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Iceland
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
ICELAND VS SAUDI ARABIA

Compare Iceland 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
Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
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Saudi Arabia Population Pyramid
44,562,484
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
  Iceland ICELAND   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
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
60.2
62.6
61.4
91
101
95
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
66.4
69.7
68.0
72
94
90
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
71.0
74.4
72.6
46
73
58
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
72.4
75.1
73.7
56
94
74
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
73.1
76.1
74.3
68
96
84
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
73.1
76.1
68
96
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
73.1
76.1
68
96
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
73.6
76.6
73
101
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
73.7
76.7
73
101
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
73.7
76.8
75
101
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
73.9
76.9
75
101
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
74.3
77.0
74
103
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
74.7
77.3
74
102
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
75.1
77.5
74
101
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
75.6
77.9
75
101
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
76.2
78.3
75
99
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
77.0
78.9
73
99
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
78.0
79.8
69
98
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
79.3
80.8
66
96
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
80.8
82.0
68
95
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
82.6
83.5
65
92
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
84.8
85.4
63
89
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
87.4
87.7
62
90
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
90.2
90.3
65
96
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
200.97
29
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
20.52
41
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
4.27
144
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
2.36
179
5. Stroke
18.39
176
95.93
76
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
8.30
174
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
17.85
118
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
7.19
116
9. Suicide
11.15
59
5.43
133
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
30.87
82
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
11.16
53
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.49
130
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
5.96
25
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
3.45
135
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
2.77
152
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
2.02
44
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
20.15
108
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
50.63
11
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
4.82
104
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
1.28
142
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
6.16
64
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
1.58
177
23. Falls
3.23
143
18.92
3
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
0.35
155
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
1.90
176
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.17
145
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
3.26
112
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
4.28
160
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
5.93
55
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
4.67
22
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.27
169
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
6.23
82
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
36.13
34
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
26.88
69
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
1.85
142
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.21
160
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
2.13
57
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
2.33
140
39. Violence
1.08
149
2.14
130
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
0.81
132
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
0.74
78
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.05
176
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.15
120
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
1.68
128
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
153
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
3.68
23
47. Drownings
0.36
179
2.28
101
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
153
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
0.94
83
50. Asthma
0.26
178
5.94
80
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
39,037
29.13
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
2,442
1.82
3. Stroke
141
7.03
16,793
12.53
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
775
0.58
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
2,842
2.12
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
6,132
4.58
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
1,630
1.22
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
148
0.11
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
908
0.68
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
776
0.58
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
4,004
2.99
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
526
0.39
13. Suicide
40
2.00
2,046
1.53
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
716
0.53
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
9,051
6.75
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
3,890
2.90
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
834
0.62
18. Falls
24
1.20
5,340
3.99
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
229
0.17
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
845
0.63
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
214
0.16
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
925
0.69
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
389
0.29
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
491
0.37
25. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
1,342
1.00
26. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
247
0.18
27. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
1,447
1.08
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
128
0.10
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
55
0.04
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
40
0.03
31. Liver Disease
9
0.45
4,931
3.68
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
157
0.12
33. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
465
0.35
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
323
0.24
35. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
12,317
9.19
36. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
2,307
1.72
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
694
0.52
38. Violence
4
0.20
646
0.48
39. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
9
0.01
41. Skin Disease
3
0.15
516
0.39
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
275
0.21
43. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
49
0.04
44. Poisonings
3
0.15
279
0.21
45. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
989
0.74
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
343
0.26
47. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
48. Asthma
2
0.10
1,168
0.87
49. Hepatitis C
1
0.05
7
0.01
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
457
0.34
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
4.27
144
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
2.36
179
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
8.30
174
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
7.19
116
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.49
130
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
3.45
135
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
2.77
152
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
4.82
104
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
1.28
142
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
1.58
177
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
1.90
176
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.17
145
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
3.26
112
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
4.67
22
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.27
169
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
1.85
142
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.