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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 Paraguay 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.

Paraguay
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%
Paraguay Population Pyramid
9,101,631
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   Paraguay PARAGUAY
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Paraguay PARAGUAY
       
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
 
62.0
65.9
63.9
44
45
44
1970
59.2
63.0
61.1
79
75
79
 
63.5
67.7
65.5
58
58
58
1980
62.9
68.6
65.7
78
78
78
 
64.7
69.1
66.8
61
72
69
1990
64.5
72.5
68.4
91
73
83
 
65.9
70.4
68.1
78
91
89
2000
67.5
75.3
71.4
88
63
76
 
69.0
73.0
70.9
69
93
82
2010
70.0
77.2
73.6
88
65
78
 
71.4
75.2
73.2
68
92
84
2019
76.7
81.9
79.3
36
36
34
 
73.1
78.8
75.8
70
65
71
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Paraguay PARAGUAY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.7
81.9
36
36
73.1
78.8
70
65
Age 5
77.8
82.8
38
33
74.6
80.2
61
55
Age 10
77.9
82.9
38
33
74.7
80.3
62
55
Age 15
78.0
83.0
38
33
74.8
80.4
61
55
Age 20
78.4
83.1
38
33
75.1
80.5
58
55
Age 25
79.0
83.3
35
33
75.6
80.7
58
55
Age 30
79.5
83.4
30
33
76.0
80.8
57
55
Age 35
79.9
83.6
28
32
76.4
81.0
57
54
Age 40
80.3
83.8
28
32
76.8
81.3
56
53
Age 45
80.7
84.0
25
31
77.4
81.6
55
52
Age 50
81.2
84.3
25
31
78.1
82.1
53
51
Age 55
81.7
84.7
24
30
79.0
82.7
52
50
Age 60
82.5
85.3
25
30
80.2
83.5
53
48
Age 65
83.5
86.0
25
30
81.7
84.5
50
47
Age 70
84.7
86.8
30
30
83.4
85.8
50
44
Age 75
86.3
88.0
31
29
85.6
87.3
45
43
Age 80
88.5
89.6
20
20
88.1
89.2
38
38
Age 85
91.0
91.7
23
19
91.0
91.5
25
23
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Paraguay PARAGUAY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
76.09
139
76.66
137
2. Violence
36.61
9
7.96
62
3. Stroke
29.57
152
53.27
122
4. Lung Disease
27.51
65
20.96
97
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
19.35
119
27.39
91
6. Prostate Cancer
14.99
101
21.17
56
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.72
98
22.60
62
8. Breast Cancer
12.50
137
16.48
95
9. Kidney Disease
12.32
133
27.94
68
10. Stomach Cancer
11.32
29
6.25
88
11. Hypertension
11.15
125
15.87
104
12. Lung Cancers
9.72
105
13.04
90
13. Diabetes Mellitus
9.13
146
41.85
56
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.06
102
9.58
82
15. Cervical Cancer
7.84
95
17.57
46
16. Other Neoplasms
5.92
7
8.44
2
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.86
91
7.21
47
18. HIV/AIDS
5.08
76
7.00
68
19. Lymphomas
4.86
85
4.16
113
20. Liver Disease
4.52
166
9.16
131
21. Leukemia
4.22
58
4.42
50
22. Ovary Cancer
3.87
113
2.93
148
23. Liver Cancer
3.82
139
2.68
172
24. Pancreas Cancer
3.74
91
4.58
75
25. Suicide
3.74
154
6.16
125
26. Low Birth Weight
3.69
110
5.80
83
27. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.60
170
2.56
176
28. Malnutrition
3.49
63
5.61
49
29. Other Injuries
3.03
171
13.54
32
30. Falls
2.74
157
1.62
176
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.59
129
9.48
22
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2.46
152
2.60
149
33. Tuberculosis
2.37
102
4.51
86
34. Skin Disease
1.97
71
2.45
41
35. Skin Cancers
1.84
94
2.19
70
36. Oesophagus Cancer
1.53
124
3.08
68
37. Oral Cancer
1.48
162
2.34
111
38. Uterin Cancer
1.43
143
1.57
133
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.43
117
2.78
96
40. Drownings
1.39
133
2.55
87
