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Nicaragua
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
NICARAGUA VS COLOMBIA

Compare Nicaragua 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
Nicaragua Population Pyramid
8,531,045
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%
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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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Colombia COLOMBIA
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Colombia COLOMBIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
46.0
48.7
47.3
104
103
102
  
55.1
58.6
56.8
69
70
70
1970
52.4
55.5
53.9
102
103
104
  
59.2
63.0
61.1
79
75
79
1980
56.0
61.6
58.7
115
107
111
  
62.9
68.6
65.7
78
78
78
1990
61.7
67.4
64.5
113
109
111
  
64.5
72.5
68.4
91
73
83
2000
67.3
73.3
70.3
90
89
91
  
67.5
75.3
71.4
88
63
76
2010
70.2
76.1
73.2
83
83
85
  
70.0
77.2
73.6
88
65
78
2019
72.1
77.9
75.0
78
77
76
  
76.7
81.9
79.3
36
36
34
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Colombia COLOMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.1
77.9
78
77
76.7
81.9
36
36
Age
72.1
77.9
78
77
76.7
81.9
36
36
Age 5
73.4
79.1
77
71
77.8
82.8
38
33
Age 10
73.5
79.2
77
71
77.9
82.9
38
33
Age 15
73.7
79.3
76
71
78.0
83.0
38
33
Age 20
73.9
79.4
76
71
78.4
83.1
38
33
Age 25
74.2
79.5
76
71
79.0
83.3
35
33
Age 30
74.5
79.6
77
71
79.5
83.4
30
33
Age 35
74.8
79.8
79
72
79.9
83.6
28
32
Age 40
75.1
80.0
81
72
80.3
83.8
28
32
Age 45
75.5
80.2
84
72
80.7
84.0
25
31
Age 50
76.1
80.6
84
74
81.2
84.3
25
31
Age 55
76.9
81.2
85
75
81.7
84.7
24
30
Age 60
78.0
81.9
87
78
82.5
85.3
25
30
Age 65
79.5
82.8
90
79
83.5
86.0
25
30
Age 70
81.4
84.1
96
81
84.7
86.8
30
30
Age 75
83.7
85.7
100
81
86.3
88.0
31
29
Age 80
86.5
87.8
106
84
88.5
89.6
20
20
Age 85
89.7
90.4
107
80
91.0
91.7
23
19
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Colombia COLOMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
124.46
73
76.09
139
2. Kidney Disease
73.96
2
12.32
133
3. Stroke
47.78
132
29.57
152
4. Diabetes Mellitus
44.63
48
9.13
146
5. Lung Disease
33.61
40
27.51
65
6. Liver Disease
24.52
77
4.52
166
7. Hypertension
23.51
64
11.15
125
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.90
111
19.35
119
9. Prostate Cancer
20.62
60
14.99
101
10. Road Traffic Accidents
18.75
81
14.72
98
11. Cervical Cancer
13.48
64
7.84
95
12. Liver Cancer
10.93
25
3.82
139
13. Breast Cancer
10.15
158
12.50
137
14. Stomach Cancer
10.11
45
11.32
29
15. Violence
9.50
55
36.61
9
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.84
56
5.86
91
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.63
125
8.06
102
18. Other Injuries
6.63
106
3.03
171
19. Lung Cancers
5.94
131
9.72
105
20. Falls
5.61
94
2.74
157
21. Alcohol
5.38
16
0.04
183
22. Low Birth Weight
4.70
91
3.69
110
23. Suicide
4.66
146
3.74
154
24. Other Neoplasms
3.94
22
5.92
7
25. Leukemia
3.91
74
4.22
58
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.88
86
3.74
91
27. Skin Disease
3.39
24
1.97
71
28. Lymphomas
3.32
140
4.86
85
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.05
173
3.60
170
30. Endocrine Disorders
3.03
110
2.59
129
31. Malnutrition
2.89
72
3.49
63
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2.78
143
2.46
152
33. Drownings
2.57
86
1.39
133
34. HIV/AIDS
2.39
101
5.08
76
35. Tuberculosis
2.20
107
2.37
102
36. Ovary Cancer
2.18
169
3.87
113
37. Asthma
2.14
114
0.36
175
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.06
105
1.43
117
39. Birth Trauma
