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United Kingdom
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
UNITED KINGDOM VS SYRIA

Compare United Kingdom and Syria 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.

Syria
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
United Kingdom Population Pyramid
74,081,983
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Syria Population Pyramid
33,129,325
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Syria SYRIA
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Syria SYRIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
  
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
1970
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
  
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
1980
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
  
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
1990
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
16
16
  
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
2000
75.3
80.1
77.8
18
23
20
  
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
2010
78.1
82.2
80.2
15
26
21
  
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
2019
79.8
83.0
81.4
19
31
25
  
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Syria SYRIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.8
83.0
19
31
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age
79.8
83.0
19
31
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age 5
80.2
83.3
19
30
73.0
75.9
84
109
Age 10
80.2
83.3
19
30
73.4
76.2
82
107
Age 15
80.2
83.4
19
30
73.8
76.4
73
106
Age 20
80.3
83.4
20
31
74.0
76.6
74
106
Age 25
80.4
83.5
21
31
74.3
76.7
75
106
Age 30
80.6
83.6
22
31
74.5
76.9
75
106
Age 35
80.8
83.7
23
31
74.8
77.1
78
107
Age 40
81.0
83.8
22
31
75.1
77.3
80
108
Age 45
81.3
84.0
21
30
75.5
77.6
82
108
Age 50
81.8
84.3
21
30
76.1
78.0
82
108
Age 55
82.3
84.7
22
31
77.0
78.5
83
111
Age 60
83.0
85.2
21
31
78.2
79.3
84
116
Age 65
83.9
85.9
18
31
79.9
80.4
82
130
Age 70
85.0
86.8
20
31
81.8
81.8
82
143
Age 75
86.5
87.9
22
31
84.0
83.5
83
164
Age 80
88.4
89.4
21
32
86.6
85.6
99
175
Age 85
90.7
91.3
40
40
89.5
88.2
126
180
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Syria SYRIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43.08
168
279.54
12
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
42.70
2
17.14
102
3. Lung Cancers
24.68
29
18.90
59
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.37
114
21.72
107
5. Stroke
20.17
169
79.31
95
6. Lung Disease
19.80
107
16.00
132
7. Breast Cancer
17.64
82
31.59
9
8. Prostate Cancer
16.66
82
9.82
134
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.09
50
11.27
58
10. Liver Disease
7.90
142
15.66
104
11. Suicide
6.88
116
2.11
177
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.20
52
3.71
92
13. Lymphomas
6.17
37
7.40
15
14. Oesophagus Cancer
6.08
28
0.88
163
15. Ovary Cancer
5.61
45
5.40
55
16. Parkinson's Disease
4.31
80
3.99
96
17. Falls
4.31
120
3.00
148
18. Drug Use
4.16
16
1.89
51
19. Liver Cancer
3.64
146
3.43
154
20. Other Injuries
3.64
157
3.62
158
21. Diabetes Mellitus
3.59
178
15.00
124
22. Leukemia
3.55
93
6.15
5
23. Bladder Cancer
3.54
40
7.53
3
24. Stomach Cancer
3.32
143
6.43
84
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.07
155
8.06
30
26. Uterin Cancer
2.98
56
2.56
79
27. Hypertension
2.97
167
7.33
147
28. Kidney Disease
2.86
179
22.22
96
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.84
119
2.96
114
30. Road Traffic Accidents
2.81
173
16.75
87
31. Skin Cancers
2.62
46
2.74
41
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2.47
151
2.72
146
33. Oral Cancer
2.46
105
2.45
106
34. Low Birth Weight
