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Kuwait
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 Kuwait and Viet Nam 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.

Viet Nam
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
Kuwait Population Pyramid
5,393,471
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%
Viet Nam Population Pyramid
109,605,010
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
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Viet Nam VIET NAM
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
58.1
61.5
59.8
63
65
64
 
42.6
46.3
44.4
123
119
120
1970
64.8
68.8
66.8
48
51
52
 
46.9
51.9
49.4
129
118
123
1980
68.7
72.9
70.8
34
48
34
 
55.5
59.9
57.7
119
114
116
1990
73.2
76.9
75.0
16
31
24
 
64.1
67.7
65.9
95
108
103
2000
72.4
74.4
73.2
36
74
48
 
68.5
78.2
73.4
76
35
46
2010
73.2
75.2
74.0
47
91
69
 
70.3
80.1
75.2
81
36
51
2019
79.3
83.9
81.0
24
19
29
 
69.6
78.1
73.7
106
73
92
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Viet Nam VIET NAM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.9
24
19
69.6
78.1
106
73
Age
79.3
83.9
24
19
69.6
78.1
106
73
Age 5
79.9
84.5
21
13
71.2
79.4
103
69
Age 10
80.0
84.6
21
13
71.3
79.4
107
69
Age 15
80.1
84.7
21
13
71.4
79.5
108
69
Age 20
80.2
84.7
21
13
71.7
79.6
108
69
Age 25
80.4
84.8
20
13
72.0
79.7
108
69
Age 30
80.6
84.8
19
13
72.4
79.9
109
69
Age 35
80.8
84.9
22
14
72.7
80.0
110
69
Age 40
81.0
84.9
23
14
73.1
80.2
112
69
Age 45
81.2
85.1
23
15
73.7
80.5
114
70
Age 50
81.6
85.2
23
15
74.5
80.9
115
71
Age 55
82.1
85.5
23
15
75.5
81.4
116
74
Age 60
82.8
85.9
23
16
76.9
82.0
117
73
Age 65
83.8
86.5
22
17
78.6
82.9
121
76
Age 70
85.0
87.4
21
16
80.7
84.1
125
79
Age 75
86.7
88.5
17
15
83.2
85.7
130
80
Age 80
88.7
90.0
17
13
86.1
87.8
129
87
Age 85
91.1
92.0
18
12
89.4
90.4
132
83
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Viet Nam VIET NAM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
94.14
119
86.67
125
2. Stroke
37.49
140
155.75
20
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.91
93
25.84
97
4. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
11.36
148
5. Road Traffic Accidents
18.99
80
29.81
50
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.42
96
23.72
20
7. Hypertension
15.74
106
18.94
88
8. Diabetes Mellitus
14.78
127
33.78
78
9. Kidney Disease
12.44
132
24.12
83
10. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
4.61
166
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
8.23
98
12. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
21.48
46
13. Liver Disease
6.90
153
23.34
81
14. Lung Disease
6.49
182
34.16
39
15. Lymphomas
6.31
32
2.94
151
16. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
24.37
7
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.27
105
6.59
63
18. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
2.12
103
19. Leukemia
4.74
29
4.93
22
20. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
0.92
167
21. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
1.62
178
22. Low Birth Weight
3.94
106
5.69
84
23. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
0.90
160
24. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
15.13
9
25. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
4.34
134
26. Falls
2.93
152
13.80
10
27. Parkinson's Disease
2.84
148
5.18
44
28. Suicide
2.66
167
7.22
112
29. Other Injuries
2.62
174
5.34
126
30. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
7.03
18
31. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
2.23
97
32. Violence
1.82
135
1.81
136
33. Endocrine Disorders
1.67
157
2.08
149
