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Sudan
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 Sudan 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
Sudan Population Pyramid
81,192,821
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
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Iran IRAN
  Sudan SUDAN   Iran IRAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.0
41.8
40.4
147
142
145
 
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
1970
42.9
45.6
44.2
147
144
146
 
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
1980
48.0
50.8
49.3
147
145
145
 
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
1990
51.4
54.4
52.9
154
154
155
 
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
2000
56.8
60.4
58.6
137
137
139
 
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
2010
60.7
64.3
62.5
140
141
140
 
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
2019
67.6
70.8
69.1
123
129
125
 
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Iran IRAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
67.6
70.8
123
129
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age
67.6
70.8
123
129
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age 5
72.0
74.7
94
120
76.8
80.1
43
57
Age 10
72.4
75.0
89
118
76.9
80.2
42
56
Age 15
72.6
75.2
87
117
77.0
80.3
42
56
Age 20
72.9
75.4
88
117
77.3
80.5
42
56
Age 25
73.2
75.6
88
117
77.7
80.6
40
56
Age 30
73.6
75.9
89
117
78.0
80.8
40
56
Age 35
74.0
76.2
90
117
78.4
80.9
40
57
Age 40
74.4
76.6
89
116
78.7
81.1
41
58
Age 45
75.0
77.1
90
114
79.1
81.3
42
57
Age 50
75.7
77.7
90
114
79.6
81.6
42
59
Age 55
76.6
78.4
89
114
80.3
81.9
41
62
Age 60
77.8
79.4
89
111
81.2
82.5
41
63
Age 65
79.4
80.7
92
111
82.4
83.3
40
69
Age 70
81.4
82.3
98
113
83.8
84.3
39
72
Age 75
83.8
84.5
97
114
85.6
85.8
46
78
Age 80
86.6
87.1
98
112
87.9
87.8
46
81
Age 85
89.8
90.2
90
106
90.6
90.4
46
88
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Iran IRAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
231.30
20
142.51
54
2. Stroke
108.71
60
57.21
120
3. Hypertension
40.23
23
25.73
55
4. Road Traffic Accidents
36.38
33
22.15
65
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.74
83
16.00
132
6. Kidney Disease
24.83
75
17.84
115
7. Breast Cancer
24.70
29
9.78
162
8. Lung Disease
23.39
85
17.75
119
9. Liver Disease
19.11
92
9.41
130
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.52
94
18.63
74
11. Malaria
15.39
37
0.00
114
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.23
122
20.84
107
13. Tuberculosis
14.62
56
1.25
119
14. Low Birth Weight
14.18
9
4.04
103
15. Measles
13.26
7
0.00
89
16. Diarrhoeal diseases
13.22
63
2.38
102
17. Asthma
12.79
51
5.07
88
18. Prostate Cancer
7.55
143
10.80
129
19. Birth Trauma
7.45
45
2.23
89
20. HIV/AIDS
6.94
69
2.75
96
21. Lymphomas
6.85
20
4.01
118
22. Violence
6.81
69
3.01
113
23. Other Injuries
6.73
105
5.05
132
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.55
66
4.74
119
25. Ovary Cancer
6.51
24
2.62
158
26. Leukemia
6.37
2
5.50
14
27. Cervical Cancer
6.36
112
1.43
179
28. Maternal Conditions
5.36
46
0.30
124
29. Oesophagus Cancer
5.26
36
3.58
53
30. Falls
4.91
104
3.88
128
31. Suicide
4.76
143
5.13
140
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.61
154
6.65
124
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
90
4.17
89
34. Liver Cancer
4.10
124
5.46
89
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.90
70
1.90
115
36. Endocrine Disorders
3.60
87
2.83
120
37. Drug Use
3.34
21
