Colombia’s coastline is 2.3 times as long as Tanzania’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 165 m above Colombia’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Tanzania has 32% more people than Colombia

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Tanzania is 66% more densely populated than Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Colombia is 14 years older than in Tanzania

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 2.9 more children on average than in Colombia

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Tanzania hosts 89 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Colombia 1

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

Colombia’s economy is 5.1 times the size of Tanzania’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Colombia produces 5.1 times as much per person as Tanzania

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Tanzania (Gini 13.9 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 8.5% in Colombia

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

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

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Colombia spends 18 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Tanzania is 2.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Colombia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Colombia has 19 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

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

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 2.2 times that in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

Colombia and Tanzania are practically level

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Colombia rate their lives 2.14 points higher than in Tanzania

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Colombia drink 3.3 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Colombia has 5.1 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Colombia has 608 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 342 more hours a year than in Tanzania

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Colombia went to school 3 years longer than in Tanzania

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Colombia welcomed 3.9 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

Colombia has 2 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (9 against 7)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

79% of people in Colombia are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Colombia is 4.4 times as fast as in Tanzania

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

99% of people in Colombia have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Tanzania 127

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Tanzania’s railway network is 26% longer than Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Airlines from Colombia fly 29 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 50% of Tanzania

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in Colombia emits 6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Tanzania carries 63% more fine dust than in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6.6 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Tanzania

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Colombia are 33% deadlier than in Tanzania

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 1.3 °C warmer than Tanzania

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 2.9 times as much rain as Tanzania

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)