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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 Sudan 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.

Sudan
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
Sudan Population Pyramid
81,192,821
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Sudan SUDAN
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Sudan SUDAN
       
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
 
39.0
41.8
40.4
147
142
145
1970
50.9
53.8
52.3
112
113
114
 
42.9
45.6
44.2
147
144
146
1980
60.2
62.6
61.4
91
101
95
 
48.0
50.8
49.3
147
145
145
1990
66.4
69.7
68.0
72
94
90
 
51.4
54.4
52.9
154
154
155
2000
71.0
74.4
72.6
46
73
58
 
56.8
60.4
58.6
137
137
139
2010
72.4
75.1
73.7
56
94
74
 
60.7
64.3
62.5
140
141
140
2019
73.1
76.1
74.3
68
96
84
 
67.6
70.8
69.1
123
129
125
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Sudan SUDAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.1
76.1
68
96
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age
73.1
76.1
68
96
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age 5
73.6
76.6
73
101
72.0
74.7
94
120
Age 10
73.7
76.7
73
101
72.4
75.0
89
118
Age 15
73.7
76.8
75
101
72.6
75.2
87
117
Age 20
73.9
76.9
75
101
72.9
75.4
88
117
Age 25
74.3
77.0
74
103
73.2
75.6
88
117
Age 30
74.7
77.3
74
102
73.6
75.9
89
117
Age 35
75.1
77.5
74
101
74.0
76.2
90
117
Age 40
75.6
77.9
75
101
74.4
76.6
89
116
Age 45
76.2
78.3
75
99
75.0
77.1
90
114
Age 50
77.0
78.9
73
99
75.7
77.7
90
114
Age 55
78.0
79.8
69
98
76.6
78.4
89
114
Age 60
79.3
80.8
66
96
77.8
79.4
89
111
Age 65
80.8
82.0
68
95
79.4
80.7
92
111
Age 70
82.6
83.5
65
92
81.4
82.3
98
113
Age 75
84.8
85.4
63
89
83.8
84.5
97
114
Age 80
87.4
87.7
62
90
86.6
87.1
98
112
Age 85
90.2
90.3
65
96
89.8
90.2
90
106
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Sudan SUDAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
200.97
29
231.30
20
2. Stroke
95.93
76
108.71
60
3. Kidney Disease
50.63
11
24.83
75
4. Road Traffic Accidents
36.13
34
36.38
33
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.87
82
30.74
83
6. Liver Disease
26.88
69
19.11
92
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.52
41
17.52
94
8. Diabetes Mellitus
20.15
108
15.23
122
9. Falls
18.92
3
4.91
104
10. Lung Disease
17.85
118
23.39
85
11. Other Injuries
11.16
53
6.73
105
12. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
24.70
29
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
4.61
154
14. Congenital Anomalies
6.23
82
6.55
66
15. Inflammatory/Heart
6.16
64
2.98
140
16. Parkinson's Disease
5.96
25
4.17
90
17. Asthma
5.94
80
12.79
51
18. Endocrine Disorders
5.93
55
3.60
87
19. Suicide
5.43
133
4.76
143
20. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
4.10
124
21. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
0.67
172
22. Hypertension
4.28
160
40.23
23
23. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
2.40
168
24. Skin Disease
3.68
23
0.60
134
25. Lymphomas
3.45
135
6.85
20
26. Leukemia
3.26
112
6.37
2
27. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
6.51
24
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.55
98
13.22
63
29. Fires
2.54
65
3.17
44
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
1.20
163
31. Tuberculosis
2.44
101
14.62
56
32. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
7.55
143
33. Low Birth Weight
2.33
140
14.18
9
34. Drownings
2.28
101
3.02
74
35. Violence
2.14
130
6.81
69
36. Epilepsy
2.13
57
1.59
93
37. Drug Use
2.02
44
3.34
21
38. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
2.16
175
39. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
2.23
119
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.68
128
3.90
70
41. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
6.36
112
42. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
5.26
36
43. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
1.94
101
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.01
119
2.53
54
45. Meningitis
0.94
83
2.06
61
46. Encephalitis
0.83
38
0.60
64
47. Birth Trauma
0.81
132
7.45
45
48. Poisonings
0.74
78
1.59
55
49. Malnutrition
0.50
115
2.39
82
50. HIV/AIDS
0.50
124
6.94
69
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Sudan SUDAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
39,037
29.13
43,966
20.16
2. Stroke
16,793
12.53
20,582
9.44
3. Road Traffic Accidents
12,317
9.19
11,459
5.25
4. Kidney Disease
9,051
6.75
5,095
2.34
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,132
4.58
12,619
5.79
6. Falls
5,340
3.99
1,559
0.71
7. Liver Disease
4,931
3.68
4,348
1.99
8. Other Injuries
4,004
2.99
2,912
1.34
9. Diabetes Mellitus
3,890
2.90
3,070
1.41
10. Lung Disease
2,842
2.12
4,382
2.01
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,442
1.82
2,584
1.18
12. Congenital Anomalies
2,307
1.72
5,507
2.53
13. Suicide
2,046
1.53
1,644
0.75
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,630
1.22
1,049
0.48
15. Endocrine Disorders
1,447
1.08
1,459
0.67
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,342
1.00
839
0.38
17. Asthma
1,168
0.87
2,636
1.21
18. Low Birth Weight
989
0.74
16,036
7.35
19. Leukemia
925
0.69
1,828
0.84
20. Breast Cancer
908
0.68
3,071
1.41
21. Liver Cancer
845
0.63
946
0.43
22. Hypertension
834
0.62
7,287
3.34
23. Fires
825
0.62
1,310
0.60
24. Drownings
821
0.61
1,684
0.77
25. Parkinson's Disease
776
0.58
705
0.32
26. Lung Cancers
775
0.58
545
0.25
27. Tuberculosis
752
0.56
4,250
1.95
28. Lymphomas
716
0.53
1,533
0.70
29. Epilepsy
694
0.52
735
0.34
30. Violence
646
0.48
2,478
1.14
31. Pancreas Cancer
526
0.39
272
0.12
32. Skin Disease
516
0.39
112
0.05
33. Drug Use
491
0.37
1,036
0.48
34. Oral Cancer
465
0.35
493
0.23
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
457
0.34
6,277
2.88
36. Stomach Cancer
389
0.29
478
0.22
37. Birth Trauma
343
0.26
8,526
3.91
38. Uterin Cancer
323
0.24
71
0.03
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
280
0.21
684
0.31
40. Poisonings
279
0.21
744
0.34
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
275
0.21
775
0.36
42. Ovary Cancer
247
0.18
794
0.36
43. Encephalitis
234
0.17
303
0.14
44. Oesophagus Cancer
229
0.17
1,126
0.52
45. Meningitis
227
0.17
1,092
0.50
46. Bladder Cancer
214
0.16
369
0.17
47. HIV/AIDS
192
0.14
2,331
1.07
48. Maternal Conditions
172
0.13
1,961
0.90
49. Cervical Cancer
157
0.12
770
0.35
50. Prostate Cancer
148
0.11
523
0.24
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Sudan SUDAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
24.70
29
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
4.61
154
3. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
4.10
124
4. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
0.67
172
5. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
2.40
168
6. Lymphomas
3.45
135
6.85
20
7. Leukemia
3.26
112
6.37
2
8. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
6.51
24
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
1.20
163
10. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
7.55
143
11. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
2.16
175
12. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
2.23
119
13. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
6.36
112
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
5.26
36
15. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
1.94
101
16. Skin Cancers
0.27
169
1.67
108
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.