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Guatemala
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 Guatemala 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
Guatemala Population Pyramid
26,920,714
Colombia Population Pyramid
55,957,823
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Colombia COLOMBIA
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Colombia COLOMBIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.2
46.6
45.9
110
117
116
 
55.1
58.6
56.8
69
70
70
1970
51.0
53.8
52.4
111
114
113
 
59.2
63.0
61.1
79
75
79
1980
55.4
59.5
57.4
120
118
117
 
62.9
68.6
65.7
78
78
78
1990
59.6
65.5
62.5
122
117
117
 
64.5
72.5
68.4
91
73
83
2000
64.3
71.0
67.7
108
103
104
 
67.5
75.3
71.4
88
63
76
2010
67.3
74.0
70.7
104
100
100
 
70.0
77.2
73.6
88
65
78
2019
69.0
75.0
72.0
112
105
110
 
76.7
81.9
79.3
36
36
34
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Colombia COLOMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.0
75.0
112
105
76.7
81.9
36
36
Age
69.0
75.0
112
105
76.7
81.9
36
36
Age 5
70.8
76.7
111
100
77.8
82.8
38
33
Age 10
70.9
76.8
112
100
77.9
82.9
38
33
Age 15
71.1
76.9
111
100
78.0
83.0
38
33
Age 20
71.6
77.2
109
100
78.4
83.1
38
33
Age 25
72.4
77.4
100
97
79.0
83.3
35
33
Age 30
73.2
77.7
95
95
79.5
83.4
30
33
Age 35
73.9
78.0
91
95
79.9
83.6
28
32
Age 40
74.7
78.3
86
94
80.3
83.8
28
32
Age 45
75.6
78.8
80
95
80.7
84.0
25
31
Age 50
76.6
79.4
78
94
81.2
84.3
25
31
Age 55
77.9
80.2
74
93
81.7
84.7
24
30
Age 60
79.4
81.4
63
89
82.5
85.3
25
30
Age 65
81.0
82.8
62
80
83.5
86.0
25
30
Age 70
83.1
84.6
55
65
84.7
86.8
30
30
Age 75
85.1
86.2
58
66
86.3
88.0
31
29
Age 80
87.4
88.4
58
58
88.5
89.6
20
20
Age 85
90.0
90.8
78
63
91.0
91.7
23
19
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Colombia COLOMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
85.26
127
76.09
139
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.32
51
19.35
119
3. Diabetes Mellitus
63.24
23
9.13
146
4. Kidney Disease
55.14
8
12.32
133
5. Liver Disease
48.70
12
4.52
166
6. Stroke
42.01
137
29.57
152
7. Violence
27.04
13
36.61
9
8. Road Traffic Accidents
26.54
56
14.72
98
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
18.72
59
1.43
117
10. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
14.99
101
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.66
114
3.60
170
12. Lung Disease
16.50
130
27.51
65
13. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
3.82
139
14. Other Injuries
15.26
22
3.03
171
15. Malnutrition
14.81
15
3.49
63
16. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
11.32
29
17. Alcohol
13.98
4
0.04
183
18. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
7.84
95
19. Falls
10.84
17
2.74
157
20. HIV/AIDS
9.24
61
5.08
76
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.86
17
1.25
141
22. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
12.50
137
23. Suicide
6.23
124
3.74
154
24. Hypertension
5.92
153
11.15
125
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.53
98
5.86
91
26. Low Birth Weight
5.13
87
3.69
110
27. Birth Trauma
4.47
70
1.20
113
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
8.06
102
29. Leukemia
4.02
69
4.22
58
30. Endocrine Disorders
3.67
85
2.59
129
31. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
9.72
105
32. Parkinson's Disease
3.48
126
0.67
180
33. Epilepsy
2.89
33
1.14
125
34. Asthma
2.78
102
0.36
175
35. Drownings
2.75
79
1.39
133
36. Maternal Conditions
2.61
63
0.75
97
37. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
3.74
91
38. Tuberculosis
2.31
105
2.37
102
39. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
3.87
113
40. Lymphomas
1.95
174
4.86
