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Bolivia
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 Bolivia and Colombia 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.

Colombia
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
Bolivia Population Pyramid
15,839,561
Colombia Population Pyramid
55,957,823
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bolivia BOLIVIA   Colombia COLOMBIA
  Bolivia BOLIVIA   Colombia COLOMBIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
40.8
45.0
42.8
138
129
130
 
55.1
58.6
56.8
69
70
70
1970
43.9
48.3
46.1
142
137
140
 
59.2
63.0
61.1
79
75
79
1980
50.4
54.4
52.4
136
135
135
 
62.9
68.6
65.7
78
78
78
1990
57.2
60.7
58.9
132
130
133
 
64.5
72.5
68.4
91
73
83
2000
60.8
64.6
62.6
124
125
126
 
67.5
75.3
71.4
88
63
76
2010
66.4
71.1
68.7
111
117
114
 
70.0
77.2
73.6
88
65
78
2019
71.1
73.1
72.1
88
116
109
 
76.7
81.9
79.3
36
36
34
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bolivia BOLIVIA   Colombia COLOMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.1
73.1
88
116
76.7
81.9
36
36
Age
71.1
73.1
88
116
76.7
81.9
36
36
Age 5
73.3
74.9
82
117
77.8
82.8
38
33
Age 10
73.4
75.0
78
119
77.9
82.9
38
33
Age 15
73.5
75.2
79
119
78.0
83.0
38
33
Age 20
73.8
75.3
78
120
78.4
83.1
38
33
Age 25
74.1
75.5
79
120
79.0
83.3
35
33
Age 30
74.4
75.7
78
120
79.5
83.4
30
33
Age 35
74.7
76.0
82
120
79.9
83.6
28
32
Age 40
75.1
76.3
82
120
80.3
83.8
28
32
Age 45
75.5
76.7
83
120
80.7
84.0
25
31
Age 50
76.1
77.3
83
121
81.2
84.3
25
31
Age 55
76.9
78.1
84
121
81.7
84.7
24
30
Age 60
78.0
79.1
86
126
82.5
85.3
25
30
Age 65
79.6
80.3
89
132
83.5
86.0
25
30
Age 70
81.5
82.0
94
138
84.7
86.8
30
30
Age 75
83.8
84.1
95
142
86.3
88.0
31
29
Age 80
86.5
86.7
103
150
88.5
89.6
20
20
Age 85
89.7
89.8
113
150
91.0
91.7
23
19
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bolivia BOLIVIA   Colombia COLOMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
100.61
108
76.09
139
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
69.51
52
19.35
119
3. Stroke
67.18
107
29.57
152
4. Kidney Disease
55.82
7
12.32
133
5. Diabetes Mellitus
48.27
40
9.13
146
6. Liver Disease
40.11
26
4.52
166
7. Lung Disease
32.44
43
27.51
65
8. Road Traffic Accidents
23.15
58
14.72
98
9. Cervical Cancer
21.09
36
7.84
95
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.86
51
3.60
170
11. Hypertension
17.15
97
11.15
125
12. Other Injuries
11.76
47
3.03
171
13. Prostate Cancer
11.46
127
14.99
101
14. Tuberculosis
10.73
65
2.37
102
15. Falls
9.92
21
2.74
157
16. Violence
9.68
54
36.61
9
17. Breast Cancer
8.96
168
12.50
137
18. Malnutrition
8.72
34
3.49
63
19. Lung Cancers
8.69
110
9.72
105
20. Stomach Cancer
7.85
65
11.32
29
21. Parkinson's Disease
7.53
9
0.67
180
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
7.44
71
1.43
117
23. Chagas disease
7.10
1
0.38
6
24. Liver Cancer
7.02
56
3.82
139
25. Congenital Anomalies
6.91
53
5.86
91
26. Suicide
6.82
119
3.74
154
27. Low Birth Weight
6.79
66
3.69
110
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.21
45
1.25
141
29. Birth Trauma
5.19
63
1.20
113
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.16
163
8.06
102
31. Alcohol
4.05
26
0.04
183
32. Drownings
3.64
57
1.39
133
33. Endocrine Disorders
3.50
91
2.59
129
34. Inflammatory/Heart
3.45
123
2.46
152
35. Leukemia
3.43
100
4.22
58
36. Pancreas Cancer
3.21
105
3.74
91
37. Uterin Cancer
3.06
52
1.43
143
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.78
