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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Colombia is 89% bigger than Ukraine

Colombia: 1,140,620 km² (2024) · Ukraine: 603,550 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Colombia’s coastline is 15% longer than Ukraine’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Colombia’s highest peak towers 3,669 m above Ukraine’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Colombia has 37% more people than Ukraine

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ukraine is 40% more densely populated than Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ukraine are 9.1 cm taller than in Colombia

Colombia: 171.9 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 181 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ukraine are 8.7 cm taller than in Colombia

Colombia: 158 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 166.6 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ukraine is 10 years older than in Colombia

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Colombia have 0.6 more children on average than in Ukraine

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

19% of people in Ukraine are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ukraine hosts 2.2 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

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

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ukraine has produced 1.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Colombia and Ukraine are practically level

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Colombia’s economy is 2.1 times the size of Ukraine’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Colombia produces 20% more per person than Ukraine

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Ukraine (Gini 28.8 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Ukraine

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 8.3% in Colombia

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Colombia 3.2%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ukraine’s central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Colombia’s 15%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Colombia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Ukraine’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Colombia spends 74% more on health per person than Ukraine

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Colombia live 3.2 years longer than in Ukraine

Colombia: 77.9 years (2024) · Ukraine: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Colombia is 38% more likely to die before turning one than in Ukraine

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Ukraine has 39% more doctors per person than Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ukraine has 3.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 2.8 times that in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

28% of adults in Ukraine are obese, versus 25% in Colombia

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Ukraine smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Colombia rate their lives 1.38 points higher than in Ukraine

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Colombia drink 26% more alcohol than in Ukraine

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Colombia has 27% more meat per person than Ukraine

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Colombia has 341 kcal more food per person per day than Ukraine

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Colombia put in 426 more hours a year than in Ukraine

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Ukraine went to school 2.1 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Colombia welcomed 33% more tourists per resident than Ukraine (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ukraine has won 160 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

82% of people in Ukraine are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Colombia is 38% faster than in Ukraine

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 70% in Ukraine

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ukraine 133

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Ukraine’s railway network is 10 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Colombia fly 68 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 17% of Ukraine

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Ukraine emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Colombia carries 6% more fine dust than in Ukraine

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

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

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Colombia are 43% deadlier than in Ukraine

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Colombia is on average 14.1 °C warmer than Ukraine

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Colombia gets 5.1 times as much rain as Ukraine

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Colombia bigger than Ukraine?

Colombia is larger. Colombia is 89% bigger than Ukraine.

Which has more people, Colombia or Ukraine?

Colombia has 37% more people than Ukraine (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Colombia or Ukraine?

People in Colombia live 3.2 years longer than in Ukraine. Life expectancy at birth is 77.9 years in Colombia and 74.7 in Ukraine.

Are people taller in Colombia or Ukraine?

Men in Ukraine are 9.1 cm taller than in Colombia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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