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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 Somalia 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.

Somalia
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
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%
Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
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
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Somalia SOMALIA
       
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
 
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
1970
69.1
73.5
71.3
12
25
15
 
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
1980
68.5
74.0
71.2
35
40
32
 
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
1990
68.3
75.2
71.6
52
47
46
 
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
2000
67.8
74.7
71.1
84
71
78
 
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
2010
69.9
76.9
73.4
89
73
82
 
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
2019
71.6
78.6
75.1
82
68
75
 
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Somalia SOMALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.6
78.6
82
68
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age
71.6
78.6
82
68
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age 5
72.2
79.1
89
72
61.4
66.4
177
178
Age 10
72.2
79.1
92
72
62.3
67.4
176
177
Age 15
72.3
79.2
93
72
62.8
67.8
175
176
Age 20
72.5
79.3
96
72
63.4
68.2
175
176
Age 25
72.6
79.3
99
73
64.1
68.6
175
176
Age 30
72.9
79.5
100
74
64.8
69.2
175
177
Age 35
73.1
79.6
101
75
65.5
69.8
176
178
Age 40
73.5
79.8
103
75
66.4
70.6
176
178
Age 45
74.0
80.1
105
78
67.6
71.6
177
178
Age 50
74.8
80.5
108
78
69.1
72.8
177
178
Age 55
75.9
81.1
107
76
71.0
74.3
179
178
Age 60
77.4
82.0
103
74
73.2
76.0
179
178
Age 65
79.3
83.0
97
73
75.8
78.1
179
178
Age 70
81.5
84.1
92
77
78.7
80.3
179
176
Age 75
83.9
85.6
88
84
81.9
83.0
178
172
Age 80
86.5
87.5
104
96
85.4
86.1
171
166
Age 85
89.6
90.1
121
125
89.1
89.5
159
163
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Somalia SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
210.78
26
129.66
67
2. Stroke
116.86
50
150.17
23
3. Hypertension
32.82
39
50.05
15
4. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
3.67
149
5. Lung Disease
22.97
89
44.55
22
6. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
33.65
7
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
8.09
101
8. Liver Disease
15.44
106
57.15
7
9. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
12.27
123
10. Kidney Disease
11.77
137
31.84
49
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.70
157
155.59
3
12. Road Traffic Accidents
8.59
129
38.94
28
13. Diabetes Mellitus
8.11
153
48.19
41
14. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
4.92
109
15. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
1.69
148
16. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
23.71
28
17. Suicide
6.50
122
14.66
29
18. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
8.19
6
19. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
2.44
83
20. Other Injuries
4.55
141
31.38
1
21. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
3.62
148
22. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
100
5.86
70
23. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
2.40
74
24. Lymphomas
3.82
127
7.68
12
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.67
141
8.94
20
26. Leukemia
3.61
89
6.38
1
27. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
4.64
44
28. Falls
2.99
149
7.93
52
29. Low Birth Weight
2.58
133
11.34
25
30. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
2.55
50
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.76
125
8.06
22
32. Drownings
1.55
128
6.47
16
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
7.97
19
34. Parkinson's Disease
1.44
169
3.95
100
35. Endocrine Disorders
1.33
168
3.58
88
36. Epilepsy
1.03
133
3.50
15
37. Violence
1.00
155
6.81
70
38. Fires
0.97
116
6.16
6
39. Tuberculosis
0.95
130
109.27
5
40. Birth Trauma
0.87
130
16.45
1
41. Drug Use
0.87
126
0.62
150
42. Alzheimers & Dementia
0.79
182
18.02
82
43. Other Neoplasms
0.66
72
0.20
162
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.50
35
0.11
145
45. Alcohol
0.43
148
2.22
54
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.40
165
128.81
3
47. Skin Disease
0.39
149
1.92
73
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.36
168
5.27
20
49. Poisonings
0.34
120
5.99
1
50. Meningitis
0.32
135
31.66
1
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,513
38.86
7,233
4.57
2. Stroke
21,347
22.72
8,595
5.43
3. Hypertension
5,916
6.30
2,643
1.67
4. Lung Disease
3,993
4.25
2,442
1.54
5. Lung Cancers
3,288
3.50
233
0.15
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,591
2.76
546
0.34
7. Kidney Disease
1,855
1.97
2,051
1.29
8. Liver Disease
1,804
1.92
3,917
2.47
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,396
1.49
21,712
13.71
10. Breast Cancer
1,358
1.45
1,232
0.78
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,344
1.43
2,888
1.82
12. Stomach Cancer
1,175
1.25
310
0.20
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,063
1.13
108
0.07
14. Prostate Cancer
1,016
1.08
285
0.18
15. Suicide
681
0.72
1,219
0.77
16. Liver Cancer
664
0.71
256
0.16
17. Road Traffic Accidents
647
0.69
4,231
2.67
18. Bladder Cancer
637
0.68
149
0.09
19. Lymphomas
499
0.53
605
0.38
20. Leukemia
460
0.49
562
0.35
21. Other Injuries
437
0.47
3,602
2.27
22. Cervical Cancer
422
0.45
883
0.56
23. Ovary Cancer
420
0.45
295
0.19
24. Inflammatory/Heart
409
0.44
521
0.33
25. Oral Cancer
408
0.43
328
0.21
26. Falls
381
0.41
548
0.35
27. Uterin Cancer
369
0.39
78
0.05
28. Skin Cancers
328
0.35
164
0.10
29. Parkinson's Disease
284
0.30
184
0.12
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
276
0.29
559
0.35
31. Oesophagus Cancer
195
0.21
516
0.33
32. Congenital Anomalies
160
0.17
3,410
2.15
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
147
0.16
647
0.41
34. Endocrine Disorders
146
0.16
406
0.26
35. Drownings
129
0.14
1,272
0.80
36. Fires
124
0.13
810
0.51
37. Low Birth Weight
116
0.12
6,250
3.95
38. Tuberculosis
104
0.11
10,261
6.48
39. Epilepsy
93
0.10
419
0.26
40. Other Neoplasms
93
0.10
12
0.01
41. Violence
84
0.09
828
0.52
42. Drug Use
76
0.08
54
0.03
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
56
0.06
446
0.28
44. Skin Disease
53
0.06
151
0.10
45. Multiple Sclerosis
52
0.06
8
0.01
46. Alcohol
44
0.05
151
0.10
47. Birth Trauma
40
0.04
9,573
6.04
48. Poisonings
38
0.04
758
0.48
49. Meningitis
31
0.03
5,381
3.40
50. Asthma
28
0.03
1,878
1.19
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
3.67
149
2. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
33.65
7
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
8.09
101
4. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
12.27
123
5. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
4.92
109
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
1.69
148
7. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
23.71
28
8. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
8.19
6
9. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
2.44
83
10. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
3.62
148
11. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
2.40
74
12. Lymphomas
3.82
127
7.68
12
13. Leukemia
3.61
89
6.38
1
14. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
4.64
44
15. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
2.55
50
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
7.97
19
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.