Colombia’s coastline is 34% longer than Germany’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 2,767 m above Germany’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Germany: 47.4% (2024)

Germany has 56% more people than Colombia

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Germany: 83.5 million (2025)

Germany is 5 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Germany: 239 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 14 years older than in Colombia

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Germany: 45.1 years (2023)

Women in Colombia have 0.3 more children on average than in Germany

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Germany: 23.7% (2025)

Germany hosts 1,161 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Germany: 10.3 (2026)

Colombia and Germany are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Germany: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 11 times the size of Colombia’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025)

Germany produces 3.3 times as much per person as Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Germany: Int$75,407 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Germany (Gini 20.7 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Germany: 33.7 (2022)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Germany: 0.7% (2022)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 3.7% in Germany

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Germany: 3.7% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Germany 2.3%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Germany: 2.3% (2025)

Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Germany: 10.9% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Colombia’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Germany: 80% (2025)

Germany spends 11 times as much on health per person as Colombia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Germany: $6,849 (2024)

A baby in Colombia is 3.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 79% more doctors per person than Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 4.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Germany is 47% higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 10 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 24% in Germany

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Germany: 24.5% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Germany: 22% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 0.84 points higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Germany: 6.88 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Colombia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Germany: 10.9 litres (2023)

Germany has 13% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Germany: 70.7 kg (2023)

Germany has 408 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 1,135 more hours a year than in Germany

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Germany: 1,335 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 5.3 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Germany: 14.3 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 5.1 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Germany: 0.45 (2024)

Germany has 46 more World Heritage sites than Colombia (55 against 9)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Germany: 55 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Germany: 980 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Germany: 94% (2024)

Home internet in Colombia is 32% faster than in Germany

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Germany: 187 Mbps (2026)

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

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

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Germany: 82% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Germany 129

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Germany: 129 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 16 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Germany: 33,401 km (2021)

Airlines from Germany fly 21% more passengers per resident than those from Colombia

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Germany: 0.96 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 33% of Germany

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Germany: 32.8% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 3.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Germany: 6.8 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 59% in Germany

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Germany: 59.1% (2025)

The air in Colombia carries 66% more fine dust than in Germany

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 27 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Germany

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Colombia are 4.9 times as deadly as in Germany

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 14.1 °C warmer than Germany

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 3.6 times as much rain as Germany

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg)