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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 GHANA

Compare Syria and Ghana 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.

Ghana
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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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
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   Ghana GHANA
  Syria SYRIA   Ghana GHANA
       
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
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
119.93
79
2. Stroke
79.31
95
124.02
35
3. War
68.78
2
0.10
51
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
19.09
60
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
30.38
56
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
99.08
26
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
1.71
177
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
17.79
85
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
31.33
46
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
26.48
69
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
36.74
35
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
44.68
47
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
6.86
121
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
30.48
50
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
24.21
50
16. Asthma
9.65
67
13.95
42
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
7.03
51
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
1.91
102
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
5.70
55
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
17.73
94
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
6.41
86
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
1.38
163
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
8.00
7
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
9.43
38
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
4.48
70
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
2.52
128
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
10.75
58
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
17.60
10
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
24.53
27
30. Falls
3.00
148
8.85
34
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
6.88
37
32. Violence
2.84
116
6.73
72
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
1.57
114
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
11.13
23
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
2.86
68
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.86
86
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
8.81
36
38. Suicide
2.11
177
10.54
64
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
3.31
22
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
13.70
21
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
1.73
80
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
1.62
51
43. Drownings
1.21
137
2.38
93
44. Fires
1.16
103
3.31
41
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
2.61
87
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
2.19
103
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
2.15
42
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
1.45
103
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
6.87
40
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
8.62
36
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
14,103
8.06
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
15,163
8.67
3. War
7,760
9.40
29
0.02
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
16,262
9.29
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
7,808
4.46
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
4,161
2.38
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
6,538
3.74
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
3,935
2.25
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
237
0.14
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
1,937
1.11
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
6,053
3.46
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
6,662
3.81
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
3,120
1.78
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
1,294
0.74
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
5,929
3.39
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
803
0.46
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
1,979
1.13
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
875
0.50
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
340
0.19
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
245
0.14
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
6,194
3.54
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
870
0.50
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
2,231
1.28
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
2,433
1.39
25. Violence
444
0.54
1,857
1.06
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
1,965
1.12
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
334
0.19
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
1,031
0.59
29. Falls
383
0.46
1,168
0.67
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
387
0.22
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
2,851
1.63
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
1,615
0.92
33. Suicide
333
0.40
1,993
1.14
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
698
0.40
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
2,983
1.70
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
744
0.43
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
483
0.28
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
214
0.12
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
630
0.36
40. Drownings
215
0.26
740
0.42
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
256
0.15
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
2,161
1.24
43. Fires
179
0.22
729
0.42
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
219
0.13
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
1,991
1.14
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
522
0.30
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
285
0.16
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
329
0.19
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
321
0.18
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
357
0.20
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
19.09
60
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
1.71
177
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
6.86
121
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
24.21
50
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
1.91
102
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
5.70
55
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
6.41
86
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
1.38
163
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
8.00
7
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
2.52
128
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
17.60
10
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
24.53
27
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
1.57
114
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
2.86
68
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.86
86
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
2.61
87
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.