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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
IRAQ VS EGYPT

Compare Iraq and Egypt 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.

Egypt
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
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Egypt Population Pyramid
159,956,809
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Egypt EGYPT
  Iraq IRAQ   Egypt EGYPT
       
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
  
45.1
46.9
46.0
112
115
115
1970
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
  
49.5
51.3
50.4
121
120
119
1980
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
  
54.1
55.9
54.9
124
127
127
1990
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
  
60.8
63.6
62.2
117
123
120
2000
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
  
66.4
71.4
68.8
96
100
100
2010
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
  
67.9
72.2
70.0
99
113
105
2019
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
  
69.6
74.1
71.8
105
111
112
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Egypt EGYPT
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
75.0
98
106
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age
69.9
75.0
98
106
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age 5
72.0
76.8
93
99
71.1
75.6
106
112
Age 10
72.2
76.9
94
99
71.3
75.8
106
112
Age 15
72.3
77.0
92
99
71.4
75.9
107
112
Age 20
72.6
77.2
92
99
71.7
76.0
107
112
Age 25
73.0
77.4
90
98
72.0
76.2
109
112
Age 30
73.3
77.6
91
99
72.2
76.3
111
113
Age 35
73.7
77.8
92
98
72.5
76.5
114
113
Age 40
74.1
78.1
95
98
72.9
76.7
115
114
Age 45
74.6
78.4
94
98
73.3
77.0
121
115
Age 50
75.4
79.0
93
98
73.9
77.4
126
117
Age 55
76.3
79.7
93
99
75.0
78.1
132
119
Age 60
77.6
80.7
94
98
76.5
79.1
134
122
Age 65
79.3
81.9
95
97
78.5
80.5
131
117
Age 70
81.4
83.4
100
95
81.0
82.6
116
105
Age 75
83.8
85.4
91
91
83.4
84.7
119
103
Age 80
86.7
87.7
87
88
86.5
87.2
109
103
Age 85
89.9
90.4
86
85
89.8
90.1
98
120
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Egypt EGYPT
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
227.26
23
268.11
15
2. Stroke
128.44
31
65.24
110
3. Diabetes Mellitus
43.40
51
27.97
92
4. Kidney Disease
37.39
29
32.58
46
5. Road Traffic Accidents
34.41
37
11.77
116
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.16
66
13.14
148
7. Violence
17.20
26
4.42
93
8. Hypertension
16.27
101
34.03
35
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
135
25.25
99
10. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
24.04
33
11. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
8.02
115
12. Liver Disease
10.94
118
93.37
1
13. Lung Disease
8.53
174
20.69
100
14. War
8.37
6
0.71
23
15. Low Birth Weight
8.00
54
6.01
80
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.83
57
7.73
38
17. Other Injuries
6.33
113
4.29
144
18. Inflammatory/Heart
5.43
77
3.07
135
19. Asthma
5.15
86
10.51
59
20. Birth Trauma
4.96
66
3.36
79
21. Leukemia
4.79
26
4.53
42
22. Suicide
4.74
144
3.41
158
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.74
59
4.12
91
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
4.35
156
25. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
2.54
168
26. Lymphomas
3.82
128
11.00
2
27. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
8.13
2
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.46
87
3.32
88
29. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
5.11
61
30. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
34.11
2
31. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
4.11
83
32. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
6.17
154
33. Falls
2.77
156
2.57
161
34. Fires
2.35
66
1.72
83
35. Tuberculosis
2.26
106
0.54
138
36. Maternal Conditions
2.17
68
0.80
93
37. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
1.16
170
38. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
1.52
117
39. Drug Use
1.73
58
0.13
183
40. Drownings
1.56
127
1.09
146
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.42
93
1.62
82
42. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
1.68
175
43. Endocrine Disorders
1.35
167
2.96
113
44. Pertussis
1.08
63
0.65
76
45. Meningitis
1.07
77
0.78
92
46. Encephalitis
1.07
17
0.92
27
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
1.39
132
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.92
151
1.89
119
49. Epilepsy
0.75
161
0.48
179
50. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
1.19
154
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iraq IRAQ   Egypt EGYPT
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,594
24.98
173,871
32.40
2. Stroke
20,793
14.19
43,839
8.17
3. Road Traffic Accidents
10,726
7.32
10,141
1.89
4. Diabetes Mellitus
7,395
5.05
19,131
3.57
5. Low Birth Weight
6,573
4.49
11,391
2.12
6. Kidney Disease
6,323
4.32
21,087
3.93
7. Violence
5,658
3.86
4,165
0.78
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,551
3.79
20,694
3.86
9. Congenital Anomalies
4,812
3.28
12,163
2.27
10. Birth Trauma
4,223
2.88
6,109
1.14
11. War
2,942
2.01
714
0.13
12. Hypertension
2,451
1.67
21,094
3.93
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,429
1.66
6,975
1.30
14. Other Injuries
2,212
1.51
3,819
0.71
15. Lung Cancers
2,162
1.48
5,677
1.06
16. Liver Disease
2,127
1.45
60,122
11.20
17. Breast Cancer
1,783
1.22
9,180
1.71
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,578
1.08
3,692
0.69
19. Suicide
1,418
0.97
3,022
0.56
20. Lung Disease
1,329
0.91
13,393
2.50
21. Leukemia
1,315
0.90
3,763
0.70
22. Inflammatory/Heart
1,190
0.81
2,489
0.46
23. Asthma
914
0.62
7,104
1.32
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
852
0.58
3,083
0.57
25. Tuberculosis
821
0.56
432
0.08
26. Lymphomas
811
0.55
7,539
1.40
27. Maternal Conditions
780
0.53
795
0.15
28. Stomach Cancer
771
0.53
1,844
0.34
29. Fires
742
0.51
1,568
0.29
30. Falls
709
0.48
2,019
0.38
31. Drownings
658
0.45
1,122
0.21
32. Parkinson's Disease
658
0.45
2,391
0.45
33. Pertussis
636
0.43
906
0.17
34. Bladder Cancer
628
0.43
5,133
0.96
35. Liver Cancer
555
0.38
24,512
4.57
36. Pancreas Cancer
530
0.36
2,906
0.54
37. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.32
2,372
0.44
38. Drug Use
441
0.30
116
0.02
39. Oral Cancer
410
0.28
793
0.15
40. Encephalitis
378
0.26
1,046
0.19
41. Ovary Cancer
376
0.26
1,944
0.36
42. Meningitis
372
0.25
827
0.15
43. Skin Cancers
339
0.23
1,013
0.19
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
283
0.19
1,248
0.23
45. Epilepsy
253
0.17
451
0.08
46. Oesophagus Cancer
173
0.12
951
0.18
47. Prostate Cancer
171
0.12
1,282
0.24
48. Cervical Cancer
162
0.11
625
0.12
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
159
0.11
1,339
0.25
50. Syphilis
137
0.09
159
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Egypt EGYPT
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
24.04
33
2. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
8.02
115
3. Leukemia
4.79
26
4.53
42
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
4.35
156
5. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
2.54
168
6. Lymphomas
3.82
128
11.00
2
7. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
8.13
2
8. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
5.11
61
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
34.11
2
10. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
4.11
83
11. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
6.17
154
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
1.16
170
13. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
1.52
117
14. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
1.68
175
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
1.39
132
16. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
1.19
154
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.