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Rwanda
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
RWANDA VS IRAQ

Compare Rwanda and Iraq 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.

Iraq
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
Rwanda Population Pyramid
23,048,001
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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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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   Iraq IRAQ
  Rwanda RWANDA   Iraq IRAQ
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
40.8
44.0
42.4
137
132
134
  
49.4
51.2
50.3
90
95
94
1970
42.8
46.0
44.4
148
143
145
  
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
1980
44.0
47.4
45.6
158
157
158
  
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
1990
29.9
33.8
31.8
183
183
183
  
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
2000
43.3
53.8
48.3
179
154
171
  
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
2010
57.5
68.1
62.8
156
130
139
  
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
2019
66.9
71.2
69.1
127
127
127
  
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   Iraq IRAQ
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.9
71.2
127
127
69.9
75.0
98
106
Age
66.9
71.2
127
127
69.9
75.0
98
106
Age 5
69.5
73.5
130
130
72.0
76.8
93
99
Age 10
69.8
73.8
129
129
72.2
76.9
94
99
Age 15
70.1
74.1
127
128
72.3
77.0
92
99
Age 20
70.4
74.3
127
128
72.6
77.2
92
99
Age 25
70.8
74.5
125
128
73.0
77.4
90
98
Age 30
71.3
74.9
126
128
73.3
77.6
91
99
Age 35
71.7
75.2
124
128
73.7
77.8
92
98
Age 40
72.3
75.7
125
126
74.1
78.1
95
98
Age 45
73.0
76.4
126
126
74.6
78.4
94
98
Age 50
74.0
77.1
125
124
75.4
79.0
93
98
Age 55
75.2
78.1
126
123
76.3
79.7
93
99
Age 60
76.7
79.2
127
119
77.6
80.7
94
98
Age 65
78.5
80.6
127
116
79.3
81.9
95
97
Age 70
80.7
82.3
126
118
81.4
83.4
100
95
Age 75
83.3
84.4
128
117
83.8
85.4
91
91
Age 80
86.2
87.0
123
116
86.7
87.7
87
88
Age 85
89.6
90.2
120
110
89.9
90.4
86
85
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   Iraq IRAQ
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
105.76
62
128.44
31
2. Coronary Heart Disease
77.83
135
227.26
23
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
74.70
45
15.14
135
4. Road Traffic Accidents
43.89
15
34.41
37
5. Liver Disease
41.22
23
10.94
118
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
39.89
44
3.46
87
7. Diabetes Mellitus
36.55
70
43.40
51
8. Malaria
35.78
26
0.00
115
9. Lung Disease
33.52
41
8.53
174
10. Hypertension
30.17
44
16.27
101
11. HIV/AIDS
29.44
34
0.00
170
12. Cervical Cancer
26.00
22
1.39
180
13. Prostate Cancer
25.46
43
2.81
176
14. Kidney Disease
23.20
92
37.39
29
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.49
55
19.16
66
16. Breast Cancer
15.96
102
15.07
115
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.27
45
4.32
158
18. Malnutrition
12.03
23
0.24
131
19. Asthma
11.90
53
5.15
86
20. Liver Cancer
11.48
24
3.04
165
21. Stomach Cancer
10.60
37
3.94
132
22. Other Injuries
10.27
62
6.33
113
23. Suicide
9.45
81
4.74
144
24. Meningitis
8.67
38
1.07
77
25. Falls
7.68
61
2.77
156
26. Congenital Anomalies
7.02
52
6.83
57
27. Low Birth Weight
6.97
65
8.00
54
28. Tuberculosis
6.68
78
2.26
106
29. Maternal Conditions
6.57
42
2.17
68
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.24
43
0.92
151
31. Birth Trauma
6.06
54
4.96
66
32. Lymphomas
5.66
58
3.82
128
33. Inflammatory/Heart
5.09
86
5.43
77
34. Violence
4.56
91
17.20
26
35. Lung Cancers
4.46
140
