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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 Laos 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.

Laos
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
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%
Laos Population Pyramid
9,479,753
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
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Laos LAOS
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Laos LAOS
       
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
 
42.2
45.5
43.8
128
125
126
1970
50.9
53.8
52.3
112
113
114
 
44.7
47.6
46.1
140
139
139
1980
60.2
62.6
61.4
91
101
95
 
47.8
50.3
49.1
148
148
146
1990
66.4
69.7
68.0
72
94
90
 
53.4
55.8
54.6
147
148
148
2000
71.0
74.4
72.6
46
73
58
 
56.5
59.7
58.1
140
142
140
2010
72.4
75.1
73.7
56
94
74
 
62.0
65.1
63.6
136
137
136
2019
73.1
76.1
74.3
68
96
84
 
66.2
70.9
68.5
130
128
130
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Laos LAOS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.1
76.1
68
96
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age
73.1
76.1
68
96
66.2
70.9
130
128
Age 5
73.6
76.6
73
101
69.6
73.9
126
125
Age 10
73.7
76.7
73
101
69.8
74.1
128
126
Age 15
73.7
76.8
75
101
70.1
74.3
126
126
Age 20
73.9
76.9
75
101
70.4
74.5
126
125
Age 25
74.3
77.0
74
103
70.9
74.8
124
125
Age 30
74.7
77.3
74
102
71.3
75.0
125
125
Age 35
75.1
77.5
74
101
71.7
75.4
126
124
Age 40
75.6
77.9
75
101
72.2
75.8
127
125
Age 45
76.2
78.3
75
99
72.9
76.3
128
127
Age 50
77.0
78.9
73
99
73.7
76.9
131
128
Age 55
78.0
79.8
69
98
74.9
77.8
135
130
Age 60
79.3
80.8
66
96
76.4
78.9
138
132
Age 65
80.8
82.0
68
95
78.2
80.3
137
135
Age 70
82.6
83.5
65
92
80.5
82.0
137
135
Age 75
84.8
85.4
63
89
83.1
84.2
135
135
Age 80
87.4
87.7
62
90
86.1
86.8
134
135
Age 85
90.2
90.3
65
96
89.4
90.0
136
140
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Laos LAOS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
200.97
29
139.74
56
2. Stroke
95.93
76
152.50
21
3. Kidney Disease
50.63
11
38.60
25
4. Road Traffic Accidents
36.13
34
19.78
77
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.87
82
59.07
61
6. Liver Disease
26.88
69
24.75
75
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.52
41
16.42
119
8. Diabetes Mellitus
20.15
108
36.38
71
9. Falls
18.92
3
9.16
28
10. Lung Disease
17.85
118
46.19
20
11. Other Injuries
11.16
53
7.53
92
12. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
17.83
80
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
10.17
74
14. Congenital Anomalies
6.23
82
5.84
92
15. Inflammatory/Heart
6.16
64
4.66
93
16. Parkinson's Disease
5.96
25
4.40
75
17. Asthma
5.94
80
19.60
22
18. Endocrine Disorders
5.93
55
3.39
92
19. Suicide
5.43
133
5.98
128
20. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
25.37
4
21. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
1.27
151
22. Hypertension
4.28
160
24.41
59
23. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
21.02
48
24. Skin Disease
3.68
23
2.37
45
25. Lymphomas
3.45
135
4.47
102
26. Leukemia
3.26
112
5.00
19
27. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
4.05
108
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.55
98
27.89
53
29. Fires
2.54
65
1.68
85
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
1.38
157
31. Tuberculosis
2.44
101
34.86
29
32. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
3.01
174
33. Low Birth Weight
2.33
140
8.47
50
34. Drownings
2.28
101
7.51
9
35. Violence
2.14
130
6.67
74
36. Epilepsy
2.13
57
0.86
144
37. Drug Use
2.02
44
0.53
157
38. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
11.97
22
39. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
7.55
14
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.68
128
16.83
4
41. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
7.80
96
42. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
4.43
41
43. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
1.36
137
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.01
119
3.57
33
45. Meningitis
0.94
83
1.88
64
46. Encephalitis
0.83
38
0.97
23
47. Birth Trauma
0.81
132
8.00
40
48. Poisonings
0.74
78
0.56
92
49. Malnutrition
0.50
115
3.82
60
50. HIV/AIDS
0.50
124
4.45
78
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Laos LAOS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
39,037
29.13
5,190
12.89
2. Stroke
16,793
12.53
5,769
14.33
3. Road Traffic Accidents
12,317
9.19
1,281
3.18
4. Kidney Disease
9,051
6.75
1,646
4.09
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,132
4.58
2,820
7.01
6. Falls
5,340
3.99
440
1.09
7. Liver Disease
4,931
3.68
1,171
2.91
8. Other Injuries
4,004
2.99
519
1.29
9. Diabetes Mellitus
3,890
2.90
1,466
3.64
10. Lung Disease
2,842
2.12
1,626
4.04
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,442
1.82
458
1.14
12. Congenital Anomalies
2,307
1.72
647
1.61
13. Suicide
2,046
1.53
390
0.97
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,630
1.22
422
1.05
15. Endocrine Disorders
1,447
1.08
186
0.46
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,342
1.00
206
0.51
17. Asthma
1,168
0.87
840
2.09
18. Low Birth Weight
989
0.74
1,156
2.87
19. Leukemia
925
0.69
290
0.72
20. Breast Cancer
908
0.68
437
1.09
21. Liver Cancer
845
0.63
1,104
2.74
22. Hypertension
834
0.62
890
2.21
23. Fires
825
0.62
108
0.27
24. Drownings
821
0.61
568
1.41
25. Parkinson's Disease
776
0.58
139
0.35
26. Lung Cancers
775
0.58
919
2.28
27. Tuberculosis
752
0.56
1,949
4.84
28. Lymphomas
716
0.53
211
0.52
29. Epilepsy
694
0.52
58
0.14
30. Violence
646
0.48
475
1.18
31. Pancreas Cancer
526
0.39
61
0.15
32. Skin Disease
516
0.39
89
0.22
33. Drug Use
491
0.37
33
0.08
34. Oral Cancer
465
0.35
349
0.87
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
457
0.34
1,552
3.86
36. Stomach Cancer
389
0.29
530
1.32
37. Birth Trauma
343
0.26
1,116
2.77
38. Uterin Cancer
323
0.24
29
0.07
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
280
0.21
207
0.51
40. Poisonings
279
0.21
41
0.10
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
275
0.21
651
1.62
42. Ovary Cancer
247
0.18
101
0.25
43. Encephalitis
234
0.17
69
0.17
44. Oesophagus Cancer
229
0.17
214
0.53
45. Meningitis
227
0.17
154
0.38
46. Bladder Cancer
214
0.16
49
0.12
47. HIV/AIDS
192
0.14
313
0.78
48. Maternal Conditions
172
0.13
218
0.54
49. Cervical Cancer
157
0.12
187
0.46
50. Prostate Cancer
148
0.11
37
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Laos LAOS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
17.83
80
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
10.17
74
3. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
25.37
4
4. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
1.27
151
5. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
21.02
48
6. Lymphomas
3.45
135
4.47
102
7. Leukemia
3.26
112
5.00
19
8. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
4.05
108
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
1.38
157
10. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
3.01
174
11. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
11.97
22
12. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
7.55
14
13. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
7.80
96
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
4.43
41
15. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
1.36
137
16. Skin Cancers
0.27
169
1.43
123
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.