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Australia
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

Compare Australia 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
Australia Population Pyramid
32,814,106
Syria Population Pyramid
33,129,325
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Syria SYRIA
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Syria SYRIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.8
74.0
70.8
11
7
10
 
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
1970
67.8
74.4
71.0
22
17
19
 
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
1980
70.9
78.0
74.3
14
9
10
 
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
1990
74.0
80.2
77.0
8
8
5
 
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
2000
76.7
82.2
79.5
6
6
5
 
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
2010
79.6
84.1
81.9
4
7
5
 
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
2019
81.3
84.8
83.0
3
9
7
 
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Syria SYRIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.3
84.8
3
9
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age
81.3
84.8
3
9
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age 5
81.6
85.1
3
9
73.0
75.9
84
109
Age 10
81.6
85.1
3
9
73.4
76.2
82
107
Age 15
81.6
85.2
3
9
73.8
76.4
73
106
Age 20
81.7
85.2
3
9
74.0
76.6
74
106
Age 25
81.9
85.3
3
9
74.3
76.7
75
106
Age 30
82.1
85.4
3
8
74.5
76.9
75
106
Age 35
82.3
85.5
2
8
74.8
77.1
78
107
Age 40
82.5
85.6
2
7
75.1
77.3
80
108
Age 45
82.8
85.8
2
7
75.5
77.6
82
108
Age 50
83.2
86.0
1
6
76.1
78.0
82
108
Age 55
83.7
86.4
1
6
77.0
78.5
83
111
Age 60
84.4
86.8
1
7
78.2
79.3
84
116
Age 65
85.2
87.4
1
7
79.9
80.4
82
130
Age 70
86.2
88.1
1
7
81.8
81.8
82
143
Age 75
87.5
89.0
1
9
84.0
83.5
83
164
Age 80
89.2
90.2
3
12
86.6
85.6
99
175
Age 85
91.3
91.9
10
17
89.5
88.2
126
180
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Syria SYRIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
37.36
176
279.54
12
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.63
23
17.14
102
3. Lung Cancers
18.97
58
18.90
59
4. Stroke
17.13
179
79.31
95
5. Lung Disease
15.32
141
16.00
132
6. Breast Cancer
14.85
119
31.59
9
7. Prostate Cancer
14.71
105
9.82
134
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.81
43
11.27
58
9. Suicide
11.25
57
2.11
177
10. Diabetes Mellitus
8.50
149
15.00
124
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.99
176
21.72
107
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.62
46
3.71
92
13. Drug Use
6.56
3
1.89
51
14. Lymphomas
6.10
38
7.40
15
15. Kidney Disease
5.16
166
22.22
96
16. Falls
4.99
102
3.00
148
17. Endocrine Disorders
4.82
63
2.96
114
18. Skin Cancers
4.76
4
2.74
41
19. Liver Cancer
4.61
112
3.43
154
20. Road Traffic Accidents
4.46
158
16.75
87
21. Leukemia
4.40
52
6.15
5
22. Ovary Cancer
4.28
99
5.40
55
23. Liver Disease
3.89
172
15.66
104
24. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
125
2.72
146
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.35
131
3.99
96
26. Other Injuries
3.28
166
3.62
158
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.26
62
0.88
163
28. Stomach Cancer
2.80
162
6.43
84
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.62
163
8.06
30
30. Hypertension
2.60
172
7.33
147
31. Other Neoplasms
2.28
47
0.20
165
32. Oral Cancer
2.22
120
2.45
106
33. Uterin Cancer
2.12
101
2.56
79
34. Bladder Cancer
2.11
89
7.53
3
35. Cervical Cancer
1.78
173
3.07
144
36. Alcohol
1.07
110
0.39
152
37. Low Birth Weight
1.02
166
5.18
86
38. Violence
0.98
156
2.84
116
