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Ireland
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 Ireland and Niger 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.

Niger
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
Ireland Population Pyramid
5,677,620
Niger Population Pyramid
65,593,043
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Niger NIGER
  Ireland IRELAND   Niger NIGER
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.9
71.6
69.7
10
26
17
 
41.9
37.1
39.6
130
161
149
1970
68.8
73.5
71.1
14
26
18
 
42.6
38.6
40.6
150
169
161
1980
70.1
75.4
72.7
20
27
25
 
43.7
40.8
42.3
161
172
170
1990
71.9
77.4
74.6
27
26
28
 
47.7
45.3
46.5
163
175
173
2000
73.8
79.0
76.4
30
31
30
 
49.9
50.0
50.0
159
169
164
2010
78.4
82.8
80.6
14
19
16
 
57.8
58.8
58.2
153
161
157
2019
80.2
83.5
81.8
17
26
18
 
62.1
64.6
63.3
156
167
159
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Niger NIGER
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.2
83.5
17
26
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age
80.2
83.5
17
26
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age 5
80.5
83.7
18
28
67.8
69.9
142
159
Age 10
80.5
83.8
18
28
68.7
70.9
137
156
Age 15
80.5
83.8
18
28
69.7
71.7
134
150
Age 20
80.6
83.8
18
28
70.0
72.0
133
150
Age 25
80.8
83.9
18
28
70.5
72.4
132
149
Age 30
81.0
83.9
18
28
71.0
72.8
132
151
Age 35
81.1
84.0
18
29
71.5
73.3
131
150
Age 40
81.3
84.1
19
29
72.2
73.9
129
151
Age 45
81.6
84.3
20
29
73.0
74.6
127
153
Age 50
81.9
84.5
20
29
73.9
75.4
127
156
Age 55
82.4
84.8
17
29
75.1
76.5
127
157
Age 60
83.0
85.3
18
29
76.6
77.8
131
159
Age 65
83.8
85.9
23
32
78.5
79.4
130
158
Age 70
84.8
86.7
26
35
80.7
81.4
128
159
Age 75
86.2
87.7
33
37
83.3
83.9
124
150
Age 80
88.0
89.0
44
48
86.3
86.8
119
136
Age 85
90.3
90.8
61
60
89.7
90.1
105
118
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Niger NIGER
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
53.73
158
118.53
82
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
32.23
9
20.18
44
3. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
0.54
182
4. Lung Disease
20.91
98
30.61
48
5. Stroke
19.27
172
114.20
55
6. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
18.52
70
7. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
4.34
169
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.45
145
118.92
14
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
5.52
142
10. Suicide
8.90
86
10.15
70
11. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
7.90
8
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
1.47
155
13. Lymphomas
6.29
33
3.33
139
14. Kidney Disease
6.12
160
29.61
61
15. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
32
5.13
47
16. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
1.71
119
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.68
172
33.65
79
18. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
3.59
138
19. Liver Disease
4.13
169
40.78
24
20. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
7.86
47
21. Leukemia
3.39
105
2.32
145
22. Drug Use
3.38
20
1.13
99
23. Congenital Anomalies
3.33
149
7.56
40
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
103
6.27
49
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.19
131
7.46
44
26. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
3.18
25
27. Falls
3.03
147
12.36
12
28. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
9.28
88
29. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
1.99
109
30. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
2.24
79
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.92
171
33.36
41
32. Other Neoplasms
2.55
39
0.31
135
33. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
2.55
102
34. Other Injuries
2.23
179
17.29
11
35. Hypertension
1.87
178
18.25
91
36. Low Birth Weight
1.39
157
11.39
23
37. Epilepsy
1.27
117
3.33
21
38. Multiple Sclerosis
1.12
5
0.22
81
39. Drownings
1.05
148
4.32
38
40. Alcohol
1.04
112
1.27
101
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.79
158
10.80
8
42. Violence
0.77
163
12.61
36
43. Asthma
0.70
149
20.43
19
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.68
24
0.24
111
45. Skin Disease
0.63
128
2.14
57
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
149
4.21
23
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.55
158
93.61
7
48. Fires
0.41
152
4.88
12
49. Hepatitis C
0.32
35
0.39
24
50. Anemia
0.29
42
0.00
141
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ireland IRELAND   Niger NIGER
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,762
18.40
8,229
5.12
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,209
12.40
858
0.53
3. Lung Cancers
1,916
7.40
42
0.03
4. Lung Disease
1,915
7.40
2,172
1.35
5. Stroke
1,770
6.84
8,717
5.42
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,298
5.02
21,093
13.13
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,095
4.23
522
0.32
8. Breast Cancer
760
2.94
1,075
0.67
9. Prostate Cancer
585
2.26
128
0.08
10. Kidney Disease
566
2.19
2,732
1.70
11. Pancreas Cancer
530
2.05
138
0.09
12. Parkinson's Disease
530
2.05
275
0.17
13. Lymphomas
513
1.98
350
0.22
14. Suicide
470
1.82
1,227
0.76
15. Oesophagus Cancer
419
1.62
132
0.08
16. Diabetes Mellitus
414
1.60
2,630
1.64
17. Stomach Cancer
357
1.38
300
0.19
18. Liver Cancer
318
1.23
745
0.46
19. Liver Disease
279
1.08
4,116
2.56
20. Leukemia
274
1.06
258
0.16
21. Ovary Cancer
273
1.05
425
0.26
22. Bladder Cancer
256
0.99
161
0.10
23. Skin Cancers
252
0.97
287
0.18
24. Endocrine Disorders
249
0.96
1,806
1.12
25. Falls
247
0.95
1,297
0.81
26. Inflammatory/Heart
240
0.93
769
0.48
27. Other Neoplasms
218
0.84
24
0.01
28. Oral Cancer
183
0.71
242
0.15
29. Hypertension
175
0.68
1,356
0.84
30. Other Injuries
171
0.66
3,826
2.38
31. Drug Use
167
0.65
126
0.08
32. Road Traffic Accidents
153
0.59
5,946
3.70
33. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.59
4,346
2.70
34. Uterin Cancer
126
0.49
86
0.05
35. Cervical Cancer
103
0.40
487
0.30
36. Epilepsy
85
0.33
676
0.42
37. Multiple Sclerosis
83
0.32
22
0.01
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
67
0.26
1,044
0.65
39. Alcohol
64
0.25
120
0.07
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
59
0.23
18
0.01
41. Skin Disease
58
0.22
213
0.13
42. Asthma
58
0.22
1,902
1.18
43. Drownings
57
0.22
1,581
0.98
44. Low Birth Weight
56
0.22
9,560
5.95
45. Diarrhoeal diseases
53
0.20
16,030
9.97
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
50
0.19
467
0.29
47. Violence
38
0.15
2,244
1.40
48. Fires
30
0.12
1,120
0.70
49. Anemia
29
0.11
0
0.00
50. Tuberculosis
23
0.09
3,703
2.30
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Niger NIGER
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
0.54
182
2. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
18.52
70
3. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
4.34
169
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
5.52
142
5. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
7.90
8
6. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
1.47
155
7. Lymphomas
6.29
33
3.33
139
8. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
1.71
119
9. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
3.59
138
10. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
7.86
47
11. Leukemia
3.39
105
2.32
145
12. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
3.18
25
13. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
9.28
88
14. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
1.99
109
15. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
2.24
79
16. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
2.55
102
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.