46
0.07
183
39. Drug Use
2.34
36
0.92
121
40. Asthma
2.32
108
0.36
175
41. Lymphomas
2.26
170
4.86
85
42. Maternal Conditions
2.23
65
0.75
97
43. Ovary Cancer
2.16
170
3.87
113
44. Epilepsy
1.87
76
1.14
125
45. Skin Cancers
1.76
102
1.84
94
46. HIV/AIDS
1.72
109
5.08
76
47. Fires
1.62
88
0.25
168
48. Appendicitis
1.47
8
0.40
83
49. Oesophagus Cancer
1.35
135
1.53
124
50. Meningitis
1.11
75
0.49
117
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bolivia BOLIVIA   Colombia COLOMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
11,051
14.68
43,066
20.96
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
8,069
10.72
10,773
5.24
3. Stroke
7,206
9.57
16,573
8.07
4. Kidney Disease
5,879
7.81
6,834
3.33
5. Diabetes Mellitus
4,927
6.54
5,028
2.45
6. Liver Disease
3,987
5.29
2,426
1.18
7. Lung Disease
3,735
4.96
15,928
7.75
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,479
3.29
2,157
1.05
9. Road Traffic Accidents
2,430
3.23
7,765
3.78
10. Hypertension
1,927
2.56
6,400
3.12
11. Other Injuries
1,279
1.70
1,592
0.77
12. Low Birth Weight
1,265
1.68
2,095
1.02
13. Tuberculosis
1,187
1.58
1,272
0.62
14. Violence
1,097
1.46
19,268
9.38
15. Congenital Anomalies
1,080
1.43
2,963
1.44
16. Cervical Cancer
1,071
1.42
2,266
1.10
17. Falls
1,066
1.42
1,518
0.74
18. Malnutrition
1,031
1.37
1,878
0.91
19. Birth Trauma
984
1.31
648
0.32
20. Lung Cancers
901
1.20
5,250
2.56
21. Diarrhoeal diseases
883
1.17
747
0.36
22. Parkinson's Disease
852
1.13
383
0.19
23. Stomach Cancer
785
1.04
6,112
2.98
24. Chagas disease
755
1.00
203
0.10
25. Liver Cancer
720
0.96
2,065
1.01
26. Suicide
715
0.95
1,965
0.96
27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
678
0.90
698
0.34
28. Prostate Cancer
550
0.73
3,584
1.74
29. Breast Cancer
482
0.64
3,669
1.79
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
407
0.54
4,371
2.13
31. Drownings
406
0.54
689
0.34
32. Endocrine Disorders
384
0.51
1,367
0.67
33. Alcohol
384
0.51
23
0.01
34. Leukemia
380
0.50
2,208
1.07
35. Inflammatory/Heart
374
0.50
1,329
0.65
36. Pancreas Cancer
332
0.44
2,022
0.98
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
292
0.39
38
0.02
38. Asthma
258
0.34
191
0.09
39. Maternal Conditions
245
0.33
394
0.19
40. Drug Use
244
0.32
492
0.24
41. Lymphomas
219
0.29
2,603
1.27
42. Epilepsy
199
0.26
597
0.29
43. Skin Cancers
190
0.25
1,028
0.50
44. Fires
181
0.24
127
0.06
45. HIV/AIDS
174
0.23
2,683
1.31
46. Appendicitis
156
0.21
213
0.10
47. Uterin Cancer
151
0.20
423
0.21
48. Oesophagus Cancer
133
0.18
835
0.41
49. Meningitis
128
0.17
244
0.12
50. Pertussis
121
0.16
18
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bolivia BOLIVIA   Colombia COLOMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
21.09
36
7.84
95
2. Prostate Cancer
11.46
127
14.99
101
3. Breast Cancer
8.96
168
12.50
137
4. Lung Cancers
8.69
110
9.72
105
5. Stomach Cancer
7.85
65
11.32
29
6. Liver Cancer
7.02
56
3.82
139
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.16
163
8.06
102
8. Leukemia
3.43
100
4.22
58
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.21
105
3.74
91
10. Uterin Cancer
3.06
52
1.43
143
11. Lymphomas
2.26
170
4.86
85
12. Ovary Cancer
2.16
170
3.87
113
13. Skin Cancers
1.76
102
1.84
94
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.35
135
1.53
124
15. Oral Cancer
0.89
178
1.48
162
16. Bladder Cancer
0.47
180
1.10
151
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.