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Japan
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
JAPAN VS SYRIA

Compare Japan 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
Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
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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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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Syria SYRIA
  Japan JAPAN   Syria SYRIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
  
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
  
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
  
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
  
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
  
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
  
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
  
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Syria SYRIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
73.0
75.9
84
109
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
73.4
76.2
82
107
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
73.8
76.4
73
106
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
74.0
76.6
74
106
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
74.3
76.7
75
106
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
74.5
76.9
75
106
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
74.8
77.1
78
107
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
75.1
77.3
80
108
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
75.5
77.6
82
108
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
76.1
78.0
82
108
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
77.0
78.5
83
111
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
78.2
79.3
84
116
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
79.9
80.4
82
130
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
81.8
81.8
82
143
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
84.0
83.5
83
164
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
86.6
85.6
99
175
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
89.5
88.2
126
180
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Syria SYRIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
279.54
12
2. Stroke
23.21
161
79.31
95
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
18.90
59
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
21.72
107
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
11.27
58
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
16.00
132
7. Suicide
12.24
49
2.11
177
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
6.43
84
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
31.59
9
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
3.71
92
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
17.14
102
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
22.22
96
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
3.43
154
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
9.82
134
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
3.62
158
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
15.66
104
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
7.40
15
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
5.40
55
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
0.88
163
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
0.20
165
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
6.15
5
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
3.07
144
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
8.06
30
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
2.96
114
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
3.99
96
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
16.75
87
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
2.45
106
28. Drownings
2.12
109
1.21
137
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
2.72
146
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
2.56
79
31. Falls
1.98
173
3.00
148
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
7.53
3
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
15.00
124
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
7.33
147
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
0.75
162
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
0.19
163
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
10.38
67
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
0.59
170
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.01
161
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.06
172
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
0.07
181
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.74
41
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
0.53
113
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
1.52
92
45. Asthma
0.36
174
9.65
67
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.04
162
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
1.89
51
48. Fires
0.33
161
1.16
103
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
5.18
86
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.00
164
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Syria SYRIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
28,203
34.16
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
8,088
9.80
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
2,958
3.58
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
2,048
2.48
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
1,601
1.94
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
1,224
1.48
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
1,551
1.88
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
725
0.88
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
2,329
2.82
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
411
0.50
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
366
0.44
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
521
0.63
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
333
0.40
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
827
1.00
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
1,953
2.37
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
21
0.03
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
1,720
2.08
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
367
0.44
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
404
0.49
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
97
0.12
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
418
0.51
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
757
0.92
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
383
0.46
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
796
0.96
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
215
0.26
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
289
0.35
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
337
0.41
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
707
0.86
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
1,534
1.86
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
328
0.40
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
2,550
3.09
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
188
0.23
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
146
0.18
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
23
0.03
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
79
0.10
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
8
0.01
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
2,156
2.61
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
7
0.01
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
197
0.24
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
2,077
2.52
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
1
0.00
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
1,052
1.27
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
73
0.09
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
276
0.33
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
92
0.11
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
5
0.01
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
0
0.00
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
179
0.22
49. Anemia
875
0.08
0
0.00
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
249
0.30
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Syria SYRIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
18.90
59
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
11.27
58
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
6.43
84
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
31.59
9
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
3.71
92
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
3.43
154
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
9.82
134
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
7.40
15
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
5.40
55
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
0.88
163
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
6.15
5
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
3.07
144
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
2.45
106
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
2.56
79
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
7.53
3
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
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.