Colombia’s coastline is 8 times as long as Guatemala’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 1,510 m above Guatemala’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Guatemala: 46% (2024)

Colombia has 2.9 times as many people as Guatemala

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025)

Guatemala is 3.6 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Colombia is 9 years older than in Guatemala

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 0.7 more children on average than in Colombia

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024)

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Guatemala: 5% (2025)

Guatemala hosts 3.1 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

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

Guatemala has produced 1.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Guatemala: 1.1 (2026)

Colombia and Guatemala are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Guatemala: 1 (2026)

Colombia’s economy is 3.7 times the size of Guatemala’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Guatemala: $123 billion (2025)

Colombia produces 49% more per person than Guatemala

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Guatemala (Gini 9.2 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Guatemala: 45.2 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 8.5% in Colombia

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Guatemala: 9.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Guatemala: 2.6% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Guatemala: 0.5% (2025)

Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.6% (2024)

Guatemala’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Colombia’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Guatemala: 43% (2025)

Colombia spends 64% more on health per person than Guatemala

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Guatemala: $392 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 64% more likely to die before turning one than in Colombia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Colombia has 2 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Colombia has 3.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Colombia is 24% higher than in Guatemala

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 25% in Colombia

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Guatemala: 26.7% (2024)

11% of adults in Guatemala smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.2% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 0.49 points higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Guatemala: 6.53 (2025)

Adults in Colombia drink 59% more alcohol than in Guatemala

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023)

Colombia has 15% more meat per person than Guatemala

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023)

Colombia has 303 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 320 more hours a year than in Guatemala

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023)

Adults in Colombia went to school 3.2 years longer than in Guatemala

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023)

Colombia welcomed 4% more tourists per resident than Guatemala (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Guatemala: 0.08 (2022)

Colombia has 5 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (9 against 4)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Guatemala: 4 (2026)

Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition)

79% of people in Colombia are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Guatemala: 60% (2024)

Home internet in Colombia is 65% faster than in Guatemala

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026)

99% of people in Colombia have electricity, versus 91% in Guatemala

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Guatemala: 90.9% (2024)

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Guatemala: 56% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Guatemala: 113 (2024)

Colombia’s railway network is 2.7 times as long as Guatemala’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Guatemala: 800 km (2018)

Airlines from Colombia fly 67 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Guatemala: 0.01 (2023)

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

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Guatemala: 33.1% (2024)

The average person in Colombia emits 62% more CO₂ than someone in Guatemala

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Guatemala

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Guatemala: 68.3% (2024)

The air in Guatemala carries 83% more fine dust than in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 7% more likely to be murdered in Colombia than in Guatemala

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Colombia are 27% deadlier than in Guatemala

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 0.7 °C warmer than Guatemala

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 74% more rain than Guatemala

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg)