Colombia’s coastline is 29% longer than Panama’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Panama: 2,490 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 2,255 m above Panama’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Panama: 3,475 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of Colombia, versus 23% of Panama

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Panama: 23.1% (2024)

Colombia has 12 times as many people as Panama

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Panama: 4.57 million (2025)

Panama is 28% more densely populated than Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Panama: 62 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Colombia is 2 years older than in Panama

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Panama: 29.6 years (2023)

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

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Panama: 2.11 children per woman (2024)

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 9.7% in Panama

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Panama: 9.7% (2025)

Panama hosts 22 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Panama: 0.6 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Colombia and Panama are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Panama: 1 (2026)

Colombia’s economy is 5.1 times the size of Panama’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Panama: $90.5 billion (2025)

Panama produces 94% more per person than Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Panama: Int$43,902 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Panama (Gini 4.7 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Panama: 49.7 (2024)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.1% in Panama

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Panama: 3.1% (2024)

Panama and Colombia are practically level

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Panama: 8.4% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Panama 0%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Panama: 0% (2025)

Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Panama’s 7.2%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Panama: 7.2% (2024)

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

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Panama: 45% (2025)

Panama spends 2.4 times as much on health per person as Colombia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Panama: $1,558 (2023)

A baby in Panama is 14% more likely to die before turning one than in Colombia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Panama: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Colombia has 56% more doctors per person than Panama

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Panama: 1.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Panama has 15% more hospital beds per person than Colombia

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

The suicide rate in Colombia is 48% higher than in Panama

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Panama: 4.6 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Panama are obese, versus 25% in Colombia

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Panama: 37.8% (2024)

8.0% of adults in Colombia smoke, versus 4.8% in Panama

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Panama: 4.8% (2024)

People in Panama rate their lives 0.51 points higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Panama: 6.55 (2025)

Adults in Panama drink 48% more alcohol than in Colombia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Panama: 7.2 litres (2023)

Panama has 25% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Panama: 78 kg (2023)

Colombia has 22 kcal more food per person per day than Panama

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Panama: 3,105 kcal (2023)

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Panama: no data

Adults in Panama went to school 1.8 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Panama: 10.8 years (2023)

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

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Panama: 0.34 (2022)

Colombia has 4 more World Heritage sites than Panama (9 against 5)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Panama: 5 (2026)

Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Panama 4

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Panama: 4 (2026 edition)

79% of people in Colombia are online, versus 73% in Panama

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Panama: 73% (2024)

Home internet in Panama is 19% faster than in Colombia

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Panama: 291 Mbps (2026)

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

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Panama: 96% (2024)

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 66% in Panama

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Panama: 66% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Panama 157

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Panama: 157 (2023)

Colombia’s railway network is 28 times as long as Panama’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Panama: 77 km (2014)

Airlines from Panama fly 4.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Colombia

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Panama: 3.45 (2023)

Forest covers 62% of Panama, but only 54% of Colombia

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Panama: 62.2% (2024)

The average person in Panama emits 60% more CO₂ than someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Panama: 2.8 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Panama

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Panama: 68% (2024)

The air in Colombia carries 3% more fine dust than in Panama

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Panama: 14.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.1 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Panama

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Panama: 11.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Colombia are 3.3 times as deadly as in Panama

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Panama: 8 per 100k (2023)

Panama is on average 0.9 °C warmer than Colombia

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Panama: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Panama gets 1% more rain than Colombia

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Panama: 3,189 mm (2016–2025 avg)