South America · Capital Bogota

Colombia

Colombia ranks #1 in the world for rainfall.

#1 in the world: 1 ranking
Top 10 placings: 1 / 17
Population: 53.4 million
Land area: 1.1 million km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Colombia is.

Rainfall

#1 of 179

3,240 mm of precipitation per year

1st in South America · World Bank · 2022

Airports

#11 of 193

661 airports

3rd in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest

#13 of 194

585,441 km² of forest

3rd in South America · World Bank · 2023

Land area

#26 of 194

1,109,500 km² of land

4th in South America · World Bank · 2023

Population

#28 of 195

53,425,635 people

2nd in South America · World Bank · 2025

Forest per person

#37 of 194

0.0110 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP

#35 of 182

457,410,034,203 US$ (current prices)

3rd in South America · World Bank · 2025

Forest by area

#39 of 194

52.8 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#36 of 151

3,208 km of coastline

4th in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Land area per person

#58 of 194

0.021 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#59 of 192

12.37 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports by area

#82 of 191

5.96 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#84 of 182

8,562 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways

#71 of 135

2,141 km of railway

5th in South America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2019

Population by area

#137 of 194

48.15 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways per person

#111 of 134

40.07 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2019

Railways by area

#115 of 133

1.93 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2019

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