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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 UNITED KINGDOM

Compare Syria and United Kingdom 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.

United Kingdom
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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United Kingdom Population Pyramid
74,081,983
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   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
  Syria SYRIA   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
       
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
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
16
16
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
  
75.3
80.1
77.8
18
23
20
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
  
78.1
82.2
80.2
15
26
21
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
  
79.8
83.0
81.4
19
31
25
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
79.8
83.0
19
31
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
79.8
83.0
19
31
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
80.2
83.3
19
30
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
80.2
83.3
19
30
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
80.2
83.4
19
30
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
80.3
83.4
20
31
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
80.4
83.5
21
31
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
80.6
83.6
22
31
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
80.8
83.7
23
31
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
81.0
83.8
22
31
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
81.3
84.0
21
30
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
81.8
84.3
21
30
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
82.3
84.7
22
31
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
83.0
85.2
21
31
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
83.9
85.9
18
31
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
85.0
86.8
20
31
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
86.5
87.9
22
31
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
88.4
89.4
21
32
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
90.7
91.3
40
40
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
43.08
168
2. Stroke
79.31
95
20.17
169
3. War
68.78
2
0.02
103
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
17.64
82
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
2.86
179
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
20.37
114
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
24.68
29
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
42.70
2
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
2.81
173
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
19.80
107
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
7.90
142
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
3.59
178
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
12.09
50
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
0.86
147
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
16.66
82
16. Asthma
9.65
67
0.86
140
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
3.07
155
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
3.54
40
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
6.17
37
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
2.97
167
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
3.32
143
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
3.55
93
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
5.61
45
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
2.42
135
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
4.31
80
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
6.20
52
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
3.64
157
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
3.64
146
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
2.01
165
30. Falls
3.00
148
4.31
120
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
2.84
119
32. Violence
2.84
116
1.22
144
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
2.62
46
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
2.47
151
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
2.98
56
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.46
105
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
0.35
168
38. Suicide
2.11
177
6.88
116
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
4.16
16
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
0.27
147
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
0.54
153
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
0.01
134
43. Drownings
1.21
137
0.40
178
44. Fires
1.16
103
0.32
162
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
6.08
28
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
1.34
138
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
0.25
137
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
1.31
114
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
0.08
153
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
0.09
156
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
71,728
14.01
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
37,626
7.35
3. War
7,760
9.40
10
0.00
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
40,540
7.92
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
2,169
0.42
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
5,471
1.07
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
1,599
0.31
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
2,127
0.42
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
35,715
6.98
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
12,718
2.48
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
7,666
1.50
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
1,313
0.26
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
32,896
6.43
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
98,135
19.17
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
5,842
1.14
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
18,446
3.60
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
1,302
0.25
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
9,350
1.83
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
5,211
1.02
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
6,133
1.20
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
190
0.04
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
4,999
0.98
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
5,208
1.02
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
5,464
1.07
25. Violence
444
0.54
868
0.17
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
3,297
0.64
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
8,995
1.76
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
13,289
2.60
29. Falls
383
0.46
7,618
1.49
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
8,573
1.67
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
5,237
1.02
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
3,126
0.61
33. Suicide
333
0.40
5,325
1.04
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
4,019
0.79
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
232
0.05
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
3
0.00
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
3,109
0.61
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
3,727
0.73
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
2,824
0.55
40. Drownings
215
0.26
301
0.06
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
876
0.17
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
1,099
0.21
43. Fires
179
0.22
334
0.07
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
2,346
0.46
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
47
0.01
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
221
0.04
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
8,727
1.70
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
1,193
0.23
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
2,090
0.41
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
6
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
17.64
82
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
24.68
29
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
12.09
50
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
16.66
82
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
3.54
40
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
6.17
37
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
3.32
143
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
3.55
93
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
5.61
45
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
6.20
52
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
3.64
146
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
2.01
165
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
2.62
46
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
2.98
56
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.46
105
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
6.08
28
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.