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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 NICARAGUA

Compare Syria and Nicaragua 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.

Nicaragua
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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Nicaragua Population Pyramid
8,531,045
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   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Syria SYRIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
       
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
  
46.0
48.7
47.3
104
103
102
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
  
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
  
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
  
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
  
67.3
73.3
70.3
90
89
91
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
  
70.2
76.1
73.2
83
83
85
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
  
72.1
77.9
75.0
78
77
76
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
72.1
77.9
78
77
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
73.4
79.1
77
71
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
73.5
79.2
77
71
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
73.7
79.3
76
71
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
73.9
79.4
76
71
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
74.2
79.5
76
71
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
74.5
79.6
77
71
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
74.8
79.8
79
72
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
75.1
80.0
81
72
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
75.5
80.2
84
72
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
76.1
80.6
84
74
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
76.9
81.2
85
75
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
78.0
81.9
87
78
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
79.5
82.8
90
79
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
81.4
84.1
96
81
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
83.7
85.7
100
81
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
86.5
87.8
106
84
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
89.7
90.4
107
80
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
124.46
73
2. Stroke
79.31
95
47.78
132
3. War
68.78
2
0.01
150
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
10.15
158
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
73.96
2
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
20.90
111
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
5.94
131
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
3.05
173
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
18.75
81
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
33.61
40
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
24.52
77
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
44.63
48
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
6.63
125
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
2.06
105
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
20.62
60
16. Asthma
9.65
67
2.14
114
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
6.84
56
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
0.61
176
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
3.32
140
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
23.51
64
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
10.11
45
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
3.91
74
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
2.18
169
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
4.70
91
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
1.49
168
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
3.88
86
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
6.63
106
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
10.93
25
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
13.48
64
30. Falls
3.00
148
5.61
94
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
3.03
110
32. Violence
2.84
116
9.50
55
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
1.27
128
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
2.78
143
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.51
139
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
1.33
167
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
1.90
93
38. Suicide
2.11
177
4.66
146
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
0.86
127
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
0.47
119
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
0.38
165
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
0.04
115
43. Drownings
1.21
137
2.57
86
44. Fires
1.16
103
0.30
163
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
0.90
161
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
1.82
121
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
0.30
125
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
1.29
115
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
1.27
79
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
2.89
72
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
5,843
20.44
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
2,225
7.78
3. War
7,760
9.40
1
0.00
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
1,152
4.03
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
1,109
3.88
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
3,533
12.36
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
122
0.43
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
571
2.00
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
274
0.96
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
283
0.99
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
1,203
4.21
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
490
1.71
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
1,570
5.49
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
149
0.52
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
2,068
7.23
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
315
1.10
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
105
0.37
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
164
0.57
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
227
0.79
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
28
0.10
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
198
0.69
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
478
1.67
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
1,103
3.86
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
358
1.25
25. Violence
444
0.54
619
2.17
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
164
0.57
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
178
0.62
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
386
1.35
29. Falls
383
0.46
276
0.97
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
67
0.23
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
509
1.78
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
139
0.49
33. Suicide
333
0.40
285
1.00
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
61
0.21
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
29
0.10
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
3
0.01
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
64
0.22
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
59
0.21
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
50
0.17
40. Drownings
215
0.26
157
0.55
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
20
0.07
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
374
1.31
43. Fires
179
0.22
16
0.06
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
39
0.14
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
88
0.31
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
18
0.06
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
42
0.15
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
74
0.26
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
85
0.30
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
10
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Nicaragua NICARAGUA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
10.15
158
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
5.94
131
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
6.63
125
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
20.62
60
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
0.61
176
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
3.32
140
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
10.11
45
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
3.91
74
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
2.18
169
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
3.88
86
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
10.93
25
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
13.48
64
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
1.27
128
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.51
139
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
1.33
167
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
0.90
161
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.