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South Sudan
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 South Sudan 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
South Sudan Population Pyramid
4,502,603
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%
Saudi Arabia Population Pyramid
9,691,471
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
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
43.6
45.8
44.7
120
122
119
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
50.9
53.8
52.3
112
113
114
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
60.2
62.6
61.4
91
101
95
1990
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
66.4
69.7
68.0
72
94
90
2000
47.7
50.2
48.9
169
168
169
 
71.0
74.4
72.6
46
73
58
2010
54.1
56.0
55.0
170
170
170
 
72.4
75.1
73.7
56
94
74
2019
60.8
64.8
62.8
163
164
165
 
73.1
76.1
74.3
68
96
84
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.8
64.8
163
164
73.1
76.1
68
96
Age 5
67.6
71.4
145
145
73.6
76.6
73
101
Age 10
68.4
72.3
141
141
73.7
76.7
73
101
Age 15
68.9
72.6
139
141
73.7
76.8
75
101
Age 20
69.3
72.9
139
141
73.9
76.9
75
101
Age 25
69.8
73.3
139
141
74.3
77.0
74
103
Age 30
70.3
73.8
139
139
74.7
77.3
74
102
Age 35
71.0
74.4
136
138
75.1
77.5
74
101
Age 40
71.8
75.1
135
138
75.6
77.9
75
101
Age 45
72.7
75.9
131
137
76.2
78.3
75
99
Age 50
73.8
76.8
128
134
77.0
78.9
73
99
Age 55
75.1
77.8
128
133
78.0
79.8
69
98
Age 60
76.6
78.9
130
130
79.3
80.8
66
96
Age 65
78.5
80.4
128
127
80.8
82.0
68
95
Age 70
80.7
82.2
127
123
82.6
83.5
65
92
Age 75
83.3
84.5
127
113
84.8
85.4
63
89
Age 80
86.3
87.2
117
99
87.4
87.7
62
90
Age 85
89.7
90.4
101
79
90.2
90.3
65
96
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
92.45
14
0.50
124
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
91.82
32
30.87
82
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
89.87
9
2.55
98
4. Stroke
78.18
96
95.93
76
5. Coronary Heart Disease
67.24
147
200.97
29
6. Tuberculosis
53.50
17
2.44
101
7. Road Traffic Accidents
50.94
9
36.13
34
8. Malaria
49.70
6
0.00
159
9. Liver Disease
33.72
46
26.88
69
10. Diabetes Mellitus
28.11
91
20.15
108
11. Hypertension
26.49
52
4.28
160
12. Cervical Cancer
26.49
21
1.58
177
13. Breast Cancer
24.61
32
8.30
174
14. Kidney Disease
21.96
98
50.63
11
15. Prostate Cancer
20.76
59
2.36
179
16. Violence
20.51
17
2.14
130
17. Lung Disease
20.35
103
17.85
118
18. Malnutrition
17.61
12
0.50
115
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.37
120
20.52
41
20. Maternal Conditions
16.14
14
0.39
119
21. Birth Trauma
15.46
3
0.81
132
22. Meningitis
13.97
18
0.94
83
23. Low Birth Weight
13.19
12
2.33
140
24. Other Injuries
12.63
39
11.16
53
25. Asthma
10.14
63
5.94
80
26. Oesophagus Cancer
8.47
17
1.28
142
27. Congenital Anomalies
7.99
32
6.23
82
28. Lymphomas
7.27
16
3.45
135
29. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.03
119
7.19
116
30. Suicide
6.69
120
5.43
133
31. Leishmaniasis
6.67
1
0.00
67
32. Ovary Cancer
6.66
22
2.77
152
33. Liver Cancer
6.30
69
4.82
104
34. War
5.52
9
0.01
183
35. Falls
5.13
100
18.92
3
36. Leukemia
4.90
23
3.26
112
37. Stomach Cancer
4.83
115
1.90
176
38. Oral Cancer