85
41. Skin Disease
1.94
72
1.97
71
42. Drug Use
1.89
50
0.92
121
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.73
169
2.46
152
44. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
1.84
94
45. Meningitis
1.71
67
0.49
117
46. Poisonings
1.66
53
0.12
166
47. Fires
1.36
96
0.25
168
48. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
1.53
124
49. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
1.48
162
50. Appendicitis
1.12
13
0.40
83
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Colombia COLOMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
9,825
11.28
43,066
20.96
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,245
10.61
10,773
5.24
3. Diabetes Mellitus
6,932
7.96
5,028
2.45
4. Kidney Disease
6,277
7.21
6,834
3.33
5. Liver Disease
5,684
6.53
2,426
1.18
6. Stroke
4,849
5.57
16,573
8.07
7. Violence
4,411
5.06
19,268
9.38
8. Road Traffic Accidents
4,026
4.62
7,765
3.78
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,617
3.00
747
0.36
10. Other Injuries
2,466
2.83
1,592
0.77
11. Malnutrition
1,981
2.27
1,878
0.91
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,957
2.25
2,157
1.05
13. Lung Disease
1,901
2.18
15,928
7.75
14. Alcohol
1,799
2.07
23
0.01
15. Liver Cancer
1,765
2.03
2,065
1.01
16. Low Birth Weight
1,658
1.90
2,095
1.02
17. Stomach Cancer
1,570
1.80
6,112
2.98
18. Congenital Anomalies
1,517
1.74
2,963
1.44
19. Birth Trauma
1,466
1.68
648
0.32
20. Falls
1,371
1.57
1,518
0.74
21. HIV/AIDS
1,173
1.35
2,683
1.31
22. Suicide
1,039
1.19
1,965
0.96
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,029
1.18
698
0.34
24. Prostate Cancer
846
0.97
3,584
1.74
25. Cervical Cancer
808
0.93
2,266
1.10
26. Hypertension
679
0.78
6,400
3.12
27. Leukemia
601
0.69
2,208
1.07
28. Breast Cancer
495
0.57
3,669
1.79
29. Endocrine Disorders
486
0.56
1,367
0.67
30. Maternal Conditions
468
0.54
394
0.19
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
464
0.53
4,371
2.13
32. Epilepsy
463
0.53
597
0.29
33. Drownings
463
0.53
689
0.34
34. Parkinson's Disease
393
0.45
383
0.19
35. Lung Cancers
391
0.45
5,250
2.56
36. Asthma
335
0.38
191
0.09
37. Tuberculosis
301
0.35
1,272
0.62
38. Pancreas Cancer
282
0.32
2,022
0.98
39. Poisonings
275
0.32
61
0.03
40. Drug Use
272
0.31
492
0.24
41. Meningitis
271
0.31
244
0.12
42. Skin Disease
232
0.27
1,102
0.54
43. Lymphomas
229
0.26
2,603
1.27
44. Inflammatory/Heart
225
0.26
1,329
0.65
45. Fires
207
0.24
127
0.06
46. Skin Cancers
195
0.22
1,028
0.50
47. Appendicitis
164
0.19
213
0.10
48. Oesophagus Cancer
144
0.17
835
0.41
49. Oral Cancer
142
0.16
807
0.39
50. Ovary Cancer
133
0.15
1,122
0.55
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   Colombia COLOMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
14.99
101
2. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
3.82
139
3. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
11.32
29
4. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
7.84
95
5. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
12.50
137
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
8.06
102
7. Leukemia
4.02
69
4.22
58
8. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
9.72
105
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
3.74
91
10. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
3.87
113
11. Lymphomas
1.95
174
4.86
85
12. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
1.84
94
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
1.53
124
14. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
1.48
162
15. Bladder Cancer
0.52
179
1.10
151
16. Uterin Cancer
0.46
177
1.43
143
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.