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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

Compare Bulgaria and Malawi 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.

Malawi
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%
Malawi Population Pyramid
38,142,971
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   Malawi MALAWI
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Malawi MALAWI
       
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
 
37.4
38.5
37.9
153
155
157
1970
69.1
73.5
71.3
12
25
15
 
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
1980
68.5
74.0
71.2
35
40
32
 
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
1990
68.3
75.2
71.6
52
47
46
 
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
2000
67.8
74.7
71.1
84
71
78
 
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
2010
69.9
76.9
73.4
89
73
82
 
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
2019
71.6
78.6
75.1
82
68
75
 
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Malawi MALAWI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.6
78.6
82
68
62.3
68.9
153
138
Age 5
72.2
79.1
89
72
65.3
71.6
165
142
Age 10
72.2
79.1
92
72
65.8
72.1
165
143
Age 15
72.3
79.2
93
72
66.1
72.3
165
143
Age 20
72.5
79.3
96
72
66.5
72.6
165
143
Age 25
72.6
79.3
99
73
67.0
73.0
165
143
Age 30
72.9
79.5
100
74
67.6
73.4
165
142
Age 35
73.1
79.6
101
75
68.3
74.0
166
142
Age 40
73.5
79.8
103
75
69.1
74.8
167
142
Age 45
74.0
80.1
105
78
70.2
75.6
167
140
Age 50
74.8
80.5
108
78
71.6
76.6
166
141
Age 55
75.9
81.1
107
76
73.3
77.8
166
132
Age 60
77.4
82.0
103
74
75.1
79.0
164
128
Age 65
79.3
83.0
97
73
77.3
80.5
164
120
Age 70
81.5
84.1
92
77
79.8
82.3
162
116
Age 75
83.9
85.6
88
84
82.7
84.5
158
107
Age 80
86.5
87.5
104
96
85.9
87.2
153
102
Age 85
89.6
90.1
121
125
89.4
90.3
141
97
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Malawi MALAWI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
210.78
26
82.36
130
2. Stroke
116.86
50
99.81
73
3. Hypertension
32.82
39
32.87
38
4. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
1.92
173
5. Lung Disease
22.97
89
23.06
86
6. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
13.43
128
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
2.90
178
8. Liver Disease
15.44
106
43.20
16
9. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
13.89
113
10. Kidney Disease
11.77
137
23.88
86
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.70
157
79.50
43
12. Road Traffic Accidents
8.59
129
57.15
3
13. Diabetes Mellitus
8.11
153
36.03
73
14. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
2.55
167
15. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
0.45
180
16. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
62.51
2
17. Suicide
6.50
122
10.58
63
18. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
3.33
134
19. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
0.51
175
20. Other Injuries
4.55
141
10.06
67
21. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
3.24
158
22. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
100
4.28
101
23. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
4.76
13
24. Lymphomas
3.82
127
7.19
18
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.67
141
6.35
75
26. Leukemia
3.61
89
0.62
179
27. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
3.05
83
28. Falls
2.99
149
8.32
43
29. Low Birth Weight
2.58
133
8.83
48
30. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
4.59
9
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.76
125
3.68
73
32. Drownings
1.55
128
2.23
104
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
21.94
1
34. Parkinson's Disease
1.44
169
3.95
97
35. Endocrine Disorders
1.33
168
2.36
134
36. Epilepsy
1.03
133
2.04
64
37. Violence
1.00
155
3.12
112
38. Fires
0.97
116
2.94
51
39. Tuberculosis
0.95
130
23.26
47
40. Birth Trauma
0.87
130
7.34
47
41. Drug Use
0.87
126
0.57
152
42. Alzheimers & Dementia
0.79
182
19.90
48
43. Other Neoplasms
0.66
72
0.27
147
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.50
35
0.10
154
45. Alcohol
0.43
148
1.46
86
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.40
165
60.66
25
47. Skin Disease
0.39
149
1.36
100
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.36
168
1.88
74
49. Poisonings
0.34
120
2.51
33
50. Meningitis
0.32
135
12.92
27
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Malawi MALAWI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,513
38.86
4,929
5.11
2. Stroke
21,347
22.72
5,939
6.16
3. Hypertension
5,916
6.30
1,797
1.86
4. Lung Disease
3,993
4.25
1,340
1.39
5. Lung Cancers
3,288
3.50
131
0.14
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,591
2.76
234
0.24
7. Kidney Disease
1,855
1.97
1,567
1.63
8. Liver Disease
1,804
1.92
3,259
3.38
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,396
1.49
7,739
8.03
10. Breast Cancer
1,358
1.45
600
0.62
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,344
1.43
2,267
2.35
12. Stomach Cancer
1,175
1.25
206
0.21
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,063
1.13
38
0.04
14. Prostate Cancer
1,016
1.08
271
0.28
15. Suicide
681
0.72
1,007
1.04
16. Liver Cancer
664
0.71
317
0.33
17. Road Traffic Accidents
647
0.69
6,221
6.45
18. Bladder Cancer
637
0.68
388
0.40
19. Lymphomas
499
0.53
839
0.87
20. Leukemia
460
0.49
82
0.09
21. Other Injuries
437
0.47
1,266
1.31
22. Cervical Cancer
422
0.45
2,876
2.98
23. Ovary Cancer
420
0.45
158
0.16
24. Inflammatory/Heart
409
0.44
370
0.38
25. Oral Cancer
408
0.43
251
0.26
26. Falls
381
0.41
562
0.58
27. Uterin Cancer
369
0.39
23
0.02
28. Skin Cancers
328
0.35
331
0.34
29. Parkinson's Disease
284
0.30
200
0.21
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
276
0.29
280
0.29
31. Oesophagus Cancer
195
0.21
1,842
1.91
32. Congenital Anomalies
160
0.17
2,509
2.60
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
147
0.16
782
0.81
34. Endocrine Disorders
146
0.16
257
0.27
35. Drownings
129
0.14
458
0.47
36. Fires
124
0.13
380
0.39
37. Low Birth Weight
116
0.12
4,339
4.50
38. Tuberculosis
104
0.11
2,992
3.10
39. Other Neoplasms
93
0.10
17
0.02
40. Epilepsy
93
0.10
260
0.27
41. Violence
84
0.09
406
0.42
42. Drug Use
76
0.08
47
0.05
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
56
0.06
154
0.16
44. Skin Disease
53
0.06
101
0.10
45. Multiple Sclerosis
52
0.06
9
0.01
46. Alcohol
44
0.05
114
0.12
47. Birth Trauma
40
0.04
3,563
3.70
48. Poisonings
38
0.04
325
0.34
49. Meningitis
31
0.03
1,792
1.86
50. Asthma
28
0.03
705
0.73
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Malawi MALAWI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
1.92
173
2. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
13.43
128
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
2.90
178
4. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
13.89
113
5. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
2.55
167
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
0.45
180
7. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
62.51
2
8. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
3.33
134
9. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
0.51
175
10. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
3.24
158
11. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
4.76
13
12. Lymphomas
3.82
127
7.19
18
13. Leukemia
3.61
89
0.62
179
14. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
3.05
83
15. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
4.59
9
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
21.94
1
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.