1.90
93
1.20
113
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.82
121
1.25
141
41. Uterin Cancer
1.51
139
1.43
143
42. Parkinson's Disease
1.49
168
0.67
180
43. Oral Cancer
1.33
167
1.48
162
44. Epilepsy
1.29
115
1.14
125
45. Skin Cancers
1.27
128
1.84
94
46. Maternal Conditions
1.27
79
0.75
97
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.90
161
1.53
124
48. Drug Use
0.86
127
0.92
121
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.66
29
0.45
64
50. Appendicitis
0.65
42
0.40
83
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Colombia COLOMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,843
20.44
43,066
20.96
2. Kidney Disease
3,533
12.36
6,834
3.33
3. Stroke
2,225
7.78
16,573
8.07
4. Diabetes Mellitus
2,068
7.23
5,028
2.45
5. Lung Disease
1,570
5.49
15,928
7.75
6. Liver Disease
1,203
4.21
2,426
1.18
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,152
4.03
10,773
5.24
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,109
3.88
7,765
3.78
9. Hypertension
1,103
3.86
6,400
3.12
10. Violence
619
2.17
19,268
9.38
11. Congenital Anomalies
571
2.00
2,963
1.44
12. Liver Cancer
509
1.78
2,065
1.01
13. Low Birth Weight
490
1.71
2,095
1.02
14. Stomach Cancer
478
1.67
6,112
2.98
15. Prostate Cancer
386
1.35
3,584
1.74
16. Cervical Cancer
374
1.31
2,266
1.10
17. Other Injuries
358
1.25
1,592
0.77
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
315
1.10
4,371
2.13
19. Suicide
285
1.00
1,965
0.96
20. Breast Cancer
283
0.99
3,669
1.79
21. Alcohol
279
0.98
23
0.01
22. Falls
276
0.97
1,518
0.74
23. Lung Cancers
274
0.96
5,250
2.56
24. Leukemia
227
0.79
2,208
1.07
25. Birth Trauma
198
0.69
648
0.32
26. Other Neoplasms
192
0.67
3,205
1.56
27. Pancreas Cancer
178
0.62
2,022
0.98
28. Lymphomas
164
0.57
2,603
1.27
29. Endocrine Disorders
164
0.57
1,367
0.67
30. Malnutrition
163
0.57
1,878
0.91
31. Skin Disease
162
0.57
1,102
0.54
32. Drownings
157
0.55
689
0.34
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
149
0.52
2,157
1.05
34. HIV/AIDS
139
0.49
2,683
1.31
35. Inflammatory/Heart
139
0.49
1,329
0.65
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
122
0.43
747
0.36
37. Tuberculosis
115
0.40
1,272
0.62
38. Asthma
105
0.37
191
0.09
39. Maternal Conditions
88
0.31
394
0.19
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
85
0.30
698
0.34
41. Epilepsy
74
0.26
597
0.29
42. Parkinson's Disease
67
0.23
383
0.19
43. Oral Cancer
64
0.22
807
0.39
44. Ovary Cancer
61
0.21
1,122
0.55
45. Skin Cancers
59
0.21
1,028
0.50
46. Drug Use
50
0.17
492
0.24
47. Oesophagus Cancer
42
0.15
835
0.41
48. Uterin Cancer
39
0.14
423
0.21
49. Appendicitis
32
0.11
213
0.10
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
31
0.11
242
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nicaragua NICARAGUA   Colombia COLOMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.62
60
14.99
101
2. Cervical Cancer
13.48
64
7.84
95
3. Liver Cancer
10.93
25
3.82
139
4. Breast Cancer
10.15
158
12.50
137
5. Stomach Cancer
10.11
45
11.32
29
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.63
125
8.06
102
7. Lung Cancers
5.94
131
9.72
105
8. Leukemia
3.91
74
4.22
58
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.88
86
3.74
91
10. Lymphomas
3.32
140
4.86
85
11. Ovary Cancer
2.18
169
3.87
113
12. Uterin Cancer
1.51
139
1.43
143
13. Oral Cancer
1.33
167
1.48
162
14. Skin Cancers
1.27
128
1.84
94
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.90
161
1.53
124
16. Bladder Cancer
0.61
176
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.