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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
SYRIA VS GAMBIA

Compare Syria and Gambia 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.

Gambia
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
33,129,325
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Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Gambia GAMBIA
  Syria SYRIA   Gambia GAMBIA
       
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
  
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
  
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
  
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
  
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
  
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
  
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
  
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Gambia GAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
67.2
71.0
149
151
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
67.5
71.3
149
152
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
67.8
71.5
147
152
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
68.2
71.8
149
154
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
68.6
72.1
150
154
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
69.1
72.5
151
156
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
69.7
73.1
151
157
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
70.4
73.8
149
155
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
71.5
74.6
149
155
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
72.7
75.6
150
154
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
74.1
76.7
149
153
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
75.8
78.0
148
154
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
77.8
79.6
148
153
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
80.2
81.5
146
152
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
83.0
83.8
143
153
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
86.0
86.6
141
155
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
89.3
89.7
147
155
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Gambia GAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
142.59
53
2. Stroke
79.31
95
108.94
59
3. War
68.78
2
0.01
119
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
4.44
182
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
32.04
48
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
113.77
18
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
3.62
150
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
19.89
49
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
51.34
8
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
29.40
54
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
33.48
48
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
37.65
66
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
1.05
183
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
41.12
43
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
6.08
156
16. Asthma
9.65
67
15.88
35
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
6.72
59
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
0.44
181
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
0.74
181
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
22.89
68
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
1.43
178
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
0.09
183
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
0.44
183
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
9.17
43
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
6.31
18
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
0.54
179
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
11.81
46
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
30.83
3
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
25.76
23
30. Falls
3.00
148
9.85
22
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
11.17
16
32. Violence
2.84
116
11.94
43
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
0.01
177
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
6.44
58
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
0.23
180
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
0.01
181
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
10.44
21
38. Suicide
2.11
177
9.64
77
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
2.38
34
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
13.27
23
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
2.55
52
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
2.22
39
43. Drownings
1.21
137
2.58
84
44. Fires
1.16
103
3.83
32
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
0.48
177
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
6.56
37
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
2.48
34
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
2.78
36
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
18.68
8
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
7.13
39
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Gambia GAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
1,007
7.83
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
802
6.24
3. War
7,760
9.40
0
0.00
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
1,340
10.42
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
695
5.40
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
266
2.07
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
626
4.87
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
383
2.98
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
34
0.26
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
26
0.20
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
323
2.51
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
662
5.15
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
206
1.60
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
89
0.69
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
290
2.25
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
11
0.09
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
134
1.04
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
12
0.09
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
2
0.02
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
4
0.03
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
754
5.86
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
14
0.11
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
172
1.34
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
194
1.51
25. Violence
444
0.54
195
1.52
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
230
1.79
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
6
0.05
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
21
0.16
29. Falls
383
0.46
83
0.65
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
34
0.26
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
377
2.93
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
59
0.46
33. Suicide
333
0.40
113
0.88
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
2
0.02
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
229
1.78
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
99
0.77
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
0
0.00
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
0
0.00
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
28
0.22
40. Drownings
215
0.26
69
0.54
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
24
0.19
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
145
1.13
43. Fires
179
0.22
67
0.52
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
1
0.01
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
345
2.68
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
42
0.33
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
5
0.04
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
43
0.33
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
56
0.44
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
14
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Gambia GAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
4.44
182
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
3.62
150
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
1.05
183
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
6.08
156
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
0.44
181
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
0.74
181
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
1.43
178
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
0.09
183
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
0.44
183
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
0.54
179
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
30.83
3
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
25.76
23
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
0.01
177
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
0.23
180
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
0.01
181
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
0.48
177
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.