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Syria
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 Syria and Bhutan 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.

Bhutan
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
Syria Population Pyramid
3,413,325
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%
Bhutan Population Pyramid
176,796
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
  Syria SYRIA   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Syria SYRIA   Bhutan BHUTAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
 
36.9
37.7
37.3
158
159
158
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
 
40.2
41.7
40.9
159
160
159
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
 
45.6
47.8
46.7
155
156
157
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
 
51.6
54.7
53.1
153
152
154
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
 
60.0
60.3
60.2
128
138
132
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
 
67.7
68.2
67.9
100
128
120
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
 
72.0
74.4
73.1
79
108
99
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Bhutan BHUTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
72.0
74.4
79
108
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
72.0
74.4
79
108
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
74.3
76.3
67
105
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
74.4
76.4
64
105
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
74.7
76.7
63
104
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
75.0
76.8
63
104
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
75.2
77.0
64
104
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
75.5
77.1
64
104
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
75.8
77.4
64
104
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
76.1
77.6
64
103
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
76.5
78.0
68
103
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
77.1
78.5
70
103
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
77.9
79.1
73
103
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
78.9
80.0
75
104
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
80.3
81.1
75
104
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
82.0
82.5
78
108
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
84.2
84.4
81
118
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
86.8
86.9
82
130
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
90.0
90.1
80
119
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Bhutan BHUTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
117.54
84
2. Stroke
79.31
95
60.70
117
3. War
68.78
2
0.01
114
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
2.89
183
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
24.53
78
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
27.08
92
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
7.68
118
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
16.73
112
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
17.35
85
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
87.76
4
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
26.66
70
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
27.56
94
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
4.09
168
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
26.23
55
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
1.13
181
16. Asthma
9.65
67
12.98
49
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
5.36
102
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
1.12
149
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
0.81
180
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
12.74
117
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
20.62
2
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
2.69
136
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
5.31
57
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
7.39
59
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
5.20
43
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
3.57
97
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
6.45
108
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
5.90
80
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
10.80
80
30. Falls
3.00
148
17.91
4
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
1.66
158
32. Violence
2.84
116
2.26
126
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
1.61
109
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
1.24
179
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
0.00
182
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
7.12
15
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
4.78
68
38. Suicide
2.11
177
5.07
142
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
0.97
117
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
2.45
56
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
10.92
9
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
0.13
101
43. Drownings
1.21
137
2.83
76
44. Fires
1.16
103
1.13
106
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
7.67
20
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
6.37
39
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
0.26
133
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
2.00
69
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
1.04
83
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
0.49
116
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
702
17.06
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
360
8.75
3. War
7,760
9.40
0
0.00
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
177
4.30
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
123
2.99
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
149
3.62
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
169
4.11
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
50
1.22
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
44
1.07
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
8
0.19
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
166
4.03
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
79
1.92
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
524
12.73
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
105
2.55
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
164
3.99
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
24
0.58
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
78
1.90
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
5
0.12
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
19
0.46
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
6
0.15
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
51
1.24
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
118
2.87
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
77
1.87
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
43
1.04
25. Violence
444
0.54
18
0.44
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
11
0.27
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
20
0.49
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
3
0.07
29. Falls
383
0.46
111
2.70
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
31
0.75
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
35
0.85
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
8
0.19
33. Suicide
333
0.40
35
0.85
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
14
0.34
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
17
0.41
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
1
0.02
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
43
1.04
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
9
0.22
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
7
0.17
40. Drownings
215
0.26
20
0.49
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
68
1.65
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
30
0.73
43. Fires
179
0.22
8
0.19
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
0
0.00
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
9
0.22
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
2
0.05
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
44
1.07
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
14
0.34
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
39
0.95
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
28
0.68
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
2.89
183
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
7.68
118
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
4.09
168
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
1.13
181
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
1.12
149
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
0.81
180
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
20.62
2
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
2.69
136
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
5.31
57
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
3.57
97
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
5.90
80
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
10.80
80
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
1.61
109
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
0.00
182
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
7.12
15
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
7.67
20
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.