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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 JAPAN

Compare Syria and Japan 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.

Japan
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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Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
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   Japan JAPAN
  Syria SYRIA   Japan JAPAN
       
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
  
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
  
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
  
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
  
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
  
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
  
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
  
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Japan JAPAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
81.8
87.2
2
1
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
81.9
87.2
2
1
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
82.0
87.3
2
1
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
82.1
87.4
2
1
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
82.2
87.4
3
1
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
82.4
87.6
3
1
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
82.6
87.7
3
1
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
82.9
87.9
3
1
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
83.4
88.2
3
1
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
84.0
88.6
3
1
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
84.8
89.0
4
1
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
86.0
89.6
2
1
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
87.3
90.3
6
1
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
89.0
91.3
8
2
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
91.4
92.8
9
3
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Japan JAPAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
30.62
181
2. Stroke
79.31
95
23.21
161
3. War
68.78
2
0.01
142
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
10.31
155
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
7.61
154
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
16.56
129
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
18.06
66
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
7.87
159
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
2.21
175
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
12.69
156
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
4.78
164
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
1.35
182
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
13.59
37
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
0.53
161
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
6.05
157
16. Asthma
9.65
67
0.36
174
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
2.49
167
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
1.86
104
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
4.22
111
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
1.07
183
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
11.47
28
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
2.76
133
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
3.30
136
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
0.32
183
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
2.33
156
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
8.87
10
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
4.92
133
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
6.62
62
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
2.73
152
30. Falls
3.00
148
1.98
173
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
2.36
135
32. Violence
2.84
116
0.19
183
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
0.42
167
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
2.08
163
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
2.02
106
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.19
124
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
0.17
180
38. Suicide
2.11
177
12.24
49
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
0.33
177
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
0.09
180
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
0.40
162
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
0.00
149
43. Drownings
1.21
137
2.12
109
44. Fires
1.16
103
0.33
161
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
3.28
61
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
0.61
169
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
0.14
160
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
0.51
176
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
0.04
175
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
0.41
118
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Japan JAPAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
163,905
14.84
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
121,823
11.03
3. War
7,760
9.40
15
0.00
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
107,899
9.77
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
4,566
0.41
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
44,779
4.05
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
2,731
0.25
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
2,473
0.22
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
79,688
7.21
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
15,805
1.43
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
14,195
1.29
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
202
0.02
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
78,169
7.08
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
56,937
5.15
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
5,433
0.49
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
57,340
5.19
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
1,922
0.17
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
19,273
1.74
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
9,607
0.87
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
9,936
0.90
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
104
0.01
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
50,433
4.57
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
6,673
0.60
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
22,068
2.00
25. Violence
444
0.54
266
0.02
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
11,486
1.04
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
37,027
3.35
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
13,515
1.22
29. Falls
383
0.46
9,736
0.88
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
14,007
1.27
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
29,384
2.66
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
8,232
0.75
33. Suicide
333
0.40
19,466
1.76
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
5,061
0.46
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
308
0.03
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
1
0.00
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
8,333
0.75
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
1,843
0.17
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
732
0.07
40. Drownings
215
0.26
8,409
0.76
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
2,555
0.23
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
3,799
0.34
43. Fires
179
0.22
1,007
0.09
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
3,461
0.31
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
39
0.00
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
255
0.02
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
12,316
1.11
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
1,558
0.14
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
2,922
0.26
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
5
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Japan JAPAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
10.31
155
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
18.06
66
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
13.59
37
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
6.05
157
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
1.86
104
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
4.22
111
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
11.47
28
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
2.76
133
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
3.30
136
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
8.87
10
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
6.62
62
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
2.73
152
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
0.42
167
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
2.02
106
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.19
124
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
3.28
61
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.