WORLDHEALTHRANKINGS
live longer live better
Learn Think Feel Do
WorldHealthRankings
<

World Health Review

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 ZAMBIA

Compare Iraq and Zambia 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.

Zambia
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
Choose Year
Play
Pause
Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Iraq IRAQ   Zambia ZAMBIA
       
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
  
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
1970
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
  
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
1980
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
  
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
1990
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
  
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
2000
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
  
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
2010
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
  
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
2019
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
  
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Zambia ZAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
75.0
98
106
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age
69.9
75.0
98
106
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age 5
72.0
76.8
93
99
63.8
69.3
172
164
Age 10
72.2
76.9
94
99
64.2
69.7
172
164
Age 15
72.3
77.0
92
99
64.5
69.9
172
166
Age 20
72.6
77.2
92
99
64.9
70.2
171
166
Age 25
73.0
77.4
90
98
65.5
70.7
172
166
Age 30
73.3
77.6
91
99
66.1
71.3
172
166
Age 35
73.7
77.8
92
98
66.9
72.0
172
166
Age 40
74.1
78.1
95
98
67.9
72.9
171
165
Age 45
74.6
78.4
94
98
69.2
74.0
170
162
Age 50
75.4
79.0
93
98
70.8
75.2
170
159
Age 55
76.3
79.7
93
99
72.6
76.6
170
155
Age 60
77.6
80.7
94
98
74.7
78.1
171
153
Age 65
79.3
81.9
95
97
77.0
79.7
168
149
Age 70
81.4
83.4
100
95
79.7
81.7
167
146
Age 75
83.8
85.4
91
91
82.6
84.0
160
144
Age 80
86.7
87.7
87
88
85.8
86.7
155
139
Age 85
89.9
90.4
86
85
89.3
89.9
150
142
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Zambia ZAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
227.26
23
85.40
126
2. Stroke
128.44
31
156.50
19
3. Diabetes Mellitus
43.40
51
42.93
53
4. Kidney Disease
37.39
29
29.46
63
5. Road Traffic Accidents
34.41
37
32.93
43
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.16
66
18.87
72
7. Violence
17.20
26
7.04
67
8. Hypertension
16.27
101
56.20
6
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
135
87.45
35
10. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
9.51
164
11. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
4.41
142
12. Liver Disease
10.94
118
63.86
4
13. Lung Disease
8.53
174
25.95
72
14. War
8.37
6
0.04
79
15. Low Birth Weight
8.00
54
9.64
36
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.83
57
8.15
24
17. Other Injuries
6.33
113
13.38
34
18. Inflammatory/Heart
5.43
77
6.33
60
19. Asthma
5.15
86
10.81
57
20. Birth Trauma
4.96
66
10.07
26
21. Leukemia
4.79
26
2.93
124
22. Suicide
4.74
144
14.43
32
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.74
59
4.09
94
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
2.98
177
25. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
3.21
149
26. Lymphomas
3.82
128
6.38
29
27. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
2.36
75
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.46
87
54.75
30
29. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
2.00
173
30. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
2.22
179
31. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
0.68
175
32. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
37.64
19
33. Falls
2.77
156
9.14
30
34. Fires
2.35
66
3.87
31
35. Tuberculosis
2.26
106
49.91
19
36. Maternal Conditions
2.17
68
7.77
38
37. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
2.39
110
38. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
1.87
93
39. Drug Use
1.73
58
1.19
92
40. Drownings
1.56
127
3.21
69
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.42
93
2.70
47
42. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
48.42
6
43. Endocrine Disorders
1.35
167
3.28
99
44. Pertussis
1.08
63
2.30
37
45. Meningitis
1.07
77
15.31
15
46. Encephalitis
1.07
17
0.58
67
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
5.61
32
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.92
151
3.48
77
49. Epilepsy
0.75
161
2.68
38
50. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
0.90
164
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iraq IRAQ   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,594
24.98
4,432
3.97
2. Stroke
20,793
14.19
7,948
7.12
3. Road Traffic Accidents
10,726
7.32
3,654
3.27
4. Diabetes Mellitus
7,395
5.05
2,395
2.14
5. Low Birth Weight
6,573
4.49
4,857
4.35
6. Kidney Disease
6,323
4.32
1,760
1.58
7. Violence
5,658
3.86
1,153
1.03
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,551
3.79
9,517
8.52
9. Congenital Anomalies
4,812
3.28
3,146
2.82
10. Birth Trauma
4,223
2.88
5,062
4.53
11. War
2,942
2.01
6
0.01
12. Hypertension
2,451
1.67
2,616
2.34
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,429
1.66
590
0.53
14. Other Injuries
2,212
1.51
1,729
1.55
15. Lung Cancers
2,162
1.48
226
0.20
16. Liver Disease
2,127
1.45
4,501
4.03
17. Breast Cancer
1,783
1.22
366
0.33
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,578
1.08
6,275
5.62
19. Suicide
1,418
0.97
1,303
1.17
20. Lung Disease
1,329
0.91
1,273
1.14
21. Leukemia
1,315
0.90
261
0.23
22. Inflammatory/Heart
1,190
0.81
501
0.45
23. Asthma
914
0.62
741
0.66
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
852
0.58
203
0.18
25. Tuberculosis
821
0.56
5,941
5.32
26. Lymphomas
811
0.55
548
0.49
27. Maternal Conditions
780
0.53
1,188
1.06
28. Stomach Cancer
771
0.53
206
0.18
29. Fires
742
0.51
546
0.49
30. Falls
709
0.48
596
0.53
31. Drownings
658
0.45
689
0.62
32. Parkinson's Disease
658
0.45
164
0.15
33. Pertussis
636
0.43
743
0.67
34. Bladder Cancer
628
0.43
132
0.12
35. Liver Cancer
555
0.38
177
0.16
36. Pancreas Cancer
530
0.36
42
0.04
37. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.32
354
0.32
38. Drug Use
441
0.30
122
0.11
39. Oral Cancer
410
0.28
155
0.14
40. Encephalitis
378
0.26
70
0.06
41. Ovary Cancer
376
0.26
82
0.07
42. Meningitis
372
0.25
1,976
1.77
43. Skin Cancers
339
0.23
108
0.10
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
283
0.19
190
0.17
45. Epilepsy
253
0.17
332
0.30
46. Oesophagus Cancer
173
0.12
359
0.32
47. Prostate Cancer
171
0.12
561
0.50
48. Cervical Cancer
162
0.11
1,799
1.61
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
159
0.11
246
0.22
50. Syphilis
137
0.09
885
0.79
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
9.51
164
2. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
4.41
142
3. Leukemia
4.79
26
2.93
124
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
2.98
177
5. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
3.21
149
6. Lymphomas
3.82
128
6.38
29
7. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
2.36
75
8. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
2.00
173
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
2.22
179
10. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
0.68
175
11. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
37.64
19
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
2.39
110
13. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
1.87
93
14. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
48.42
6
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
5.61
32
16. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
0.90
164
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.