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Somalia
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 Somalia 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
Somalia Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Somalia SOMALIA   Syria SYRIA
      Somalia SOMALIA   Syria SYRIA
           
    World Rank
           
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    34.7
    37.7
    36.2
    163
    158
    163
     
    48.2
    51.0
    49.6
    97
    97
    97
    1970
    38.7
    41.8
    40.2
    162
    159
    162
     
    54.3
    57.6
    55.9
    94
    94
    94
    1980
    41.0
    44.2
    42.6
    171
    169
    169
     
    61.5
    65.1
    63.3
    83
    88
    86
    1990
    40.0
    43.3
    41.6
    180
    179
    179
     
    66.7
    70.3
    68.4
    64
    92
    82
    2000
    49.1
    51.8
    50.5
    163
    164
    162
     
    70.5
    74.9
    72.6
    50
    67
    57
    2010
    50.8
    54.1
    52.4
    176
    173
    174
     
    71.9
    75.5
    73.7
    60
    89
    76
    2019
    54.0
    59.2
    56.5
    180
    181
    181
     
    71.2
    74.3
    72.7
    87
    110
    105
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Somalia SOMALIA   Syria SYRIA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    54.0
    59.2
    180
    181
    71.2
    74.3
    87
    110
    Age 5
    61.4
    66.4
    177
    178
    73.0
    75.9
    84
    109
    Age 10
    62.3
    67.4
    176
    177
    73.4
    76.2
    82
    107
    Age 15
    62.8
    67.8
    175
    176
    73.8
    76.4
    73
    106
    Age 20
    63.4
    68.2
    175
    176
    74.0
    76.6
    74
    106
    Age 25
    64.1
    68.6
    175
    176
    74.3
    76.7
    75
    106
    Age 30
    64.8
    69.2
    175
    177
    74.5
    76.9
    75
    106
    Age 35
    65.5
    69.8
    176
    178
    74.8
    77.1
    78
    107
    Age 40
    66.4
    70.6
    176
    178
    75.1
    77.3
    80
    108
    Age 45
    67.6
    71.6
    177
    178
    75.5
    77.6
    82
    108
    Age 50
    69.1
    72.8
    177
    178
    76.1
    78.0
    82
    108
    Age 55
    71.0
    74.3
    179
    178
    77.0
    78.5
    83
    111
    Age 60
    73.2
    76.0
    179
    178
    78.2
    79.3
    84
    116
    Age 65
    75.8
    78.1
    179
    178
    79.9
    80.4
    82
    130
    Age 70
    78.7
    80.3
    179
    176
    81.8
    81.8
    82
    143
    Age 75
    81.9
    83.0
    178
    172
    84.0
    83.5
    83
    164
    Age 80
    85.4
    86.1
    171
    166
    86.6
    85.6
    99
    175
    Age 85
    89.1
    89.5
    159
    163
    89.5
    88.2
    126
    180
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Somalia SOMALIA   Syria SYRIA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Influenza and Pneumonia
    155.59
    3
    21.72
    107
    2. Stroke
    150.17
    23
    79.31
    95
    3. Coronary Heart Disease
    129.66
    67
    279.54
    12
    4. Diarrhoeal diseases
    128.81
    3
    10.38
    67
    5. Tuberculosis
    109.27
    5
    0.19
    163
    6. Liver Disease
    57.15
    7
    15.66
    104
    7. Hypertension
    50.05
    15
    7.33
    147
    8. Diabetes Mellitus
    48.19
    41
    15.00
    124
    9. Lung Disease
    44.55
    22
    16.00
    132
    10. Malnutrition
    42.27
    1
    0.53
    113
    11. Road Traffic Accidents
    38.94
    28
    16.75
    87
    12. Maternal Conditions
    38.60
    1
    0.58
    105
    13. Measles
    37.65
    1
    0.00
    99
    14. Breast Cancer
    33.65
    7
    31.59
    9
    15. Kidney Disease
    31.84
    49
    22.22
    96
    16. Meningitis
    31.66
    1
    1.74
    66
    17. Other Injuries
    31.38
    1
    3.62
    158
    18. Asthma
    25.62
    9
    9.65
    67
    19. Cervical Cancer
    23.71
    28
    3.07
    144
    20. Alzheimers & Dementia
    18.02
    82
    17.14
    102
    21. Birth Trauma
    16.45
    1
    2.40
    87
    22. Malaria
    16.08
    36
    0.00
    170
    23. Suicide
    14.66
    29
    2.11
    177
    24. Tetanus
    14.50
    1
    0.20
    66
    25. Prostate Cancer
    12.27
    123
    9.82
    134
    26. Low Birth Weight
    11.34
    25
    5.18
    86
    27. War
    9.09
    5
    68.78
    2
    28. Congenital Anomalies
    8.94
    20
    8.06
    30
    29. Ovary Cancer
    8.19
    6
    5.40
    55
    30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.09
    101
    11.27
    58
    31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    8.06
    22
    0.75
    162
    32. Oesophagus Cancer
    7.97
    19
    0.88
    163
    33. Falls
    7.93
    52
    3.00
    148
    34. Lymphomas
    7.68
    12
    7.40
    15
    35. Pertussis
    6.89
    3
    1.35
    58
    36. Violence
    6.81
    70
    2.84
    116
    37. Drownings
    6.47
    16
