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Colombia vs Cuba
How Colombia and Cuba compare on 32 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Cuba was higher: 78.1 years against 77.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2024, Cuba was higher: $7,381 against $6,865
- Population · In 2023, Colombia was higher: 52.3 million people against 11 million people
- Military spending · In 2018, Colombia was higher: 3.03% of GDP against 2.88% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Cuba was higher: 1.91 tonnes against 1.8 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Cuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Cuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Cuba: 8 million TIV in 1980
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, 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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