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🇧🇷 Brazil vs 🇨🇴 Colombia

Brazil has 159.4M more people — 212,812,405 against 53,425,635. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇧🇷 Brazil
212,812,405
South America · rank #7 · +0.38%
World Bank, 2025
🇨🇴 Colombia
53,425,635
South America · rank #28 · +1.02%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorBrazilColombia
Population212,812,4057th of 24053,425,63528th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.38%161st of 240+1.02%109th of 240
Population Density/km²25/km²195th of 24047/km²167th of 240
Land Areakm²8,358,140 km²5th of 2401,109,500 km²26th of 240
Urban Population88.2%45th of 24078.8%77th of 240
GDP per Capita$10,713120th of 240$8,562131st of 240
GDP Growth+2.3%134th of 210+2.6%126th of 210
Life Expectancyyears76.0 years115th of 24077.9 years88th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.61 births per woman149th of 2401.63 births per woman147th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00012.1 per 1,000117th of 21313.3 per 1,000110th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0007.1 per 1,000111th of 2135.5 per 1,000177th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births12.3 per 1,000 live births98th of 19410.5 per 1,000 live births111th of 194
Unemployment Rate6.0%78th of 1868.3%55th of 186
Inflation Rate5.0%48th of 1915.1%47th of 191
Poverty Rate6.4%152nd of 16431.8%52nd of 164
Gini Index50.38th of 17054.44th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP9.7% of GDP31st of 1928.1% of GDP59th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0002.36 per 1,00078th of 2062.54 per 1,00076th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0002.52 per 1,00090th of 1991.70 per 1,000128th of 199
Literacy Rate94.7%84th of 17595.3%82nd of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.6% of GDP35th of 2025.3% of GDP52nd of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary104.1% gross, secondary46th of 207101.6% gross, secondary55th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption46.5% of final consumption53rd of 21129.7% of final consumption81st of 211
Forest Coverageof land area59.0% of land area29th of 21152.8% of land area43rd of 211
Internet Penetration84.5%88th of 21179.3%111th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people101.9 per 100 people135th of 212174.1 per 100 people15th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births67 per 100,000 live births79th of 19359 per 100,000 live births87th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.97% of GDP124th of 1633.36% of GDP26th of 163
Protected Areasof land area30.6% of land area36th of 21117.2% of land area104th of 211
Median Ageyears34.8 years108th of 24032.5 years127th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.0 years104th of 14810.2 years63rd of 148
Human Development Index0.78683rd of 1920.78882nd of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.63/ 1032nd of 1646.04/ 1069th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.28 tonnes per capita125th of 2121.75 tonnes per capita137th of 212
Obesity Rate30.9%60th of 19825.3%96th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

BrazilColombia
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Brazil and Colombia population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Brazil195053.4M
Brazil1975107.6M
Brazil2000174M
Brazil2025212.8M
Brazil2050217.5M
Brazil2075194.9M
Brazil2100163.4M
Colombia195011.8M
Colombia197523.3M
Colombia200039.1M
Colombia202553.4M
Colombia205059.4M
Colombia207555.8M
Colombia210047.1M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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