China’s coastline is 4.5 times as long as Colombia’s

China: 14,500 km (2026 edition) · Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition)

China’s highest peak towers 3,119 m above Colombia’s

China: 8,849 m (2026 edition) · Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 42% of China, versus 37% of Colombia

China: 41.7% (2024) · Colombia: 36.5% (2024)

China has 26 times as many people as Colombia

China: 1.41 billion (2025) · Colombia: 53.4 million (2025)

China is 3.1 times as densely populated as Colombia

China: 150 per km² (2025) · Colombia: 48 per km² (2025)

The typical person in China is 7.5 years older than in Colombia

China: 39.1 years (2023) · Colombia: 31.6 years (2023)

Women in Colombia have 0.6 more children on average than in China

China: 1.01 children per woman (2024) · Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024)

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

China: 14.9% (2025) · Colombia: 10.2% (2025)

Colombia hosts 168 times as many refugees per resident as China

China: 0.00016 per 1,000 (2025) · Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025)

Colombia has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, China 0.1

China: 0.1 (2026) · Colombia: 0.4 (2026)

China and Colombia are practically level

China: 1 (2026) · Colombia: 1 (2026)

China’s economy is 43 times the size of Colombia’s

China: $19.5 trillion (2025) · Colombia: $457 billion (2025)

China produces 30% more per person than Colombia

China: Int$29,333 (2025) · Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in China (Gini 18.4 points higher)

China: 36 (2022) · Colombia: 54.4 (2024)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in China

China: 0% (2022) · Colombia: 8.5% (2024)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 4.6% in China

China: 4.6% (2025) · Colombia: 8.3% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, China 1.7%

China: 1.7% (2025) · Colombia: 3.2% (2025)

Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, China’s 7.0%

China: 7% (2024) · Colombia: 15.2% (2024)

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

China: 47% (2025) · Colombia: 38% (2025)

China spends 18% more on health per person than Colombia

China: $763 (2023) · Colombia: $644 (2024)

A baby in Colombia is 2.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in China

China: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024)

China has 23% more doctors per person than Colombia

China: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

China has 3.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Colombia

China: 5.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in China is 18% higher than in Colombia

China: 8 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 9.1% in China

China: 9.1% (2024) · Colombia: 25.3% (2024)

23% of adults in China smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

China: 22.8% (2024) · Colombia: 8% (2024)

People in China rate their lives 0.03 points higher than in Colombia

China: 6.07 (2025) · Colombia: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in Colombia drink 32% more alcohol than in China

China: 3.7 litres (2023) · Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023)

China has 17% more meat per person than Colombia

China: 73.5 kg (2023) · Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023)

China has 401 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

China: 3,527 kcal (2023) · Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 143 more hours a year than in China

China: 2,328 hours (2023) · Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023)

Adults in Colombia went to school 1 year longer than in China

China: 8 years (2023) · Colombia: 9 years (2023)

Colombia welcomed 87% more tourists per resident than China (2019)

China: 0.05 (2019) · Colombia: 0.09 (2022)

China has 52 more World Heritage sites than Colombia (61 against 9)

China: 61 (2026) · Colombia: 9 (2026)

China has won 819 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

China: 819 (2026 edition) · Colombia: 38 (2026 edition)

92% of people in China are online, versus 79% in Colombia

China: 92% (2025) · Colombia: 79% (2024)

Home internet in China is 48% faster than in Colombia

China: 364 Mbps (2026) · Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026)

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

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

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 66% in China

China: 66% (2025) · Colombia: 79% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, China 132

China: 132 (2024) · Colombia: 174 (2024)

China’s railway network is 51 times as long as Colombia’s

China: 109,767 km (2021) · Colombia: 2,141 km (2019)

Airlines from Colombia fly 80% more passengers per resident than those from China

China: 0.44 (2023) · Colombia: 0.79 (2023)

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

China: 24% (2024) · Colombia: 53.7% (2024)

The average person in China emits 4.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

China: 8.7 t (2024) · Colombia: 1.8 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 37% in China

China: 37% (2025) · Colombia: 77% (2025)

The air in China carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Colombia

China: 31.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 50 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in China

China: 0.5 per 100k (2020) · Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Colombia are 8% deadlier than in China

China: 24.7 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 16.6 °C warmer than China

China: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 3.9 times as much rain as China

China: 813 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg)