Malaysia’s coastline is 46% longer than Colombia’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 1,635 m above Malaysia’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of Colombia, versus 25% of Malaysia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Malaysia: 24.8% (2024)

Colombia has 48% more people than Malaysia

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Malaysia: 36 million (2025)

Malaysia is 2.3 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Colombia is 1.5 years older than in Malaysia

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023)

Women in Colombia have 0.1 more children on average than in Malaysia

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024)

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 8.0% in Malaysia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Malaysia: 8% (2025)

Malaysia hosts 152 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Colombia 1

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

Malaysia’s economy is 3% larger than Colombia’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Malaysia: $472 billion (2025)

Malaysia produces 83% more per person than Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Malaysia (Gini 13.7 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Malaysia: 40.7 (2021)

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

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

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 3.8% in Malaysia

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Malaysia: 3.8% (2025)

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

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

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

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Malaysia: 12.4% (2024)

Colombia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Malaysia’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Malaysia: 32% (2025)

Colombia spends 43% more on health per person than Malaysia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Malaysia: $450 (2023)

A baby in Colombia is 50% more likely to die before turning one than in Malaysia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024)

Colombia has 8% more doctors per person than Malaysia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Malaysia has 15% more hospital beds per person than Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Colombia is 36% higher than in Malaysia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 24% in Malaysia

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Malaysia: 23.6% (2024)

17% of adults in Malaysia smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Malaysia: 16.9% (2024)

People in Colombia rate their lives 0.04 points higher than in Malaysia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Malaysia: 6.01 (2025)

Adults in Colombia drink 6 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023)

Malaysia has 10% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023)

Colombia has 200 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 163 more hours a year than in Malaysia

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023)

Adults in Malaysia went to school 2.1 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023)

Malaysia welcomed 3.3 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Malaysia: 0.29 (2022)

Colombia has 3 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (9 against 6)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Malaysia: 6 (2026)

Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Malaysia: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Malaysia is 9% faster than in Colombia

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026)

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

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

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 77% in Malaysia

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Malaysia: 77% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Malaysia 140

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Malaysia: 140 (2024)

Colombia’s railway network is 29% longer than Malaysia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 64% more passengers per resident than those from Colombia

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Malaysia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 54% of Colombia

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Malaysia: 57.7% (2024)

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

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Malaysia: 20.7% (2025)

The air in Malaysia carries 1% more fine dust than in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 34 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Malaysia

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Colombia are 65% deadlier than in Malaysia

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 1.6 °C warmer than Colombia

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 2% more rain than Malaysia

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg)