2. Stroke
36,730
11.05
1,648
11.11
3. Road Traffic Accidents
17,803
5.36
527
3.55
4. Hypertension
16,415
4.94
360
2.43
5. Diabetes Mellitus
13,910
4.18
1,029
6.94
6. Kidney Disease
11,810
3.55
312
2.10
7. Lung Disease
11,409
3.43
325
2.19
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,243
3.38
701
4.73
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
11,046
3.32
323
2.18
10. Stomach Cancer
9,822
2.96
185
1.25
11. Lung Cancers
6,784
2.04
113
0.76
12. Liver Disease
6,637
2.00
406
2.74
13. Low Birth Weight
4,861
1.46
207
1.40
14. Congenital Anomalies
4,844
1.46
386
2.60
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,575
1.38
205
1.38
16. Suicide
4,334
1.30
241
1.62
17. Other Injuries
4,048
1.22
130
0.88
18. Leukemia
3,966
1.19
127
0.86
19. Breast Cancer
3,736
1.12
141
0.95
20. Liver Cancer
3,714
1.12
116
0.78
21. Prostate Cancer
3,583
1.08
37
0.25
22. Asthma
3,360
1.01
11
0.07
23. Lymphomas
2,882
0.87
138
0.93
24. Falls
2,821
0.85
292
1.97
25. Birth Trauma
2,735
0.82
77
0.52
26. Parkinson's Disease
2,545
0.77
110
0.74
27. Violence
2,535
0.76
34
0.23
28. HIV/AIDS
2,521
0.76
31
0.21
29. Pancreas Cancer
2,418
0.73
77
0.52
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2,371
0.71
32
0.22
31. Drug Use
2,242
0.67
29
0.20
32. Endocrine Disorders
2,092
0.63
53
0.36
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,836
0.55
78
0.53
34. Fires
1,823
0.55
38
0.26
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1,611
0.48
127
0.86
36. Bladder Cancer
1,410
0.42
41
0.28
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,246
0.37
36
0.24
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
996
0.30
12
0.08
39. Ovary Cancer
937
0.28
26
0.18
40. Drownings
930
0.28
211
1.42
41. Tuberculosis
882
0.27
18
0.12
42. War
848
0.26
4
0.03
43. Poisonings
816
0.25
47
0.32
44. Epilepsy
719
0.22
22
0.15
45. Oral Cancer
655
0.20
70
0.47
46. Meningitis
642
0.19
21
0.14
47. Skin Cancers
518
0.16
22
0.15
48. Cervical Cancer
501
0.15
42
0.28
49. Hepatitis B
425
0.13
0
0.00
50. Multiple Sclerosis
405
0.12
12
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   Oman OMAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
8.09
61
2. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
4.21
170
3. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
4.80
138
4. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
12.12
138
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
7.13
117
6. Leukemia
5.50
14
3.54
94
7. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
4.70
109
8. Lymphomas
4.01
118
5.23
77
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
1.43
130
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
3.32
104
11. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
2.65
157
12. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
2.19
81
13. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
4.16
135
14. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
1.40
147
15. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
2.40
109
16. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
0.75
148
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.