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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 Viet Nam 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.

Viet Nam
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
Viet Nam Population Pyramid
109,605,010
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
       
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
 
42.6
46.3
44.4
123
119
120
1970
59.2
63.0
61.1
79
75
79
 
46.9
51.9
49.4
129
118
123
1980
62.9
68.6
65.7
78
78
78
 
55.5
59.9
57.7
119
114
116
1990
64.5
72.5
68.4
91
73
83
 
64.1
67.7
65.9
95
108
103
2000
67.5
75.3
71.4
88
63
76
 
68.5
78.2
73.4
76
35
46
2010
70.0
77.2
73.6
88
65
78
 
70.3
80.1
75.2
81
36
51
2019
76.7
81.9
79.3
36
36
34
 
69.6
78.1
73.7
106
73
92
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.7
81.9
36
36
69.6
78.1
106
73
Age
76.7
81.9
36
36
69.6
78.1
106
73
Age 5
77.8
82.8
38
33
71.2
79.4
103
69
Age 10
77.9
82.9
38
33
71.3
79.4
107
69
Age 15
78.0
83.0
38
33
71.4
79.5
108
69
Age 20
78.4
83.1
38
33
71.7
79.6
108
69
Age 25
79.0
83.3
35
33
72.0
79.7
108
69
Age 30
79.5
83.4
30
33
72.4
79.9
109
69
Age 35
79.9
83.6
28
32
72.7
80.0
110
69
Age 40
80.3
83.8
28
32
73.1
80.2
112
69
Age 45
80.7
84.0
25
31
73.7
80.5
114
70
Age 50
81.2
84.3
25
31
74.5
80.9
115
71
Age 55
81.7
84.7
24
30
75.5
81.4
116
74
Age 60
82.5
85.3
25
30
76.9
82.0
117
73
Age 65
83.5
86.0
25
30
78.6
82.9
121
76
Age 70
84.7
86.8
30
30
80.7
84.1
125
79
Age 75
86.3
88.0
31
29
83.2
85.7
130
80
Age 80
88.5
89.6
20
20
86.1
87.8
129
87
Age 85
91.0
91.7
23
19
89.4
90.4
132
83
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
76.09
139
86.67
125
2. Violence
36.61
9
1.81
136
3. Stroke
29.57
152
155.75
20
4. Lung Disease
27.51
65
34.16
39
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
19.35
119
25.84
97
6. Prostate Cancer
14.99
101
4.61
166
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.72
98
29.81
50
8. Breast Cancer
12.50
137
11.36
148
9. Kidney Disease
12.32
133
24.12
83
10. Stomach Cancer
11.32
29
15.13
9
11. Hypertension
11.15
125
18.94
88
12. Lung Cancers
9.72
105
21.48
46
13. Diabetes Mellitus
9.13
146
33.78
78
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.06
102
8.23
98
15. Cervical Cancer
7.84
95
4.34
134
16. Other Neoplasms
5.92
7
0.33
127
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.86
91
6.59
63
18. HIV/AIDS
5.08
76
4.72
77
19. Lymphomas
4.86
85
2.94
151
20. Liver Disease
4.52
166
23.34
81
21. Leukemia
4.22
58
4.93
22
22. Ovary Cancer
3.87
113
1.62
178
23. Liver Cancer
3.82
139
24.37
7
24. Pancreas Cancer
3.74
91
0.92
167
25. Suicide
3.74
154
7.22
112
26. Low Birth Weight
3.69
110
5.69
84
27. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.60
170
23.72
20
28. Malnutrition
3.49
63
0.11
151
29. Other Injuries
3.03
171
5.34
126
30. Falls
2.74
157
13.80
10
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.59
129
2.08
149
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2.46
152
4.93
88
33. Tuberculosis
2.37
102
9.33
70
34. Skin Disease
1.97
71
1.34
102
35. Skin Cancers
1.84
94
0.46
165
36. Oesophagus Cancer
1.53
124
2.23
97
37. Oral Cancer
1.48
162
7.03
18
38. Uterin Cancer
1.43
143
2.12
103
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.43
117
4.47
82
40. Drownings
1.39
133
5.36
24
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.25
141
0.86
