Colombia’s coastline is 48 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 5,036 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 37% of Colombia

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Colombia: 36.5% (2024)

Colombia has 4.5 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Colombia: 53.4 million (2025)

Belgium is 8.1 times as densely populated as Colombia

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Colombia: 48 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 9.8 years older than in Colombia

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Colombia: 31.6 years (2023)

Women in Colombia have 0.2 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Colombia: 10.2% (2025)

Belgium hosts 570 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Colombia: 0.4 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Colombia 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Colombia: 1 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 59% larger than Colombia’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Colombia: $457 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 3.3 times as much per person as Colombia

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Belgium (Gini 27.6 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Colombia: 54.4 (2024)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Colombia: 8.5% (2024)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 5.9% in Belgium

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Colombia: 8.3% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Belgium 2.0%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Colombia: 3.2% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Colombia’s 15%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Colombia: 15.2% (2024)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Colombia’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Colombia: 38% (2025)

Belgium spends 9.2 times as much on health per person as Colombia

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Colombia: $644 (2024)

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

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

Belgium has 41% more doctors per person than Colombia

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Belgium has 3.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Colombia

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 2.2 times that in Colombia

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 23% in Belgium

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Colombia: 25.3% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Colombia: 8% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.89 points higher than in Colombia

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Colombia: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Colombia

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023)

Colombia has 4% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023)

Belgium has 795 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 877 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 3.7 years longer than in Colombia

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Colombia: 9 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 9.3 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Colombia: 0.09 (2022)

Belgium has 7 more World Heritage sites than Colombia (16 against 9)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Colombia: 9 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Colombia: 38 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 79% in Colombia

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

Home internet in Belgium is 3% faster than in Colombia

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Belgium have electricity, versus 99% in Colombia

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

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 79% in Colombia

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

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Colombia: 174 (2024)

Belgium’s railway network is 69% longer than Colombia’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Colombia: 2,141 km (2019)

Airlines from Belgium fly 20% more passengers per resident than those from Colombia

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Colombia: 0.79 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Colombia: 53.7% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 4.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Colombia: 1.8 t (2024)

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

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Colombia: 77% (2025)

The air in Colombia carries 62% more fine dust than in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 23 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Colombia are 3.9 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 13.4 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 3.4 times as much rain as Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg)