Russia’s coastline is 12 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 88 m above Russia’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of Colombia, versus 13% of Russia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Russia has 2.7 times as many people as Colombia

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Colombia is 5.5 times as densely populated as Russia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Russia is 7.8 years older than in Colombia

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

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

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Russia are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Russia hosts 3 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

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

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Colombia and Russia are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

Russia’s economy is 5.6 times the size of Colombia’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

Russia produces 2.2 times as much per person as Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Russia (Gini 21.4 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Russia: 33 (2023)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Russia

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 2.1% in Russia

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Colombia 3.2%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Russia’s 11%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

Colombia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Russia’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

Russia spends 56% more on health per person than Colombia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Colombia is 2.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Russia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 2 times as many doctors per person as Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 4 times as many hospital beds per person as Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 2.9 times that in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

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

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in Colombia rate their lives 0.21 points higher than in Russia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Adults in Russia drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Colombia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Russia has 35% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Russia has 402 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 384 more hours a year than in Russia

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in Russia went to school 3.4 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Russia: no data

Russia has 24 more World Heritage sites than Colombia (33 against 9)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Russia are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Russia: 94% (2024)

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

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

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

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 75% in Russia

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Colombia 174

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 40 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from Colombia fly 15% more passengers per resident than those from Russia

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 51% of Russia

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Russia

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Colombia carries 17% more fine dust than in Russia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.2 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Russia

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Colombia are 2 times as deadly as in Russia

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 27.0 °C warmer than Russia

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 5.4 times as much rain as Russia

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)