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Bulgaria
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 Bulgaria and Niger 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.

Niger
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
Bulgaria Population Pyramid
5,385,444
Niger Population Pyramid
65,593,043
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Niger NIGER
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Niger NIGER
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.6
71.0
69.2
12
29
20
 
41.9
37.1
39.6
130
161
149
1970
69.1
73.5
71.3
12
25
15
 
42.6
38.6
40.6
150
169
161
1980
68.5
74.0
71.2
35
40
32
 
43.7
40.8
42.3
161
172
170
1990
68.3
75.2
71.6
52
47
46
 
47.7
45.3
46.5
163
175
173
2000
67.8
74.7
71.1
84
71
78
 
49.9
50.0
50.0
159
169
164
2010
69.9
76.9
73.4
89
73
82
 
57.8
58.8
58.2
153
161
157
2019
71.6
78.6
75.1
82
68
75
 
62.1
64.6
63.3
156
167
159
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Niger NIGER
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.6
78.6
82
68
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age
71.6
78.6
82
68
62.1
64.6
156
167
Age 5
72.2
79.1
89
72
67.8
69.9
142
159
Age 10
72.2
79.1
92
72
68.7
70.9
137
156
Age 15
72.3
79.2
93
72
69.7
71.7
134
150
Age 20
72.5
79.3
96
72
70.0
72.0
133
150
Age 25
72.6
79.3
99
73
70.5
72.4
132
149
Age 30
72.9
79.5
100
74
71.0
72.8
132
151
Age 35
73.1
79.6
101
75
71.5
73.3
131
150
Age 40
73.5
79.8
103
75
72.2
73.9
129
151
Age 45
74.0
80.1
105
78
73.0
74.6
127
153
Age 50
74.8
80.5
108
78
73.9
75.4
127
156
Age 55
75.9
81.1
107
76
75.1
76.5
127
157
Age 60
77.4
82.0
103
74
76.6
77.8
131
159
Age 65
79.3
83.0
97
73
78.5
79.4
130
158
Age 70
81.5
84.1
92
77
80.7
81.4
128
159
Age 75
83.9
85.6
88
84
83.3
83.9
124
150
Age 80
86.5
87.5
104
96
86.3
86.8
119
136
Age 85
89.6
90.1
121
125
89.7
90.1
105
118
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Niger NIGER
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
210.78
26
118.53
82
2. Stroke
116.86
50
114.20
55
3. Hypertension
32.82
39
18.25
91
4. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
0.54
182
5. Lung Disease
22.97
89
30.61
48
6. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
18.52
70
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
5.52
142
8. Liver Disease
15.44
106
40.78
24
9. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
4.34
169
10. Kidney Disease
11.77
137
29.61
61
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.70
157
118.92
14
12. Road Traffic Accidents
8.59
129
33.36
41
13. Diabetes Mellitus
8.11
153
33.65
79
14. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
3.59
138
15. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
1.47
155
16. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
9.28
88
17. Suicide
6.50
122
10.15
70
18. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
7.90
8
19. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
1.99
109
20. Other Injuries
4.55
141
17.29
11
21. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
7.86
47
22. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
100
7.46
44
23. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
2.24
79
24. Lymphomas
3.82
127
3.33
139
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.67
141
7.56
40
26. Leukemia
3.61
89
2.32
145
27. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
2.55
102
28. Falls
2.99
149
12.36
12
29. Low Birth Weight
2.58
133
11.39
23
30. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
3.18
25
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.76
125
10.80
8
32. Drownings
1.55
128
4.32
38
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
1.71
119
34. Parkinson's Disease
1.44
169
5.13
47
35. Endocrine Disorders
1.33
168
6.27
49
36. Epilepsy
1.03
133
3.33
21
37. Violence
1.00
155
12.61
36
38. Fires
0.97
116
4.88
12
39. Tuberculosis
0.95
130
26.95
41
40. Birth Trauma
0.87
130
9.50
31
41. Drug Use
0.87
126
1.13
99
42. Alzheimers & Dementia
0.79
182
20.18
44
43. Other Neoplasms
0.66
72
0.31
135
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.50
35
0.22
81
45. Alcohol
0.43
148
1.27
101
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.40
165
93.61
7
47. Skin Disease
0.39
149
2.14
57
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.36
168
4.21
23
49. Poisonings
0.34
120
2.97
17
50. Meningitis
0.32
135
19.40
6
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Niger NIGER
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,513
38.86
8,229
5.12
2. Stroke
21,347
22.72
8,717
5.42
3. Hypertension
5,916
6.30
1,356
0.84
4. Lung Disease
3,993
4.25
2,172
1.35
5. Lung Cancers
3,288
3.50
42
0.03
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,591
2.76
522
0.32
7. Kidney Disease
1,855
1.97
2,732
1.70
8. Liver Disease
1,804
1.92
4,116
2.56
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,396
1.49
21,093
13.13
10. Breast Cancer
1,358
1.45
1,075
0.67
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,344
1.43
2,630
1.64
12. Stomach Cancer
1,175
1.25
300
0.19
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,063
1.13
138
0.09
14. Prostate Cancer
1,016
1.08
128
0.08
15. Suicide
681
0.72
1,227
0.76
16. Liver Cancer
664
0.71
745
0.46
17. Road Traffic Accidents
647
0.69
5,946
3.70
18. Bladder Cancer
637
0.68
161
0.10
19. Lymphomas
499
0.53
350
0.22
20. Leukemia
460
0.49
258
0.16
21. Other Injuries
437
0.47
3,826
2.38
22. Cervical Cancer
422
0.45
487
0.30
23. Ovary Cancer
420
0.45
425
0.26
24. Inflammatory/Heart
409
0.44
769
0.48
25. Oral Cancer
408
0.43
242
0.15
26. Falls
381
0.41
1,297
0.81
27. Uterin Cancer
369
0.39
86
0.05
28. Skin Cancers
328
0.35
287
0.18
29. Parkinson's Disease
284
0.30
275
0.17
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
276
0.29
1,044
0.65
31. Oesophagus Cancer
195
0.21
132
0.08
32. Congenital Anomalies
160
0.17
4,346
2.70
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
147
0.16
858
0.53
34. Endocrine Disorders
146
0.16
1,806
1.12
35. Drownings
129
0.14
1,581
0.98
36. Fires
124
0.13
1,120
0.70
37. Low Birth Weight
116
0.12
9,560
5.95
38. Tuberculosis
104
0.11
3,703
2.30
39. Other Neoplasms
93
0.10
24
0.01
40. Epilepsy
93
0.10
676
0.42
41. Violence
84
0.09
2,244
1.40
42. Drug Use
76
0.08
126
0.08
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
56
0.06
467
0.29
44. Skin Disease
53
0.06
213
0.13
45. Multiple Sclerosis
52
0.06
22
0.01
46. Alcohol
44
0.05
120
0.07
47. Birth Trauma
40
0.04
8,030
5.00
48. Poisonings
38
0.04
771
0.48
49. Meningitis
31
0.03
5,237
3.26
50. Asthma
28
0.03
1,902
1.18
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Niger NIGER
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
0.54
182
2. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
18.52
70
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
5.52
142
4. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
4.34
169
5. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
3.59
138
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
1.47
155
7. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
9.28
88
8. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
7.90
8
9. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
1.99
109
10. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
7.86
47
11. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
2.24
79
12. Lymphomas
3.82
127
3.33
139
13. Leukemia
3.61
89
2.32
145
14. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
2.55
102
15. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
3.18
25
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
1.71
119
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.