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Fiji
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 Fiji and Syria 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.

Syria
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
Fiji Population Pyramid
288,994
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%
Syria Population Pyramid
3,413,325
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
  Fiji FIJI   Syria SYRIA
  Fiji FIJI   Syria SYRIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
54.0
58.2
56.0
75
74
74
 
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
1970
58.0
62.2
60.0
81
81
82
 
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
1980
62.0
66.2
64.0
79
84
84
 
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
1990
64.6
68.8
66.7
89
99
97
 
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
2000
65.2
70.3
67.7
102
110
105
 
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
2010
66.3
72.3
69.1
112
112
109
 
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
2019
65.9
70.3
68.0
131
131
133
 
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Fiji FIJI   Syria SYRIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
65.9
70.3
131
131
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age
65.9
70.3
131
131
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age 5
67.9
72.0
141
139
73.0
75.9
84
109
Age 10
68.0
72.1
146
142
73.4
76.2
82
107
Age 15
68.2
72.3
146
144
73.8
76.4
73
106
Age 20
68.4
72.5
146
146
74.0
76.6
74
106
Age 25
68.8
72.7
146
147
74.3
76.7
75
106
Age 30
69.2
73.0
148
147
74.5
76.9
75
106
Age 35
69.6
73.3
152
151
74.8
77.1
78
107
Age 40
70.1
73.7
158
156
75.1
77.3
80
108
Age 45
70.8
74.3
164
159
75.5
77.6
82
108
Age 50
71.8
75.0
165
161
76.1
78.0
82
108
Age 55
73.2
76.1
167
166
77.0
78.5
83
111
Age 60
74.9
77.5
167
165
78.2
79.3
84
116
Age 65
77.0
79.3
169
162
79.9
80.4
82
130
Age 70
79.4
81.4
171
157
81.8
81.8
82
143
Age 75
82.1
83.9
175
146
84.0
83.5
83
164
Age 80
85.1
86.6
174
152
86.6
85.6
99
175
Age 85
88.4
89.7
178
154
89.5
88.2
126
180
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Fiji FIJI   Syria SYRIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Diabetes Mellitus
243.61
1
15.00
124
2. Coronary Heart Disease
229.26
21
279.54
12
3. Stroke
96.45
75
79.31
95
4. Kidney Disease
43.25
17
22.22
96
5. Breast Cancer
41.41
2
31.59
9
6. Asthma
38.33
5
9.65
67
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
32.87
80
21.72
107
8. Hypertension
27.17
51
7.33
147
9. Lung Disease
24.76
80
16.00
132
10. Cervical Cancer
21.82
34
3.07
144
11. Diarrhoeal diseases
16.40
62
10.38
67
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.70
127
17.14
102
13. Prostate Cancer
15.69
93
9.82
134
14. Road Traffic Accidents
14.33
100
16.75
87
15. Congenital Anomalies
11.65
3
8.06
30
16. Liver Disease
10.90
120
15.66
104
17. Suicide
9.51
78
2.11
177
18. Other Injuries
9.37
72
3.62
158
19. Liver Cancer
9.03
38
3.43
154
20. Parkinson's Disease
8.32
5
3.99
96
21. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8.19
12
1.52
92
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.43
113
11.27
58
23. Ovary Cancer
7.28
14
5.40
55
24. Lung Cancers
6.89
123
18.90
59
25. Drownings
6.65
15
1.21
137
26. Inflammatory/Heart
6.47
57
2.72
146
27. Low Birth Weight
6.04
78
5.18
86
28. Tuberculosis
5.68
82
0.19
163
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.41
53
0.75
162
30. Uterin Cancer
4.99
17
2.56
79
31. Falls
