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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 Nicaragua 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.

Nicaragua
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
Nicaragua Population Pyramid
8,531,045
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
       
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
 
46.0
48.7
47.3
104
103
102
1970
50.9
53.8
52.3
112
113
114
 
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
1980
60.2
62.6
61.4
91
101
95
 
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
1990
66.4
69.7
68.0
72
94
90
 
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
2000
71.0
74.4
72.6
46
73
58
 
67.3
73.3
70.3
90
89
91
2010
72.4
75.1
73.7
56
94
74
 
70.2
76.1
73.2
83
83
85
2019
73.1
76.1
74.3
68
96
84
 
72.1
77.9
75.0
78
77
76
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.1
76.1
68
96
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age
73.1
76.1
68
96
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age 5
73.6
76.6
73
101
73.4
79.1
77
71
Age 10
73.7
76.7
73
101
73.5
79.2
77
71
Age 15
73.7
76.8
75
101
73.7
79.3
76
71
Age 20
73.9
76.9
75
101
73.9
79.4
76
71
Age 25
74.3
77.0
74
103
74.2
79.5
76
71
Age 30
74.7
77.3
74
102
74.5
79.6
77
71
Age 35
75.1
77.5
74
101
74.8
79.8
79
72
Age 40
75.6
77.9
75
101
75.1
80.0
81
72
Age 45
76.2
78.3
75
99
75.5
80.2
84
72
Age 50
77.0
78.9
73
99
76.1
80.6
84
74
Age 55
78.0
79.8
69
98
76.9
81.2
85
75
Age 60
79.3
80.8
66
96
78.0
81.9
87
78
Age 65
80.8
82.0
68
95
79.5
82.8
90
79
Age 70
82.6
83.5
65
92
81.4
84.1
96
81
Age 75
84.8
85.4
63
89
83.7
85.7
100
81
Age 80
87.4
87.7
62
90
86.5
87.8
106
84
Age 85
90.2
90.3
65
96
89.7
90.4
107
80
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
200.97
29
124.46
73
2. Stroke
95.93
76
47.78
132
3. Kidney Disease
50.63
11
73.96
2
4. Road Traffic Accidents
36.13
34
18.75
81
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.87
82
20.90
111
6. Liver Disease
26.88
69
24.52
77
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.52
41
3.05
173
8. Diabetes Mellitus
20.15
108
44.63
48
9. Falls
18.92
3
5.61
94
10. Lung Disease
17.85
118
33.61
40
11. Other Injuries
11.16
53
6.63
106
12. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
10.15
158
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
6.63
125
14. Congenital Anomalies
6.23
82
6.84
56
15. Inflammatory/Heart
6.16
64
2.78
143
16. Parkinson's Disease
5.96
25
1.49
168
17. Asthma
5.94
80
2.14
114
18. Endocrine Disorders
5.93
55
3.03
110
19. Suicide
5.43
133
4.66
146
20. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
10.93
25
21. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
1.51
139
22. Hypertension
4.28
160
23.51
64
23. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
5.94
131
24. Skin Disease
3.68
23
3.39
24
25. Lymphomas
3.45
135
3.32
140
26. Leukemia
3.26
112
3.91
74
27. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
2.18
169
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.55
98
2.06
105
29. Fires
2.54
65
0.30
163
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
3.88
86
31. Tuberculosis
2.44
101
2.20
107
32. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
20.62
60
33. Low Birth Weight
2.33
140
4.70
91
34. Drownings
2.28
101
2.57
86
35. Violence
2.14
130
9.50
55
36. Epilepsy
2.13
57
1.29
115
37. Drug Use
2.02
44
0.86
127
38. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
10.11
45
39. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
1.33
167
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.68
128
1.82
121
41. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
13.48
64
42. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
0.90
161
43. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
0.61
176
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.01
119
0.38
165
45. Meningitis
0.94
83
0.47
119
46. Encephalitis
0.83
38
0.14
123
47. Birth Trauma
0.81
132
1.90
93
48. Poisonings
0.74
78
0.30
125
49. Malnutrition
0.50
115
2.89
72
50. HIV/AIDS
0.50
124
2.39
101
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
39,037
29.13
5,843
20.44
2. Stroke
16,793
12.53
2,225
7.78
3. Road Traffic Accidents
12,317
9.19
1,109
3.88
4. Kidney Disease
9,051
6.75
3,533
12.36
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,132
4.58
1,152
4.03
6. Falls
5,340
3.99
276
0.97
7. Liver Disease
4,931
3.68
1,203
4.21
8. Other Injuries
4,004
2.99
358
1.25
9. Diabetes Mellitus
3,890
2.90
2,068
7.23
10. Lung Disease
2,842
2.12
1,570
5.49
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,442
1.82
149
0.52
12. Congenital Anomalies
2,307
1.72
571
2.00
13. Suicide
2,046
1.53
285
1.00
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,630
1.22
315
1.10
15. Endocrine Disorders
1,447
1.08
164
0.57
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,342
1.00
139
0.49
17. Asthma
1,168
0.87
105
0.37
18. Low Birth Weight
989
0.74
490
1.71
19. Leukemia
925
0.69
227
0.79
20. Breast Cancer
908
0.68
283
0.99
21. Liver Cancer
845
0.63
509
1.78
22. Hypertension
834
0.62
1,103
3.86
23. Fires
825
0.62
16
0.06
24. Drownings
821
0.61
157
0.55
25. Parkinson's Disease
776
0.58
67
0.23
26. Lung Cancers
775
0.58
274
0.96
27. Tuberculosis
752
0.56
115
0.40
28. Lymphomas
716
0.53
164
0.57
29. Epilepsy
694
0.52
74
0.26
30. Violence
646
0.48
619
2.17
31. Pancreas Cancer
526
0.39
178
0.62
32. Skin Disease
516
0.39
162
0.57
33. Drug Use
491
0.37
50
0.17
34. Oral Cancer
465
0.35
64
0.22
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
457
0.34
122
0.43
36. Stomach Cancer
389
0.29
478
1.67
37. Birth Trauma
343
0.26
198
0.69
38. Uterin Cancer
323
0.24
39
0.14
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
280
0.21
20
0.07
40. Poisonings
279
0.21
18
0.06
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
275
0.21
85
0.30
42. Ovary Cancer
247
0.18
61
0.21
43. Encephalitis
234
0.17
10
0.03
44. Oesophagus Cancer
229
0.17
42
0.15
45. Meningitis
227
0.17
29
0.10
46. Bladder Cancer
214
0.16
28
0.10
47. HIV/AIDS
192
0.14
139
0.49
48. Maternal Conditions
172
0.13
88
0.31
49. Cervical Cancer
157
0.12
374
1.31
50. Prostate Cancer
148
0.11
386
1.35
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
10.15
158
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
6.63
125
3. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
10.93
25
4. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
1.51
139
5. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
5.94
131
6. Lymphomas
3.45
135
3.32
140
7. Leukemia
3.26
112
3.91
74
8. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
2.18
169
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
3.88
86
10. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
20.62
60
11. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
10.11
45
12. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
1.33
167
13. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
13.48
64
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
0.90
161
15. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
0.61
176
16. Skin Cancers
0.27
169
1.27
128
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.