Norway’s coastline is 7.8 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Norway: 25,148 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 3,261 m above Norway’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Norway: 2,469 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of Colombia, versus 2.7% of Norway

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Norway: 2.7% (2024)

Colombia has 9.5 times as many people as Norway

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Norway: 5.61 million (2025)

Colombia is 3.1 times as densely populated as Norway

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Norway: 15 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Norway is 7.9 years older than in Colombia

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Norway: 39.5 years (2023)

Women in Colombia have 0.2 more children on average than in Norway

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Norway: 1.45 children per woman (2024)

19% of people in Norway are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Norway: 19.1% (2025)

Norway hosts 807 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Norway: 22.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Norway has produced 23.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Norway: 23.2 (2026)

Norway has 3 official languages, Colombia 1

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Norway: 3 (2026)

Norway’s economy is 16% larger than Colombia’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Norway: $531 billion (2025)

Norway produces 4.6 times as much per person as Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Norway: Int$104,044 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Norway (Gini 27.9 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Norway: 26.5 (2023)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Norway

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Norway: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 4.6% in Norway

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Norway: 4.6% (2025)

Norway and Colombia are practically level

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Norway: 3.3% (2025)

Norway’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Colombia’s 15%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Norway: 24.5% (2024)

Norway’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Colombia’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Norway: 91% (2025)

Norway spends 13 times as much on health per person as Colombia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Norway: $8,296 (2023)

A baby in Colombia is 5.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Norway

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Norway: 2 per 1,000 (2024)

Norway has 2 times as many doctors per person as Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Norway: 5 per 1,000 (2023)

Norway has 94% more hospital beds per person than Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Norway: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Norway is 71% higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Norway: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 21% in Norway

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Norway: 20.7% (2024)

13% of adults in Norway smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Norway: 12.9% (2024)

People in Norway rate their lives 1.20 points higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Norway: 7.24 (2025)

Adults in Norway drink 43% more alcohol than in Colombia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Norway: 7 litres (2023)

Norway has 12% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Norway: 70.4 kg (2023)

Norway has 349 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Norway: 3,476 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 1,059 more hours a year than in Norway

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Norway: 1,412 hours (2023)

Adults in Norway went to school 4.1 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Norway: 13.1 years (2023)

Norway welcomed 10 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Norway: 0.91 (2022)

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

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Norway: 8 (2026)

Norway has won 616 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Norway: 616 (2026 edition)

99% of people in Norway are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Norway: 99% (2024)

Home internet in Colombia is 8% faster than in Norway

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Norway: 228 Mbps (2026)

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

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

84% of people in Norway live in cities, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Norway: 84% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Norway 109

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Norway: 109 (2024)

Norway’s railway network is 81% longer than Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Norway: 3,885 km (2021)

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Norway: no data

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 33% of Norway

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Norway: 33.2% (2024)

The average person in Norway emits 3.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Norway: 6.7 t (2024)

99% of Norway’s electricity is renewable, versus 77% in Colombia

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Norway: 99% (2025)

The air in Colombia carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Norway

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Norway: 6.7 µg/m³ (2024)

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

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

Roads in Colombia are 9.2 times as deadly as in Norway

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Norway: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 22.8 °C warmer than Norway

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Norway: 1.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 2.5 times as much rain as Norway

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Norway: 1,259 mm (2016–2025 avg)