Colombia’s coastline is 33% longer than Peru’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 1,016 m above Colombia’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of Colombia, versus 19% of Peru

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

Colombia has 55% more people than Peru

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Colombia is 78% more densely populated than Peru

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Colombia is 2.2 years older than in Peru

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

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

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Peru

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Peru hosts 7.2 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

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

Colombia has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Peru 0.3

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Colombia 1

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

Colombia’s economy is 37% larger than Peru’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

Colombia produces 20% more per person than Peru

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Peru (Gini 14.3 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.1% in Peru

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 5.1% in Peru

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Peru 0.8%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Colombia’s 15%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

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

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Colombia spends 45% more on health per person than Peru

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Peru is 5% more likely to die before turning one than in Colombia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Colombia has 50% more doctors per person than Peru

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Colombia has 9% more hospital beds per person than Peru

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Colombia is 2.3 times that in Peru

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 25% in Colombia

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

12% of adults in Peru smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in Colombia rate their lives 0.07 points higher than in Peru

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in Colombia drink 2% more alcohol than in Peru

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Colombia has 13% more meat per person than Peru

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Colombia has 316 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 328 more hours a year than in Peru

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in Peru went to school 1.1 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Colombia welcomed 46% more tourists per resident than Peru (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

Peru has 4 more World Heritage sites than Colombia (13 against 9)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

82% of people in Peru are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Peru is 20% faster than in Colombia

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

99% of people in Colombia have electricity, versus 97% in Peru

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Colombia’s railway network is 15% longer than Peru’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from Colombia fly 55% more passengers per resident than those from Peru

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 53% of Peru

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in Peru emits 17% more CO₂ than someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 64% in Peru

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 83% more fine dust than in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.9 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Peru

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Colombia are 60% deadlier than in Peru

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

Colombia is on average 5.2 °C warmer than Peru

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 46% more rain than Peru

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)