2.62
31
38. Fires
3.17
44
2.30
67
39. Drownings
3.02
74
1.16
143
40. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
140
2.29
157
41. Hepatitis B
2.84
3
0.57
62
42. Pertussis
2.72
27
0.09
106
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.53
54
1.41
94
44. Lung Cancers
2.40
168
9.96
104
45. Malnutrition
2.39
82
0.23
133
46. Oral Cancer
2.23
119
0.95
176
47. Stomach Cancer
2.16
175
14.67
11
48. Meningitis
2.06
61
0.82
88
49. Bladder Cancer
1.94
101
2.18
86
50. Skin Cancers
1.67
108
0.77
147
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sudan SUDAN   Iran IRAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43,966
20.16
93,308
28.07
2. Stroke
20,582
9.44
36,730
11.05
3. Low Birth Weight
16,036
7.35
4,861
1.46
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
12,619
5.79
11,243
3.38
5. Road Traffic Accidents
11,459
5.25
17,803
5.36
6. Measles
9,301
4.26
2
0.00
7. Birth Trauma
8,526
3.91
2,735
0.82
8. Hypertension
7,287
3.34
16,415
4.94
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,277
2.88
1,836
0.55
10. Malaria
5,614
2.57
0
0.00
11. Congenital Anomalies
5,507
2.53
4,844
1.46
12. Kidney Disease
5,095
2.34
11,810
3.55
13. Lung Disease
4,382
2.01
11,409
3.43
14. Liver Disease
4,348
1.99
6,637
2.00
15. Tuberculosis
4,250
1.95
882
0.27
16. Breast Cancer
3,071
1.41
3,736
1.12
17. Diabetes Mellitus
3,070
1.41
13,910
4.18
18. Other Injuries
2,912
1.34
4,048
1.22
19. Asthma
2,636
1.21
3,360
1.01
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,584
1.18
11,046
3.32
21. Violence
2,478
1.14
2,535
0.76
22. HIV/AIDS
2,331
1.07
2,521
0.76
23. Maternal Conditions
1,961
0.90
285
0.09
24. Pertussis
1,899
0.87
75
0.02
25. Leukemia
1,828
0.84
3,966
1.19
26. Drownings
1,684
0.77
930
0.28
27. Suicide
1,644
0.75
4,334
1.30
28. Falls
1,559
0.71
2,821
0.85
29. Lymphomas
1,533
0.70
2,882
0.87
30. Endocrine Disorders
1,459
0.67
2,092
0.63
31. Fires
1,310
0.60
1,823
0.55
32. Oesophagus Cancer
1,126
0.52
2,371
0.71
33. Meningitis
1,092
0.50
642
0.19
34. Malnutrition
1,089
0.50
157
0.05
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,049
0.48
4,575
1.38
36. Drug Use
1,036
0.48
2,242
0.67
37. Liver Cancer
946
0.43
3,714
1.12
38. Inflammatory/Heart
839
0.38
1,611
0.48
39. Ovary Cancer
794
0.36
937
0.28
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
775
0.36
1,246
0.37
41. Cervical Cancer
770
0.35
501
0.15
42. Poisonings
744
0.34
816
0.25
43. Epilepsy
735
0.34
719
0.22
44. Hepatitis B
730
0.33
425
0.13
45. Parkinson's Disease
705
0.32
2,545
0.77
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
684
0.31
996
0.30
47. Syphilis
603
0.28
52
0.02
48. Lung Cancers
545
0.25
6,784
2.04
49. Prostate Cancer
523
0.24
3,583
1.08
50. Oral Cancer
493
0.23
655
0.20
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sudan SUDAN   Iran IRAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
24.70
29
9.78
162
2. Prostate Cancer
7.55
143
10.80
129
3. Lymphomas
6.85
20
4.01
118
4. Ovary Cancer
6.51
24
2.62
158
5. Leukemia
6.37
2
5.50
14
6. Cervical Cancer
6.36
112
1.43
179
7. Oesophagus Cancer
5.26
36
3.58
53
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.61
154
6.65
124
9. Liver Cancer
4.10
124
5.46
89
10. Lung Cancers
2.40
168
9.96
104
11. Oral Cancer
2.23
119
0.95
176
12. Stomach Cancer
2.16
175
14.67
11
13. Bladder Cancer
1.94
101
2.18
86
14. Skin Cancers
1.67
108
0.77
147
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.20
163
3.56
99
16. Uterin Cancer
0.67
172
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.