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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
SAUDI ARABIA VS IRAN

Compare Saudi Arabia and Iran 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.

Iran
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%
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Iran Population Pyramid
103,098,083
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   Iran IRAN
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Iran IRAN
       
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
  
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
1970
50.9
53.8
52.3
112
113
114
  
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
1980
60.2
62.6
61.4
91
101
95
  
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
1990
66.4
69.7
68.0
72
94
90
  
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
2000
71.0
74.4
72.6
46
73
58
  
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
2010
72.4
75.1
73.7
56
94
74
  
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
2019
73.1
76.1
74.3
68
96
84
  
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Iran IRAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.1
76.1
68
96
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age
73.1
76.1
68
96
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age 5
73.6
76.6
73
101
76.8
80.1
43
57
Age 10
73.7
76.7
73
101
76.9
80.2
42
56
Age 15
73.7
76.8
75
101
77.0
80.3
42
56
Age 20
73.9
76.9
75
101
77.3
80.5
42
56
Age 25
74.3
77.0
74
103
77.7
80.6
40
56
Age 30
74.7
77.3
74
102
78.0
80.8
40
56
Age 35
75.1
77.5
74
101
78.4
80.9
40
57
Age 40
75.6
77.9
75
101
78.7
81.1
41
58
Age 45
76.2
78.3
75
99
79.1
81.3
42
57
Age 50
77.0
78.9
73
99
79.6
81.6
42
59
Age 55
78.0
79.8
69
98
80.3
81.9
41
62
Age 60
79.3
80.8
66
96
81.2
82.5
41
63
Age 65
80.8
82.0
68
95
82.4
83.3
40
69
Age 70
82.6
83.5
65
92
83.8
84.3
39
72
Age 75
84.8
85.4
63
89
85.6
85.8
46
78
Age 80
87.4
87.7
62
90
87.9
87.8
46
81
Age 85
90.2
90.3
65
96
90.6
90.4
46
88
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Iran IRAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
200.97
29
142.51
54
2. Stroke
95.93
76
57.21
120
3. Kidney Disease
50.63
11
17.84
115
4. Road Traffic Accidents
36.13
34
22.15
65
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.87
82
16.00
132
6. Liver Disease
26.88
69
9.41
130
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.52
41
18.63
74
8. Diabetes Mellitus
20.15
108
20.84
107
9. Falls
18.92
3
3.88
128
10. Lung Disease
17.85
118
17.75
119
11. Other Injuries
11.16
53
5.05
132
12. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
9.78
162
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
6.65
124
14. Congenital Anomalies
6.23
82
4.74
119
15. Inflammatory/Heart
6.16
64
2.29
157
16. Parkinson's Disease
5.96
25
4.17
89
17. Asthma
5.94
80
5.07
88
18. Endocrine Disorders
5.93
55
2.83
120
19. Suicide
5.43
133
5.13
140
20. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
5.46
89
21. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
1.01
160
22. Hypertension
4.28
160
25.73
55
23. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
9.96
104
24. Skin Disease
3.68
23
0.37
152
25. Lymphomas
3.45
135
4.01
118
26. Leukemia
3.26
112
5.50
14
27. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
2.62
158
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.55
98
2.38
102
29. Fires
2.54
65
2.30
67
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
3.56
99
31. Tuberculosis
2.44
101
1.25
119
32. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
10.80
129
33. Low Birth Weight
2.33
140
4.04
103
34. Drownings
2.28
101
1.16
143
35. Violence
2.14
130
3.01
113
36. Epilepsy
2.13
57
0.90
142
37. Drug Use
2.02
44
2.62
31
38. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
14.67
11
39. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
0.95
176
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.68
128
1.90
115
41. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
1.43
179
42. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
3.58
53
43. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
2.18
86
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.01
119
1.41
94
45. Meningitis
0.94
83
0.82
88
46. Encephalitis
0.83
38
0.31
109
47. Birth Trauma
0.81
132
2.23
89
48. Poisonings
0.74
78
0.98
68
49. Malnutrition
0.50
115
0.23
133
50. HIV/AIDS
0.50
124
2.75
96
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Iran IRAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
39,037
29.13
93,308
28.07
2. Stroke
16,793
12.53
36,730
11.05
3. Road Traffic Accidents
12,317
9.19
17,803
5.36
4. Kidney Disease
9,051
6.75
11,810
3.55
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,132
4.58
11,243
3.38
6. Falls
5,340
3.99
2,821
0.85
7. Liver Disease
4,931
3.68
6,637
2.00
8. Other Injuries
4,004
2.99
4,048
1.22
9. Diabetes Mellitus
3,890
2.90
13,910
4.18
10. Lung Disease
2,842
2.12
11,409
3.43
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,442
1.82
11,046
3.32
12. Congenital Anomalies
2,307
1.72
4,844
1.46
13. Suicide
2,046
1.53
4,334
1.30
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,630
1.22
4,575
1.38
15. Endocrine Disorders
1,447
1.08
2,092
0.63
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,342
1.00
1,611
0.48
17. Asthma
1,168
0.87
3,360
1.01
18. Low Birth Weight
989
0.74
4,861
1.46
19. Leukemia
925
0.69
3,966
1.19
20. Breast Cancer
908
0.68
3,736
1.12
21. Liver Cancer
845
0.63
3,714
1.12
22. Hypertension
834
0.62
16,415
4.94
23. Fires
825
0.62
1,823
0.55
24. Drownings
821
0.61
930
0.28
25. Parkinson's Disease
776
0.58
2,545
0.77
26. Lung Cancers
775
0.58
6,784
2.04
27. Tuberculosis
752
0.56
882
0.27
28. Lymphomas
716
0.53
2,882
0.87
29. Epilepsy
694
0.52
719
0.22
30. Violence
646
0.48
2,535
0.76
31. Pancreas Cancer
526
0.39
2,418
0.73
32. Skin Disease
516
0.39
237
0.07
33. Drug Use
491
0.37
2,242
0.67
34. Oral Cancer
465
0.35
655
0.20
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
457
0.34
1,836
0.55
36. Stomach Cancer
389
0.29
9,822
2.96
37. Birth Trauma
343
0.26
2,735
0.82
38. Uterin Cancer
323
0.24
355
0.11
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
280
0.21
996
0.30
40. Poisonings
279
0.21
816
0.25
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
275
0.21
1,246
0.37
42. Ovary Cancer
247
0.18
937
0.28
43. Encephalitis
234
0.17
246
0.07
44. Oesophagus Cancer
229
0.17
2,371
0.71
45. Meningitis
227
0.17
642
0.19
46. Bladder Cancer
214
0.16
1,410
0.42
47. HIV/AIDS
192
0.14
2,521
0.76
48. Maternal Conditions
172
0.13
285
0.09
49. Cervical Cancer
157
0.12
501
0.15
50. Prostate Cancer
148
0.11
3,583
1.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Iran IRAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
9.78
162
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
6.65
124
3. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
5.46
89
4. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
1.01
160
5. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
9.96
104
6. Lymphomas
3.45
135
4.01
118
7. Leukemia
3.26
112
5.50
14
8. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
2.62
158
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
3.56
99
10. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
10.80
129
11. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
14.67
11
12. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
0.95
176
13. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
1.43
179
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
3.58
53
15. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
2.18
86
16. Skin Cancers
0.27
169
0.77
147
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.