155
42. Birth Trauma
1.20
113
1.86
94
43. Epilepsy
1.14
125
0.58
171
44. Bladder Cancer
1.10
151
0.90
160
45. Drug Use
0.92
121
1.31
83
46. Maternal Conditions
0.75
97
0.76
95
47. Parkinson's Disease
0.67
180
5.18
44
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.57
13
0.00
180
49. War
0.49
29
0.03
81
50. Meningitis
0.49
117
0.64
102
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43,066
20.96
91,939
13.41
2. Violence
19,268
9.38
1,785
0.26
3. Stroke
16,573
8.07
159,032
23.20
4. Lung Disease
15,928
7.75
35,875
5.23
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
10,773
5.24
27,836
4.06
6. Road Traffic Accidents
7,765
3.78
29,475
4.30
7. Kidney Disease
6,834
3.33
25,251
3.68
8. Hypertension
6,400
3.12
19,880
2.90
9. Stomach Cancer
6,112
2.98
15,134
2.21
10. Lung Cancers
5,250
2.56
21,294
3.11
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,028
2.45
33,860
4.94
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,371
2.13
8,258
1.20
13. Breast Cancer
3,669
1.79
6,187
0.90
14. Prostate Cancer
3,584
1.74
1,911
0.28
15. Other Neoplasms
3,205
1.56
325
0.05
16. Congenital Anomalies
2,963
1.44
7,064
1.03
17. HIV/AIDS
2,683
1.31
4,993
0.73
18. Lymphomas
2,603
1.27
2,964
0.43
19. Liver Disease
2,426
1.18
23,900
3.49
20. Cervical Cancer
2,266
1.10
2,391
0.35
21. Leukemia
2,208
1.07
4,899
0.71
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,157
1.05
29,307
4.27
23. Low Birth Weight
2,095
1.02
7,132
1.04
24. Liver Cancer
2,065
1.01
24,995
3.65
25. Pancreas Cancer
2,022
0.98
929
0.14
26. Suicide
1,965
0.96
7,249
1.06
27. Malnutrition
1,878
0.91
120
0.02
28. Other Injuries
1,592
0.77
5,539
0.81
29. Falls
1,518
0.74
15,427
2.25
30. Endocrine Disorders
1,367
0.67
2,082
0.30
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,329
0.65
5,357
0.78
32. Tuberculosis
1,272
0.62
9,446
1.38
33. Ovary Cancer
1,122
0.55
864
0.13
34. Skin Disease
1,102
0.54
1,515
0.22
35. Skin Cancers
1,028
0.50
467
0.07
36. Oesophagus Cancer
835
0.41
2,265
0.33
37. Oral Cancer
807
0.39
7,088
1.03
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
747
0.36
4,390
0.64
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
698
0.34
957
0.14
40. Drownings
689
0.34
5,097
0.74
41. Birth Trauma
648
0.32
2,340
0.34
42. Bladder Cancer
609
0.30
896
0.13
43. Epilepsy
597
0.29
583
0.09
44. Drug Use
492
0.24
1,366
0.20
45. Uterin Cancer
423
0.21
1,159
0.17
46. Maternal Conditions
394
0.19
773
0.11
47. Parkinson's Disease
383
0.19
5,338
0.78
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
333
0.16
0
0.00
49. War
260
0.13
34
0.00
50. Meningitis
244
0.12
624
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
14.99
101
4.61
166
2. Breast Cancer
12.50
137
11.36
148
3. Stomach Cancer
11.32
29
15.13
9
4. Lung Cancers
9.72
105
21.48
46
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.06
102
8.23
98
6. Cervical Cancer
7.84
95
4.34
134
7. Lymphomas
4.86
85
2.94
151
8. Leukemia
4.22
58
4.93
22
9. Ovary Cancer
3.87
113
1.62
178
10. Liver Cancer
3.82
139
24.37
7
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.74
91
0.92
167
12. Skin Cancers
1.84
94
0.46
165
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.53
124
2.23
97
14. Oral Cancer
1.48
162
7.03
18
15. Uterin Cancer
1.43
143
2.12
103
16. Bladder Cancer
1.10
151
0.90
160
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.