Colombia
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and South America.
- Capital
- Bogotá
- Continent
- South America
More South America quizzes - Land neighbours
- Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
- Population
- 53,425,635 (2025)
- Total area
- 1,140,619 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 3.9° N, 73.1° W
Colombia at a glance
Colombia is a country in South America. Its capital is Bogotá. It shares land borders with 5 countries: Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.
Flag of Colombia
Colombia’s flag is drawn in the proportions 2:3 (height to width), the most common shape among the 197 flags in our quizzes (87 of them).
Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela: yellow, blue and red horizontal bands; on Colombia’s and Ecuador’s the yellow fills the top half and Ecuador adds its coat of arms, while Venezuela’s three equal bands carry an arc of eight white stars.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Ecuador and Venezuela.
Colombia in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in South America |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 53,425,635 | 28thof 195 | 2ndof 12 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 1,140,619 km² | 25thof 194 | 4thof 12 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $457.4B | 35thof 182 | 3rdof 12 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $8,562 | 84thof 182 | 7thof 12 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 77.9 years | 57thof 195 | 3rdof 12 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.63 | 123rdof 195 | 8thof 12 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $571 | 80thof 191 | 5thof 12 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 78.8% | 50thof 195 | 7thof 12 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 79.3% | 99thof 180 | 9thof 11 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 52.8% | 39thof 191 | 5thof 12 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 1.80 t | 106thof 181 | 11thof 12 |
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
Colombia compared with its neighbours
Quizzes featuring Colombia
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Flag, outline and capital quizzes
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Colombia · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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