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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Denmark fits inside Colombia 27 times

Colombia: 1,140,620 km² (2024) · Denmark: 42,920 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Colombia’s highest peak towers 5,559 m above Denmark’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Denmark: 65.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Colombia has 8.9 times as many people as Denmark

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Denmark: 6.01 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Denmark is 3.1 times as densely populated as Colombia

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

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Denmark are 10.0 cm taller than in Colombia

Colombia: 171.9 cm (2019) · Denmark: 181.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Denmark are 11.5 cm taller than in Colombia

Colombia: 158 cm (2019) · Denmark: 169.5 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Denmark is 9.6 years older than in Colombia

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Denmark: 41.2 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

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

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

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

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Denmark: 21.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Denmark hosts 577 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Denmark: 20 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Colombia and Denmark are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Denmark: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Denmark’s economy is 1% larger than Colombia’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Denmark: $463 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Denmark produces 3.7 times as much per person as Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Denmark (Gini 24.5 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Denmark: 29.9 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

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

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Denmark: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 5.5% in Denmark

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Denmark: 5.5% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Denmark and Colombia are practically level

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Denmark: 3.3% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, Colombia’s 15%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Denmark: 33.4% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Denmark: 92% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Denmark spends 10 times as much on health per person as Colombia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Denmark: $6,745 (2024)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Denmark live 4.3 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 77.9 years (2024) · Denmark: 82.3 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Colombia is 3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Denmark

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Denmark has 77% more doctors per person than Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Denmark has 43% more hospital beds per person than Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Denmark is 26% higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 15% in Denmark

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Denmark: 15.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

16% of adults in Denmark smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Denmark: 15.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Denmark rate their lives 1.50 points higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Denmark: 7.54 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

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

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

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Denmark has 62% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Denmark has 608 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Colombia put in 1,091 more hours a year than in Denmark

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Denmark went to school 4 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Denmark: 13 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Denmark welcomed 28 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Denmark: 2.4 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Denmark has 4 more World Heritage sites than Colombia (13 against 9)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Denmark: 13 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Denmark has won 216 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Denmark: 216 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Denmark: 100% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Denmark is 28% faster than in Colombia

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

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

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

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Denmark 127

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Denmark: 127 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Denmark’s railway network is 25% longer than Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Denmark: 2,682 km (2020)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Denmark: no data

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 16% of Denmark

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Denmark: 16% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Denmark emits 2.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Denmark: 4.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 77% in Colombia

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Denmark: 91.2% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Colombia carries 68% more fine dust than in Denmark

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 30 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Denmark

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Colombia are 6.4 times as deadly as in Denmark

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Colombia is on average 14.8 °C warmer than Denmark

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Colombia gets 3.7 times as much rain as Denmark

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Colombia bigger than Denmark?

Colombia is larger. Denmark fits inside Colombia 27 times.

Which has more people, Colombia or Denmark?

Colombia has 8.9 times as many people as Denmark (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Colombia or Denmark?

People in Denmark live 4.3 years longer than in Colombia. Life expectancy at birth is 77.9 years in Colombia and 82.3 in Denmark.

Are people taller in Colombia or Denmark?

Men in Denmark are 10.0 cm taller than in Colombia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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