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France
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 France 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
France Population Pyramid
67,586,729
Syria Population Pyramid
33,129,325
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Syria SYRIA
  France FRANCE   Syria SYRIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.0
73.6
70.2
16
10
13
 
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
1970
68.4
75.8
72.0
17
8
8
 
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
1980
70.2
78.4
74.2
19
8
11
 
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
1990
72.8
80.9
76.7
19
2
10
 
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
2000
75.0
82.7
78.8
20
2
10
 
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
2010
78.0
84.6
81.3
18
4
10
 
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
2019
79.8
85.1
82.5
20
6
11
 
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Syria SYRIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.8
85.1
20
6
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age
79.8
85.1
20
6
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age 5
80.2
85.4
20
5
73.0
75.9
84
109
Age 10
80.2
85.5
20
5
73.4
76.2
82
107
Age 15
80.2
85.5
20
5
73.8
76.4
73
106
Age 20
80.3
85.5
19
5
74.0
76.6
74
106
Age 25
80.4
85.6
19
5
74.3
76.7
75
106
Age 30
80.6
85.7
21
5
74.5
76.9
75
106
Age 35
80.8
85.7
21
5
74.8
77.1
78
107
Age 40
81.0
85.9
21
5
75.1
77.3
80
108
Age 45
81.3
86.0
22
5
75.5
77.6
82
108
Age 50
81.8
86.3
22
5
76.1
78.0
82
108
Age 55
82.3
86.7
21
5
77.0
78.5
83
111
Age 60
83.3
87.2
17
5
78.2
79.3
84
116
Age 65
84.5
87.8
10
4
79.9
80.4
82
130
Age 70
85.8
88.5
7
4
81.8
81.8
82
143
Age 75
87.3
89.4
5
3
84.0
83.5
83
164
Age 80
89.0
90.5
9
6
86.6
85.6
99
175
Age 85
91.1
91.9
15
16
89.5
88.2
126
180
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Syria SYRIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.17
182
279.54
12
2. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
18.90
59
3. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
31.59
9
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.19
64
17.14
102
5. Stroke
16.74
181
79.31
95
6. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
9.82
134
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
11.27
58
8. Suicide
9.65
76
2.11
177
9. Lung Disease
8.62
172
16.00
132
10. Other Injuries
8.36
82
3.62
158
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
3.71
92
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.06
167
21.72
107
13. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
3.43
154
14. Liver Disease
6.54
154
15.66
104
15. Lymphomas
6.05
40
7.40
15
16. Diabetes Mellitus
5.71
165
15.00
124
17. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
5.40
55
18. Kidney Disease
4.86
169
22.22
96
19. Endocrine Disorders
4.79
65
2.96
114
20. Leukemia
4.65
33
6.15
5
21. Road Traffic Accidents
4.60
156
16.75
87
22. Other Neoplasms
4.55
18
0.20
165
23. Falls
3.99
125
3.00
148
24. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
2.45
106
25. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
6.43
84
26. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
7.53
3
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
0.88
163
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.35
128
2.72
146
29. Parkinson's Disease
3.31
132
3.99
96
30. Alcohol
3.29
30
0.39
152
31. Congenital Anomalies
3.19
154
8.06
30
32. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
2.56
79
33. Hypertension
2.64
170
7.33
147
34. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
3.07
144
35. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
2.74
41
36. Drug Use
1.71
60
1.89
51
37. Malnutrition
1.52
88
0.53
113
38. Epilepsy
1.42
107
0.59
170
39. Low Birth Weight
1.29
162
5.18
86
40. Drownings
0.91
151
1.21
137
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.86
146
10.38
67
42. Violence
0.80
162
2.84
116
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.70
140
1.52
92
44. Skin Disease
0.67
127
0.07
181
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.65
25
0.11
146
46. Asthma
0.62
152
9.65
67
47. Birth Trauma
0.60
144
2.40
87
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.49
177
0.75
162
49. Schizophrenia
0.46
9
0.00
164
50. HIV/AIDS
0.45
125
0.09
159
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  France FRANCE   Syria SYRIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
63,181
13.22
28,203
34.16
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
53,157
11.12
1,551
1.88
3. Stroke
36,354
7.60
8,088
9.80
4. Lung Cancers
35,657
7.46
2,048
2.48
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21,854
4.57
1,224
1.48
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,771
4.14
2,958
3.58
7. Lung Disease
18,232
3.81
1,601
1.94
8. Breast Cancer
15,536
3.25
1,953
2.37
9. Other Injuries
15,119
3.16
521
0.63
10. Pancreas Cancer
12,360
2.59
411
0.50
11. Kidney Disease
11,477
2.40
2,329
2.82
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10,912
2.28
1,534
1.86
13. Prostate Cancer
10,873
2.27
404
0.49
14. Lymphomas
10,067
2.11
827
1.00
15. Liver Cancer
9,573
2.00
366
0.44
16. Suicide
8,961
1.87
333
0.40
17. Other Neoplasms
8,771
1.83
21
0.03
18. Falls
8,284
1.73
383
0.46
19. Endocrine Disorders
8,086
1.69
418
0.51
20. Parkinson's Disease
7,570
1.58
367
0.44
21. Leukemia
7,457
1.56
796
0.96
22. Liver Disease
7,382
1.54
1,720
2.08
23. Hypertension
7,109
1.49
707
0.86
24. Bladder Cancer
6,566
1.37
757
0.92
25. Inflammatory/Heart
6,065
1.27
337
0.41
26. Stomach Cancer
5,530
1.16
725
0.88
27. Oral Cancer
4,676
0.98
289
0.35
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4,673
0.98
97
0.12
29. Malnutrition
4,212
0.88
73
0.09
30. Ovary Cancer
3,964
0.83
328
0.40
31. Road Traffic Accidents
3,339
0.70
2,550
3.09
32. Skin Cancers
3,256
0.68
276
0.33
33. Alcohol
3,189
0.67
51
0.06
34. Uterin Cancer
2,721
0.57
146
0.18
35. Congenital Anomalies
2,012
0.42
2,077
2.52
36. Drug Use
1,881
0.39
249
0.30
37. Epilepsy
1,865
0.39
92
0.11
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,807
0.38
2,156
2.61
39. Skin Disease
1,598
0.33
8
0.01
40. Cervical Cancer
1,574
0.33
188
0.23
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,384
0.29
197
0.24
42. Asthma
1,039
0.22
1,052
1.27
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
986
0.21
79
0.10
44. Anemia
973
0.20
0
0.00
45. Drownings
868
0.18
215
0.26
46. Multiple Sclerosis
752
0.16
14
0.02
47. Low Birth Weight
651
0.14
1,652
2.00
48. Schizophrenia
647
0.14
0
0.00
49. Violence
538
0.11
444
0.54
50. Tuberculosis
435
0.09
23
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Syria SYRIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
18.90
59
2. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
31.59
9
3. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
9.82
134
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
11.27
58
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
3.71
92
6. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
3.43
154
7. Lymphomas
6.05
40
7.40
15
8. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
5.40
55
9. Leukemia
4.65
33
6.15
5
10. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
2.45
106
11. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
6.43
84
12. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
7.53
3
13. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
0.88
163
14. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
2.56
79
15. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
3.07
144
16. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
2.74
41
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.