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Colombia
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 Colombia and Egypt 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.

Egypt
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
Colombia Population Pyramid
55,957,823
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%
Egypt Population Pyramid
159,956,809
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
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Egypt EGYPT
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Egypt EGYPT
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
55.1
58.6
56.8
69
70
70
 
45.1
46.9
46.0
112
115
115
1970
59.2
63.0
61.1
79
75
79
 
49.5
51.3
50.4
121
120
119
1980
62.9
68.6
65.7
78
78
78
 
54.1
55.9
54.9
124
127
127
1990
64.5
72.5
68.4
91
73
83
 
60.8
63.6
62.2
117
123
120
2000
67.5
75.3
71.4
88
63
76
 
66.4
71.4
68.8
96
100
100
2010
70.0
77.2
73.6
88
65
78
 
67.9
72.2
70.0
99
113
105
2019
76.7
81.9
79.3
36
36
34
 
69.6
74.1
71.8
105
111
112
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Egypt EGYPT
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.7
81.9
36
36
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age
76.7
81.9
36
36
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age 5
77.8
82.8
38
33
71.1
75.6
106
112
Age 10
77.9
82.9
38
33
71.3
75.8
106
112
Age 15
78.0
83.0
38
33
71.4
75.9
107
112
Age 20
78.4
83.1
38
33
71.7
76.0
107
112
Age 25
79.0
83.3
35
33
72.0
76.2
109
112
Age 30
79.5
83.4
30
33
72.2
76.3
111
113
Age 35
79.9
83.6
28
32
72.5
76.5
114
113
Age 40
80.3
83.8
28
32
72.9
76.7
115
114
Age 45
80.7
84.0
25
31
73.3
77.0
121
115
Age 50
81.2
84.3
25
31
73.9
77.4
126
117
Age 55
81.7
84.7
24
30
75.0
78.1
132
119
Age 60
82.5
85.3
25
30
76.5
79.1
134
122
Age 65
83.5
86.0
25
30
78.5
80.5
131
117
Age 70
84.7
86.8
30
30
81.0
82.6
116
105
Age 75
86.3
88.0
31
29
83.4
84.7
119
103
Age 80
88.5
89.6
20
20
86.5
87.2
109
103
Age 85
91.0
91.7
23
19
89.8
90.1
98
120
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Egypt EGYPT
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
76.09
139
268.11
15
2. Violence
36.61
9
4.42
93
3. Stroke
29.57
152
65.24
110
4. Lung Disease
27.51
65
20.69
100
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
19.35
119
25.25
99
6. Prostate Cancer
14.99
101
6.17
154
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.72
98
11.77
116
8. Breast Cancer
12.50
137
24.04
33
9. Kidney Disease
12.32
133
32.58
46
10. Stomach Cancer
11.32
29
2.54
168
11. Hypertension
11.15
125
34.03
35
12. Lung Cancers
9.72
105
8.02
115
13. Diabetes Mellitus
9.13
146
27.97
92
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.06
102
4.35
156
15. Cervical Cancer
7.84
95
1.68
175
16. Other Neoplasms
5.92
7
0.17
171
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.86
91
7.73
38
18. HIV/AIDS
5.08
76
0.41
127
19. Lymphomas
4.86
85
11.00
2
20. Liver Disease
4.52
166
93.37
1
21. Leukemia
4.22
58
4.53
42
22. Ovary Cancer
3.87
113
5.11
61
23. Liver Cancer
3.82
139
34.11
2
24. Pancreas Cancer
3.74
91
4.11
83
25. Suicide
3.74
154
3.41
158
26. Low Birth Weight
3.69
110
6.01
80
27. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.60
170
13.14
148
28. Malnutrition
3.49
63
1.10
99
29. Other Injuries
3.03
171
4.29
144
30. Falls
2.74
157
2.57
161
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.59
129
2.96
113
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2.46
152
3.07
135
33. Tuberculosis
2.37
102
0.54
138
34. Skin Disease
1.97
71
0.35
155
35. Skin Cancers
1.84
94
1.52
117
36. Oesophagus Cancer
1.53
124
1.39
132
37. Oral Cancer
1.48
162
1.16
170
38. Uterin Cancer
1.43
