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Oman
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 Oman 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
Oman Population Pyramid
6,915,451
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
  Oman OMAN   Iran IRAN
  Oman OMAN   Iran IRAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
41.1
42.9
41.9
135
139
136
 
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
1970
48.9
51.3
50.1
122
121
121
 
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
1980
59.2
62.1
60.6
97
105
100
 
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
1990
68.4
71.5
69.9
50
80
65
 
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
2000
70.7
74.9
72.6
48
69
61
 
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
2010
73.7
78.1
75.6
40
49
46
 
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
2019
73.0
75.3
73.9
72
103
91
 
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Oman OMAN   Iran IRAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.0
75.3
72
103
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age
73.0
75.3
72
103
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age 5
73.8
76.0
72
107
76.8
80.1
43
57
Age 10
73.9
76.1
72
108
76.9
80.2
42
56
Age 15
74.0
76.1
71
108
77.0
80.3
42
56
Age 20
74.3
76.3
72
109
77.3
80.5
42
56
Age 25
74.7
76.4
72
109
77.7
80.6
40
56
Age 30
74.9
76.5
73
110
78.0
80.8
40
56
Age 35
75.1
76.6
75
110
78.4
80.9
40
57
Age 40
75.4
76.8
78
113
78.7
81.1
41
58
Age 45
75.6
77.0
79
116
79.1
81.3
42
57
Age 50
76.0
77.3
85
122
79.6
81.6
42
59
Age 55
76.5
77.7
92
137
80.3
81.9
41
62
Age 60
77.2
78.5
109
146
81.2
82.5
41
63
Age 65
78.3
79.6
136
156
82.4
83.3
40
69
Age 70
80.1
81.2
150
165
83.8
84.3
39
72
Age 75
82.3
83.4
171
165
85.6
85.8
46
78
Age 80
84.9
86.3
178
162
87.9
87.8
46
81
Age 85
88.8
89.6
171
158
90.6
90.4
46
88
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Oman OMAN   Iran IRAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
301.95
5
142.51
54
2. Stroke
94.98
78
57.21
120
3. Diabetes Mellitus
58.11
28
20.84
107
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
37.10
74
16.00
132
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.46
24
18.63
74
6. Hypertension
21.35
75
25.73
55
7. Lung Disease
20.58
101
17.75
119
8. Kidney Disease
18.16
113
17.84
115
9. Liver Disease
17.70
98
9.41
130
10. Road Traffic Accidents
12.63
113
22.15
65
11. Breast Cancer
12.12
138
9.78
162
12. Falls
9.24
25
3.88
128
13. Stomach Cancer
8.09
61
14.67
11
14. Parkinson's Disease
7.63
8
4.17
89
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.13
117
6.65
124
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.52
67
4.74
119
17. Lymphomas
5.23
77
4.01
118
18. Drownings
4.91
26
1.16
143
19. Skin Disease
4.91
15
0.37
152
20. Lung Cancers
4.80
138
9.96
104
21. Liver Cancer
4.70
109
5.46
89
22. Suicide
4.47
149
5.13
140
23. Inflammatory/Heart
4.33
98
2.29
157
24. Other Injuries
4.21
146
5.05
132
25. Prostate Cancer
4.21
170
10.80
129
26. Cervical Cancer
4.16
135
1.43
179
27. Leukemia
3.54
94
5.50
14
28. Encephalitis
3.51
6
0.31
109
29. Pancreas Cancer
3.32
104
3.56
99
30. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.95
92
2.38
102
31. Low Birth Weight
2.79
129
4.04
103
32. Ovary Cancer
2.65
157
2.62
158
33. Oral Cancer
2.40
109
0.95
176
34. Bladder Cancer
2.19
81
2.18
86
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.10
105
1.90
115
36. Endocrine Disorders
1.47
163
