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Syria
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 Syria and Bangladesh 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.

Bangladesh
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
Syria Population Pyramid
33,129,325
Bangladesh Population Pyramid
192,567,779
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
  Syria SYRIA   Bangladesh BANGLADESH
  Syria SYRIA   Bangladesh BANGLADESH
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
 
41.0
39.9
40.5
136
153
144
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
 
44.8
44.3
44.5
138
153
144
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
 
48.9
48.7
48.8
142
152
147
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
 
54.5
55.1
54.8
144
151
146
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
 
64.9
65.6
65.3
103
124
118
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
 
68.9
71.1
69.9
95
118
106
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
 
73.0
75.6
74.3
71
98
85
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Bangladesh BANGLADESH
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
73.0
75.6
71
98
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
73.0
75.6
71
98
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
75.4
77.8
51
91
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
75.7
78.1
50
91
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
76.0
78.2
48
91
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
76.2
78.4
46
89
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
76.4
78.6
46
89
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
76.6
78.8
48
89
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
76.9
79.0
48
89
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
77.2
79.2
48
87
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
77.6
79.6
51
88
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
78.2
80.0
50
88
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
79.2
80.7
50
87
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
80.3
81.5
49
86
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
81.7
82.6
48
84
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
83.5
84.1
49
82
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
85.4
85.8
49
75
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
87.5
87.8
57
80
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
90.3
90.5
60
73
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Bangladesh BANGLADESH
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
94.27
118
2. Stroke
79.31
95
119.20
41
3. War
68.78
2
0.12
46
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
10.69
152
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
9.14
143
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
22.96
103
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
10.24
102
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
13.89
142
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
16.74
88
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
41.72
25
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
16.64
101
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
25.49
98
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
3.57
172
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
29.61
52
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
3.07
173
16. Asthma
9.65
67
7.70
74
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
4.70
121
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
0.84
162
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
2.05
173
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
13.27
114
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
5.45
100
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
1.29
164
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
3.34
133
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
7.38
60
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
3.49
125
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
1.15
164
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
5.56
123
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
2.29
178
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
7.75
97
30. Falls
3.00
148
2.64
159
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
0.98
176
32. Violence
2.84
116
2.89
115
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
0.68
153
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
1.20
180
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
0.68
170
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
12.13
4
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
5.68
58
38. Suicide
2.11
177
3.85
153
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
2.34
37
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
1.37
70
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
2.25
58
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
1.24
60
43. Drownings
1.21
137
4.55
33
44. Fires
1.16
103
0.89
119
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
15.32
4
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
1.01
149
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
0.34
117
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
0.97
138
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
2.19
67
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
1.70
86
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Bangladesh BANGLADESH
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
108,528
15.16
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
134,166
18.74
3. War
7,760
9.40
202
0.03
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
29,586
4.13
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
25,023
3.50
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
10,841
1.51
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
36,111
5.05
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
10,113
1.41
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
12,174
1.70
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
6,808
0.95
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
21,024
2.94
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
17,457
2.44
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
45,699
6.38
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
14,993
2.09
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
28,976
4.05
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
4,534
0.63
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
8,893
1.24
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
2,667
0.37
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
1,895
0.26
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
991
0.14
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
13,392
1.87
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
6,799
0.95
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
14,776
2.06
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
7,629
1.07
25. Violence
444
0.54
4,623
0.65
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
1,335
0.19
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
1,414
0.20
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
1,664
0.23
29. Falls
383
0.46
3,328
0.46
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
3,782
0.53
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
2,884
0.40
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
1,485
0.21
33. Suicide
333
0.40
5,998
0.84
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
2,231
0.31
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
2,105
0.29
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
2,011
0.28
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
15,511
2.17
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
853
0.12
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
2,967
0.41
40. Drownings
215
0.26
7,094
0.99
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
2,922
0.41
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
5,132
0.72
43. Fires
179
0.22
1,271
0.18
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
405
0.06
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
3,920
0.55
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
539
0.08
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
19,525
2.73
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
1,353
0.19
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
1,251
0.17
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
371
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Bangladesh BANGLADESH
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
10.69
152
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
10.24
102
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
3.57
172
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
3.07
173
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
0.84
162
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
2.05
173
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
5.45
100
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
1.29
164
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
3.34
133
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
1.15
164
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
2.29
178
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
7.75
97
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
0.68
153
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
0.68
170
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
12.13
4
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
15.32
4
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.