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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Colombia is 69% bigger than Myanmar

Colombia: 1,140,620 km² (2024) · Myanmar: 676,578 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Colombia’s coastline is 66% longer than Myanmar’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Myanmar’s highest peak towers 140 m above Colombia’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 37% of Colombia, versus 20% of Myanmar

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Myanmar: 19.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Myanmar has 3% more people than Colombia

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Myanmar is 75% more densely populated than Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Colombia are 5.2 cm taller than in Myanmar

Colombia: 171.9 cm (2019) · Myanmar: 166.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Colombia are 3.3 cm taller than in Myanmar

Colombia: 158 cm (2019) · Myanmar: 154.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

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

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

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

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

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Myanmar: 2.1 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 7.5% in Myanmar

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

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Myanmar: 0 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, Myanmar 0.2

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

Colombia and Myanmar are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Myanmar: 1 (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 5.6 times the size of Myanmar’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Colombia produces 3.8 times as much per person as Myanmar

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Myanmar (Gini 23.7 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Myanmar: 30.7 (2017)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

10% of people in Myanmar live on less than $3 a day, versus 8.5% in Colombia

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Myanmar: 10.3% (2017)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 3.0% in Myanmar

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Myanmar: 3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Myanmar spends 6.6% of its GDP on the military, Colombia 3.2%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Myanmar: 6.6% (2024)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Myanmar’s 6.0%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Myanmar: 6% (2019)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Colombia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Myanmar’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Myanmar: 25% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Colombia spends 11 times as much on health per person as Myanmar

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Myanmar: $56 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Colombia live 11 years longer than in Myanmar

Colombia: 77.9 years (2024) · Myanmar: 67.1 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Myanmar is 3.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Colombia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Colombia has 3.3 times as many doctors per person as Myanmar

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Colombia has 59% more hospital beds per person than Myanmar

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Colombia is 66% higher than in Myanmar

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Myanmar: 8.3% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Myanmar: 43.4% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Colombia rate their lives 1.75 points higher than in Myanmar

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Myanmar: 4.29 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Colombia drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Myanmar

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Colombia has 3 times as much meat per person as Myanmar

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Colombia has 317 kcal more food per person per day than Myanmar

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Colombia put in 274 more hours a year than in Myanmar

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Colombia went to school 2.7 years longer than in Myanmar

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Colombia welcomed 5.9 times as many tourists per resident as Myanmar (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Myanmar: 0.01 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Myanmar: 2 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Myanmar none

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

79% of people in Colombia are online, versus 45% in Myanmar

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Myanmar: 45% (2020)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Colombia is 5.5 times as fast as in Myanmar

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

99% of people in Colombia have electricity, versus 80% in Myanmar

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Myanmar: 80.4% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Myanmar: 31% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Myanmar 114

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Myanmar: 114 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Myanmar: no data

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Colombia fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Myanmar

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.06 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 42% of Myanmar

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Myanmar: 42% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Colombia emits 3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Myanmar

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Myanmar

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Myanmar: 47.9% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Myanmar carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 9.7 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Myanmar

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Colombia are 22% deadlier than in Myanmar

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Colombia is on average 0.3 °C warmer than Myanmar

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Colombia gets 41% more rain than Myanmar

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 2,233 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 Myanmar?

Colombia is larger. Colombia is 69% bigger than Myanmar.

Which has more people, Colombia or Myanmar?

Myanmar has 3% more people than Colombia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Colombia or Myanmar?

People in Colombia live 11 years longer than in Myanmar. Life expectancy at birth is 77.9 years in Colombia and 67.1 in Myanmar.

Are people taller in Colombia or Myanmar?

Men in Colombia are 5.2 cm taller than in Myanmar (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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