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.37
177
4.93
88
35. Drug Use
1.35
78
1.31
83
36. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
0.46
165
37. Asthma
1.12
126
7.89
73
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.96
150
0.86
155
39. Fires
0.80
122
0.58
132
40. Tuberculosis
0.71
134
9.33
70
41. Epilepsy
0.61
169
0.58
171
42. Drownings
0.52
169
5.36
24
43. Poisonings
0.40
110
0.79
76
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.35
169
1.57
89
45. Meningitis
0.30
138
0.64
102
46. Skin Disease
0.28
163
1.34
102
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.24
172
4.47
82
48. Alcohol
0.24
168
0.82
127
49. Other Neoplasms
0.20
164
0.33
127
50. Birth Trauma
0.18
179
1.86
94
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,325
30.48
91,939
13.41
2. Road Traffic Accidents
649
8.51
29,475
4.30
3. Stroke
599
7.85
159,032
23.20
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
340
4.46
27,836
4.06
5. Hypertension
256
3.36
19,880
2.90
6. Diabetes Mellitus
242
3.17
33,860
4.94
7. Breast Cancer
230
3.01
6,187
0.90
8. Kidney Disease
204
2.67
25,251
3.68
9. Congenital Anomalies
202
2.65
7,064
1.03
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
198
2.60
8,258
1.20
11. Liver Disease
192
2.52
23,900
3.49
12. Lung Cancers
161
2.11
21,294
3.11
13. Low Birth Weight
158
2.07
7,132
1.04
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
139
1.82
29,307
4.27
15. Lymphomas
132
1.73
2,964
0.43
16. Liver Cancer
129
1.69
24,995
3.65
17. Leukemia
123
1.61
4,899
0.71
18. Suicide
122
1.60
7,249
1.06
19. Falls
102
1.34
15,427
2.25
20. Pancreas Cancer
89
1.17
929
0.14
21. Lung Disease
84
1.10
35,875
5.23
22. Other Injuries
83
1.09
5,539
0.81
23. Violence
75
0.98
1,785
0.26
24. Oral Cancer
74
0.97
7,088
1.03
25. Stomach Cancer
72
0.94
15,134
2.21
26. Prostate Cancer
58
0.76
1,911
0.28
27. Bladder Cancer
52
0.68
896
0.13
28. Endocrine Disorders
44
0.58
2,082
0.30
29. Ovary Cancer
41
0.54
864
0.13
30. Drug Use
38
0.50
1,366
0.20
31. Inflammatory/Heart
36
0.47
5,357
0.78
32. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.46
2,265
0.33
33. Cervical Cancer
32
0.42
2,391
0.35
34. Tuberculosis
31
0.41
9,446
1.38
35. Uterin Cancer
31
0.41
1,159
0.17
36. Parkinson's Disease
29
0.38
5,338
0.78
37. Skin Cancers
28
0.37
467
0.07
38. Fires
28
0.37
595
0.09
39. Epilepsy
22
0.29
583
0.09
40. Asthma
21
0.28
8,150
1.19
41. Drownings
19
0.25
5,097
0.74
42. Poisonings
16
0.21
832
0.12
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.18
957
0.14
44. Alcohol
12
0.16
867
0.13
45. Meningitis
9
0.12
624
0.09
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8
0.10
1,708
0.25
47. HIV/AIDS
7
0.09
4,993
0.73
48. Birth Trauma
7
0.09
2,340
0.34
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.08
4,390
0.64
50. Multiple Sclerosis
5
0.07
135
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kuwait KUWAIT   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
25.21
27
11.36
148
2. Prostate Cancer
10.40
133
4.61
166
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.88
77
8.23
98
4. Lung Cancers
8.20
113
21.48
46
5. Lymphomas
6.31
32
2.94
151
6. Liver Cancer
6.12
72
24.37
7
7. Uterin Cancer
4.90
19
2.12
103
8. Leukemia
4.74
29
4.93
22
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.60
74
0.92
167
10. Ovary Cancer
4.56
85
1.62
178
11. Bladder Cancer
3.76
33
0.90
160
12. Stomach Cancer
3.19
151
15.13
9
13. Cervical Cancer
2.99
146
4.34
134
14. Oral Cancer
2.60
100
7.03
18
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2.17
102
2.23
97
16. Skin Cancers
1.24
129
0.46
165
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.