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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Uzbekistan fits inside Colombia 2.5 times

Colombia: 1,140,620 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Colombia’s highest peak towers 1,087 m above Uzbekistan’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Colombia has 44% more people than Uzbekistan

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uzbekistan is 75% more densely populated than Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Colombia are 0.9 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Colombia: 171.9 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Uzbekistan are 2.3 cm taller than in Colombia

Colombia: 158 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Colombia is 4.7 years older than in Uzbekistan

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 1.9 more children on average than in Colombia

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Colombia hosts 203 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

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

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Colombia 1

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (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 3.1 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Colombia produces 66% more per person than Uzbekistan

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Uzbekistan (Gini 21.7 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

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 2.3% in Uzbekistan

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Uzbekistan 2.5%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Colombia’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

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

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Colombia spends 3.4 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Colombia live 5.4 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Colombia: 77.9 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uzbekistan is 22% more likely to die before turning one than in Colombia

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Uzbekistan has 11% more doctors per person than Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uzbekistan has 2.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Uzbekistan is 15% higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 25% in Colombia

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

16% of adults in Uzbekistan smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 0.24 points higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Colombia drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Uzbekistan

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Colombia has 32% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Uzbekistan has 171 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Colombia put in 372 more hours a year than in Uzbekistan

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 2.9 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Uzbekistan welcomed 2.5 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

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

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Uzbekistan has won 50 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Colombia is 14% faster than in Uzbekistan

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 2.2 times as long as Colombia’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Colombia fly 6.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uzbekistan

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Uzbekistan emits 2.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

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

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 18 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Uzbekistan

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Colombia are 2.1 times as deadly as in Uzbekistan

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Colombia is on average 10.0 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Colombia gets 14 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 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 Uzbekistan?

Colombia is larger. Uzbekistan fits inside Colombia 2.5 times.

Which has more people, Colombia or Uzbekistan?

Colombia has 44% more people than Uzbekistan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Colombia or Uzbekistan?

People in Colombia live 5.4 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 77.9 years in Colombia and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Colombia or Uzbekistan?

Men in Colombia are 0.9 cm taller than in Uzbekistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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