Mexico’s coastline is 2.9 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 94 m above Mexico’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 2.5 times as many people as Colombia

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Mexico is 41% more densely populated than Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Colombia is 2.7 years older than in Mexico

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

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

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Mexico hosts 42 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Colombia and Mexico are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 4 times the size of Colombia’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Mexico produces 14% more per person than Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Mexico (Gini 11.8 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Mexico

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Colombia and Mexico are practically level

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Colombia’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Mexico spends 18% more on health per person than Colombia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 15% more likely to die before turning one than in Colombia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 2% more doctors per person than Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Colombia has 68% more hospital beds per person than Mexico

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Mexico is 28% higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 25% in Colombia

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

16% of adults in Mexico smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.93 points higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Mexico drink 37% more alcohol than in Colombia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Mexico has 25% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Mexico has 178 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 842 more hours a year than in Mexico

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Mexico went to school 0.32 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 3.9 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 27 more World Heritage sites than Colombia (36 against 9)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Colombia is 62% faster than in Mexico

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

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

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 11 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Colombia fly 33% more passengers per resident than those from Mexico

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 34% of Mexico

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Mexico carries 21% more fine dust than in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Colombia and Mexico are nearly identical here

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Colombia are 40% deadlier than in Mexico

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 3.0 °C warmer than Mexico

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 4 times as much rain as Mexico

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)