Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Angola is 9% bigger than Colombia
Angola: 1,246,700 km² (2024) · Colombia: 1,140,620 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Colombia’s coastline is 2 times as long as Angola’s
Angola: 1,600 km (2026 edition) · Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Colombia’s highest peak towers 3,110 m above Angola’s
Angola: 2,620 m (2026 edition) · Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Colombia and Angola are practically level
Angola: 36.3% (2024) · Colombia: 36.5% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Colombia has 37% more people than Angola
Angola: 39 million (2025) · Colombia: 53.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Colombia is 54% more densely populated than Angola
Angola: 31 per km² (2025) · Colombia: 48 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Colombia are 3.4 cm taller than in Angola
Angola: 168.5 cm (2019) · Colombia: 171.9 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Angola and Colombia are practically level
Angola: 158.1 cm (2019) · Colombia: 158 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Colombia is 15 years older than in Angola
Angola: 16.5 years (2023) · Colombia: 31.6 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Angola have 3.4 more children on average than in Colombia
Angola: 5.05 children per woman (2024) · Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 2.9% in Angola
Angola: 2.9% (2025) · Colombia: 10.2% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Angola hosts 24 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia
Angola: 0.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Colombia has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Angola none
Angola: 0 (2026) · Colombia: 0.4 (2026)
How many official languages?
Angola and Colombia are practically level
Angola: 1 (2026) · Colombia: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Colombia’s economy is 3.7 times the size of Angola’s
Angola: $122 billion (2025) · Colombia: $457 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Colombia produces 2.2 times as much per person as Angola
Angola: Int$10,251 (2025) · Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Angola (Gini 3.1 points higher)
Angola: 51.3 (2018) · Colombia: 54.4 (2024)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
39% of people in Angola live on less than $3 a day, versus 8.5% in Colombia
Angola: 39.3% (2018) · Colombia: 8.5% (2024)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 14% in Angola, versus 8.3% in Colombia
Angola: 14.1% (2025) · Colombia: 8.3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Angola 1.4%
Angola: 1.4% (2025) · Colombia: 3.2% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Angola’s 7.6%
Angola: 7.6% (2024) · Colombia: 15.2% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Colombia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Angola’s
Angola: 31% (2025) · Colombia: 38% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Colombia spends 8.5 times as much on health per person as Angola
Angola: $76 (2023) · Colombia: $644 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in Colombia live 13 years longer than in Angola
Angola: 64.8 years (2024) · Colombia: 77.9 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Angola is 3.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Colombia
Angola: 32.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Colombia has 10 times as many doctors per person as Angola
Angola: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Colombia has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Angola
Angola: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Angola is 2.6 times that in Colombia
Angola: 17.6 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 12% in Angola
Angola: 11.8% (2024) · Colombia: 25.3% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
Angola: no data · Colombia: 8% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Colombia rate their lives 2.25 points higher than in Angola
Angola: 3.80 (2017) · Colombia: 6.04 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Colombia drink 29% more alcohol than in Angola
Angola: 3.8 litres (2023) · Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Colombia has 3.4 times as much meat per person as Angola
Angola: 18.6 kg (2023) · Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Colombia has 727 kcal more food per person per day than Angola
Angola: 2,399 kcal (2023) · Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Colombia put in 356 more hours a year than in Angola
Angola: 2,115 hours (2023) · Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Colombia went to school 3.1 years longer than in Angola
Angola: 6 years (2023) · Colombia: 9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Colombia welcomed 24 times as many tourists per resident as Angola (2019)
Angola: 0.0036 (2022) · Colombia: 0.09 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Colombia has 8 more World Heritage sites than Angola (9 against 1)
Angola: 1 (2026) · Colombia: 9 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Angola none
Angola: 0 (2026 edition) · Colombia: 38 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
79% of people in Colombia are online, versus 41% in Angola
Angola: 41% (2024) · Colombia: 79% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Colombia is 6.5 times as fast as in Angola
Angola: 38 Mbps (2026) · Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
99% of people in Colombia have electricity, versus 56% in Angola
Angola: 55.5% (2024) · Colombia: 98.9% (2024)
How many live in cities?
79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 71% in Angola
Angola: 71% (2025) · Colombia: 79% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Angola 70
Angola: 70 (2024) · Colombia: 174 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Angola’s railway network is 29% longer than Colombia’s
Angola: 2,761 km (2022) · Colombia: 2,141 km (2019)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Colombia fly 23 times as many passengers per resident as those from Angola
Angola: 0.03 (2023) · Colombia: 0.79 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 51% of Angola
Angola: 51.2% (2024) · Colombia: 53.7% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Colombia emits 3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Angola
Angola: 0.6 t (2024) · Colombia: 1.8 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 74% in Angola
Angola: 73.7% (2024) · Colombia: 77% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Angola carries 73% more fine dust than in Colombia
Angola: 26.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 6.1 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Angola
Angola: 4.1 per 100k (2016) · Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Colombia are 34% deadlier than in Angola
Angola: 20 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Colombia is on average 1.7 °C warmer than Angola
Angola: 22.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Colombia gets 2.9 times as much rain as Angola
Angola: 1,105 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Angola bigger than Colombia?
Angola is larger. Angola is 9% bigger than Colombia.
Which has more people, Angola or Colombia?
Colombia has 37% more people than Angola (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Angola or Colombia?
People in Colombia live 13 years longer than in Angola. Life expectancy at birth is 64.8 years in Angola and 77.9 in Colombia.
Are people taller in Angola or Colombia?
Men in Colombia are 3.4 cm taller than in Angola (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).