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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 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
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%
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
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Rwanda RWANDA
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Rwanda RWANDA
       
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
 
40.8
44.0
42.4
137
132
134
1970
59.2
63.0
61.1
79
75
79
 
42.8
46.0
44.4
148
143
145
1980
62.9
68.6
65.7
78
78
78
 
44.0
47.4
45.6
158
157
158
1990
64.5
72.5
68.4
91
73
83
 
29.9
33.8
31.8
183
183
183
2000
67.5
75.3
71.4
88
63
76
 
43.3
53.8
48.3
179
154
171
2010
70.0
77.2
73.6
88
65
78
 
57.5
68.1
62.8
156
130
139
2019
76.7
81.9
79.3
36
36
34
 
66.9
71.2
69.1
127
127
127
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Rwanda RWANDA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.7
81.9
36
36
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age
76.7
81.9
36
36
66.9
71.2
127
127
Age 5
77.8
82.8
38
33
69.5
73.5
130
130
Age 10
77.9
82.9
38
33
69.8
73.8
129
129
Age 15
78.0
83.0
38
33
70.1
74.1
127
128
Age 20
78.4
83.1
38
33
70.4
74.3
127
128
Age 25
79.0
83.3
35
33
70.8
74.5
125
128
Age 30
79.5
83.4
30
33
71.3
74.9
126
128
Age 35
79.9
83.6
28
32
71.7
75.2
124
128
Age 40
80.3
83.8
28
32
72.3
75.7
125
126
Age 45
80.7
84.0
25
31
73.0
76.4
126
126
Age 50
81.2
84.3
25
31
74.0
77.1
125
124
Age 55
81.7
84.7
24
30
75.2
78.1
126
123
Age 60
82.5
85.3
25
30
76.7
79.2
127
119
Age 65
83.5
86.0
25
30
78.5
80.6
127
116
Age 70
84.7
86.8
30
30
80.7
82.3
126
118
Age 75
86.3
88.0
31
29
83.3
84.4
128
117
Age 80
88.5
89.6
20
20
86.2
87.0
123
116
Age 85
91.0
91.7
23
19
89.6
90.2
120
110
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Rwanda RWANDA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
76.09
139
77.83
135
2. Violence
36.61
9
4.56
91
3. Stroke
29.57
152
105.76
62
4. Lung Disease
27.51
65
33.52
41
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
19.35
119
74.70
45
6. Prostate Cancer
14.99
101
25.46
43
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.72
98
43.89
15
8. Breast Cancer
12.50
137
15.96
102
9. Kidney Disease
12.32
133
23.20
92
10. Stomach Cancer
11.32
29
10.60
37
11. Hypertension
11.15
125
30.17
44
12. Lung Cancers
9.72
105
4.46
140
13. Diabetes Mellitus
9.13
146
36.55
70
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.06
102
12.27
45
15. Cervical Cancer
7.84
95
26.00
22
16. Other Neoplasms
5.92
7
0.33
131
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.86
91
7.02
52
18. HIV/AIDS
5.08
76
29.44
34
19. Lymphomas
4.86
85
5.66
58
20. Liver Disease
4.52
166
41.22
23
21. Leukemia
4.22
58
3.96
73
22. Ovary Cancer
3.87
113
2.74
155
23. Liver Cancer
3.82
139
11.48
24
24. Pancreas Cancer
3.74
91
3.86
87
25. Suicide
3.74
154
9.45
81
26. Low Birth Weight
3.69
110
6.97
65
27. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.60
170
19.49
55
28. Malnutrition
3.49
63
12.03
23
29. Other Injuries
3.03
171
10.27
62
30. Falls
2.74
157
7.68
61
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.59
129
2.79
121
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2.46
152
5.09
86
33. Tuberculosis
2.37
102
6.68
78
34. Skin Disease
1.97
71
1.71
83
35. Skin Cancers
1.84
94
1.89
91
36. Oesophagus Cancer
1.53
124
3.59
52
37. Oral Cancer
1.48
162
3.02
84
38. Uterin Cancer
1.43
143
1.84
115
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.43
117
39.89
44
