Colombia’s coastline is 2.4 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 3,206 m above Sri Lanka’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Colombia has 2.5 times as many people as Sri Lanka

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 7.3 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sri Lanka is 1.2 years older than in Colombia

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Sri Lanka have 0.3 more children on average than in Colombia

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Colombia hosts 2.8 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Colombia has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Colombia 1

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Colombia’s economy is 4.2 times the size of Sri Lanka’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Colombia produces 33% more per person than Sri Lanka

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Sri Lanka (Gini 16.7 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.7% in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 4.0% in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Sri Lanka 1.3%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Colombia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Sri Lanka’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Colombia spends 4.8 times as much on health per person as Sri Lanka

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Colombia is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Colombia has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Sri Lanka

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Sri Lanka has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 2.1 times that in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Sri Lanka smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Colombia rate their lives 2.03 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Colombia drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Colombia has 5.4 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Colombia has 451 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 417 more hours a year than in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 1.7 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Colombia welcomed 2.7 times as many tourists per resident as Sri Lanka (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

Colombia has 1 more World Heritage site than Sri Lanka (9 against 8)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

79% of people in Colombia are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Colombia is 3.9 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Sri Lanka have electricity, versus 99% in Colombia

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sri Lanka 133

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Colombia’s railway network is 37% longer than Sri Lanka’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Colombia fly 4.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sri Lanka

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 34% of Sri Lanka

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Colombia emits 94% more CO₂ than someone in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 62% in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Sri Lanka carries 37% more fine dust than in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 7.5 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Colombia are 27% deadlier than in Sri Lanka

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 2.4 °C warmer than Colombia

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 72% more rain than Sri Lanka

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)