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Colombia

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  • Colombia has a population of about 53.4M; its total GDP of $457.4B ranks #35 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 1,156,996 km² is about 6.1× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Surface area stands out most against the median: 1,156,996 km² — rank #27 of 176 countries with data.

Colombia: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 53.4M (2025) #28 / 169 median 11.5M · 4.6×
Population growth 1.0% (2025) #91 / 169 median 1.1% · 92%
Urban population share 78.8% (2025) #44 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.2×
Population aged 65+ 10.2% (2025) #66 / 169 median 7.4% · 1.4×
Fertility rate 1.6 (2024) #110 / 169 median 2.1 · 78%
Birth rate 13.3‰ (2024) #99 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 83%
Death rate 5.5‰ (2024) #140 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 77%
Net migration 129.1K (2025) #12 / 169 N/A
Surface area 1,156,996 km² #27 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 6.1×
Population density derived 46.2/km² (2025) #111 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 63%
Economy
GDP (total) $457.4B (2025) #35 / 168 median $80.7B · 5.7×
GDP per capita $8,562 (2025) #74 / 168 median $6,834 · 1.3×
GNI per capita $7,900 (2025) #75 / 168 median $6,350 · 1.2×
GDP growth (annual) 2.6% (2025) #98 / 168 median 3.1% · 86%
Inflation rate 5.1% (2025) #44 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.6×
Unemployment rate 8.3% (2025) #49 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.6×
Gini index 54.4 (2024) #4 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.5×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 8.5% (2024) #56 / 153 median 2.5% · 3.4×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 15.0% (2025) #144 / 163 median 35.0% · 43%
Imports share of GDP 20.4% (2025) #144 / 163 median 40.2% · 51%
Agriculture share of GDP 9.9% (2025) #66 / 168 median 7.2% · 1.4×
Manufacturing share of GDP 9.9% (2025) #99 / 165 median 11.2% · 89%
International tourist arrivals 1.4M (2020) #74 / 162 median 1.1M · 1.2×
Tourism receipts $2B (2020) #53 / 165 median $705M · 2.8×
Health & education
Life expectancy 77.9 years (2024) #52 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 10.5‰ (2024) #97 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 80%
Under-five mortality 11.5‰ (2024) #98 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 73%
DPT immunization 89.0% (2024) #90 / 166 median 90.5% · 98%
Hospital beds 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) #98 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 84%
Health spending share of GDP 8.1% (2024) #51 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.2×
Secondary school enrollment 101.6% (2022) #41 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Education spending share of GDP 5.3% (2020) #41 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.3×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.788 (2023) #69 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.0×
Internet users 79.3% (2024) #90 / 169 median 81.5% · 97%
Mobile subscriptions 174.1 per 100 (2024) #11 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.5×
Fixed broadband 17.2 per 100 (2024) #72 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 1.4×
Electricity access 98.9% (2024) #98 / 169 median 99.9% · 99%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 1.8 t (2024) #100 / 165 median 2.6 t · 68%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 95.1 Mt (2024) #42 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 4.5×
Renewable electricity share 75.1% (2021) #39 / 169 median 34.1% · 2.2×
Renewable energy consumption 29.7% (2021) #76 / 169 median 26.9% · 1.1×
Forest area 52.8% (2023) #34 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.6×
Agricultural land 36.5% (2023) #98 / 169 median 41.7% · 88%
Arable land 2.3% (2023) #138 / 168 median 11.0% · 21%
PM2.5 exposure 18.4 µg/m³ (2023) #96 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 93%
Military spending 3.4% (2024) #26 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.9×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Colombia's true-shape outline

Colombia's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 1,156,996 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).