India’s coastline is 2.2 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · India: 7,000 km (2026 edition)

India’s highest peak towers 2,856 m above Colombia’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · India: 8,586 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 60% of India, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · India: 59.9% (2024)

India has 27 times as many people as Colombia

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · India: 1.46 billion (2025)

India is 10 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · India: 492 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Colombia is 3.5 years older than in India

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · India: 28.1 years (2023)

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

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · India: 1.96 children per woman (2024)

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 7.4% in India

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · India: 7.4% (2025)

India hosts 5.9 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · India: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

India has 3 official languages, Colombia 1

Colombia: 1 (2026) · India: 3 (2026)

India’s economy is 8.6 times the size of Colombia’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · India: $3.96 trillion (2025)

Colombia produces 93% more per person than India

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · India: Int$11,748 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in India (Gini 31.4 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · India: 23 (2023)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.6% in India

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · India: 2.6% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 4.2% in India

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · India: 4.2% (2025)

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

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

Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, India’s 6.9%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · India: 6.9% (2022)

Colombia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× India’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · India: 23% (2025)

Colombia spends 7.6 times as much on health per person as India

Colombia: $644 (2024) · India: $85 (2023)

A baby in India is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Colombia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Colombia has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as India

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · India: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

Colombia has 7% more hospital beds per person than India

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · India: 1.6 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in India is 2.3 times that in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · India: 15.3 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 8.0% in India

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · India: 8% (2024)

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

Colombia: 8% (2024) · India: 22.6% (2024)

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

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · India: 4.54 (2025)

Adults in India drink 8% more alcohol than in Colombia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · India: 5.2 litres (2023)

Colombia has 7.7 times as much meat per person as India

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · India: 8.1 kg (2023)

Colombia has 458 kcal more food per person per day than India

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · India: 2,669 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 88 more hours a year than in India

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · India: 2,383 hours (2023)

Adults in Colombia went to school 2.2 years longer than in India

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · India: 6.9 years (2023)

Colombia welcomed 13 times as many tourists per resident as India (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · India: 0.01 (2024)

India has 36 more World Heritage sites than Colombia (45 against 9)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · India: 45 (2026)

India has won 41 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · India: 41 (2026 edition)

79% of people in Colombia are online, versus 70% in India

Colombia: 79% (2024) · India: 70% (2025)

Home internet in Colombia is 2.7 times as fast as in India

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · India: 91 Mbps (2026)

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

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · India: 99.9% (2024)

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 36% in India

Colombia: 79% (2025) · India: 36% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, India 79

Colombia: 174 (2024) · India: 79 (2024)

India’s railway network is 32 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · India: 68,103 km (2021)

Airlines from Colombia fly 6.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from India

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · India: 0.12 (2023)

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

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · India: 24.4% (2024)

The average person in India emits 26% more CO₂ than someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · India: 2.2 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in India

Colombia: 77% (2025) · India: 24.1% (2025)

The air in India carries 2.9 times as much fine dust as in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 8.8 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in India

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · India: 2.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Colombia are 5% deadlier than in India

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · India: 25.4 per 100k (2023)

India and Colombia are practically level

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · India: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 2.5 times as much rain as India

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · India: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg)