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Bulgaria
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
BULGARIA VS BHUTAN

Compare Bulgaria and Bhutan 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.

Bhutan
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
Bulgaria Population Pyramid
5,385,444
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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Bhutan Population Pyramid
904,614
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
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Bhutan BHUTAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.6
71.0
69.2
12
29
20
  
36.9
37.7
37.3
158
159
158
1970
69.1
73.5
71.3
12
25
15
  
40.2
41.7
40.9
159
160
159
1980
68.5
74.0
71.2
35
40
32
  
45.6
47.8
46.7
155
156
157
1990
68.3
75.2
71.6
52
47
46
  
51.6
54.7
53.1
153
152
154
2000
67.8
74.7
71.1
84
71
78
  
60.0
60.3
60.2
128
138
132
2010
69.9
76.9
73.4
89
73
82
  
67.7
68.2
67.9
100
128
120
2019
71.6
78.6
75.1
82
68
75
  
72.0
74.4
73.1
79
108
99
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Bhutan BHUTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.6
78.6
82
68
72.0
74.4
79
108
Age
71.6
78.6
82
68
72.0
74.4
79
108
Age 5
72.2
79.1
89
72
74.3
76.3
67
105
Age 10
72.2
79.1
92
72
74.4
76.4
64
105
Age 15
72.3
79.2
93
72
74.7
76.7
63
104
Age 20
72.5
79.3
96
72
75.0
76.8
63
104
Age 25
72.6
79.3
99
73
75.2
77.0
64
104
Age 30
72.9
79.5
100
74
75.5
77.1
64
104
Age 35
73.1
79.6
101
75
75.8
77.4
64
104
Age 40
73.5
79.8
103
75
76.1
77.6
64
103
Age 45
74.0
80.1
105
78
76.5
78.0
68
103
Age 50
74.8
80.5
108
78
77.1
78.5
70
103
Age 55
75.9
81.1
107
76
77.9
79.1
73
103
Age 60
77.4
82.0
103
74
78.9
80.0
75
104
Age 65
79.3
83.0
97
73
80.3
81.1
75
104
Age 70
81.5
84.1
92
77
82.0
82.5
78
108
Age 75
83.9
85.6
88
84
84.2
84.4
81
118
Age 80
86.5
87.5
104
96
86.8
86.9
82
130
Age 85
89.6
90.1
121
125
90.0
90.1
80
119
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Bhutan BHUTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
210.78
26
117.54
84
2. Stroke
116.86
50
60.70
117
3. Hypertension
32.82
39
12.74
117
4. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
7.68
118
5. Lung Disease
22.97
89
87.76
4
6. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
2.89
183
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
4.09
168
8. Liver Disease
15.44
106
26.66
70
9. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
1.13
181
10. Kidney Disease
11.77
137
24.53
78
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.70
157
27.08
92
12. Road Traffic Accidents
8.59
129
17.35
85
13. Diabetes Mellitus
8.11
153
27.56
94
14. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
20.62
2
15. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
3.57
97
16. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
10.80
80
17. Suicide
6.50
122
5.07
142
18. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
5.31
57
19. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
0.00
182
20. Other Injuries
4.55
141
6.45
108
21. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
5.90
80
22. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
100
1.24
179
23. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
1.12
149
24. Lymphomas
3.82
127
0.81
180
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.67
141
5.36
102
26. Leukemia
3.61
89
2.69
136
27. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
7.12
15
28. Falls
2.99
149
17.91
4
29. Low Birth Weight
2.58
133
7.39
59
30. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
1.61
109
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.76
125
6.37
39
32. Drownings
1.55
128
2.83
76
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
7.67
20
34. Parkinson's Disease
1.44
169
5.20
43
35. Endocrine Disorders
1.33
168
1.66
158
36. Epilepsy
1.03
133
2.00
69
37. Violence
1.00
155
2.26
126
38. Fires
0.97
116
1.13
106
39. Tuberculosis
0.95
130
18.33
53
40. Birth Trauma
0.87
130
4.78
68
41. Drug Use
0.87
126
0.97
117
42. Alzheimers & Dementia
0.79
182
16.73
112
43. Other Neoplasms
0.66
72
0.36
117
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.50
35
0.16
111
45. Alcohol
0.43
148
0.92
123
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.40
165
26.23
55
47. Skin Disease
0.39
149
1.19
106
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.36
168
10.92
9
49. Poisonings
0.34
120
0.26
133
50. Meningitis
0.32
135
2.45
56
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,513
38.86
702
17.06
2. Stroke
21,347
22.72
360
8.75
3. Hypertension
5,916
6.30
77
1.87
4. Lung Disease
3,993
4.25
524
12.73
5. Lung Cancers
3,288
3.50
44
1.07
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,591
2.76
24
0.58
7. Kidney Disease
1,855
1.97
149
3.62
8. Liver Disease
1,804
1.92
166
4.03
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,396
1.49
177
4.30
10. Breast Cancer
1,358
1.45
8
0.19
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,344
1.43
164
3.99
12. Stomach Cancer
1,175
1.25
118
2.87
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,063
1.13
20
0.49
14. Prostate Cancer
1,016
1.08
3
0.07
15. Suicide
681
0.72
35
0.85
16. Liver Cancer
664
0.71
35
0.85
17. Road Traffic Accidents
647
0.69
123
2.99
18. Bladder Cancer
637
0.68
6
0.15
19. Lymphomas
499
0.53
5
0.12
20. Leukemia
460
0.49
19
0.46
21. Other Injuries
437
0.47
43
1.04
22. Cervical Cancer
422
0.45
30
0.73
23. Ovary Cancer
420
0.45
14
0.34
24. Inflammatory/Heart
409
0.44
8
0.19
25. Oral Cancer
408
0.43
43
1.04
26. Falls
381
0.41
111
2.70
27. Uterin Cancer
369
0.39
0
0.00
28. Skin Cancers
328
0.35
9
0.22
29. Parkinson's Disease
284
0.30
31
0.75
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
276
0.29
39
0.95
31. Oesophagus Cancer
195
0.21
44
1.07
32. Congenital Anomalies
160
0.17
50
1.22
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
147
0.16
105
2.55
34. Endocrine Disorders
146
0.16
11
0.27
35. Drownings
129
0.14
20
0.49
36. Fires
124
0.13
8
0.19
37. Low Birth Weight
116
0.12
79
1.92
38. Tuberculosis
104
0.11
138
3.35
39. Other Neoplasms
93
0.10
2
0.05
40. Epilepsy
93
0.10
14
0.34
41. Violence
84
0.09
18
0.44
42. Drug Use
76
0.08
7
0.17
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
56
0.06
68
1.65
44. Skin Disease
53
0.06
7
0.17
45. Multiple Sclerosis
52
0.06
1
0.02
46. Alcohol
44
0.05
6
0.15
47. Birth Trauma
40
0.04
51
1.24
48. Poisonings
38
0.04
2
0.05
49. Meningitis
31
0.03
17
0.41
50. Asthma
28
0.03
78
1.90
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
7.68
118
2. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
2.89
183
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
4.09
168
4. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
1.13
181
5. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
20.62
2
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
3.57
97
7. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
10.80
80
8. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
5.31
57
9. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
0.00
182
10. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
5.90
80
11. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
1.12
149
12. Lymphomas
3.82
127
0.81
180
13. Leukemia
3.61
89
2.69
136
14. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
7.12
15
15. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
1.61
109
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
7.67
20
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.