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Nepal
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 Nepal and Saudi Arabia 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.

Saudi Arabia
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
Nepal Population Pyramid
35,323,925
Saudi Arabia Population Pyramid
44,562,484
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
  Nepal NEPAL   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.0
38.4
38.7
148
156
154
 
43.6
45.8
44.7
120
122
119
1970
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
 
50.9
53.8
52.3
112
113
114
1980
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
 
60.2
62.6
61.4
91
101
95
1990
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
 
66.4
69.7
68.0
72
94
90
2000
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
 
71.0
74.4
72.6
46
73
58
2010
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
 
72.4
75.1
73.7
56
94
74
2019
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
 
73.1
76.1
74.3
68
96
84
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.9
72.7
113
119
73.1
76.1
68
96
Age
68.9
72.7
113
119
73.1
76.1
68
96
Age 5
71.2
74.9
102
118
73.6
76.6
73
101
Age 10
71.4
75.1
103
117
73.7
76.7
73
101
Age 15
71.6
75.2
104
118
73.7
76.8
75
101
Age 20
71.8
75.4
104
119
73.9
76.9
75
101
Age 25
72.2
75.6
105
119
74.3
77.0
74
103
Age 30
72.5
75.8
106
118
74.7
77.3
74
102
Age 35
72.9
76.0
106
118
75.1
77.5
74
101
Age 40
73.3
76.3
107
118
75.6
77.9
75
101
Age 45
73.8
76.8
111
117
76.2
78.3
75
99
Age 50
74.5
77.4
112
118
77.0
78.9
73
99
Age 55
75.5
78.2
118
117
78.0
79.8
69
98
Age 60
76.8
79.2
123
120
79.3
80.8
66
96
Age 65
78.5
80.4
123
124
80.8
82.0
68
95
Age 70
80.7
82.0
129
134
82.6
83.5
65
92
Age 75
83.2
84.1
133
137
84.8
85.4
63
89
Age 80
86.1
86.7
132
146
87.4
87.7
62
90
Age 85
89.4
89.8
145
151
90.2
90.3
65
96
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Disease
149.01
1
17.85
118
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.19
104
200.97
29
3. Tuberculosis
72.19
12
2.44
101
4. Stroke
67.32
106
95.93
76
5. Asthma
30.93
6
5.94
80
6. Liver Disease
30.02
57
26.88
69
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.68
51
2.55
98
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
29.37
86
30.87
82
9. Kidney Disease
21.28
103
50.63
11
10. Road Traffic Accidents
20.65
72
36.13
34
11. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
4.27
144
12. Diabetes Mellitus
16.12
117
20.15
108
13. Falls
15.55
5
18.92
3
14. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
1.58
177
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.60
145
20.52
41
16. Hypertension
11.58
122
4.28
160
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11.28
7
1.01
119
18. Suicide
9.77
74
5.43
133
19. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
8.30
174
20. Low Birth Weight
8.46
51
2.33
140
21. Other Injuries
7.36
96
11.16
53
22. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
1.90
176
23. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
1.85
142
24. Birth Trauma
6.00
55
0.81
132
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
7.19
116
26. Drownings
5.38
23
2.28
101
27. Congenital Anomalies
4.79
117
6.23
82
28. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
2.77
152
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.37
77
5.96
25
30. Malnutrition
4.05
59
0.50
115
31. Encephalitis
3.79
4
0.83
38
32. Epilepsy
3.57
12
2.13
57
33. Maternal Conditions
3.56
54
0.39
119
34. Lymphomas
3.51
134
3.45
135
35. HIV/AIDS
3.15
91
0.50
124
36. Leukemia
2.61
139
3.26
112
37. Violence
2.57
119
2.14
130
38. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
1.28
142
39. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
2.49
130
40. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
0.27
169
41. Poisonings
1.74
52
0.74
78
42. Meningitis
1.69
68
0.94
83
43. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
1.17
145
44. Pertussis
1.48
54
0.17
97
45. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
4.82
104
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
144
1.68
128
47. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
171
5.93
55
48. Inflammatory/Heart
1.08
183
6.16
64
49. Appendicitis
1.00
16
0.18
115
50. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
2.36
179
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nepal NEPAL   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Lung Disease
27,027
16.83
2,842
2.12
2. Coronary Heart Disease
19,677
12.26
39,037
29.13
3. Tuberculosis
16,535
10.30
752
0.56
4. Stroke
12,909
8.04
16,793
12.53
5. Liver Disease
6,383
3.98
4,931
3.68
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,237
3.88
6,132
4.58
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,071
3.78
457
0.34
8. Asthma
5,930
3.69
1,168
0.87
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,654
2.90
12,317
9.19
10. Kidney Disease
4,284
2.67
9,051
6.75
11. Low Birth Weight
3,822
2.38
989
0.74
12. Lung Cancers
3,586
2.23
775
0.58
13. Falls
3,321
2.07
5,340
3.99
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,929
1.82
3,890
2.90
15. Birth Trauma
2,676
1.67
343
0.26
16. Suicide
2,571
1.60
2,046
1.53
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,320
1.44
280
0.21
18. Hypertension
2,092
1.30
834
0.62
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,022
1.26
2,442
1.82
20. Cervical Cancer
1,969
1.23
157
0.12
21. Congenital Anomalies
1,949
1.21
2,307
1.72
22. Other Injuries
1,655
1.03
4,004
2.99
23. Drownings
1,505
0.94
821
0.61
24. Oral Cancer
1,389
0.87
465
0.35
25. Stomach Cancer
1,379
0.86
389
0.29
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,167
0.73
1,630
1.22
27. Breast Cancer
1,038
0.65
908
0.68
28. Maternal Conditions
977
0.61
172
0.13
29. Encephalitis
882
0.55
234
0.17
30. Epilepsy
874
0.54
694
0.52
31. Malnutrition
845
0.53
79
0.06
32. Lymphomas
768
0.48
716
0.53
33. Parkinson's Disease
760
0.47
776
0.58
34. HIV/AIDS
737
0.46
192
0.14
35. Violence
704
0.44
646
0.48
36. Leukemia
668
0.42
925
0.69
37. Ovary Cancer
585
0.36
247
0.18
38. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.31
229
0.17
39. Poisonings
474
0.30
279
0.21
40. Pertussis
453
0.28
56
0.04
41. Pancreas Cancer
445
0.28
526
0.39
42. Skin Cancers
400
0.25
55
0.04
43. Meningitis
377
0.23
227
0.17
44. Bladder Cancer
325
0.20
214
0.16
45. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.16
1,447
1.08
46. Liver Cancer
256
0.16
845
0.63
47. Appendicitis
220
0.14
35
0.03
48. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.14
1,342
1.00
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
191
0.12
275
0.21
50. Fires
184
0.11
825
0.62
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
4.27
144
2. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
1.58
177
3. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
8.30
174
4. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
1.90
176
5. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
1.85
142
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
7.19
116
7. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
2.77
152
8. Lymphomas
3.51
134
3.45
135
9. Leukemia
2.61
139
3.26
112
10. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
1.28
142
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
2.49
130
12. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
0.27
169
13. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
1.17
145
14. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
4.82
104
15. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
2.36
179
16. Uterin Cancer
0.48
176
4.67
22
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.