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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Colombia fits inside Kazakhstan 2.4 times

Colombia: 1,140,620 km² (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2,724,900 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 1,280 m above Colombia’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Colombia has 2.6 times as many people as Kazakhstan

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Colombia is 6.2 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Kazakhstan are 3.7 cm taller than in Colombia

Colombia: 171.9 cm (2019) · Kazakhstan: 175.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Kazakhstan are 3.8 cm taller than in Colombia

Colombia: 158 cm (2019) · Kazakhstan: 161.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Colombia is 2.1 years older than in Kazakhstan

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Kazakhstan have 1.4 more children on average than in Colombia

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 9.0% in Kazakhstan

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 9% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Kazakhstan hosts 7.7 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

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

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Colombia has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kazakhstan none

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Kazakhstan has 2 official languages, Colombia 1

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Colombia’s economy is 49% larger than Kazakhstan’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Kazakhstan produces 2 times as much per person as Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Kazakhstan (Gini 25.2 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Kazakhstan

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 0% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 4.8% in Kazakhstan

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

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

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 33% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Colombia spends 32% more on health per person than Kazakhstan

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Kazakhstan: $490 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Colombia live 3.4 years longer than in Kazakhstan

Colombia: 77.9 years (2024) · Kazakhstan: 74.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Colombia is 42% more likely to die before turning one than in Kazakhstan

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Kazakhstan has 48% more doctors per person than Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

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

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 2.7 times that in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 22% in Kazakhstan

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

21% of adults in Kazakhstan smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Kazakhstan rate their lives 0.59 points higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Kazakhstan drink 22% more alcohol than in Colombia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Kazakhstan has 4% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Kazakhstan and Colombia are practically level

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Colombia put in 496 more hours a year than in Kazakhstan

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 3.5 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Kazakhstan welcomed 5.8 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Colombia has 2 more World Heritage sites than Kazakhstan (9 against 7)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Kazakhstan has won 87 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

93% of people in Kazakhstan are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 93% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Colombia is 49% faster than in Kazakhstan

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 62% in Kazakhstan

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 62% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kazakhstan 127

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 127 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Kazakhstan’s railway network is 7.5 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Colombia fly 39% more passengers per resident than those from Kazakhstan

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Kazakhstan emits 8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Kazakhstan carries 6% more fine dust than in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 9.8 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Kazakhstan

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Colombia are 31% deadlier than in Kazakhstan

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Colombia is on average 16.6 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Colombia gets 9.6 times as much rain as Kazakhstan

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 328 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Colombia bigger than Kazakhstan?

Kazakhstan is larger. Colombia fits inside Kazakhstan 2.4 times.

Which has more people, Colombia or Kazakhstan?

Colombia has 2.6 times as many people as Kazakhstan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Colombia or Kazakhstan?

People in Colombia live 3.4 years longer than in Kazakhstan. Life expectancy at birth is 77.9 years in Colombia and 74.5 in Kazakhstan.

Are people taller in Colombia or Kazakhstan?

Men in Kazakhstan are 3.7 cm taller than in Colombia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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