Colombia vs Germany
Colombia vs Germany: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 79.4% in Colombia and 93.5% in Germany, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Germany, by 14.2 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Colombia.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Colombia ranked 101 and Germany ranked 40 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Colombia | Germany | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 79.4 | 93.5 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 77.3 | 92.5 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 72.8 | 91.6 | 67 |
| 2021 | 73 | 91.4 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 69.8 | 89.8 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 65 | 88.1 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 64.1 | 87 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 62.3 | 84.4 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 58.1 | 84.2 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 55.9 | 87.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 52.6 | 86.2 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 51.7 | 84.2 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 49 | 82.4 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 40.4 | 81.3 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 36.5 | 82 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 30 | 79 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 25.6 | 78 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 21.8 | 75.2 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 15.3 | 72.2 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 11 | 68.7 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 9.1 | 64.7 | – |
| 2003 | 7.4 | 55.9 | – |
| 2002 | 4.6 | 48.8 | – |
| 2001 | 2.9 | 31.7 | – |
| 2000 | 2.2 | 30.2 | – |
| 1999 | 1.7 | 20.8 | – |
| 1998 | 1.1 | 9.9 | – |
| 1997 | 0.6 | 6.7 | – |
| 1996 | 0.3 | 3.1 | – |
| 1995 | 0.2 | 1.8 | – |
| 1994 | 0.1 | 0.9 | – |
| 1993 | – | 0.5 | – |
| 1992 | – | 0.4 | – |
| 1991 | – | 0.3 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Colombia vs Germany
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Germany: 81.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Germany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Germany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Germany: 99.9% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Germany: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Germany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Germany: 84.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Germany: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Germany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Germany: 82.1% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Germany: 45.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Germany: 22.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Germany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Germany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Germany: $107B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Germany: $1,346 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Germany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Germany: 183,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Germany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Germany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Germany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Germany: 1.7 billion TIV in 2025