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Netherlands
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
NETHERLANDS VS SYRIA

Compare Netherlands 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
Netherlands Population Pyramid
17,165,370
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Syria Population Pyramid
33,129,325
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Syria SYRIA
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Syria SYRIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
71.5
75.4
73.4
1
2
2
  
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
1970
70.8
76.5
73.6
4
3
3
  
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
1980
72.5
79.2
75.7
4
1
2
  
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
1990
73.8
80.1
76.9
10
9
7
  
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
2000
75.5
80.6
78.1
14
20
17
  
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
2010
78.7
82.7
80.8
13
20
14
  
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
2019
80.4
83.1
81.8
13
29
19
  
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Syria SYRIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
83.1
13
29
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age
80.4
83.1
13
29
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age 5
80.8
83.5
15
29
73.0
75.9
84
109
Age 10
80.8
83.5
15
29
73.4
76.2
82
107
Age 15
80.8
83.5
15
29
73.8
76.4
73
106
Age 20
80.9
83.6
15
29
74.0
76.6
74
106
Age 25
81.0
83.6
15
30
74.3
76.7
75
106
Age 30
81.1
83.7
15
30
74.5
76.9
75
106
Age 35
81.2
83.7
14
30
74.8
77.1
78
107
Age 40
81.4
83.9
16
30
75.1
77.3
80
108
Age 45
81.6
84.0
18
32
75.5
77.6
82
108
Age 50
81.9
84.2
17
32
76.1
78.0
82
108
Age 55
82.4
84.6
20
32
77.0
78.5
83
111
Age 60
83.0
85.1
20
32
78.2
79.3
84
116
Age 65
83.8
85.9
20
33
79.9
80.4
82
130
Age 70
85.0
86.7
23
32
81.8
81.8
82
143
Age 75
86.5
87.9
26
34
84.0
83.5
83
164
Age 80
88.2
89.3
31
36
86.6
85.6
99
175
Age 85
90.6
91.2
44
50
89.5
88.2
126
180
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Syria SYRIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
38.44
175
279.54
12
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.78
7
17.14
102
3. Lung Cancers
29.85
13
18.90
59
4. Lung Disease
21.59
93
16.00
132
5. Stroke
20.66
167
79.31
95
6. Breast Cancer
19.00
64
31.59
9
7. Prostate Cancer
16.73
81
9.82
134
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.00
27
11.27
58
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.84
160
21.72
107
10. Suicide
9.27
84
2.11
177
11. Falls
8.22
46
3.00
148
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.94
23
3.71
92
13. Lymphomas
6.40
28
7.40
15
14. Oesophagus Cancer
5.83
29
0.88
163
15. Diabetes Mellitus
5.62
166
15.00
124
16. Ovary Cancer
5.58
47
5.40
55
17. Kidney Disease
5.19
164
22.22
96
18. Parkinson's Disease
4.43
72
3.99
96
19. Other Neoplasms
4.24
20
0.20
165
20. Leukemia
4.14
62
6.15
5
21. Stomach Cancer
3.58
139
6.43
84
22. Other Injuries
3.51
160
3.62
158
23. Bladder Cancer
3.42
45
7.53
3
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.26
101
2.96
114
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.22
153
8.06
30
26. Liver Cancer
3.18
160
3.43
154
27. Liver Disease
3.02
174
15.66
104
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.02
136
2.72
146
29. Skin Cancers
2.94
33
2.74
41
30. Road Traffic Accidents
2.83
172
16.75
87
31. Uterin Cancer
2.70
73
2.56
79
32. Oral Cancer
2.16
127
2.45
106
33. Alcohol
2.12
56
0.39
152
34. Cervical Cancer
1.76
174
3.07
144
35. Hypertension
1.62
180
7.33
147
36. Low Birth Weight
1.38
158
5.18
86
