Chile’s coastline is 2 times as long as Colombia’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 1,163 m above Colombia’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of Colombia, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Colombia: 36.5% (2024)

Colombia has 2.7 times as many people as Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Colombia: 53.4 million (2025)

Colombia is 80% more densely populated than Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Colombia: 48 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Chile is 4.4 years older than in Colombia

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Colombia: 31.6 years (2023)

Women in Colombia have 0.5 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024)

15% of people in Chile are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Colombia: 10.2% (2025)

Chile hosts 4.8 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025)

Chile has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Chile: 1 (2026) · Colombia: 0.4 (2026)

Chile and Colombia are practically level

Chile: 1 (2026) · Colombia: 1 (2026)

Colombia’s economy is 28% larger than Chile’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Colombia: $457 billion (2025)

Chile produces 67% more per person than Colombia

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Chile (Gini 11.4 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · Colombia: 54.4 (2024)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Chile

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Colombia: 8.5% (2024)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 8.3% in Colombia

Chile: 9% (2025) · Colombia: 8.3% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Chile 1.5%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Colombia: 3.2% (2025)

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Colombia’s 15%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Colombia: 15.2% (2024)

Chile’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Colombia’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · Colombia: 38% (2025)

Chile spends 2.7 times as much on health per person as Colombia

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Colombia: $644 (2024)

A baby in Colombia is 81% more likely to die before turning one than in Chile

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Chile has 32% more doctors per person than Colombia

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Chile has 14% more hospital beds per person than Colombia

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in Chile is 34% higher than in Colombia

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 25% in Colombia

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Colombia: 25.3% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Colombia: 8% (2024)

People in Chile rate their lives 0.26 points higher than in Colombia

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Colombia: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in Chile drink 35% more alcohol than in Colombia

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023)

Chile has 57% more meat per person than Colombia

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023)

Colombia has 69 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 521 more hours a year than in Chile

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023)

Adults in Chile went to school 2.3 years longer than in Colombia

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Colombia: 9 years (2023)

Chile welcomed 3 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Colombia: 0.09 (2022)

Colombia has 2 more World Heritage sites than Chile (9 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · Colombia: 9 (2026)

Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Colombia: 38 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Chile is 72% faster than in Colombia

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026)

Chile and Colombia are practically level

Chile: 99% (2024) · Colombia: 98.9% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 79% in Colombia

Chile: 89% (2025) · Colombia: 79% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Chile 133

Chile: 133 (2024) · Colombia: 174 (2024)

Chile’s railway network is 12% longer than Colombia’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Colombia: 2,141 km (2019)

Airlines from Chile fly 35% more passengers per resident than those from Colombia

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Colombia: 0.79 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Colombia: 53.7% (2024)

The average person in Chile emits 2.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Colombia: 1.8 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 66% in Chile

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Colombia: 77% (2025)

The air in Chile carries 54% more fine dust than in Colombia

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.9 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Chile

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Colombia are 64% deadlier than in Chile

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 15.0 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 2.2 times as much rain as Chile

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg)