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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 Iran 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.

Iran
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
Iran Population Pyramid
103,098,083
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Iran IRAN
  Syria SYRIA   Iran IRAN
       
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
 
48.5
48.5
48.5
96
105
100
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
 
54.2
54.0
54.1
95
111
102
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
 
58.3
59.7
58.9
103
117
109
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
 
63.7
65.9
64.8
100
114
110
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
 
69.4
71.2
70.3
66
102
90
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
 
72.7
75.6
74.1
52
88
68
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
 
75.7
79.1
77.3
44
62
49
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Iran IRAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
75.7
79.1
44
62
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
76.8
80.1
43
57
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
76.9
80.2
42
56
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
77.0
80.3
42
56
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
77.3
80.5
42
56
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
77.7
80.6
40
56
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
78.0
80.8
40
56
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
78.4
80.9
40
57
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
78.7
81.1
41
58
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
79.1
81.3
42
57
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
79.6
81.6
42
59
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
80.3
81.9
41
62
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
81.2
82.5
41
63
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
82.4
83.3
40
69
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
83.8
84.3
39
72
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
85.6
85.8
46
78
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
87.9
87.8
46
81
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
90.6
90.4
46
88
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Iran IRAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
142.51
54
2. Stroke
79.31
95
57.21
120
3. War
68.78
2
0.96
19
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
9.78
162
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
17.84
115
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
16.00
132
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
9.96
104
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
18.63
74
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
22.15
65
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
17.75
119
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
9.41
130
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
20.84
107
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
6.65
124
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
2.38
102
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
10.80
129
16. Asthma
9.65
67
5.07
88
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
4.74
119
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
2.18
86
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
4.01
118
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
25.73
55
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
14.67
11
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
5.50
14
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
2.62
158
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
4.04
103
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
4.17
89
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
3.56
99
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
5.05
132
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
5.46
89
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
1.43
179
30. Falls
3.00
148
3.88
128
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
2.83
120
32. Violence
2.84
116
3.01
113
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
0.77
147
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
2.29
157
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.01
160
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
0.95
176
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
2.23
89
38. Suicide
2.11
177
5.13
140
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
2.62
31
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
0.82
88
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
1.41
94
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
0.09
106
43. Drownings
1.21
137
1.16
143
44. Fires
1.16
103
2.30
67
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
3.58
53
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
1.90
115
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
0.98
68
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
0.90
142
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
0.30
124
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
0.23
133
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Iran IRAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
93,308
28.07
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
36,730
11.05
3. War
7,760
9.40
848
0.26
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
11,243
3.38
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
17,803
5.36
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
11,810
3.55
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
1,836
0.55
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
4,844
1.46
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
6,784
2.04
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
3,736
1.12
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
6,637
2.00
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
4,861
1.46
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
11,409
3.43
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
11,046
3.32
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
13,910
4.18
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
4,575
1.38
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
3,360
1.01
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
2,882
0.87
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
3,966
1.19
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
1,410
0.42
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
2,735
0.82
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
9,822
2.96
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
16,415
4.94
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
4,048
1.22
25. Violence
444
0.54
2,535
0.76
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
2,092
0.63
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
2,418
0.73
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
3,583
1.08
29. Falls
383
0.46
2,821
0.85
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
2,545
0.77
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
3,714
1.12
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
1,611
0.48
33. Suicide
333
0.40
4,334
1.30
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
937
0.28
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
642
0.19
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
75
0.02
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
655
0.20
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
518
0.16
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
2,242
0.67
40. Drownings
215
0.26
930
0.28
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
996
0.30
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
501
0.15
43. Fires
179
0.22
1,823
0.55
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
355
0.11
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
285
0.09
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
816
0.25
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
2,371
0.71
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
719
0.22
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
1,246
0.37
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
246
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Iran IRAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
9.78
162
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
9.96
104
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
6.65
124
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
10.80
129
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
2.18
86
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
4.01
118
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
14.67
11
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
5.50
14
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
2.62
158
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
3.56
99
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
5.46
89
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
1.43
179
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
0.77
147
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.01
160
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
0.95
176
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
3.58
53
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.