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Bolivia vs Colombia
How Bolivia and Colombia compare on 36 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Colombia was higher: 77.7 years against 68.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Colombia was higher: $6,976 against $2,957
- Population · In 2023, Colombia was higher: 52.3 million people against 12.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Colombia was higher: 3.2% of GDP against 1.22% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Bolivia was higher: 2.29 tonnes against 1.8 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBolivia: 68.6 years in 2023Colombia: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBolivia: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Colombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBolivia: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Colombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBolivia: 3.09% in 2017Colombia: 2.2% in 2017
- Suicide rateBolivia: 6.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Colombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBolivia: 12.2 million people in 2023Colombia: 52.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBolivia: 1.38% a year in 2023Colombia: 1.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBolivia: 2.55 births per woman in 2023Colombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBolivia: 71.6% in 2025Colombia: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageBolivia: 24.7 years in 2023Colombia: 31.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBolivia: 5.6% in 2023Colombia: 9.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBolivia: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Colombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBolivia: 1.22% of GDP in 2025Colombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBolivia: $570M in 2025Colombia: $13.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personBolivia: $55 in 2025Colombia: $273 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBolivia: 3.2% of government spending in 2025Colombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBolivia: 71,000 people in 2020Colombia: 428,000 people in 2020
- National powerBolivia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Colombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBolivia: 1.21% of the labour force in 2020Colombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBolivia: 0 TIV in 2024Colombia: 22 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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