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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 SOUTH SUDAN

Compare Iran and South Sudan 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.

South Sudan
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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South Sudan Population Pyramid
19,962,715
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Iran IRAN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
       
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
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1990
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
2000
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
  
47.7
50.2
48.9
169
168
169
2010
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
  
54.1
56.0
55.0
170
170
170
2019
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
  
60.8
64.8
62.8
163
164
165
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.7
79.1
44
62
60.8
64.8
163
164
Age
75.7
79.1
44
62
60.8
64.8
163
164
Age 5
76.8
80.1
43
57
67.6
71.4
145
145
Age 10
76.9
80.2
42
56
68.4
72.3
141
141
Age 15
77.0
80.3
42
56
68.9
72.6
139
141
Age 20
77.3
80.5
42
56
69.3
72.9
139
141
Age 25
77.7
80.6
40
56
69.8
73.3
139
141
Age 30
78.0
80.8
40
56
70.3
73.8
139
139
Age 35
78.4
80.9
40
57
71.0
74.4
136
138
Age 40
78.7
81.1
41
58
71.8
75.1
135
138
Age 45
79.1
81.3
42
57
72.7
75.9
131
137
Age 50
79.6
81.6
42
59
73.8
76.8
128
134
Age 55
80.3
81.9
41
62
75.1
77.8
128
133
Age 60
81.2
82.5
41
63
76.6
78.9
130
130
Age 65
82.4
83.3
40
69
78.5
80.4
128
127
Age 70
83.8
84.3
39
72
80.7
82.2
127
123
Age 75
85.6
85.8
46
78
83.3
84.5
127
113
Age 80
87.9
87.8
46
81
86.3
87.2
117
99
Age 85
90.6
90.4
46
88
89.7
90.4
101
79
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.51
54
67.24
147
2. Stroke
57.21
120
78.18
96
3. Hypertension
25.73
55
26.49
52
4. Road Traffic Accidents
22.15
65
50.94
9
5. Diabetes Mellitus
20.84
107
28.11
91
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.63
74
16.37
120
7. Kidney Disease
17.84
115
21.96
98
8. Lung Disease
17.75
119
20.35
103
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.00
132
91.82
32
10. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
4.83
115
11. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
20.76
59
12. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
3.26
155
13. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
24.61
32
14. Liver Disease
9.41
130
33.72
46
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
7.03
119
16. Leukemia
5.50
14
4.90
23
17. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
6.30
69
18. Suicide
5.13
140
6.69
120
19. Asthma
5.07
88
10.14
63
20. Other Injuries
5.05
132
12.63
39
21. Congenital Anomalies
4.74
119
7.99
32
22. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
89
3.13
139
23. Low Birth Weight
4.04
103
13.19
12
24. Lymphomas
4.01
118
7.27
16
25. Falls
3.88
128
5.13
100
26. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
8.47
17
27. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
2.21
137
28. Violence
3.01
113
20.51
17
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.83
120
2.34
137
30. HIV/AIDS
2.75
96
92.45
14
31. Drug Use
2.62
31
0.59
151
32. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
6.66
22
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.38
102
89.87
9
34. Fires
2.30
67
3.92
30
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.29
157
3.15
132
36. Birth Trauma
2.23
89
15.46
3
37. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
1.83
105
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.90
115
3.46
78
39. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
26.49
21
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.41
94
1.89
73
41. Tuberculosis
1.25
119
53.50
17
42. Drownings
1.16
143
3.07
73
43. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
2.48
81
44. Poisonings
0.98
68
2.36
37
45. War
0.96
19
5.52
9
46. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
4.79
40
47. Epilepsy
0.90
142
1.73
85
48. Meningitis
0.82
88
13.97
18
49. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
2.57
49
50. Hepatitis B
0.57
62
1.25
28
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iran IRAN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
93,308
28.07
2,930
3.49
2. Stroke
36,730
11.05
3,541
4.22
3. Road Traffic Accidents
17,803
5.36
4,063
4.84
4. Hypertension
16,415
4.94
1,131
1.35
5. Diabetes Mellitus
13,910
4.18
1,312
1.56
6. Kidney Disease
11,810
3.55
1,090
1.30
7. Lung Disease
11,409
3.43
894
1.07
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,243
3.38
9,918
11.82
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
11,046
3.32
543
0.65
10. Stomach Cancer
9,822
2.96
241
0.29
11. Lung Cancers
6,784
2.04
164
0.20
12. Liver Disease
6,637
2.00
1,823
2.17
13. Low Birth Weight
4,861
1.46
4,339
5.17
14. Congenital Anomalies
4,844
1.46
2,020
2.41
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,575
1.38
360
0.43
16. Suicide
4,334
1.30
425
0.51
17. Other Injuries
4,048
1.22
1,207
1.44
18. Leukemia
3,966
1.19
314
0.37
19. Breast Cancer
3,736
1.12
695
0.83
20. Liver Cancer
3,714
1.12
346
0.41
21. Prostate Cancer
3,583
1.08
409
0.49
22. Asthma
3,360
1.01
587
0.70
23. Lymphomas
2,882
0.87
422
0.50
24. Falls
2,821
0.85
269
0.32
25. Birth Trauma
2,735
0.82
5,210
6.21
26. Parkinson's Disease
2,545
0.77
125
0.15
27. Violence
2,535
0.76
1,584
1.89
28. HIV/AIDS
2,521
0.76
7,915
9.44
29. Pancreas Cancer
2,418
0.73
109
0.13
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2,371
0.71
435
0.52
31. Drug Use
2,242
0.67
33
0.04
32. Endocrine Disorders
2,092
0.63
192
0.23
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,836
0.55
7,270
8.67
34. Fires
1,823
0.55
433
0.52
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1,611
0.48
217
0.26
36. Bladder Cancer
1,410
0.42
88
0.10
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,246
0.37
186
0.22
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
996
0.30
121
0.14
39. Ovary Cancer
937
0.28
188
0.22
40. Drownings
930
0.28
466
0.56
41. Tuberculosis
882
0.27
3,771
4.50
42. War
848
0.26
614
0.73
43. Poisonings
816
0.25
259
0.31
44. Epilepsy
719
0.22
152
0.18
45. Oral Cancer
655
0.20
259
0.31
46. Meningitis
642
0.19
1,780
2.12
47. Skin Cancers
518
0.16
127
0.15
48. Cervical Cancer
501
0.15
761
0.91
49. Hepatitis B
425
0.13
77
0.09
50. Multiple Sclerosis
405
0.12
4
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iran IRAN   South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
14.67
11
4.83
115
2. Prostate Cancer
10.80
129
20.76
59
3. Lung Cancers
9.96
104
3.26
155
4. Breast Cancer
9.78
162
24.61
32
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.65
124
7.03
119
6. Leukemia
5.50
14
4.90
23
7. Liver Cancer
5.46
89
6.30
69
8. Lymphomas
4.01
118
7.27
16
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.58
53
8.47
17
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.56
99
2.21
137
11. Ovary Cancer
2.62
158
6.66
22
12. Bladder Cancer
2.18
86
1.83
105
13. Cervical Cancer
1.43
179
26.49
21
14. Uterin Cancer
1.01
160
2.48
81
15. Oral Cancer
0.95
176
4.79
40
16. Skin Cancers
0.77
147
2.57
49
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.