4.79
40
1.85
142
39. Pertussis
4.19
16
0.17
97
40. Fires
3.92
30
2.54
65
41. Tetanus
3.75
4
0.05
98
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.46
78
1.68
128
43. Lung Cancers
3.26
155
4.27
144
44. Inflammatory/Heart
3.15
132
6.16
64
45. Parkinson's Disease
3.13
139
5.96
25
46. Drownings
3.07
73
2.28
101
47. Skin Cancers
2.57
49
0.27
169
48. Uterin Cancer
2.48
81
4.67
22
49. Poisonings
2.36
37
0.74
78
50. Endocrine Disorders
2.34
137
5.93
55
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,918
11.82
6,132
4.58
2. HIV/AIDS
7,915
9.44
192
0.14
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
7,270
8.67
457
0.34
4. Malaria
5,342
6.37
0
0.00
5. Birth Trauma
5,210
6.21
343
0.26
6. Low Birth Weight
4,339
5.17
989
0.74
7. Road Traffic Accidents
4,063
4.84
12,317
9.19
8. Tuberculosis
3,771
4.50
752
0.56
9. Stroke
3,541
4.22
16,793
12.53
10. Coronary Heart Disease
2,930
3.49
39,037
29.13
11. Congenital Anomalies
2,020
2.41
2,307
1.72
12. Liver Disease
1,823
2.17
4,931
3.68
13. Meningitis
1,780
2.12
227
0.17
14. Malnutrition
1,660
1.98
79
0.06
15. Violence
1,584
1.89
646
0.48
16. Maternal Conditions
1,521
1.81
172
0.13
17. Diabetes Mellitus
1,312
1.56
3,890
2.90
18. Other Injuries
1,207
1.44
4,004
2.99
19. Hypertension
1,131
1.35
834
0.62
20. Kidney Disease
1,090
1.30
9,051
6.75
21. Leishmaniasis
1,005
1.20
1
0.00
22. Tetanus
937
1.12
16
0.01
23. Lung Disease
894
1.07
2,842
2.12
24. Pertussis
784
0.93
56
0.04
25. Cervical Cancer
761
0.91
157
0.12
26. Breast Cancer
695
0.83
908
0.68
27. War
614
0.73
3
0.00
28. Asthma
587
0.70
1,168
0.87
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
543
0.65
2,442
1.82
30. Drownings
466
0.56
821
0.61
31. Oesophagus Cancer
435
0.52
229
0.17
32. Fires
433
0.52
825
0.62
33. Suicide
425
0.51
2,046
1.53
34. Lymphomas
422
0.50
716
0.53
35. Prostate Cancer
409
0.49
148
0.11
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
360
0.43
1,630
1.22
37. Syphilis
351
0.42
32
0.02
38. Liver Cancer
346
0.41
845
0.63
39. Measles
334
0.40
1
0.00
40. Leukemia
314
0.37
925
0.69
41. Falls
269
0.32
5,340
3.99
42. Oral Cancer
259
0.31
465
0.35
43. Poisonings
259
0.31
279
0.21
44. Stomach Cancer
241
0.29
389
0.29
45. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.26
1,342
1.00
46. Endocrine Disorders
192
0.23
1,447
1.08
47. Ovary Cancer
188
0.22
247
0.18
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
186
0.22
275
0.21
49. Lung Cancers
164
0.20
775
0.58
50. Epilepsy
152
0.18
694
0.52
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
26.49
21
1.58
177
2. Breast Cancer
24.61
32
8.30
174
3. Prostate Cancer
20.76
59
2.36
179
4. Oesophagus Cancer
8.47
17
1.28
142
5. Lymphomas
7.27
16
3.45
135
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.03
119
7.19
116
7. Ovary Cancer
6.66
22
2.77
152
8. Liver Cancer
6.30
69
4.82
104
9. Leukemia
4.90
23
3.26
112
10. Stomach Cancer
4.83
115
1.90
176
11. Oral Cancer
4.79
40
1.85
142
12. Lung Cancers
3.26
155
4.27
144
13. Skin Cancers
2.57
49
0.27
169
14. Uterin Cancer
2.48
81
4.67
22
15. Pancreas Cancer
2.21
137
2.49
130
16. Bladder Cancer
1.83
105
1.17
145
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.