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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
SYRIA VS ETHIOPIA

Compare Syria and Ethiopia 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.

Ethiopia
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
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%
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Ethiopia Population Pyramid
205,410,671
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   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Syria SYRIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
       
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
  
37.3
40.2
38.7
155
152
155
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
  
41.5
44.5
43.0
155
152
153
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
  
43.3
46.3
44.8
164
160
161
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
  
46.1
49.1
47.5
168
168
168
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
  
49.3
53.1
51.2
162
156
160
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
  
60.1
63.6
61.8
144
144
146
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
  
66.9
70.5
68.7
126
130
128
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
66.9
70.5
126
130
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
66.9
70.5
126
130
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
70.8
73.8
112
127
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
71.2
74.2
108
125
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
71.5
74.4
105
124
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
71.9
74.7
103
124
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
72.2
74.9
103
123
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
72.6
75.2
103
123
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
73.1
75.6
103
122
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
73.6
76.1
102
121
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
74.2
76.7
102
121
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
75.1
77.5
102
116
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
76.1
78.4
101
115
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
77.4
79.4
101
112
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
79.1
80.7
105
110
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
81.2
82.4
108
111
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
83.6
84.5
107
106
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
86.5
87.2
105
101
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
89.8
90.4
94
91
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
78.39
134
2. Stroke
79.31
95
83.71
90
3. War
68.78
2
0.26
36
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
26.35
21
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
24.20
81
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
79.86
42
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
4.05
145
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
21.74
30
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
42.41
19
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
25.66
75
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
50.31
11
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
33.58
80
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
6.59
127
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
63.15
22
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
6.02
158
16. Asthma
9.65
67
8.13
71
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
6.38
73
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
2.06
92
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
5.49
64
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
29.73
46
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
2.77
163
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
6.06
6
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
7.86
9
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
9.52
37
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
3.68
119
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
0.83
170
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
14.07
29
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
3.00
167
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
16.48
49
30. Falls
3.00
148
8.65
38
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
2.30
141
32. Violence
2.84
116
8.85
58
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
1.82
97
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
3.59
120
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.54
136
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.58
101
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
10.53
20
38. Suicide
2.11
177
9.45
80
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
0.71
140
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
13.13
25
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
2.22
60
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
3.77
18
43. Drownings
1.21
137
2.44
90
44. Fires
1.16
103
3.73
33
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
3.35
59
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
3.22
83
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
4.29
7
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
2.02
65
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
9.44
34
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
11.17
26
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
36,530
6.48
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
39,362
6.98
3. War
7,760
9.40
281
0.05
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
59,931
10.63
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
31,564
5.60
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
12,103
2.15
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
44,361
7.87
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
15,638
2.77
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
2,202
0.39
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
8,485
1.51
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
27,270
4.84
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
28,020
4.97
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
11,870
2.11
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
8,258
1.46
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
16,258
2.88
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
3,755
0.67
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
4,484
0.80
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
3,590
0.64
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
4,222
0.75
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
1,080
0.19
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
31,107
5.52
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
1,519
0.27
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
13,470
2.39
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
11,735
2.08
25. Violence
444
0.54
8,076
1.43
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
1,623
0.29
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
488
0.09
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
1,244
0.22
29. Falls
383
0.46
4,510
0.80
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
1,578
0.28
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
1,730
0.31
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
2,168
0.38
33. Suicide
333
0.40
6,030
1.07
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
2,424
0.43
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
12,019
2.13
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
6,896
1.22
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
1,477
0.26
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
1,006
0.18
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
513
0.09
40. Drownings
215
0.26
3,133
0.56
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
1,339
0.24
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
5,019
0.89
43. Fires
179
0.22
3,255
0.58
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
421
0.07
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
8,887
1.58
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
3,668
0.65
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
1,839
0.33
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
1,625
0.29
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
1,758
0.31
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
386
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
26.35
21
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
4.05
145
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
6.59
127
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
6.02
158
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
2.06
92
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
5.49
64
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
2.77
163
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
6.06
6
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
7.86
9
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
0.83
170
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
3.00
167
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
16.48
49
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
1.82
97
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.54
136
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.58
101
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
3.35
59
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.