Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Colombia is 88% bigger than France.
Colombia: 1,140,620 km² (2023) · France: 606,410 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
France’s coastline is 51% longer than Colombia’s.
Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · France: 4,853 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Colombia’s highest peak towers 920 m above France’s.
Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · France: 4,810 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
France has 29% more people than Colombia.
Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · France: 68.7 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
France is 2.6 times as densely populated as Colombia.
Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · France: 128 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in France are 6.8 cm taller than in Colombia.
Colombia: 171.9 cm (2019) · France: 178.6 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in France are 6.5 cm taller than in Colombia.
Colombia: 158 cm (2019) · France: 164.5 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in France is 10 years older than in Colombia.
Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · France: 41.8 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Colombia have 0.0 more children on average than in France.
Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · France: 1.61 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia.
Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · France: 22.5% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
France has produced 9.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4.
Colombia: 0.4 (2025) · France: 9.3 (2025)
How many official languages?
Colombia and France are practically level.
Colombia: 1 (2026) · France: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
France’s economy is 7.4 times the size of Colombia’s.
Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · France: $3.37 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
France produces 2.8 times as much per person as Colombia.
Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · France: Int$63,975 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in France (Gini 22.6 points higher).
Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · France: 31.8 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 7.5% in France.
Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · France: 7.5% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Colombia spends 3.4% of its GDP on the military, France 2.1%.
Colombia: 3.4% (2024) · France: 2.1% (2024)
How expensive is it?
France’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Colombia’s.
Colombia: 38% (2025) · France: 77% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
France spends 8.3 times as much on health per person as Colombia.
Colombia: $644 (2024) · France: $5,327 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in France live 5.1 years longer than in Colombia.
Colombia: 77.9 years (2024) · France: 83 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Colombia is 3.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in France.
Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
France has 29% more doctors per person than Colombia.
Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 13% in France.
Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · France: 12.5% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
34% of adults in France smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia.
Colombia: 8% (2024) · France: 33.6% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in France rate their lives 0.55 points higher than in Colombia.
Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · France: 6.59 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in France drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Colombia.
Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · France: 11.2 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
France has 28% more meat per person than Colombia.
Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · France: 80.3 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
France has 363 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia.
Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · France: 3,490 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Colombia put in 984 more hours a year than in France.
Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · France: 1,487 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in France went to school 2.7 years longer than in Colombia.
Colombia: 9 years (2023) · France: 11.8 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
France welcomed 15 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019).
Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · France: 1.35 (2019)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
89% of people in France are online, versus 79% in Colombia.
Colombia: 79% (2024) · France: 89% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in France have electricity, versus 99% in Colombia.
Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · France: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
France and Colombia are practically level.
Colombia: 79% (2025) · France: 79% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, France 117.
Colombia: 174 (2024) · France: 117 (2023)
How much railway is there?
France’s railway network is 13 times as long as Colombia’s.
Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · France: 27,716 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from France fly 19% more passengers per resident than those from Colombia.
Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · France: 0.94 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 53% of Colombia, but only 32% of France.
Colombia: 52.8% (2023) · France: 32.5% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in France emits 2.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia.
Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · France: 4 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France.
Colombia: 77% (2025) · France: 26.1% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Colombia carries 70% more fine dust than in France.
Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 18 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in France.
Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · France: 1.3 per 100k (2024)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Colombia are 3.4 times as deadly as in France.
Colombia: 16.2 per 100k (2021) · France: 4.7 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Colombia is on average 10.3 °C warmer than France.
Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Colombia gets 2.7 times as much rain as France.
Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Colombia bigger than France?
Colombia is larger. Colombia is 88% bigger than France.
Which has more people, Colombia or France?
France has 29% more people than Colombia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Colombia or France?
People in France live 5.1 years longer than in Colombia. Life expectancy at birth is 77.9 years in Colombia and 83.0 in France.
Are people taller in Colombia or France?
Men in France are 6.8 cm taller than in Colombia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