4.37
117
3.00
148
32. Leukemia
3.99
72
6.15
5
33. Endocrine Disorders
3.84
84
2.96
114
34. HIV/AIDS
3.43
86
0.09
159
35. Fires
3.39
38
1.16
103
36. Lymphomas
3.38
137
7.40
15
37. Stomach Cancer
3.19
150
6.43
84
38. Skin Disease
3.06
26
0.07
181
39. Pancreas Cancer
3.05
110
3.71
92
40. Malnutrition
2.71
77
0.53
113
41. Birth Trauma
2.70
85
2.40
87
42. Oesophagus Cancer
2.55
88
0.88
163
43. Violence
2.26
125
2.84
116
44. Oral Cancer
1.90
140
2.45
106
45. Epilepsy
1.89
75
0.59
170
46. Meningitis
1.89
63
1.74
66
47. Bladder Cancer
1.04
156
7.53
3
48. Pertussis
0.98
66
1.35
58
49. Maternal Conditions
0.98
85
0.58
105
50. Syphilis
0.87
42
0.12
91
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Fiji FIJI   Syria SYRIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Diabetes Mellitus
1,628
24.37
1,534
1.86
2. Coronary Heart Disease
1,481
22.17
28,203
34.16
3. Stroke
583
8.73
8,088
9.80
4. Kidney Disease
277
4.15
2,329
2.82
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
228
3.41
2,958
3.58
6. Asthma
226
3.38
1,052
1.27
7. Hypertension
170
2.55
707
0.86
8. Breast Cancer
162
2.43
1,953
2.37
9. Lung Disease
141
2.11
1,601
1.94
10. Congenital Anomalies
129
1.93
2,077
2.52
11. Road Traffic Accidents
120
1.80
2,550
3.09
12. Diarrhoeal diseases
96
1.44
2,156
2.61
13. Low Birth Weight
86
1.29
1,652
2.00
14. Cervical Cancer
86
1.29
188
0.23
15. Liver Disease
82
1.23
1,720
2.08
16. Suicide
80
1.20
333
0.40
17. Other Injuries
77
1.15
521
0.63
18. Liver Cancer
68
1.02
366
0.44
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
63
0.94
1,551
1.88
20. Rheumatic Heart Disease
62
0.93
197
0.24
21. Drownings
60
0.90
215
0.26
22. Lung Cancers
48
0.72
2,048
2.48
23. Colon-Rectum Cancers
45
0.67
1,224
1.48
24. Inflammatory/Heart
45
0.67
337
0.41
25. Prostate Cancer
41
0.61
404
0.49
26. Parkinson's Disease
40
0.60
367
0.44
27. Tuberculosis
39
0.58
23
0.03
28. Birth Trauma
36
0.54
744
0.90
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
34
0.51
79
0.10
30. Leukemia
31
0.46
796
0.96
31. HIV/AIDS
30
0.45
15
0.02
32. Ovary Cancer
29
0.43
328
0.40
33. Endocrine Disorders
28
0.42
418
0.51
34. Fires
28
0.42
179
0.22
35. Lymphomas
27
0.40
827
1.00
36. Falls
27
0.40
383
0.46
37. Stomach Cancer
23
0.34
725
0.88
38. Pancreas Cancer
21
0.31
411
0.50
39. Uterin Cancer
20
0.30
146
0.18
40. Skin Disease
19
0.28
8
0.01
41. Violence
19
0.28
444
0.54
42. Oesophagus Cancer
18
0.27
97
0.12
43. Meningitis
17
0.25
295
0.36
44. Epilepsy
16
0.24
92
0.11
45. Malnutrition
14
0.21
73
0.09
46. Oral Cancer
13
0.19
289
0.35
47. Syphilis
11
0.16
31
0.04
48. Pertussis
10
0.15
289
0.35
49. Maternal Conditions
9
0.13
105
0.13
50. Bladder Cancer
8
0.12
757
0.92
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Fiji FIJI   Syria SYRIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
41.41
2
31.59
9
2. Cervical Cancer
21.82
34
3.07
144
3. Prostate Cancer
15.69
93
9.82
134
4. Liver Cancer
9.03
38
3.43
154
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.43
113
11.27
58
6. Ovary Cancer
7.28
14
5.40
55
7. Lung Cancers
6.89
123
18.90
59
8. Uterin Cancer
4.99
17
2.56
79
9. Leukemia
3.99
72
6.15
5
10. Lymphomas
3.38
137
7.40
15
11. Stomach Cancer
3.19
150
6.43
84
12. Pancreas Cancer
3.05
110
3.71
92
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.55
88
0.88
163
14. Oral Cancer
1.90
140
2.45
106
15. Bladder Cancer
1.04
156
7.53
3
16. Skin Cancers
0.26
170
2.74
41
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.