    1.21
    137
    38. Leukemia
    6.38
    1
    6.15
    5
    39. HIV/AIDS
    6.27
    71
    0.09
    159
    40. Fires
    6.16
    6
    1.16
    103
    41. Schistosomiasis
    6.08
    2
    0.10
    55
    42. Poisonings
    5.99
    1
    0.66
    83
    43. Inflammatory/Heart
    5.86
    70
    2.72
    146
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    5.27
    20
    1.52
    92
    45. Stomach Cancer
    4.92
    109
    6.43
    84
    46. Oral Cancer
    4.64
    44
    2.45
    106
    47. Hepatitis B
    4.08
    2
    0.04
    162
    48. Parkinson's Disease
    3.95
    100
    3.99
    96
    49. Lung Cancers
    3.67
    149
    18.90
    59
    50. Liver Cancer
    3.62
    148
    3.43
    154
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Somalia SOMALIA   Syria SYRIA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Influenza and Pneumonia
    21,712
    13.71
    2,958
    3.58
    2. Diarrhoeal diseases
    15,363
    9.70
    2,156
    2.61
    3. Measles
    11,576
    7.31
    0
    0.00
    4. Tuberculosis
    10,261
    6.48
    23
    0.03
    5. Birth Trauma
    9,573
    6.04
    744
    0.90
    6. Stroke
    8,595
    5.43
    8,088
    9.80
    7. Coronary Heart Disease
    7,233
    4.57
    28,203
    34.16
    8. Low Birth Weight
    6,250
    3.95
    1,652
    2.00
    9. Meningitis
    5,381
    3.40
    295
    0.36
    10. Malnutrition
    4,825
    3.05
    73
    0.09
    11. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,231
    2.67
    2,550
    3.09
    12. Maternal Conditions
    4,127
    2.61
    105
    0.13
    13. Liver Disease
    3,917
    2.47
    1,720
    2.08
    14. Other Injuries
    3,602
    2.27
    521
    0.63
    15. Congenital Anomalies
    3,410
    2.15
    2,077
    2.52
    16. Diabetes Mellitus
    2,888
    1.82
    1,534
    1.86
    17. Tetanus
    2,648
    1.67
    57
    0.07
    18. Hypertension
    2,643
    1.67
    707
    0.86
    19. Lung Disease
    2,442
    1.54
    1,601
    1.94
    20. Pertussis
    2,054
    1.30
    289
    0.35
    21. Kidney Disease
    2,051
    1.29
    2,329
    2.82
    22. Malaria
    1,942
    1.23
    0
    0.00
    23. Asthma
    1,878
    1.19
    1,052
    1.27
    24. War
    1,318
    0.83
    7,760
    9.40
    25. Drownings
    1,272
    0.80
    215
    0.26
    26. Breast Cancer
    1,232
    0.78
    1,953
    2.37
    27. Suicide
    1,219
    0.77
    333
    0.40
    28. Cervical Cancer
    883
    0.56
    188
    0.23
    29. Violence
    828
    0.52
    444
    0.54
    30. Fires
    810
    0.51
    179
    0.22
    31. Poisonings
    758
    0.48
    98
    0.12
    32. Alzheimers & Dementia
    647
    0.41
    1,551
    1.88
    33. HIV/AIDS
    610
    0.39
    15
    0.02
    34. Lymphomas
    605
    0.38
    827
    1.00
    35. Leukemia
    562
    0.35
    796
    0.96
    36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    559
    0.35
    79
    0.10
    37. Falls
    548
    0.35
    383
    0.46
    38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    546
    0.34
    1,224
    1.48
    39. Inflammatory/Heart
    521
    0.33
    337
    0.41
    40. Oesophagus Cancer
    516
    0.33
    97
    0.12
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    446
    0.28
    197
    0.24
    42. Schistosomiasis
    435
    0.27
    11
    0.01
    43. Epilepsy
    419
    0.26
    92
    0.11
    44. Endocrine Disorders
    406
    0.26
    418
    0.51
    45. Syphilis
    378
    0.24
    31
    0.04
    46. Oral Cancer
    328
    0.21
    289
    0.35
    47. Upper Respiratory
    326
    0.21
    3
    0.00
    48. Hepatitis B
    315
    0.20
    5
    0.01
    49. Stomach Cancer
    310
    0.20
    725
    0.88
    50. Ovary Cancer
    295
    0.19
    328
    0.40
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Somalia SOMALIA   Syria SYRIA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    33.65
    7
    31.59
    9
    2. Cervical Cancer
    23.71
    28
    3.07
    144
    3. Prostate Cancer
    12.27
    123
    9.82
    134
    4. Ovary Cancer
    8.19
    6
    5.40
    55
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.09
    101
    11.27
    58
    6. Oesophagus Cancer
    7.97
    19
    0.88
    163
    7. Lymphomas
    7.68
    12
    7.40
    15
    8. Leukemia
    6.38
    1
    6.15
    5
    9. Stomach Cancer
    4.92
    109
    6.43
    84
    10. Oral Cancer
    4.64
    44
    2.45
    106
    11. Lung Cancers
    3.67
    149
    18.90
    59
    12. Liver Cancer
    3.62
    148
    3.43
    154
    13. Skin Cancers
    2.55
    50
    2.74
    41
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.44
    83
    2.56
    79
    15. Bladder Cancer
    2.40
    74
    7.53
    3
    16. Pancreas Cancer
    1.69
    148
    3.71
    92
    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.