Colombia’s coastline is 33% longer than South Korea’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 3,780 m above South Korea’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of Colombia, versus 16% of South Korea

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

Colombia has 3% more people than South Korea

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 11 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 13 years older than in Colombia

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Colombia have 0.9 more children on average than in South Korea

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in South Korea are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

South Korea hosts 3.1 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

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

South Korea has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Colombia and South Korea are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 4.1 times the size of Colombia’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 2.8 times as much per person as Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in South Korea (Gini 21.5 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

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

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, South Korea 2.6%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, South Korea’s 13%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

South Korea’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Colombia’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 4.9 times as much on health per person as Colombia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Colombia is 4.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in South Korea

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

South Korea has 3% more doctors per person than Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 7.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 3.4 times that in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

19% of adults in South Korea smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

Colombia and South Korea are practically level

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in South Korea drink 70% more alcohol than in Colombia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 34% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

South Korea has 304 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 560 more hours a year than in South Korea

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 3.7 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

South Korea welcomed 3.6 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

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

Colombia: 9 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 21% faster than in Colombia

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in South Korea have electricity, versus 99% in Colombia

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, South Korea 173

Colombia: 174 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 2 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 86% more passengers per resident than those from Colombia

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 54% of Colombia

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 6.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Colombia: 77% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 39% more fine dust than in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 52 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in South Korea

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Colombia are 3.1 times as deadly as in South Korea

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 11.2 °C warmer than South Korea

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 2.5 times as much rain as South Korea

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)