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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 RWANDA

Compare Syria and Rwanda 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.

Rwanda
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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Rwanda Population Pyramid
23,048,001
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   Rwanda RWANDA
  Syria SYRIA   Rwanda RWANDA
       
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
  
40.8
44.0
42.4
137
132
134
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
  
42.8
46.0
44.4
148
143
145
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
  
44.0
47.4
45.6
158
157
158
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
  
29.9
33.8
31.8
183
183
183
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
  
43.3
53.8
48.3
179
154
171
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
  
57.5
68.1
62.8
156
130
139
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
  
66.9
71.2
69.1
127
127
127
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Rwanda RWANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
69.5
73.5
130
130
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
69.8
73.8
129
129
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
70.1
74.1
127
128
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
70.4
74.3
127
128
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
70.8
74.5
125
128
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
71.3
74.9
126
128
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
71.7
75.2
124
128
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
72.3
75.7
125
126
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
73.0
76.4
126
126
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
74.0
77.1
125
124
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
75.2
78.1
126
123
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
76.7
79.2
127
119
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
78.5
80.6
127
116
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
80.7
82.3
126
118
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
83.3
84.4
128
117
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
86.2
87.0
123
116
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
89.6
90.2
120
110
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Rwanda RWANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
77.83
135
2. Stroke
79.31
95
105.76
62
3. War
68.78
2
0.02
96
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
15.96
102
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
23.20
92
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
74.70
45
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
4.46
140
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
19.49
55
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
43.89
15
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
33.52
41
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
41.22
23
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
36.55
70
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
12.27
45
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
39.89
44
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
25.46
43
16. Asthma
9.65
67
11.90
53
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
7.02
52
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
0.66
173
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
5.66
58
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
30.17
44
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
10.60
37
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
3.96
73
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
2.74
155
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
6.97
65
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
3.83
107
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
3.86
87
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
10.27
62
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
11.48
24
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
26.00
22
30. Falls
3.00
148
7.68
61
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
2.79
121
32. Violence
2.84
116
4.56
91
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
1.89
91
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
5.09
86
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.84
115
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
3.02
84
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
6.06
54
38. Suicide
2.11
177
9.45
81
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
0.56
154
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
8.67
38
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
2.15
64
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
1.04
65
43. Drownings
1.21
137
2.14
108
44. Fires
1.16
103
2.90
52
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
3.59
52
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
6.24
43
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
2.31
40
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
2.08
60
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
6.57
42
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
12.03
23
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Rwanda RWANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
3,605
6.21
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
5,060
8.72
3. War
7,760
9.40
3
0.01
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
5,280
9.10
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
3,718
6.41
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
1,206
2.08
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
3,121
5.38
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
1,777
3.06
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
234
0.40
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
600
1.03
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
2,548
4.39
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
2,193
3.78
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
1,555
2.68
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
657
1.13
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
1,858
3.20
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
591
1.02
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
717
1.24
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
450
0.78
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
317
0.55
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
35
0.06
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
1,888
3.25
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
780
1.34
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
1,357
2.34
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
944
1.63
25. Violence
444
0.54
548
0.94
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
219
0.38
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
214
0.37
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
396
0.68
29. Falls
383
0.46
412
0.71
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
146
0.25
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
706
1.22
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
347
0.60
33. Suicide
333
0.40
704
1.21
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
92
0.16
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
847
1.46
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
218
0.38
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
272
0.47
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
113
0.19
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
45
0.08
40. Drownings
215
0.26
285
0.49
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
136
0.23
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
941
1.62
43. Fires
179
0.22
270
0.47
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
58
0.10
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
722
1.24
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
220
0.38
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
213
0.37
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
191
0.33
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
362
0.62
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
39
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Rwanda RWANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
15.96
102
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
4.46
140
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
12.27
45
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
25.46
43
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
0.66
173
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
5.66
58
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
10.60
37
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
3.96
73
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
2.74
155
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
3.86
87
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
11.48
24
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
26.00
22
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
1.89
91
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.84
115
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
3.02
84
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
3.59
52
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.