2.83
120
37. Oesophagus Cancer
1.43
130
3.58
53
38. Uterin Cancer
1.40
147
1.01
160
39. Fires
1.20
102
2.30
67
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
120
2.23
89
41. Poisonings
0.91
71
0.98
68
42. Dengue
0.89
10
0.00
134
43. Meningitis
0.88
87
0.82
88
44. Skin Cancers
0.75
148
0.77
147
45. Violence
0.72
167
3.01
113
46. HIV/AIDS
0.66
121
2.75
96
47. Asthma
0.60
156
5.07
88
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.57
151
1.41
94
49. Drug Use
0.54
155
2.62
31
50. Epilepsy
0.50
177
0.90
142
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Oman OMAN   Iran IRAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,287
35.65
93,308
28.07
2. Stroke
1,648
11.11
36,730
11.05
3. Diabetes Mellitus
1,029
6.94
13,910
4.18
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
701
4.73
11,243
3.38
5. Road Traffic Accidents
527
3.55
17,803
5.36
6. Liver Disease
406
2.74
6,637
2.00
7. Congenital Anomalies
386
2.60
4,844
1.46
8. Hypertension
360
2.43
16,415
4.94
9. Lung Disease
325
2.19
11,409
3.43
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
323
2.18
11,046
3.32
11. Kidney Disease
312
2.10
11,810
3.55
12. Falls
292
1.97
2,821
0.85
13. Suicide
241
1.62
4,334
1.30
14. Drownings
211
1.42
930
0.28
15. Low Birth Weight
207
1.40
4,861
1.46
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
205
1.38
4,575
1.38
17. Stomach Cancer
185
1.25
9,822
2.96
18. Breast Cancer
141
0.95
3,736
1.12
19. Lymphomas
138
0.93
2,882
0.87
20. Other Injuries
130
0.88
4,048
1.22
21. Leukemia
127
0.86
3,966
1.19
22. Inflammatory/Heart
127
0.86
1,611
0.48
23. Encephalitis
126
0.85
246
0.07
24. Liver Cancer
116
0.78
3,714
1.12
25. Lung Cancers
113
0.76
6,784
2.04
26. Parkinson's Disease
110
0.74
2,545
0.77
27. Skin Disease
92
0.62
237
0.07
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
78
0.53
1,836
0.55
29. Birth Trauma
77
0.52
2,735
0.82
30. Pancreas Cancer
77
0.52
2,418
0.73
31. Oral Cancer
70
0.47
655
0.20
32. Endocrine Disorders
53
0.36
2,092
0.63
33. Poisonings
47
0.32
816
0.25
34. Cervical Cancer
42
0.28
501
0.15
35. Bladder Cancer
41
0.28
1,410
0.42
36. Fires
38
0.26
1,823
0.55
37. Prostate Cancer
37
0.25
3,583
1.08
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
36
0.24
1,246
0.37
39. Violence
34
0.23
2,535
0.76
40. Oesophagus Cancer
32
0.22
2,371
0.71
41. HIV/AIDS
31
0.21
2,521
0.76
42. Drug Use
29
0.20
2,242
0.67
43. Ovary Cancer
26
0.18
937
0.28
44. Epilepsy
22
0.15
719
0.22
45. Maternal Conditions
22
0.15
285
0.09
46. Skin Cancers
22
0.15
518
0.16
47. Meningitis
21
0.14
642
0.19
48. Tuberculosis
18
0.12
882
0.27
49. Dengue
16
0.11
0
0.00
50. Alcohol
13
0.09
253
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Oman OMAN   Iran IRAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
12.12
138
9.78
162
2. Stomach Cancer
8.09
61
14.67
11
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.13
117
6.65
124
4. Lymphomas
5.23
77
4.01
118
5. Lung Cancers
4.80
138
9.96
104
6. Liver Cancer
4.70
109
5.46
89
7. Prostate Cancer
4.21
170
10.80
129
8. Cervical Cancer
4.16
135
1.43
179
9. Leukemia
3.54
94
5.50
14
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.32
104
3.56
99
11. Ovary Cancer
2.65
157
2.62
158
12. Oral Cancer
2.40
109
0.95
176
13. Bladder Cancer
2.19
81
2.18
86
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.43
130
3.58
53
15. Uterin Cancer
1.40
147
1.01
160
16. Skin Cancers
0.75
148
0.77
147
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.