2.42
135
5.18
86
35. Other Neoplasms
2.38
45
0.20
165
36. Cervical Cancer
2.01
165
3.07
144
37. Alcohol
1.76
69
0.39
152
38. Multiple Sclerosis
1.58
1
0.11
146
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.34
138
0.75
162
40. Epilepsy
1.31
114
0.59
170
41. Violence
1.22
144
2.84
116
42. Skin Disease
1.20
105
0.07
181
43. Asthma
0.86
140
9.65
67
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.86
147
10.38
67
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.59
38
0.06
172
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.54
153
1.52
92
47. Drownings
0.40
178
1.21
137
48. Birth Trauma
0.35
168
2.40
87
49. Fires
0.32
162
1.16
103
50. Hepatitis C
0.29
38
0.01
161
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Syria SYRIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Alzheimers & Dementia
98,135
19.17
1,551
1.88
2. Coronary Heart Disease
71,728
14.01
28,203
34.16
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
40,540
7.92
2,958
3.58
4. Stroke
37,626
7.35
8,088
9.80
5. Lung Cancers
35,715
6.98
2,048
2.48
6. Lung Disease
32,896
6.43
1,601
1.94
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
18,446
3.60
1,224
1.48
8. Prostate Cancer
13,289
2.60
404
0.49
9. Breast Cancer
12,718
2.48
1,953
2.37
10. Lymphomas
9,350
1.83
827
1.00
11. Pancreas Cancer
8,995
1.76
411
0.50
12. Oesophagus Cancer
8,727
1.70
97
0.12
13. Parkinson's Disease
8,573
1.67
367
0.44
14. Liver Disease
7,666
1.50
1,720
2.08
15. Falls
7,618
1.49
383
0.46
16. Bladder Cancer
6,133
1.20
757
0.92
17. Diabetes Mellitus
5,842
1.14
1,534
1.86
18. Kidney Disease
5,471
1.07
2,329
2.82
19. Other Injuries
5,464
1.07
521
0.63
20. Suicide
5,325
1.04
333
0.40
21. Liver Cancer
5,237
1.02
366
0.44
22. Leukemia
5,211
1.02
796
0.96
23. Hypertension
5,208
1.02
707
0.86
24. Stomach Cancer
4,999
0.98
725
0.88
25. Ovary Cancer
4,019
0.79
328
0.40
26. Other Neoplasms
3,986
0.78
21
0.03
27. Skin Cancers
3,727
0.73
276
0.33
28. Endocrine Disorders
3,297
0.64
418
0.51
29. Inflammatory/Heart
3,126
0.61
337
0.41
30. Oral Cancer
3,109
0.61
289
0.35
31. Drug Use
2,824
0.55
249
0.30
32. Uterin Cancer
2,346
0.46
146
0.18
33. Road Traffic Accidents
2,169
0.42
2,550
3.09
34. Skin Disease
2,134
0.42
8
0.01
35. Congenital Anomalies
2,127
0.42
2,077
2.52
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,090
0.41
79
0.10
37. Multiple Sclerosis
1,856
0.36
14
0.02
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,599
0.31
2,156
2.61
39. Alcohol
1,555
0.30
51
0.06
40. Low Birth Weight
1,313
0.26
1,652
2.00
41. Asthma
1,302
0.25
1,052
1.27
42. Epilepsy
1,193
0.23
92
0.11
43. Cervical Cancer
1,099
0.21
188
0.23
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
1,014
0.20
7
0.01
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
876
0.17
197
0.24
46. Violence
868
0.17
444
0.54
47. Tuberculosis
351
0.07
23
0.03
48. Fires
334
0.07
179
0.22
49. Drownings
301
0.06
215
0.26
50. Anemia
277
0.05
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Syria SYRIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.68
29
18.90
59
2. Breast Cancer
17.64
82
31.59
9
3. Prostate Cancer
16.66
82
9.82
134
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.09
50
11.27
58
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.20
52
3.71
92
6. Lymphomas
6.17
37
7.40
15
7. Oesophagus Cancer
6.08
28
0.88
163
8. Ovary Cancer
5.61
45
5.40
55
9. Liver Cancer
3.64
146
3.43
154
10. Leukemia
3.55
93
6.15
5
11. Bladder Cancer
3.54
40
7.53
3
12. Stomach Cancer
3.32
143
6.43
84
13. Uterin Cancer
2.98
56
2.56
79
14. Skin Cancers
2.62
46
2.74
41
15. Oral Cancer
2.46
105
2.45
106
16. Cervical Cancer
2.01
165
3.07
144
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.