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Saudi Arabia
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 Saudi Arabia and Bulgaria 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.

Bulgaria
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
Saudi Arabia Population Pyramid
44,562,484
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%
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
43.6
45.8
44.7
120
122
119
 
67.6
71.0
69.2
12
29
20
1970
50.9
53.8
52.3
112
113
114
 
69.1
73.5
71.3
12
25
15
1980
60.2
62.6
61.4
91
101
95
 
68.5
74.0
71.2
35
40
32
1990
66.4
69.7
68.0
72
94
90
 
68.3
75.2
71.6
52
47
46
2000
71.0
74.4
72.6
46
73
58
 
67.8
74.7
71.1
84
71
78
2010
72.4
75.1
73.7
56
94
74
 
69.9
76.9
73.4
89
73
82
2019
73.1
76.1
74.3
68
96
84
 
71.6
78.6
75.1
82
68
75
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.1
76.1
68
96
71.6
78.6
82
68
Age
73.1
76.1
68
96
71.6
78.6
82
68
Age 5
73.6
76.6
73
101
72.2
79.1
89
72
Age 10
73.7
76.7
73
101
72.2
79.1
92
72
Age 15
73.7
76.8
75
101
72.3
79.2
93
72
Age 20
73.9
76.9
75
101
72.5
79.3
96
72
Age 25
74.3
77.0
74
103
72.6
79.3
99
73
Age 30
74.7
77.3
74
102
72.9
79.5
100
74
Age 35
75.1
77.5
74
101
73.1
79.6
101
75
Age 40
75.6
77.9
75
101
73.5
79.8
103
75
Age 45
76.2
78.3
75
99
74.0
80.1
105
78
Age 50
77.0
78.9
73
99
74.8
80.5
108
78
Age 55
78.0
79.8
69
98
75.9
81.1
107
76
Age 60
79.3
80.8
66
96
77.4
82.0
103
74
Age 65
80.8
82.0
68
95
79.3
83.0
97
73
Age 70
82.6
83.5
65
92
81.5
84.1
92
77
Age 75
84.8
85.4
63
89
83.9
85.6
88
84
Age 80
87.4
87.7
62
90
86.5
87.5
104
96
Age 85
90.2
90.3
65
96
89.6
90.1
121
125
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
200.97
29
210.78
26
2. Stroke
95.93
76
116.86
50
3. Kidney Disease
50.63
11
11.77
137
4. Road Traffic Accidents
36.13
34
8.59
129
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.87
82
10.70
157
6. Liver Disease
26.88
69
15.44
106
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.52
41
0.79
182
8. Diabetes Mellitus
20.15
108
8.11
153
9. Falls
18.92
3
2.99
149
10. Lung Disease
17.85
118
22.97
89
11. Other Injuries
11.16
53
4.55
141
12. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
17.57
86
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
16.50
18
14. Congenital Anomalies
6.23
82
3.67
141
15. Inflammatory/Heart
6.16
64
4.28
100
16. Parkinson's Disease
5.96
25
1.44
169
17. Asthma
5.94
80
0.20
182
18. Endocrine Disorders
5.93
55
1.33
168
19. Suicide
5.43
133
6.50
122
20. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
4.53
114
21. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
4.59
23
22. Hypertension
4.28
160
32.82
39
23. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
23.63
32
24. Skin Disease
3.68
23
0.39
149
25. Lymphomas
3.45
135
3.82
127
26. Leukemia
3.26
112
3.61
89
27. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
5.80
39
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.55
98
0.40
165
29. Fires
2.54
65
0.97
116
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
7.11
42
31. Tuberculosis
2.44
101
0.95
130
32. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
14.25
109
33. Low Birth Weight
2.33
140
2.58
133
34. Drownings
2.28
101
1.55
128
35. Violence
2.14
130
1.00
155
36. Epilepsy
2.13
57
1.03
133
37. Drug Use
2.02
44
0.87
126
38. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
7.80
66
39. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
3.32
74
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.68
128
1.76
125
41. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
6.87
108
42. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
1.46
129
43. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
3.82
30
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.01
119
0.36
168
45. Meningitis
0.94
83
0.32
135
46. Encephalitis
0.83
38
0.09
131
47. Birth Trauma
0.81
132
0.87
130
48. Poisonings
0.74
78
0.34
120
49. Malnutrition
0.50
115
0.02
175
50. HIV/AIDS
0.50
124
0.31
134
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
39,037
29.13
36,513
38.86
2. Stroke
16,793
12.53
21,347
22.72
3. Road Traffic Accidents
12,317
9.19
647
0.69
4. Kidney Disease
9,051
6.75
1,855
1.97
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,132
4.58
1,396
1.49
6. Falls
5,340
3.99
381
0.41
7. Liver Disease
4,931
3.68
1,804
1.92
8. Other Injuries
4,004
2.99
437
0.47
9. Diabetes Mellitus
3,890
2.90
1,344
1.43
10. Lung Disease
2,842
2.12
3,993
4.25
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,442
1.82
147
0.16
12. Congenital Anomalies
2,307
1.72
160
0.17
13. Suicide
2,046
1.53
681
0.72
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,630
1.22
2,591
2.76
15. Endocrine Disorders
1,447
1.08
146
0.16
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,342
1.00
409
0.44
17. Asthma
1,168
0.87
28
0.03
18. Low Birth Weight
989
0.74
116
0.12
19. Leukemia
925
0.69
460
0.49
20. Breast Cancer
908
0.68
1,358
1.45
21. Liver Cancer
845
0.63
664
0.71
22. Hypertension
834
0.62
5,916
6.30
23. Fires
825
0.62
124
0.13
24. Drownings
821
0.61
129
0.14
25. Parkinson's Disease
776
0.58
284
0.30
26. Lung Cancers
775
0.58
3,288
3.50
27. Tuberculosis
752
0.56
104
0.11
28. Lymphomas
716
0.53
499
0.53
29. Epilepsy
694
0.52
93
0.10
30. Violence
646
0.48
84
0.09
31. Pancreas Cancer
526
0.39
1,063
1.13
32. Skin Disease
516
0.39
53
0.06
33. Drug Use
491
0.37
76
0.08
34. Oral Cancer
465
0.35
408
0.43
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
457
0.34
27
0.03
36. Stomach Cancer
389
0.29
1,175
1.25
37. Birth Trauma
343
0.26
40
0.04
38. Uterin Cancer
323
0.24
369
0.39
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
280
0.21
56
0.06
40. Poisonings
279
0.21
38
0.04
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
275
0.21
276
0.29
42. Ovary Cancer
247
0.18
420
0.45
43. Encephalitis
234
0.17
3
0.00
44. Oesophagus Cancer
229
0.17
195
0.21
45. Meningitis
227
0.17
31
0.03
46. Bladder Cancer
214
0.16
637
0.68
47. HIV/AIDS
192
0.14
20
0.02
48. Maternal Conditions
172
0.13
6
0.01
49. Cervical Cancer
157
0.12
422
0.45
50. Prostate Cancer
148
0.11
1,016
1.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
17.57
86
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
16.50
18
3. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
4.53
114
4. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
4.59
23
5. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
23.63
32
6. Lymphomas
3.45
135
3.82
127
7. Leukemia
3.26
112
3.61
89
8. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
5.80
39
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
7.11
42
10. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
14.25
109
11. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
7.80
66
12. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
3.32
74
13. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
6.87
108
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
1.46
129
15. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
3.82
30
16. Skin Cancers
0.27
169
2.17
72
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.