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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Colombia is 43% bigger than Pakistan

Colombia: 1,140,620 km² (2024) · Pakistan: 796,100 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Colombia’s coastline is 3.1 times as long as Pakistan’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 1,046 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Pakistan’s highest peak towers 2,881 m above Colombia’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 8,611 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 47% of Pakistan, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Pakistan: 47.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Pakistan has 4.8 times as many people as Colombia

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Pakistan: 255 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Pakistan is 6.9 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Pakistan: 331 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Colombia are 4.5 cm taller than in Pakistan

Colombia: 171.9 cm (2019) · Pakistan: 167.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Colombia are 3.2 cm taller than in Pakistan

Colombia: 158 cm (2019) · Pakistan: 154.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Colombia is 11 years older than in Pakistan

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Pakistan: 20.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Pakistan have 1.9 more children on average than in Colombia

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Pakistan: 3.55 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 4.4% in Pakistan

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Pakistan: 4.4% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Pakistan hosts 166 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.5 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, Pakistan 0.1

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Pakistan: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Pakistan has 2 official languages, Colombia 1

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Pakistan: 2 (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 12% larger than Pakistan’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Pakistan: $407 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Colombia produces 3.4 times as much per person as Pakistan

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Pakistan: Int$6,573 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Pakistan (Gini 20.9 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Pakistan: 33.5 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

23% of people in Pakistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 8.5% in Colombia

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Pakistan: 23% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

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

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

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Colombia and Pakistan are practically level

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Pakistan: 2.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Pakistan: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Colombia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Pakistan’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Pakistan: 24% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Colombia spends 21 times as much on health per person as Pakistan

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Pakistan: $30 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Colombia live 10 years longer than in Pakistan

Colombia: 77.9 years (2024) · Pakistan: 67.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Pakistan is 4.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Colombia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Pakistan: 48.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Colombia has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Pakistan

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Pakistan: 1.2 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Colombia has 2.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Pakistan

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Pakistan: 0.6 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Pakistan is 34% higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 9.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

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

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Pakistan: 23.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

18% of adults in Pakistan smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Pakistan: 17.9% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Colombia rate their lives 1.17 points higher than in Pakistan

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.87 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Colombia drink 56 times as much alcohol as in Pakistan

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Pakistan: 0.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Colombia has 2.9 times as much meat per person as Pakistan

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Pakistan: 21.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Colombia has 613 kcal more food per person per day than Pakistan

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Pakistan: 2,514 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Pakistan and Colombia are practically level

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Pakistan: 2,471 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Colombia went to school 4.7 years longer than in Pakistan

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Pakistan: 4.3 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Pakistan: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

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

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Pakistan 11

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 11 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

79% of people in Colombia are online, versus 57% in Pakistan

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Pakistan: 57% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Colombia is 10 times as fast as in Pakistan

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Pakistan: 24 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

99% of people in Colombia have electricity, versus 96% in Pakistan

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Pakistan: 95.7% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 40% in Pakistan

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Pakistan: 40% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Pakistan 77

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Pakistan: 77 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Pakistan’s railway network is 3.6 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Pakistan: 7,791 km (2019)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Colombia fly 28 times as many passengers per resident as those from Pakistan

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Pakistan: 0.03 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 4.1% of Pakistan

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Pakistan: 4.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Colombia emits 2.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Pakistan

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Pakistan: 0.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 43% in Pakistan

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Pakistan: 42.7% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Pakistan carries 3.6 times as much fine dust as in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Pakistan: 53.8 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 5.7 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Pakistan

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 4.3 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Colombia are 60% deadlier than in Pakistan

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Colombia is on average 3.4 °C warmer than Pakistan

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 21°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Colombia gets 7.6 times as much rain as Pakistan

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 416 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 Pakistan?

Colombia is larger. Colombia is 43% bigger than Pakistan.

Which has more people, Colombia or Pakistan?

Pakistan has 4.8 times as many people as Colombia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Colombia or Pakistan?

People in Colombia live 10 years longer than in Pakistan. Life expectancy at birth is 77.9 years in Colombia and 67.8 in Pakistan.

Are people taller in Colombia or Pakistan?

Men in Colombia are 4.5 cm taller than in Pakistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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