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.25
141
1.20
143
42. Birth Trauma
1.20
113
1.95
91
43. Epilepsy
1.14
125
1.49
98
44. Bladder Cancer
1.10
151
1.00
158
45. Drug Use
0.92
121
0.57
153
46. Maternal Conditions
0.75
97
0.86
92
47. Parkinson's Disease
0.67
180
2.17
157
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.57
13
0.94
7
49. War
0.49
29
0.04
78
50. Meningitis
0.49
117
0.72
94
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Paraguay PARAGUAY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43,066
20.96
4,327
14.50
2. Violence
19,268
9.38
566
1.90
3. Stroke
16,573
8.07
3,007
10.08
4. Lung Disease
15,928
7.75
1,181
3.96
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
10,773
5.24
1,661
5.57
6. Road Traffic Accidents
7,765
3.78
1,552
5.20
7. Kidney Disease
6,834
3.33
1,592
5.34
8. Hypertension
6,400
3.12
895
3.00
9. Stomach Cancer
6,112
2.98
355
1.19
10. Lung Cancers
5,250
2.56
738
2.47
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,028
2.45
2,361
7.91
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,371
2.13
543
1.82
13. Breast Cancer
3,669
1.79
481
1.61
14. Prostate Cancer
3,584
1.74
546
1.83
15. Other Neoplasms
3,205
1.56
487
1.63
16. Congenital Anomalies
2,963
1.44
662
2.22
17. HIV/AIDS
2,683
1.31
448
1.50
18. Lymphomas
2,603
1.27
245
0.82
19. Liver Disease
2,426
1.18
524
1.76
20. Cervical Cancer
2,266
1.10
516
1.73
21. Leukemia
2,208
1.07
272
0.91
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,157
1.05
144
0.48
23. Low Birth Weight
2,095
1.02
644
2.16
24. Liver Cancer
2,065
1.01
152
0.51
25. Pancreas Cancer
2,022
0.98
258
0.86
26. Suicide
1,965
0.96
425
1.42
27. Malnutrition
1,878
0.91
330
1.11
28. Other Injuries
1,592
0.77
843
2.83
29. Falls
1,518
0.74
100
0.34
30. Endocrine Disorders
1,367
0.67
562
1.88
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,329
0.65
154
0.52
32. Tuberculosis
1,272
0.62
273
0.92
33. Ovary Cancer
1,122
0.55
85
0.28
34. Skin Disease
1,102
0.54
144
0.48
35. Skin Cancers
1,028
0.50
125
0.42
36. Oesophagus Cancer
835
0.41
173
0.58
37. Oral Cancer
807
0.39
134
0.45
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
747
0.36
192
0.64
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
698
0.34
69
0.23
40. Drownings
689
0.34
178
0.60
41. Birth Trauma
648
0.32
213
0.71
42. Bladder Cancer
609
0.30
57
0.19
43. Epilepsy
597
0.29
98
0.33
44. Drug Use
492
0.24
38
0.13
45. Uterin Cancer
423
0.21
45
0.15
46. Maternal Conditions
394
0.19
64
0.21
47. Parkinson's Disease
383
0.19
122
0.41
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
333
0.16
52
0.17
49. War
260
0.13
3
0.01
50. Meningitis
244
0.12
52
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Paraguay PARAGUAY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
14.99
101
21.17
56
2. Breast Cancer
12.50
137
16.48
95
3. Stomach Cancer
11.32
29
6.25
88
4. Lung Cancers
9.72
105
13.04
90
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.06
102
9.58
82
6. Cervical Cancer
7.84
95
17.57
46
7. Lymphomas
4.86
85
4.16
113
8. Leukemia
4.22
58
4.42
50
9. Ovary Cancer
3.87
113
2.93
148
10. Liver Cancer
3.82
139
2.68
172
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.74
91
4.58
75
12. Skin Cancers
1.84
94
2.19
70
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.53
124
3.08
68
14. Oral Cancer
1.48
162
2.34
111
15. Uterin Cancer
1.43
143
1.57
133
16. Bladder Cancer
1.10
151
1.00
158
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.