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.18
128
10.38
67
38. Epilepsy
1.13
128
0.59
170
39. Drug Use
1.03
115
1.89
51
40. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
9
0.11
146
41. Birth Trauma
0.61
143
2.40
87
42. Skin Disease
0.60
133
0.07
181
43. Violence
0.58
174
2.84
116
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.50
157
1.52
92
45. Drownings
0.48
171
1.21
137
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.47
60
0.06
172
47. Anemia
0.46
26
0.00
164
48. Osteoarthritis
0.42
7
0.00
164
49. Asthma
0.39
171
9.65
67
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.31
181
0.75
162
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Syria SYRIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Alzheimers & Dementia
18,148
14.31
1,551
1.88
2. Coronary Heart Disease
17,601
13.87
28,203
34.16
3. Lung Cancers
10,980
8.66
2,048
2.48
4. Stroke
9,707
7.65
8,088
9.80
5. Lung Disease
9,567
7.54
1,601
1.94
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5,829
4.60
1,224
1.48
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
4,946
3.90
2,958
3.58
8. Falls
4,131
3.26
383
0.46
9. Breast Cancer
3,535
2.79
1,953
2.37
10. Prostate Cancer
3,265
2.57
404
0.49
11. Pancreas Cancer
2,995
2.36
411
0.50
12. Kidney Disease
2,530
1.99
2,329
2.82
13. Lymphomas
2,511
1.98
827
1.00
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,386
1.88
1,534
1.86
15. Oesophagus Cancer
2,145
1.69
97
0.12
16. Parkinson's Disease
2,120
1.67
367
0.44
17. Suicide
2,025
1.60
333
0.40
18. Other Neoplasms
1,831
1.44
21
0.03
19. Other Injuries
1,648
1.30
521
0.63
20. Leukemia
1,578
1.24
796
0.96
21. Bladder Cancer
1,471
1.16
757
0.92
22. Stomach Cancer
1,361
1.07
725
0.88
23. Inflammatory/Heart
1,201
0.95
337
0.41
24. Liver Cancer
1,163
0.92
366
0.44
25. Ovary Cancer
1,067
0.84
328
0.40
26. Endocrine Disorders
1,055
0.83
418
0.51
27. Skin Cancers
1,024
0.81
276
0.33
28. Liver Disease
936
0.74
1,720
2.08
29. Hypertension
818
0.64
707
0.86
30. Oral Cancer
768
0.61
289
0.35
31. Road Traffic Accidents
681
0.54
2,550
3.09
32. Alcohol
612
0.48
51
0.06
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
584
0.46
2,156
2.61
34. Uterin Cancer
566
0.45
146
0.18
35. Congenital Anomalies
544
0.43
2,077
2.52
36. Multiple Sclerosis
295
0.23
14
0.02
37. Skin Disease
295
0.23
8
0.01
38. Epilepsy
289
0.23
92
0.11
39. Cervical Cancer
266
0.21
188
0.23
40. Anemia
249
0.20
0
0.00
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
238
0.19
197
0.24
42. Drug Use
231
0.18
249
0.30
43. Osteoarthritis
220
0.17
0
0.00
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
214
0.17
7
0.01
45. Low Birth Weight
167
0.13
1,652
2.00
46. Asthma
165
0.13
1,052
1.27
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
130
0.10
79
0.10
48. Violence
107
0.08
444
0.54
49. Drownings
98
0.08
215
0.26
50. Schizophrenia
96
0.08
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Netherlands NETHERLANDS   Syria SYRIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
29.85
13
18.90
59
2. Breast Cancer
19.00
64
31.59
9
3. Prostate Cancer
16.73
81
9.82
134
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.00
27
11.27
58
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.94
23
3.71
92
6. Lymphomas
6.40
28
7.40
15
7. Oesophagus Cancer
5.83
29
0.88
163
8. Ovary Cancer
5.58
47
5.40
55
9. Leukemia
4.14
62
6.15
5
10. Stomach Cancer
3.58
139
6.43
84
11. Bladder Cancer
3.42
45
7.53
3
12. Liver Cancer
3.18
160
3.43
154
13. Skin Cancers
2.94
33
2.74
41
14. Uterin Cancer
2.70
73
2.56
79
15. Oral Cancer
2.16
127
2.45
106
16. Cervical Cancer
1.76
174
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.