Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Saudi Arabia is 88% bigger than Colombia.
Colombia: 1,140,620 km² (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Colombia’s coastline is 22% longer than Saudi Arabia’s.
Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Colombia’s highest peak towers 2,730 m above Saudi Arabia’s.
Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Colombia has 44% more people than Saudi Arabia.
Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Colombia is 2.8 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia.
Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Colombia are 1.2 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia.
Colombia: 171.9 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Saudi Arabia are 0.9 cm taller than in Colombia.
Colombia: 158 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Colombia is 2.4 years older than in Saudi Arabia.
Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.7 more children on average than in Colombia.
Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia.
Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Colombia has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia 0.0.
Colombia: 0.4 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Colombia and Saudi Arabia are practically level.
Colombia: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Saudi Arabia’s economy is 2.8 times the size of Colombia’s.
Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Saudi Arabia produces 3.3 times as much per person as Colombia.
Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia.
Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Saudi Arabia spends 7.3% of its GDP on the military, Colombia 3.4%.
Colombia: 3.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 7.3% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Colombia’s.
Colombia: 38% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Saudi Arabia spends 2.8 times as much on health per person as Colombia.
Colombia: $644 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Saudi Arabia live 1.1 years longer than in Colombia.
Colombia: 77.9 years (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Colombia is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Saudi Arabia.
Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Saudi Arabia has 34% more doctors per person than Colombia.
Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is obesity?
39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 25% in Colombia.
Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
15% of adults in Saudi Arabia smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia.
Colombia: 8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.78 points higher than in Colombia.
Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How much meat is on the menu?
Colombia has 8% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia.
Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Saudi Arabia has 534 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia.
Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Colombia put in 346 more hours a year than in Saudi Arabia.
Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 2.6 years longer than in Colombia.
Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Saudi Arabia welcomed 9.6 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019).
Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 79% in Colombia.
Colombia: 79% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia have electricity, versus 99% in Colombia.
Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 79% in Colombia.
Colombia: 79% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Saudi Arabia 160.
Colombia: 174 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Saudi Arabia’s railway network is 37% longer than Colombia’s.
Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 64% more passengers per resident than those from Colombia.
Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 53% of Colombia, but only 0.5% of Saudi Arabia.
Colombia: 52.8% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.5% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia.
Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia.
Colombia: 77% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Saudi Arabia carries 3.3 times as much fine dust as in Colombia.
Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 27 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Saudi Arabia.
Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Saudi Arabia are 14% deadlier than in Colombia.
Colombia: 16.2 per 100k (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 18.5 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Saudi Arabia is on average 2.4 °C warmer than Colombia.
Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Colombia gets 51 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia.
Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Colombia bigger than Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia is larger. Saudi Arabia is 88% bigger than Colombia.
Which has more people, Colombia or Saudi Arabia?
Colombia has 44% more people than Saudi Arabia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Colombia or Saudi Arabia?
People in Saudi Arabia live 1.1 years longer than in Colombia. Life expectancy at birth is 77.9 years in Colombia and 79.0 in Saudi Arabia.
Are people taller in Colombia or Saudi Arabia?
Men in Colombia are 1.2 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
