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Iraq
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 Iraq and Burundi 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.

Burundi
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
Iraq Population Pyramid
70,940,131
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%
Burundi Population Pyramid
25,324,770
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
  Iraq IRAQ   Burundi BURUNDI
  Iraq IRAQ   Burundi BURUNDI
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
49.4
51.2
50.3
90
95
94
 
39.8
43.0
41.4
144
136
141
1970
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
 
42.2
45.4
43.8
152
146
148
1980
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
 
45.1
48.5
46.8
156
153
156
1990
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
 
44.3
47.9
46.1
175
173
175
2000
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
 
48.6
53.0
50.8
165
157
161
2010
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
 
55.1
58.5
56.8
167
163
165
2019
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
 
61.5
66.1
63.8
157
154
157
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Burundi BURUNDI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
75.0
98
106
61.5
66.1
157
154
Age
69.9
75.0
98
106
61.5
66.1
157
154
Age 5
72.0
76.8
93
99
65.6
69.8
163
160
Age 10
72.2
76.9
94
99
66.3
70.5
164
158
Age 15
72.3
77.0
92
99
66.9
71.0
163
157
Age 20
72.6
77.2
92
99
67.4
71.3
163
157
Age 25
73.0
77.4
90
98
67.9
71.7
162
158
Age 30
73.3
77.6
91
99
68.5
72.1
162
158
Age 35
73.7
77.8
92
98
69.1
72.6
163
158
Age 40
74.1
78.1
95
98
69.8
73.3
165
161
Age 45
74.6
78.4
94
98
70.7
74.1
165
161
Age 50
75.4
79.0
93
98
71.9
75.0
164
162
Age 55
76.3
79.7
93
99
73.4
76.2
163
163
Age 60
77.6
80.7
94
98
75.2
77.6
162
162
Age 65
79.3
81.9
95
97
77.4
79.4
161
161
Age 70
81.4
83.4
100
95
79.9
81.4
159
158
Age 75
83.8
85.4
91
91
82.8
83.8
153
154
Age 80
86.7
87.7
87
88
85.9
86.7
150
148
Age 85
89.9
90.4
86
85
89.4
90.0
140
134
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Burundi BURUNDI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
227.26
23
106.91
96
2. Stroke
128.44
31
120.74
38
3. Diabetes Mellitus
43.40
51
36.33
72
4. Kidney Disease
37.39
29
23.88
87
5. Road Traffic Accidents
34.41
37
52.10
7
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.16
66
18.72
73
7. Violence
17.20
26
7.34
64
8. Hypertension
16.27
101
34.16
33
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
135
108.07
22
10. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
12.68
135
11. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
1.91
174
12. Liver Disease
10.94
118
37.93
30
13. Lung Disease
8.53
174
39.25
29
14. War
8.37
6
0.86
20
15. Low Birth Weight
8.00
54
9.11
44
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.83
57
6.87
55
17. Other Injuries
6.33
113
15.70
18
18. Inflammatory/Heart
5.43
77
4.86
89
19. Asthma
5.15
86
16.37
33
20. Birth Trauma
4.96
66
9.01
35
21. Leukemia
4.79
26
1.96
153
22. Suicide
4.74
144
12.12
51
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.74
59
3.74
116
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
8.72
92
25. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
5.17
103
26. Lymphomas
3.82
128
5.92
47
27. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
2.61
67
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.46
87
82.80
11
29. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
4.07
105
30. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
7.21
55
31. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
1.71
147
32. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
29.71
28
33. Falls
2.77
156
8.15
48
34. Fires
2.35
66
4.37
19
35. Tuberculosis
2.26
106
32.77
33
36. Maternal Conditions
2.17
68
14.09
18
37. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
5.99
31
38. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
3.16
27
39. Drug Use
1.73
58
0.77
134
40. Drownings
1.56
127
4.01
46
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.42
93
3.07
40
42. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
54.69
4
43. Endocrine Disorders
1.35
167
3.29
98
44. Pertussis
1.08
63
1.69
49
45. Meningitis
1.07
77
13.34
22
46. Encephalitis
1.07
17
0.52
74
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
11.03
10
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.92
151
7.20
29
49. Epilepsy
0.75
161
2.66
39
50. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
2.95
57
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iraq IRAQ   Burundi BURUNDI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,594
24.98
3,718
5.38
2. Stroke
20,793
14.19
4,323
6.26
3. Road Traffic Accidents
10,726
7.32
4,089
5.92
4. Diabetes Mellitus
7,395
5.05
1,383
2.00
5. Low Birth Weight
6,573
4.49
3,171
4.59
6. Kidney Disease
6,323
4.32
1,001
1.45
7. Violence
5,658
3.86
760
1.10
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,551
3.79
7,810
11.30
9. Congenital Anomalies
4,812
3.28
1,788
2.59
10. Birth Trauma
4,223
2.88
3,183
4.61
11. War
2,942
2.01
96
0.14
12. Hypertension
2,451
1.67
1,113
1.61
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,429
1.66
426
0.62
14. Other Injuries
2,212
1.51
1,413
2.04
15. Lung Cancers
2,162
1.48
76
0.11
16. Liver Disease
2,127
1.45
1,767
2.56
17. Breast Cancer
1,783
1.22
355
0.51
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,578
1.08
6,046
8.75
19. Suicide
1,418
0.97
720
1.04
20. Lung Disease
1,329
0.91
1,349
1.95
21. Leukemia
1,315
0.90
135
0.20
22. Inflammatory/Heart
1,190
0.81
311
0.45
23. Asthma
914
0.62
836
1.21
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
852
0.58
324
0.47
25. Tuberculosis
821
0.56
2,385
3.45
26. Lymphomas
811
0.55
379
0.55
27. Maternal Conditions
780
0.53
1,332
1.93
28. Stomach Cancer
771
0.53
180
0.26
29. Fires
742
0.51
425
0.62
30. Falls
709
0.48
385
0.56
31. Drownings
658
0.45
598
0.87
32. Parkinson's Disease
658
0.45
103
0.15
33. Pertussis
636
0.43
378
0.55
34. Bladder Cancer
628
0.43
109
0.16
35. Liver Cancer
555
0.38
389
0.56
36. Pancreas Cancer
530
0.36
66
0.10
37. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.32
275
0.40
38. Drug Use
441
0.30
52
0.08
39. Oral Cancer
410
0.28
285
0.41
40. Encephalitis
378
0.26
46
0.07
41. Ovary Cancer
376
0.26
106
0.15
42. Meningitis
372
0.25
1,322
1.91
43. Skin Cancers
339
0.23
121
0.18
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
283
0.19
181
0.26
45. Epilepsy
253
0.17
234
0.34
46. Oesophagus Cancer
173
0.12
455
0.66
47. Prostate Cancer
171
0.12
374
0.54
48. Cervical Cancer
162
0.11
1,474
2.13
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
159
0.11
340
0.49
50. Syphilis
137
0.09
60
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Burundi BURUNDI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
12.68
135
2. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
1.91
174
3. Leukemia
4.79
26
1.96
153
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
8.72
92
5. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
5.17
103
6. Lymphomas
3.82
128
5.92
47
7. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
2.61
67
8. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
4.07
105
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
7.21
55
10. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
1.71
147
11. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
29.71
28
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
5.99
31
13. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
3.16
27
14. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
54.69
4
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
11.03
10
16. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
2.95
57
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.