Colombia’s coastline is 79% longer than Portugal’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 3,379 m above Portugal’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Colombia has 4.9 times as many people as Portugal

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Portugal is 2.4 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 15 years older than in Colombia

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

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

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Portugal hosts 238 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Colombia and Portugal are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Colombia’s economy is 32% larger than Portugal’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 2.3 times as much per person as Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Portugal (Gini 20.5 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Portugal

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 6.2% in Portugal

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.7%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Colombia’s 15%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

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

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Portugal spends 4.6 times as much on health per person as Colombia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Colombia is 3.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 2.3 times as many doctors per person as Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 2 times as many hospital beds per person as Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Portugal is 26% higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

Colombia and Portugal are practically level

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 2.8 times as much alcohol as in Colombia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 59% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 427 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 736 more hours a year than in Portugal

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Portugal went to school 0.67 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 31 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 8 more World Heritage sites than Colombia (17 against 9)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Portugal are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 34% faster than in Colombia

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

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

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

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Portugal’s railway network is 18% longer than Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 2.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Colombia

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 37% of Portugal

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Portugal emits 95% more CO₂ than someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 77% in Colombia

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Colombia carries 44% more fine dust than in Portugal

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 35 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Portugal

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Colombia are 2.4 times as deadly as in Portugal

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 8.5 °C warmer than Portugal

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 4.1 times as much rain as Portugal

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)