11.72
97
36. Leukemia
3.96
73
4.79
26
37. Pancreas Cancer
3.86
87
2.88
115
38. Parkinson's Disease
3.83
107
4.74
59
39. Oesophagus Cancer
3.59
52
0.95
158
40. Oral Cancer
3.02
84
2.01
133
41. Fires
2.90
52
2.35
66
42. Endocrine Disorders
2.79
121
1.35
167
43. Ovary Cancer
2.74
155
3.16
141
44. Poisonings
2.31
40
0.27
127
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.15
64
1.42
93
46. Drownings
2.14
108
1.56
127
47. Epilepsy
2.08
60
0.75
161
48. Alcohol
1.99
60
0.16
177
49. Skin Cancers
1.89
91
2.00
87
50. Uterin Cancer
1.84
115
0.59
173
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Rwanda RWANDA   Iraq IRAQ
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,280
9.10
5,551
3.79
2. Stroke
5,060
8.72
20,793
14.19
3. Road Traffic Accidents
3,718
6.41
10,726
7.32
4. Coronary Heart Disease
3,605
6.21
36,594
24.98
5. Malaria
3,298
5.69
0
0.00
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
3,121
5.38
1,578
1.08
7. HIV/AIDS
2,826
4.87
0
0.00
8. Liver Disease
2,548
4.39
2,127
1.45
9. Low Birth Weight
2,193
3.78
6,573
4.49
10. Birth Trauma
1,888
3.25
4,223
2.88
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,858
3.20
7,395
5.05
12. Congenital Anomalies
1,777
3.06
4,812
3.28
13. Lung Disease
1,555
2.68
1,329
0.91
14. Hypertension
1,357
2.34
2,451
1.67
15. Kidney Disease
1,206
2.08
6,323
4.32
16. Malnutrition
1,168
2.01
92
0.06
17. Other Injuries
944
1.63
2,212
1.51
18. Cervical Cancer
941
1.62
162
0.11
19. Meningitis
847
1.46
372
0.25
20. Stomach Cancer
780
1.34
771
0.53
21. Maternal Conditions
722
1.24
780
0.53
22. Asthma
717
1.24
914
0.62
23. Liver Cancer
706
1.22
555
0.38
24. Suicide
704
1.21
1,418
0.97
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
657
1.13
2,429
1.66
26. Tuberculosis
625
1.08
821
0.56
27. Breast Cancer
600
1.03
1,783
1.22
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
591
1.02
852
0.58
29. Violence
548
0.94
5,658
3.86
30. Lymphomas
450
0.78
811
0.55
31. Falls
412
0.71
709
0.48
32. Prostate Cancer
396
0.68
171
0.12
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
362
0.62
159
0.11
34. Inflammatory/Heart
347
0.60
1,190
0.81
35. Leukemia
317
0.55
1,315
0.90
36. Drownings
285
0.49
658
0.45
37. Oral Cancer
272
0.47
410
0.28
38. Fires
270
0.47
742
0.51
39. Lung Cancers
234
0.40
2,162
1.48
40. Poisonings
220
0.38
95
0.06
41. Endocrine Disorders
219
0.38
462
0.32
42. Pertussis
218
0.38
636
0.43
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.37
530
0.36
44. Oesophagus Cancer
213
0.37
173
0.12
45. Epilepsy
191
0.33
253
0.17
46. Syphilis
173
0.30
137
0.09
47. Parkinson's Disease
146
0.25
658
0.45
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
136
0.23
283
0.19
49. Alcohol
125
0.22
40
0.03
50. Skin Cancers
113
0.19
339
0.23
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   Iraq IRAQ
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
26.00
22
1.39
180
2. Prostate Cancer
25.46
43
2.81
176
3. Breast Cancer
15.96
102
15.07
115
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.27
45
4.32
158
5. Liver Cancer
11.48
24
3.04
165
6. Stomach Cancer
10.60
37
3.94
132
7. Lymphomas
5.66
58
3.82
128
8. Lung Cancers
4.46
140
11.72
97
9. Leukemia
3.96
73
4.79
26
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.86
87
2.88
115
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.59
52
0.95
158
12. Oral Cancer
3.02
84
2.01
133
13. Ovary Cancer
2.74
155
3.16
141
14. Skin Cancers
1.89
91
2.00
87
15. Uterin Cancer
1.84
115
0.59
173
16. Bladder Cancer
0.66
173
3.81
31
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.