Brazil’s coastline is 2.3 times as long as Colombia’s

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 2,736 m above Brazil’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of Colombia, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Colombia: 36.5% (2024)

Brazil has 4 times as many people as Colombia

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Colombia: 53.4 million (2025)

Colombia is 89% more densely populated than Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Colombia: 48 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Brazil is 2.3 years older than in Colombia

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Colombia: 31.6 years (2023)

Colombia and Brazil are practically level

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024)

11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Colombia: 10.2% (2025)

Brazil hosts 48 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025)

Colombia has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Colombia: 0.4 (2026)

Brazil and Colombia are practically level

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Colombia: 1 (2026)

Brazil’s economy is 5 times the size of Colombia’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Colombia: $457 billion (2025)

Brazil produces 4% more per person than Colombia

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Brazil (Gini 4.1 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Colombia: 54.4 (2024)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.0% in Brazil

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Colombia: 8.5% (2024)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 6.0% in Brazil

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Colombia: 8.3% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Brazil 1.1%

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Colombia: 3.2% (2025)

Brazil and Colombia are practically level

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Colombia: 15.2% (2024)

Brazil’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Colombia’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · Colombia: 38% (2025)

Brazil spends 57% more on health per person than Colombia

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Colombia: $644 (2024)

A baby in Brazil is 17% more likely to die before turning one than in Colombia

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Colombia has 8% more doctors per person than Brazil

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Brazil has 48% more hospital beds per person than Colombia

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in Brazil is 29% higher than in Colombia

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 25% in Colombia

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Colombia: 25.3% (2024)

12% of adults in Brazil smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Colombia: 8% (2024)

People in Brazil rate their lives 0.59 points higher than in Colombia

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Colombia: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in Brazil drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Colombia

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023)

Brazil has 67% more meat per person than Colombia

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023)

Brazil has 297 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 477 more hours a year than in Brazil

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023)

Adults in Colombia went to school 0.61 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Colombia: 9 years (2023)

Colombia welcomed 2.7 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Colombia: 0.09 (2022)

Brazil has 17 more World Heritage sites than Colombia (26 against 9)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Colombia: 9 (2026)

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Colombia: 38 (2026 edition)

84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Colombia: 79% (2024)

Home internet in Brazil is 19% faster than in Colombia

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026)

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

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Colombia: 98.9% (2024)

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

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

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Colombia: 174 (2024)

Brazil’s railway network is 14 times as long as Colombia’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Colombia: 2,141 km (2019)

Airlines from Colombia fly 77% more passengers per resident than those from Brazil

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Colombia: 0.79 (2023)

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 54% of Colombia

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Colombia: 53.7% (2024)

The average person in Brazil emits 30% more CO₂ than someone in Colombia

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Colombia: 1.8 t (2024)

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 77% in Colombia

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Colombia: 77% (2025)

The air in Brazil carries 1% more fine dust than in Colombia

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 29% more likely to be murdered in Colombia than in Brazil

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Colombia are 3% deadlier than in Brazil

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023)

Brazil is on average 0.9 °C warmer than Colombia

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 90% more rain than Brazil

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg)