How much coast is there?

Australia’s coastline is 8 times as long as Colombia’s.

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Colombia’s highest peak towers 3,502 m above Australia’s.

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Colombia has 93% more people than Australia.

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Colombia: 53.4 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Colombia is 13 times as densely populated as Australia.

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Colombia: 48 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Australia is 6.1 years older than in Colombia.

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Colombia: 31.6 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Colombia have 0.2 more children on average than in Australia.

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

18% of people in Australia are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia.

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Colombia: 10.2% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Australia has produced 3.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4.

Australia: 3.6 (2025) · Colombia: 0.4 (2025)

How many official languages?

Australia and Colombia are practically level.

Australia: 1 (2026) · Colombia: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Australia’s economy is 3.9 times the size of Colombia’s.

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Colombia: $457 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Australia produces 3.2 times as much per person as Colombia.

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Australia (Gini 20.6 points higher).

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Colombia: 54.4 (2024)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 4.1% in Australia.

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Colombia: 8.3% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Colombia spends 3.4% of its GDP on the military, Australia 1.9%.

Australia: 1.9% (2024) · Colombia: 3.4% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Colombia’s.

Australia: 91% (2025) · Colombia: 38% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Australia spends 11 times as much on health per person as Colombia.

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Colombia: $644 (2024)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Colombia is 3.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Australia.

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Australia has 61% more doctors per person than Colombia.

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

How common is obesity?

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 25% in Colombia.

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Colombia: 25.3% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

12% of adults in Australia smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia.

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Colombia: 8% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Australia rate their lives 0.88 points higher than in Colombia.

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Colombia: 6.04 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Australia drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Colombia.

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Australia has 87% more meat per person than Colombia.

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Australia has 436 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia.

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Colombia put in 859 more hours a year than in Australia.

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Australia went to school 3.8 years longer than in Colombia.

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Colombia: 9 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Australia: no data · Colombia: 0.09 (2022)

How many people are online?

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 79% in Colombia.

Australia: 96% (2024) · Colombia: 79% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Australia have electricity, versus 99% in Colombia.

Australia: 100% (2024) · Colombia: 98.9% (2024)

How many live in cities?

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 79% in Colombia.

Australia: 88% (2025) · Colombia: 79% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113.

Australia: 113 (2024) · Colombia: 174 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Australia’s railway network is 15 times as long as Colombia’s.

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Colombia: 2,141 km (2019)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Australia fly 3.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Colombia.

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Colombia: 0.79 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 53% of Colombia, but only 17% of Australia.

Australia: 17.4% (2023) · Colombia: 52.8% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Australia emits 8.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia.

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Colombia: 1.8 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Australia.

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Colombia: 77% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Colombia carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Australia.

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 29 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Australia.

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Colombia are 3.6 times as deadly as in Australia.

Australia: 4.5 per 100k (2021) · Colombia: 16.2 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Colombia is on average 1.9 °C warmer than Australia.

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Colombia gets 7.1 times as much rain as Australia.

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg)