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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
COLOMBIA VS AFGHANISTAN

Compare Colombia and Afghanistan 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.

Afghanistan
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
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Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
       
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
  
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
59.2
63.0
61.1
79
75
79
  
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
62.9
68.6
65.7
78
78
78
  
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
64.5
72.5
68.4
91
73
83
  
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
67.5
75.3
71.4
88
63
76
  
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
70.0
77.2
73.6
88
65
78
  
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
76.7
81.9
79.3
36
36
34
  
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.7
81.9
36
36
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
76.7
81.9
36
36
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
77.8
82.8
38
33
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
77.9
82.9
38
33
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
78.0
83.0
38
33
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
78.4
83.1
38
33
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
79.0
83.3
35
33
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
79.5
83.4
30
33
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
79.9
83.6
28
32
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
80.3
83.8
28
32
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
80.7
84.0
25
31
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
81.2
84.3
25
31
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
81.7
84.7
24
30
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
82.5
85.3
25
30
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
83.5
86.0
25
30
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
84.7
86.8
30
30
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
86.3
88.0
31
29
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
88.5
89.6
20
20
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
91.0
91.7
23
19
89.2
89.1
156
171
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
76.09
139
301.71
6
2. Violence
36.61
9
9.87
52
3. Stroke
29.57
152
149.10
25
4. Lung Disease
27.51
65
37.01
32
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
19.35
119
49.80
62
6. Prostate Cancer
14.99
101
4.49
167
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.72
98
19.81
76
8. Breast Cancer
12.50
137
20.24
48
9. Kidney Disease
12.32
133
46.10
15
10. Stomach Cancer
11.32
29
10.39
42
11. Hypertension
11.15
125
65.86
4
12. Lung Cancers
9.72
105
6.90
122
13. Diabetes Mellitus
9.13
146
40.94
58
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.06
102
4.09
169
15. Cervical Cancer
7.84
95
5.73
117
16. Other Neoplasms
5.92
7
0.20
166
17. Congenital Anomalies
5.86
91
6.42
70
18. HIV/AIDS
5.08
76
1.72
110
19. Lymphomas
4.86
85
4.32
108
20. Liver Disease
4.52
166
27.20
67
21. Leukemia
4.22
58
1.95
154
22. Ovary Cancer
3.87
113
4.07
106
23. Liver Cancer
3.82
139
4.22
119
24. Pancreas Cancer
3.74
91
1.54
153
25. Suicide
3.74
154
5.96
129
26. Low Birth Weight
3.69
110
12.07
17
27. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.60
170
22.34
26
28. Malnutrition
3.49
63
1.44
89
29. Other Injuries
3.03
171
13.02
36
30. Falls
2.74
157
5.13
99
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.59
129
4.30
80
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2.46
152
3.32
130
33. Tuberculosis
2.37
102
41.14
24
34. Skin Disease
1.97
71
0.77
121
35. Skin Cancers
1.84
94
1.03
138
36. Oesophagus Cancer
1.53
124
8.78
13
37. Oral Cancer
1.48
162
8.18
9
38. Uterin Cancer
1.43
143
3.66
32
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.43
117
9.72
68
40. Drownings
1.39
133
2.78
78
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.25
141
10.64
9
42. Birth Trauma
1.20
113
10.16
24
43. Epilepsy
1.14
125
2.70
37
44. Bladder Cancer
1.10
151
1.95
98
45. Drug Use
0.92
121
1.36
77
46. Maternal Conditions
0.75
97
25.94
4
47. Parkinson's Disease
0.67
180
5.98
24
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.57
13
0.00
64
49. War
0.49
29
121.55
1
50. Meningitis
0.49
117
5.20
48
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43,066
20.96
40,195
17.35
2. Violence
19,268
9.38
3,217
1.39
3. Stroke
16,573
8.07
19,060
8.23
4. Lung Disease
15,928
7.75
4,650
2.01
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
10,773
5.24
14,649
6.32
6. Road Traffic Accidents
7,765
3.78
6,033
2.60
7. Kidney Disease
6,834
3.33
6,590
2.85
8. Hypertension
6,400
3.12
7,995
3.45
9. Stomach Cancer
6,112
2.98
1,501
0.65
10. Lung Cancers
5,250
2.56
1,076
0.46
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,028
2.45
5,750
2.48
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,371
2.13
741
0.32
13. Breast Cancer
3,669
1.79
1,822
0.79
14. Prostate Cancer
3,584
1.74
258
0.11
15. Other Neoplasms
3,205
1.56
29
0.01
16. Congenital Anomalies
2,963
1.44
5,001
2.16
17. HIV/AIDS
2,683
1.31
464
0.20
18. Lymphomas
2,603
1.27
946
0.41
19. Liver Disease
2,426
1.18
4,600
1.99
20. Cervical Cancer
2,266
1.10
541
0.23
21. Leukemia
2,208
1.07
610
0.26
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,157
1.05
1,765
0.76
23. Low Birth Weight
2,095
1.02
12,631
5.45
24. Liver Cancer
2,065
1.01
657
0.28
25. Pancreas Cancer
2,022
0.98
229
0.10
26. Suicide
1,965
0.96
1,573
0.68
27. Malnutrition
1,878
0.91
589
0.25
28. Other Injuries
1,592
0.77
3,241
1.40
29. Falls
1,518
0.74
905
0.39
30. Endocrine Disorders
1,367
0.67
1,364
0.59
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,329
0.65
527
0.23
32. Tuberculosis
1,272
0.62
9,839
4.25
33. Ovary Cancer
1,122
0.55
369
0.16
34. Skin Disease
1,102
0.54
94
0.04
35. Skin Cancers
1,028
0.50
145
0.06
36. Oesophagus Cancer
835
0.41
1,314
0.57
37. Oral Cancer
807
0.39
1,467
0.63
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
747
0.36
5,555
2.40
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
698
0.34
1,505
0.65
40. Drownings
689
0.34
996
0.43
41. Birth Trauma
648
0.32
10,723
4.63
42. Bladder Cancer
609
0.30
272
0.12
43. Epilepsy
597
0.29
993
0.43
44. Drug Use
492
0.24
328
0.14
45. Uterin Cancer
423
0.21
289
0.12
46. Maternal Conditions
394
0.19
7,807
3.37
47. Parkinson's Disease
383
0.19
628
0.27
48. Prostatic Hypertrophy
333
0.16
0
0.00
49. War
260
0.13
25,620
11.06
50. Meningitis
244
0.12
2,626
1.13
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Colombia COLOMBIA   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
14.99
101
4.49
167
2. Breast Cancer
12.50
137
20.24
48
3. Stomach Cancer
11.32
29
10.39
42
4. Lung Cancers
9.72
105
6.90
122
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.06
102
4.09
169
6. Cervical Cancer
7.84
95
5.73
117
7. Lymphomas
4.86
85
4.32
108
8. Leukemia
4.22
58
1.95
154
9. Ovary Cancer
3.87
113
4.07
106
10. Liver Cancer
3.82
139
4.22
119
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.74
91
1.54
153
12. Skin Cancers
1.84
94
1.03
138
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.53
124
8.78
13
14. Oral Cancer
1.48
162
8.18
9
15. Uterin Cancer
1.43
143
3.66
32
16. Bladder Cancer
1.10
151
1.95
98
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.