40. Drownings
1.39
133
2.14
108
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.25
141
6.24
43
42. Birth Trauma
1.20
113
6.06
54
43. Epilepsy
1.14
125
2.08
60
44. Bladder Cancer
1.10
151
0.66
173
45. Drug Use
0.92
121
0.56
154
46. Maternal Conditions
0.75
97
6.57
42
47. Parkinson's Disease
0.67
180
3.83
107
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.57
13
0.00
149
49. War
0.49
29
0.02
96
50. Meningitis
0.49
117
8.67
38
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Rwanda RWANDA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43,066
20.96
3,605
6.21
2. Violence
19,268
9.38
548
0.94
3. Stroke
16,573
8.07
5,060
8.72
4. Lung Disease
15,928
7.75
1,555
2.68
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
10,773
5.24
5,280
9.10
6. Road Traffic Accidents
7,765
3.78
3,718
6.41
7. Kidney Disease
6,834
3.33
1,206
2.08
8. Hypertension
6,400
3.12
1,357
2.34
9. Stomach Cancer
6,112
2.98
780
1.34
10. Lung Cancers
5,250
2.56
234
0.40
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,028
2.45
1,858
3.20
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,371
2.13
591
1.02
13. Breast Cancer
3,669
1.79
600
1.03
14. Prostate Cancer
3,584
1.74
396
0.68
15. Other Neoplasms
3,205
1.56
16
0.03
16. Congenital Anomalies
2,963
1.44
1,777
3.06
17. HIV/AIDS
2,683
1.31
2,826
4.87
18. Lymphomas
2,603
1.27
450
0.78
19. Liver Disease
2,426
1.18
2,548
4.39
20. Cervical Cancer
2,266
1.10
941
1.62
21. Leukemia
2,208
1.07
317
0.55
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,157
1.05
657
1.13
23. Low Birth Weight
2,095
1.02
2,193
3.78
24. Liver Cancer
2,065
1.01
706
1.22
25. Pancreas Cancer
2,022
0.98
214
0.37
26. Suicide
1,965
0.96
704
1.21
27. Malnutrition
1,878
0.91
1,168
2.01
28. Other Injuries
1,592
0.77
944
1.63
29. Falls
1,518
0.74
412
0.71
30. Endocrine Disorders
1,367
0.67
219
0.38
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,329
0.65
347
0.60
32. Tuberculosis
1,272
0.62
625
1.08
33. Ovary Cancer
1,122
0.55
92
0.16
34. Skin Disease
1,102
0.54
103
0.18
35. Skin Cancers
1,028
0.50
113
0.19
36. Oesophagus Cancer
835
0.41
213
0.37
37. Oral Cancer
807
0.39
272
0.47
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
747
0.36
3,121
5.38
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
698
0.34
362
0.62
40. Drownings
689
0.34
285
0.49
41. Birth Trauma
648
0.32
1,888
3.25
42. Bladder Cancer
609
0.30
35
0.06
43. Epilepsy
597
0.29
191
0.33
44. Drug Use
492
0.24
45
0.08
45. Uterin Cancer
423
0.21
58
0.10
46. Maternal Conditions
394
0.19
722
1.24
47. Parkinson's Disease
383
0.19
146
0.25
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
333
0.16
0
0.00
49. War
260
0.13
3
0.01
50. Meningitis
244
0.12
847
1.46
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Rwanda RWANDA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
14.99
101
25.46
43
2. Breast Cancer
12.50
137
15.96
102
3. Stomach Cancer
11.32
29
10.60
37
4. Lung Cancers
9.72
105
4.46
140
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.06
102
12.27
45
6. Cervical Cancer
7.84
95
26.00
22
7. Lymphomas
4.86
85
5.66
58
8. Leukemia
4.22
58
3.96
73
9. Ovary Cancer
3.87
113
2.74
155
10. Liver Cancer
3.82
139
11.48
24
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.74
91
3.86
87
12. Skin Cancers
1.84
94
1.89
91
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.53
124
3.59
52
14. Oral Cancer
1.48
162
3.02
84
15. Uterin Cancer
1.43
143
1.84
115
16. Bladder Cancer
1.10
151
0.66
173
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.