143
1.19
154
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.43
117
3.32
88
40. Drownings
1.39
133
1.09
146
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.25
141
1.89
119
42. Birth Trauma
1.20
113
3.36
79
43. Epilepsy
1.14
125
0.48
179
44. Bladder Cancer
1.10
151
8.13
2
45. Drug Use
0.92
121
0.13
183
46. Maternal Conditions
0.75
97
0.80
93
47. Parkinson's Disease
0.67
180
4.12
91
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.57
13
0.00
95
49. War
0.49
29
0.71
23
50. Meningitis
0.49
117
0.78
92
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Egypt EGYPT
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43,066
20.96
173,871
32.40
2. Violence
19,268
9.38
4,165
0.78
3. Stroke
16,573
8.07
43,839
8.17
4. Lung Disease
15,928
7.75
13,393
2.50
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
10,773
5.24
20,694
3.86
6. Road Traffic Accidents
7,765
3.78
10,141
1.89
7. Kidney Disease
6,834
3.33
21,087
3.93
8. Hypertension
6,400
3.12
21,094
3.93
9. Stomach Cancer
6,112
2.98
1,844
0.34
10. Lung Cancers
5,250
2.56
5,677
1.06
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,028
2.45
19,131
3.57
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,371
2.13
3,083
0.57
13. Breast Cancer
3,669
1.79
9,180
1.71
14. Prostate Cancer
3,584
1.74
1,282
0.24
15. Other Neoplasms
3,205
1.56
116
0.02
16. Congenital Anomalies
2,963
1.44
12,163
2.27
17. HIV/AIDS
2,683
1.31
397
0.07
18. Lymphomas
2,603
1.27
7,539
1.40
19. Liver Disease
2,426
1.18
60,122
11.20
20. Cervical Cancer
2,266
1.10
625
0.12
21. Leukemia
2,208
1.07
3,763
0.70
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,157
1.05
6,975
1.30
23. Low Birth Weight
2,095
1.02
11,391
2.12
24. Liver Cancer
2,065
1.01
24,512
4.57
25. Pancreas Cancer
2,022
0.98
2,906
0.54
26. Suicide
1,965
0.96
3,022
0.56
27. Malnutrition
1,878
0.91
759
0.14
28. Other Injuries
1,592
0.77
3,819
0.71
29. Falls
1,518
0.74
2,019
0.38
30. Endocrine Disorders
1,367
0.67
2,372
0.44
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,329
0.65
2,489
0.46
32. Tuberculosis
1,272
0.62
432
0.08
33. Ovary Cancer
1,122
0.55
1,944
0.36
34. Skin Disease
1,102
0.54
219
0.04
35. Skin Cancers
1,028
0.50
1,013
0.19
36. Oesophagus Cancer
835
0.41
951
0.18
37. Oral Cancer
807
0.39
793
0.15
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
747
0.36
3,692
0.69
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
698
0.34
1,339
0.25
40. Drownings
689
0.34
1,122
0.21
41. Birth Trauma
648
0.32
6,109
1.14
42. Bladder Cancer
609
0.30
5,133
0.96
43. Epilepsy
597
0.29
451
0.08
44. Drug Use
492
0.24
116
0.02
45. Uterin Cancer
423
0.21
422
0.08
46. Maternal Conditions
394
0.19
795
0.15
47. Parkinson's Disease
383
0.19
2,391
0.45
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
333
0.16
0
0.00
49. War
260
0.13
714
0.13
50. Meningitis
244
0.12
827
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Egypt EGYPT
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
14.99
101
6.17
154
2. Breast Cancer
12.50
137
24.04
33
3. Stomach Cancer
11.32
29
2.54
168
4. Lung Cancers
9.72
105
8.02
115
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.06
102
4.35
156
6. Cervical Cancer
7.84
95
1.68
175
7. Lymphomas
4.86
85
11.00
2
8. Leukemia
4.22
58
4.53
42
9. Ovary Cancer
3.87
113
5.11
61
10. Liver Cancer
3.82
139
34.11
2
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.74
91
4.11
83
12. Skin Cancers
1.84
94
1.52
117
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.53
124
1.39
132
14. Oral Cancer
1.48
162
1.16
170
15. Uterin Cancer
1.43
143
1.19
154
16. Bladder Cancer
1.10
151
8.13
2
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.