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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 GAMBIA

Compare Iraq and Gambia 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.

Gambia
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%
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Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
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   Gambia GAMBIA
  Iraq IRAQ   Gambia GAMBIA
       
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
  
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
1970
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
  
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
1980
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
  
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
1990
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
  
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
2000
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
  
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
2010
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
  
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
2019
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
  
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Gambia GAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
75.0
98
106
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age
69.9
75.0
98
106
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age 5
72.0
76.8
93
99
67.2
71.0
149
151
Age 10
72.2
76.9
94
99
67.5
71.3
149
152
Age 15
72.3
77.0
92
99
67.8
71.5
147
152
Age 20
72.6
77.2
92
99
68.2
71.8
149
154
Age 25
73.0
77.4
90
98
68.6
72.1
150
154
Age 30
73.3
77.6
91
99
69.1
72.5
151
156
Age 35
73.7
77.8
92
98
69.7
73.1
151
157
Age 40
74.1
78.1
95
98
70.4
73.8
149
155
Age 45
74.6
78.4
94
98
71.5
74.6
149
155
Age 50
75.4
79.0
93
98
72.7
75.6
150
154
Age 55
76.3
79.7
93
99
74.1
76.7
149
153
Age 60
77.6
80.7
94
98
75.8
78.0
148
154
Age 65
79.3
81.9
95
97
77.8
79.6
148
153
Age 70
81.4
83.4
100
95
80.2
81.5
146
152
Age 75
83.8
85.4
91
91
83.0
83.8
143
153
Age 80
86.7
87.7
87
88
86.0
86.6
141
155
Age 85
89.9
90.4
86
85
89.3
89.7
147
155
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Gambia GAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
227.26
23
142.59
53
2. Stroke
128.44
31
108.94
59
3. Diabetes Mellitus
43.40
51
37.65
66
4. Kidney Disease
37.39
29
32.04
48
5. Road Traffic Accidents
34.41
37
51.34
8
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.16
66
19.89
49
7. Violence
17.20
26
11.94
43
8. Hypertension
16.27
101
22.89
68
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
135
113.77
18
10. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
4.44
182
11. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
3.62
150
12. Liver Disease
10.94
118
33.48
48
13. Lung Disease
8.53
174
29.40
54
14. War
8.37
6
0.01
119
15. Low Birth Weight
8.00
54
9.17
43
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.83
57
6.72
59
17. Other Injuries
6.33
113
11.81
46
18. Inflammatory/Heart
5.43
77
6.44
58
19. Asthma
5.15
86
15.88
35
20. Birth Trauma
4.96
66
10.44
21
21. Leukemia
4.79
26
0.09
183
22. Suicide
4.74
144
9.64
77
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.74
59
6.31
18
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
1.05
183
25. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
1.43
178
26. Lymphomas
3.82
128
0.74
181
27. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
0.44
181
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.46
87
41.12
43
29. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
0.44
183
30. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
30.83
3
31. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
0.54
179
32. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
6.08
156
33. Falls
2.77
156
9.85
22
34. Fires
2.35
66
3.83
32
35. Tuberculosis
2.26
106
28.42
38
36. Maternal Conditions
2.17
68
18.68
8
37. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
0.01
181
38. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
0.01
177
39. Drug Use
1.73
58
2.38
34
40. Drownings
1.56
127
2.58
84
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.42
93
2.55
52
42. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
25.76
23
43. Endocrine Disorders
1.35
167
11.17
16
44. Pertussis
1.08
63
2.22
39
45. Meningitis
1.07
77
13.27
23
46. Encephalitis
1.07
17
0.84
37
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
0.48
177
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.92
151
6.56
37
49. Epilepsy
0.75
161
2.78
36
50. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
0.23
180
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iraq IRAQ   Gambia GAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,594
24.98
1,007
7.83
2. Stroke
20,793
14.19
802
6.24
3. Road Traffic Accidents
10,726
7.32
695
5.40
4. Diabetes Mellitus
7,395
5.05
290
2.25
5. Low Birth Weight
6,573
4.49
662
5.15
6. Kidney Disease
6,323
4.32
266
2.07
7. Violence
5,658
3.86
195
1.52
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,551
3.79
1,340
10.42
9. Congenital Anomalies
4,812
3.28
383
2.98
10. Birth Trauma
4,223
2.88
754
5.86
11. War
2,942
2.01
0
0.00
12. Hypertension
2,451
1.67
172
1.34
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,429
1.66
89
0.69
14. Other Injuries
2,212
1.51
194
1.51
15. Lung Cancers
2,162
1.48
34
0.26
16. Liver Disease
2,127
1.45
323
2.51
17. Breast Cancer
1,783
1.22
26
0.20
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,578
1.08
626
4.87
19. Suicide
1,418
0.97
113
0.88
20. Lung Disease
1,329
0.91
206
1.60
21. Leukemia
1,315
0.90
2
0.02
22. Inflammatory/Heart
1,190
0.81
59
0.46
23. Asthma
914
0.62
134
1.04
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
852
0.58
11
0.09
25. Tuberculosis
821
0.56
445
3.46
26. Lymphomas
811
0.55
12
0.09
27. Maternal Conditions
780
0.53
345
2.68
28. Stomach Cancer
771
0.53
14
0.11
29. Fires
742
0.51
67
0.52
30. Falls
709
0.48
83
0.65
31. Drownings
658
0.45
69
0.54
32. Parkinson's Disease
658
0.45
34
0.26
33. Pertussis
636
0.43
99
0.77
34. Bladder Cancer
628
0.43
4
0.03
35. Liver Cancer
555
0.38
377
2.93
36. Pancreas Cancer
530
0.36
6
0.05
37. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.32
230
1.79
38. Drug Use
441
0.30
28
0.22
39. Oral Cancer
410
0.28
0
0.00
40. Encephalitis
378
0.26
14
0.11
41. Ovary Cancer
376
0.26
2
0.02
42. Meningitis
372
0.25
229
1.78
43. Skin Cancers
339
0.23
0
0.00
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
283
0.19
24
0.19
45. Epilepsy
253
0.17
43
0.33
46. Oesophagus Cancer
173
0.12
5
0.04
47. Prostate Cancer
171
0.12
21
0.16
48. Cervical Cancer
162
0.11
145
1.13
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
159
0.11
56
0.44
50. Syphilis
137
0.09
55
0.43
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Gambia GAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
4.44
182
2. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
3.62
150
3. Leukemia
4.79
26
0.09
183
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
1.05
183
5. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
1.43
178
6. Lymphomas
3.82
128
0.74
181
7. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
0.44
181
8. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
0.44
183
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
30.83
3
10. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
0.54
179
11. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
6.08
156
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
0.01
181
13. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
0.01
177
14. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
25.76
23
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
0.48
177
16. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
0.23
180
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.