Indonesia’s coastline is 17 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 846 m above Indonesia’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of Colombia, versus 29% of Indonesia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Indonesia: 28.9% (2024)

Indonesia has 5.3 times as many people as Colombia

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Indonesia: 286 million (2025)

Indonesia is 3.1 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Colombia is 1.8 years older than in Indonesia

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023)

Women in Indonesia have 0.5 more children on average than in Colombia

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024)

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Indonesia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Indonesia: 7.5% (2025)

Colombia hosts 6% more refugees per resident than Indonesia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025)

Colombia has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Indonesia 0.0

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Indonesia: 0.035 (2026)

Colombia and Indonesia are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Indonesia: 1 (2026)

Indonesia’s economy is 3.2 times the size of Colombia’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025)

Colombia produces 28% more per person than Indonesia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Indonesia (Gini 20 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Indonesia: 34.4 (2025)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.7% in Indonesia

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Indonesia: 3.7% (2025)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 3.2% in Indonesia

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Indonesia: 3.2% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Indonesia 1.0%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Indonesia: 1% (2025)

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Indonesia: no data

Colombia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Indonesia’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Indonesia: 29% (2025)

Colombia spends 4.9 times as much on health per person as Indonesia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Indonesia: $132 (2023)

A baby in Indonesia is 45% more likely to die before turning one than in Colombia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Colombia has 4.8 times as many doctors per person as Indonesia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Colombia has 24% more hospital beds per person than Indonesia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Colombia is 3.1 times that in Indonesia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 12% in Indonesia

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Indonesia: 12% (2024)

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Indonesia: 31% (2024)

People in Colombia rate their lives 0.42 points higher than in Indonesia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Indonesia: 5.62 (2025)

Adults in Colombia drink 48 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023)

Colombia has 3.1 times as much meat per person as Indonesia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Indonesia: 20 kg (2023)

Colombia has 226 kcal more food per person per day than Indonesia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 512 more hours a year than in Indonesia

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023)

Adults in Colombia went to school 0.33 years longer than in Indonesia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023)

Colombia welcomed 82% more tourists per resident than Indonesia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Indonesia: 0.05 (2024)

Indonesia has 1 more World Heritage site than Colombia (10 against 9)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Indonesia: 10 (2026)

Indonesia has won 40 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition)

79% of people in Colombia are online, versus 73% in Indonesia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Indonesia: 73% (2024)

Home internet in Colombia is 3 times as fast as in Indonesia

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026)

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

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

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 59% in Indonesia

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Indonesia: 59% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Indonesia 123

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Indonesia: 123 (2024)

Indonesia’s railway network is 2.6 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019)

Airlines from Colombia fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Indonesia

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Indonesia: 0.34 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 51% of Indonesia

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Indonesia: 50.7% (2024)

The average person in Indonesia emits 64% more CO₂ than someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Indonesia

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Indonesia: 18.1% (2024)

The air in Indonesia carries 23% more fine dust than in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 82 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Indonesia

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Colombia are 53% deadlier than in Indonesia

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023)

Indonesia is on average 1.2 °C warmer than Colombia

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Indonesia gets 9% more rain than Colombia

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Indonesia: 3,437 mm (2016–2025 avg)