39. Skin Disease
0.98
111
0.07
181
40. Asthma
0.96
136
9.65
67
41. Epilepsy
0.86
145
0.59
170
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.71
136
1.52
92
43. Drownings
0.66
165
1.21
137
44. Birth Trauma
0.57
146
2.40
87
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.52
173
0.75
162
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.51
162
10.38
67
47. Hepatitis C
0.51
18
0.01
161
48. Multiple Sclerosis
0.47
37
0.11
146
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.42
72
0.06
172
50. Anemia
0.23
43
0.00
164
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Syria SYRIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
21,548
15.79
28,203
34.16
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
15,588
11.42
1,551
1.88
3. Stroke
10,331
7.57
8,088
9.80
4. Lung Cancers
8,769
6.43
2,048
2.48
5. Lung Disease
8,487
6.22
1,601
1.94
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6,209
4.55
1,224
1.48
7. Diabetes Mellitus
4,471
3.28
1,534
1.86
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
4,446
3.26
2,958
3.58
9. Prostate Cancer
3,766
2.76
404
0.49
10. Breast Cancer
3,405
2.49
1,953
2.37
11. Suicide
3,150
2.31
333
0.40
12. Kidney Disease
3,139
2.30
2,329
2.82
13. Pancreas Cancer
3,118
2.28
411
0.50
14. Falls
3,116
2.28
383
0.46
15. Lymphomas
3,039
2.23
827
1.00
16. Endocrine Disorders
2,328
1.71
418
0.51
17. Skin Cancers
2,319
1.70
276
0.33
18. Leukemia
2,126
1.56
796
0.96
19. Liver Cancer
2,036
1.49
366
0.44
20. Parkinson's Disease
2,036
1.49
367
0.44
21. Drug Use
1,783
1.31
249
0.30
22. Other Injuries
1,642
1.20
521
0.63
23. Hypertension
1,631
1.20
707
0.86
24. Inflammatory/Heart
1,571
1.15
337
0.41
25. Oesophagus Cancer
1,494
1.09
97
0.12
26. Liver Disease
1,421
1.04
1,720
2.08
27. Stomach Cancer
1,288
0.94
725
0.88
28. Other Neoplasms
1,252
0.92
21
0.03
29. Road Traffic Accidents
1,245
0.91
2,550
3.09
30. Bladder Cancer
1,187
0.87
757
0.92
31. Ovary Cancer
1,003
0.73
328
0.40
32. Oral Cancer
972
0.71
289
0.35
33. Congenital Anomalies
711
0.52
2,077
2.52
34. Skin Disease
594
0.44
8
0.01
35. Uterin Cancer
524
0.38
146
0.18
36. Asthma
455
0.33
1,052
1.27
37. Alcohol
380
0.28
51
0.06
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
379
0.28
197
0.24
39. Cervical Cancer
342
0.25
188
0.23
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
296
0.22
2,156
2.61
41. Epilepsy
285
0.21
92
0.11
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
276
0.20
79
0.10
43. Low Birth Weight
248
0.18
1,652
2.00
44. Violence
243
0.18
444
0.54
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
229
0.17
7
0.01
46. Multiple Sclerosis
188
0.14
14
0.02
47. Drownings
177
0.13
215
0.26
48. Hepatitis C
173
0.13
1
0.00
49. Anemia
157
0.12
0
0.00
50. Birth Trauma
140
0.10
744
0.90
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Syria SYRIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.97
58
18.90
59
2. Breast Cancer
14.85
119
31.59
9
3. Prostate Cancer
14.71
105
9.82
134
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.81
43
11.27
58
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.62
46
3.71
92
6. Lymphomas
6.10
38
7.40
15
7. Skin Cancers
4.76
4
2.74
41
8. Liver Cancer
4.61
112
3.43
154
9. Leukemia
4.40
52
6.15
5
10. Ovary Cancer
4.28
99
5.40
55
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.26
62
0.88
163
12. Stomach Cancer
2.80
162
6.43
84
13. Oral Cancer
2.22
120
2.45
106
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
101
2.56
79
15. Bladder Cancer
2.11
89
7.53
3
16. Cervical Cancer
1.78
173
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.