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Nepal
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 Nepal and Iran 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.

Iran
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
Nepal Population Pyramid
35,323,925
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%
Iran Population Pyramid
103,098,083
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
  Nepal NEPAL   Iran IRAN
  Nepal NEPAL   Iran IRAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.0
38.4
38.7
148
156
154
 
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
1970
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
 
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
1980
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
 
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
1990
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
 
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
2000
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
 
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
2010
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
 
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
2019
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
 
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Iran IRAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.9
72.7
113
119
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age
68.9
72.7
113
119
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age 5
71.2
74.9
102
118
76.8
80.1
43
57
Age 10
71.4
75.1
103
117
76.9
80.2
42
56
Age 15
71.6
75.2
104
118
77.0
80.3
42
56
Age 20
71.8
75.4
104
119
77.3
80.5
42
56
Age 25
72.2
75.6
105
119
77.7
80.6
40
56
Age 30
72.5
75.8
106
118
78.0
80.8
40
56
Age 35
72.9
76.0
106
118
78.4
80.9
40
57
Age 40
73.3
76.3
107
118
78.7
81.1
41
58
Age 45
73.8
76.8
111
117
79.1
81.3
42
57
Age 50
74.5
77.4
112
118
79.6
81.6
42
59
Age 55
75.5
78.2
118
117
80.3
81.9
41
62
Age 60
76.8
79.2
123
120
81.2
82.5
41
63
Age 65
78.5
80.4
123
124
82.4
83.3
40
69
Age 70
80.7
82.0
129
134
83.8
84.3
39
72
Age 75
83.2
84.1
133
137
85.6
85.8
46
78
Age 80
86.1
86.7
132
146
87.9
87.8
46
81
Age 85
89.4
89.8
145
151
90.6
90.4
46
88
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Iran IRAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Disease
149.01
1
17.75
119
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.19
104
142.51
54
3. Tuberculosis
72.19
12
1.25
119
4. Stroke
67.32
106
57.21
120
5. Asthma
30.93
6
5.07
88
6. Liver Disease
30.02
57
9.41
130
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.68
51
2.38
102
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
29.37
86
16.00
132
9. Kidney Disease
21.28
103
17.84
115
10. Road Traffic Accidents
20.65
72
22.15
65
11. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
9.96
104
12. Diabetes Mellitus
16.12
117
20.84
107
13. Falls
15.55
5
3.88
128
14. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
1.43
179
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.60
145
18.63
74
16. Hypertension
11.58
122
25.73
55
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11.28
7
1.41
94
18. Suicide
9.77
74
5.13
140
19. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
9.78
162
20. Low Birth Weight
8.46
51
4.04
103
21. Other Injuries
7.36
96
5.05
132
22. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
14.67
11
23. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
0.95
176
24. Birth Trauma
6.00
55
2.23
89
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
6.65
124
26. Drownings
5.38
23
1.16
143
27. Congenital Anomalies
4.79
117
4.74
119
28. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
2.62
158
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.37
77
4.17
89
30. Malnutrition
4.05
59
0.23
133
31. Encephalitis
3.79
4
0.31
109
32. Epilepsy
3.57
12
0.90
142
33. Maternal Conditions
3.56
54
0.30
124
34. Lymphomas
3.51
134
4.01
118
35. HIV/AIDS
3.15
91
2.75
96
36. Leukemia
2.61
139
5.50
14
37. Violence
2.57
119
3.01
113
38. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
3.58
53
39. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
3.56
99
40. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
0.77
147
41. Poisonings
1.74
52
0.98
68
42. Meningitis
1.69
68
0.82
88
43. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
2.18
86
44. Pertussis
1.48
54
0.09
106
45. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
5.46
89
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
144
1.90
115
47. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
171
2.83
120
48. Inflammatory/Heart
1.08
183
2.29
157
49. Appendicitis
1.00
16
0.22
103
50. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
10.80
129
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nepal NEPAL   Iran IRAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Lung Disease
27,027
16.83
11,409
3.43
2. Coronary Heart Disease
19,677
12.26
93,308
28.07
3. Tuberculosis
16,535
10.30
882
0.27
4. Stroke
12,909
8.04
36,730
11.05
5. Liver Disease
6,383
3.98
6,637
2.00
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,237
3.88
11,243
3.38
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,071
3.78
1,836
0.55
8. Asthma
5,930
3.69
3,360
1.01
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,654
2.90
17,803
5.36
10. Kidney Disease
4,284
2.67
11,810
3.55
11. Low Birth Weight
3,822
2.38
4,861
1.46
12. Lung Cancers
3,586
2.23
6,784
2.04
13. Falls
3,321
2.07
2,821
0.85
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,929
1.82
13,910
4.18
15. Birth Trauma
2,676
1.67
2,735
0.82
16. Suicide
2,571
1.60
4,334
1.30
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,320
1.44
996
0.30
18. Hypertension
2,092
1.30
16,415
4.94
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,022
1.26
11,046
3.32
20. Cervical Cancer
1,969
1.23
501
0.15
21. Congenital Anomalies
1,949
1.21
4,844
1.46
22. Other Injuries
1,655
1.03
4,048
1.22
23. Drownings
1,505
0.94
930
0.28
24. Oral Cancer
1,389
0.87
655
0.20
25. Stomach Cancer
1,379
0.86
9,822
2.96
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,167
0.73
4,575
1.38
27. Breast Cancer
1,038
0.65
3,736
1.12
28. Maternal Conditions
977
0.61
285
0.09
29. Encephalitis
882
0.55
246
0.07
30. Epilepsy
874
0.54
719
0.22
31. Malnutrition
845
0.53
157
0.05
32. Lymphomas
768
0.48
2,882
0.87
33. Parkinson's Disease
760
0.47
2,545
0.77
34. HIV/AIDS
737
0.46
2,521
0.76
35. Violence
704
0.44
2,535
0.76
36. Leukemia
668
0.42
3,966
1.19
37. Ovary Cancer
585
0.36
937
0.28
38. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.31
2,371
0.71
39. Poisonings
474
0.30
816
0.25
40. Pertussis
453
0.28
75
0.02
41. Pancreas Cancer
445
0.28
2,418
0.73
42. Skin Cancers
400
0.25
518
0.16
43. Meningitis
377
0.23
642
0.19
44. Bladder Cancer
325
0.20
1,410
0.42
45. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.16
2,092
0.63
46. Liver Cancer
256
0.16
3,714
1.12
47. Appendicitis
220
0.14
155
0.05
48. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.14
1,611
0.48
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
191
0.12
1,246
0.37
50. Fires
184
0.11
1,823
0.55
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Iran IRAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
9.96
104
2. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
1.43
179
3. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
9.78
162
4. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
14.67
11
5. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
0.95
176
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
6.65
124
7. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
2.62
158
8. Lymphomas
3.51
134
4.01
118
9. Leukemia
2.61
139
5.50
14
10. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
3.58
53
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
3.56
99
12. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
0.77
147
13. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
2.18
86
14. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
5.46
89
15. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
10.80
129
16. Uterin Cancer
0.48
176
1.01
160
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.