Colombia’s coastline is 6 times as long as Kenya’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 531 m above Kenya’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

Kenya has 8% more people than Colombia

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Kenya is 2.1 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Colombia is 12 years older than in Kenya

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 1.5 more children on average than in Colombia

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Kenya hosts 391 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Colombia has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Kenya: 0.2 (2026)

Kenya has 2 official languages, Colombia 1

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

Colombia’s economy is 3.4 times the size of Kenya’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Colombia produces 3.2 times as much per person as Kenya

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Kenya (Gini 15.9 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 8.5% in Colombia

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 5.4% in Kenya

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Kenya 1.1%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Kenya’s 14%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

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

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

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

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

A baby in Kenya is 3.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Colombia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Colombia has 8.8 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Colombia has 28% more hospital beds per person than Kenya

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 2.8 times that in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

9.6% of adults in Kenya smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Colombia rate their lives 1.37 points higher than in Kenya

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

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

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Colombia has 6.1 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Colombia has 980 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 436 more hours a year than in Kenya

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Adults in Colombia went to school 0.41 years longer than in Kenya

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Colombia welcomed 3.2 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

Colombia has 1 more World Heritage site than Kenya (9 against 8)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

79% of people in Colombia are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in Colombia is 6 times as fast as in Kenya

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

99% of people in Colombia have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Kenya: 77% (2024)

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kenya 126

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Kenya’s railway network is 78% longer than Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from Colombia fly 8.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Colombia emits 4.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 77% in Colombia

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in Kenya carries 46% more fine dust than in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.1 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Kenya

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 2.1 times as deadly as in Colombia

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 1.3 °C warmer than Colombia

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 4.5 times as much rain as Kenya

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)