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Guatemala
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
GUATEMALA VS SYRIA

Compare Guatemala 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
Guatemala Population Pyramid
26,920,714
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Syria Population Pyramid
33,129,325
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Syria SYRIA
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Syria SYRIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.2
46.6
45.9
110
117
116
  
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
1970
51.0
53.8
52.4
111
114
113
  
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
1980
55.4
59.5
57.4
120
118
117
  
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
1990
59.6
65.5
62.5
122
117
117
  
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
2000
64.3
71.0
67.7
108
103
104
  
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
2010
67.3
74.0
70.7
104
100
100
  
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
2019
69.0
75.0
72.0
112
105
110
  
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Syria SYRIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.0
75.0
112
105
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age
69.0
75.0
112
105
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age 5
70.8
76.7
111
100
73.0
75.9
84
109
Age 10
70.9
76.8
112
100
73.4
76.2
82
107
Age 15
71.1
76.9
111
100
73.8
76.4
73
106
Age 20
71.6
77.2
109
100
74.0
76.6
74
106
Age 25
72.4
77.4
100
97
74.3
76.7
75
106
Age 30
73.2
77.7
95
95
74.5
76.9
75
106
Age 35
73.9
78.0
91
95
74.8
77.1
78
107
Age 40
74.7
78.3
86
94
75.1
77.3
80
108
Age 45
75.6
78.8
80
95
75.5
77.6
82
108
Age 50
76.6
79.4
78
94
76.1
78.0
82
108
Age 55
77.9
80.2
74
93
77.0
78.5
83
111
Age 60
79.4
81.4
63
89
78.2
79.3
84
116
Age 65
81.0
82.8
62
80
79.9
80.4
82
130
Age 70
83.1
84.6
55
65
81.8
81.8
82
143
Age 75
85.1
86.2
58
66
84.0
83.5
83
164
Age 80
87.4
88.4
58
58
86.6
85.6
99
175
Age 85
90.0
90.8
78
63
89.5
88.2
126
180
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Syria SYRIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
85.26
127
279.54
12
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.32
51
21.72
107
3. Diabetes Mellitus
63.24
23
15.00
124
4. Kidney Disease
55.14
8
22.22
96
5. Liver Disease
48.70
12
15.66
104
6. Stroke
42.01
137
79.31
95
7. Violence
27.04
13
2.84
116
8. Road Traffic Accidents
26.54
56
16.75
87
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
18.72
59
10.38
67
10. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
9.82
134
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.66
114
17.14
102
12. Lung Disease
16.50
130
16.00
132
13. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
3.43
154
14. Other Injuries
15.26
22
3.62
158
15. Malnutrition
14.81
15
0.53
113
16. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
6.43
84
17. Alcohol
13.98
4
0.39
152
18. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
3.07
144
19. Falls
10.84
17
3.00
148
20. HIV/AIDS
9.24
61
0.09
159
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.86
17
0.75
162
22. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
31.59
9
23. Suicide
6.23
124
2.11
177
24. Hypertension
5.92
153
7.33
147
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.53
98
8.06
30
26. Low Birth Weight
5.13
87
5.18
86
27. Birth Trauma
4.47
70
2.40
87
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
11.27
58
29. Leukemia
4.02
69
6.15
5
30. Endocrine Disorders
3.67
85
2.96
114
31. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
18.90
59
32. Parkinson's Disease
3.48
126
3.99
96
33. Epilepsy
2.89
33
0.59
170
34. Asthma
2.78
102
9.65
67
35. Drownings
2.75
79
1.21
137
36. Maternal Conditions
2.61
63
0.58
105
37. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
3.71
92
38. Tuberculosis
2.31
105
0.19
163
39. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
5.40
55
40. Lymphomas
1.95
174
7.40
15
41. Skin Disease
1.94
72
0.07
181
42. Drug Use
1.89
50
1.89
51
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.73
169
2.72
146
44. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
2.74
41
45. Meningitis
1.71
67
1.74
66
46. Poisonings
1.66
53
0.66
83
47. Fires
1.36
96
1.16
103
48. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
0.88
163
49. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
2.45
106
50. Appendicitis
1.12
13
0.25
100
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Syria SYRIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
9,825
11.28
28,203
34.16
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,245
10.61
2,958
3.58
3. Diabetes Mellitus
6,932
7.96
1,534
1.86
4. Kidney Disease
6,277
7.21
2,329
2.82
5. Liver Disease
5,684
6.53
1,720
2.08
6. Stroke
4,849
5.57
8,088
9.80
7. Violence
4,411
5.06
444
0.54
8. Road Traffic Accidents
4,026
4.62
2,550
3.09
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,617
3.00
2,156
2.61
10. Other Injuries
2,466
2.83
521
0.63
11. Malnutrition
1,981
2.27
73
0.09
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,957
2.25
1,551
1.88
13. Lung Disease
1,901
2.18
1,601
1.94
14. Alcohol
1,799
2.07
51
0.06
15. Liver Cancer
1,765
2.03
366
0.44
16. Low Birth Weight
1,658
1.90
1,652
2.00
17. Stomach Cancer
1,570
1.80
725
0.88
18. Congenital Anomalies
1,517
1.74
2,077
2.52
19. Birth Trauma
1,466
1.68
744
0.90
20. Falls
1,371
1.57
383
0.46
21. HIV/AIDS
1,173
1.35
15
0.02
22. Suicide
1,039
1.19
333
0.40
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,029
1.18
79
0.10
24. Prostate Cancer
846
0.97
404
0.49
25. Cervical Cancer
808
0.93
188
0.23
26. Hypertension
679
0.78
707
0.86
27. Leukemia
601
0.69
796
0.96
28. Breast Cancer
495
0.57
1,953
2.37
29. Endocrine Disorders
486
0.56
418
0.51
30. Maternal Conditions
468
0.54
105
0.13
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
464
0.53
1,224
1.48
32. Epilepsy
463
0.53
92
0.11
33. Drownings
463
0.53
215
0.26
34. Parkinson's Disease
393
0.45
367
0.44
35. Lung Cancers
391
0.45
2,048
2.48
36. Asthma
335
0.38
1,052
1.27
37. Tuberculosis
301
0.35
23
0.03
38. Pancreas Cancer
282
0.32
411
0.50
39. Poisonings
275
0.32
98
0.12
40. Drug Use
272
0.31
249
0.30
41. Meningitis
271
0.31
295
0.36
42. Skin Disease
232
0.27
8
0.01
43. Lymphomas
229
0.26
827
1.00
44. Inflammatory/Heart
225
0.26
337
0.41
45. Fires
207
0.24
179
0.22
46. Skin Cancers
195
0.22
276
0.33
47. Appendicitis
164
0.19
36
0.04
48. Oesophagus Cancer
144
0.17
97
0.12
49. Oral Cancer
142
0.16
289
0.35
50. Ovary Cancer
133
0.15
328
0.40
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Syria SYRIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
9.82
134
2. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
3.43
154
3. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
6.43
84
4. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
3.07
144
5. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
31.59
9
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
11.27
58
7. Leukemia
4.02
69
6.15
5
8. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
18.90
59
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
3.71
92
10. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
5.40
55
11. Lymphomas
1.95
174
7.40
15
12. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
2.74
41
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
0.88
163
14. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
2.45
106
15. Bladder Cancer
0.52
179
7.53
3
16. Uterin Cancer
0.46
177
2.56
79
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.