Colombia vs North Korea statistics compared

Colombia has a population of 52.9M (ranked 28/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Colombia's land area is 428,380 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 26th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Colombia ranks 40/197 ($419B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Colombia ranks 97/197 ($7,914), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Colombia and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Colombia and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Colombia

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Colombia	North Korea
1960	$4,031,152,977	-
1961	$4,540,447,761	-
1962	$4,955,538,219	-
1963	$4,836,166,667	-
1964	$5,973,366,667	-
1965	$5,760,761,905	-
1966	$5,428,518,519	-
1967	$5,825,170,438	-
1968	$5,960,212,869	-
1969	$6,450,175,214	-
1970	$7,198,360,460	-
1971	$7,820,380,971	-
1972	$8,671,358,733	-
1973	$10,315,760,000	-
1974	$12,370,029,584	-
1975	$13,098,633,902	-
1976	$15,341,403,660	-
1977	$19,470,960,619	-
1978	$23,263,511,958	-
1979	$27,940,411,250	-
1980	$33,400,735,644	-
1981	$36,388,366,869	-
1982	$38,968,039,722	-
1983	$38,729,822,782	-
1984	$38,253,120,738	-
1985	$34,894,419,443	-
1986	$34,942,489,684	-
1987	$36,373,307,085	-
1988	$39,212,550,050	-
1989	$39,540,080,200	-
1990	$47,844,090,710	-
1991	$49,637,993,949	-
1992	$58,394,443,378	-
1993	$66,474,101,301	-
1994	$81,705,497,617	-
1995	$92,495,970,511	-
1996	$97,153,389,011	-
1997	$106,656,492,294	-
1998	$98,486,358,581	-
1999	$86,278,947,637	-
2000	$99,875,074,951	-
2001	$98,200,641,203	-
2002	$97,945,812,803	-
2003	$94,644,969,157	-
2004	$117,092,416,666	-
2005	$145,600,529,606	-
2006	$161,792,958,905	-
2007	$206,229,540,926	-
2008	$242,504,150,473	-
2009	$232,468,663,110	$23,356,470,000
2010	$286,498,534,095	$25,995,513,000
2011	$334,966,134,805	$29,005,020,000
2012	$370,691,143,018	$29,890,710,000
2013	$382,093,697,078	$30,588,922,000
2014	$381,240,864,422	$30,554,460,000
2015	$293,492,370,193	$30,723,030,000
2016	$282,720,100,286	$28,882,640,000
2017	$311,866,875,157	$29,105,440,000
2018	$334,198,218,098	$28,536,400,000
2019	$323,031,701,193	$28,222,880,000
2020	$270,348,342,541	$27,728,240,000
2021	$318,524,633,225	$32,301,720,000
2022	$345,632,492,851	$28,971,360,000
2023	$366,291,836,138	$32,155,360,000
2024	$418,542,042,920	$34,943,120,000

Colombia and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Colombia

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Colombia	North Korea
1960	$258.3	-
1961	$282.1	-
1962	$298.5	-
1963	$282.6	-
1964	$339	-
1965	$317	-
1966	$290.3	-
1967	$303	-
1968	$302	-
1969	$318	-
1970	$346	-
1971	$367	-
1972	$397	-
1973	$462	-
1974	$542	-
1975	$561	-
1976	$643	-
1977	$798	-
1978	$932	-
1979	$1,095	-
1980	$1,280	-
1981	$1,362	-
1982	$1,425	-
1983	$1,384	-
1984	$1,336	-
1985	$1,192	-
1986	$1,169	-
1987	$1,193	-
1988	$1,260	-
1989	$1,244	-
1990	$1,475	-
1991	$1,500	-
1992	$1,730	-
1993	$1,930	-
1994	$2,326	-
1995	$2,583	-
1996	$2,664	-
1997	$2,873	-
1998	$2,606	-
1999	$2,244	-
2000	$2,555	-
2001	$2,473	-
2002	$2,429	-
2003	$2,312	-
2004	$2,819	-
2005	$3,456	-
2006	$3,790	-
2007	$4,770	-
2008	$5,542	-
2009	$5,251	$939
2010	$6,398	$1,040
2011	$7,401	$1,156
2012	$8,109	$1,186
2013	$8,279	$1,208
2014	$8,187	$1,201
2015	$6,249	$1,201
2016	$5,960	$1,124
2017	$6,480	$1,127
2018	$6,817	$1,100
2019	$6,473	$1,084
2020	$5,340	$1,061
2021	$6,223	$1,231
2022	$6,680	$1,100
2023	$7,001	$1,217
2024	$7,914	$1,319

Colombia vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Colombia

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Colombia	North Korea
1950	48.3	14.2
1951	49	17.7
1952	49.8	32.8
1953	50.6	40.3
1954	51.3	50.6
1955	51.9	51.8
1956	52.5	52.8
1957	54.1	53.7
1958	54.7	54.5
1959	55.9	55.2
1960	56.6	55.8
1961	57.2	56.4
1962	57.7	57
1963	58.3	57.6
1964	58.8	58.2
1965	59.2	58.8
1966	59.7	59.4
1967	60.1	60.1
1968	60.6	60.8
1969	61	61.4
1970	61.5	62
1971	62	62.7
1972	62.5	63.3
1973	63	63.8
1974	63.5	64.3
1975	64	64.8
1976	64.6	65.3
1977	65.2	65.8
1978	65.8	66.3
1979	66.2	66.7
1980	66.7	67.2
1981	67.2	67.7
1982	67.9	68.1
1983	68.1	68.5
1984	68.3	68.9
1985	65.4	69.2
1986	68.3	69.5
1987	68.2	69.8
1988	68.3	70.1
1989	68.6	70.3
1990	68.7	70.5
1991	68.8	70.7
1992	68.8	71
1993	69.1	70.8
1994	69.4	70.5
1995	69.8	60.8
1996	70.2	60.8
1997	70.6	60.9
1998	70.9	60.9
1999	70.9	60.9
2000	70.9	60.9
2001	71.2	60.9
2002	71.5	60.9
2003	72.3	69.4
2004	72.8	69.3
2005	73.2	69.2
2006	73.5	69.1
2007	73.8	69
2008	74.2	69.3
2009	74.5	69.7
2010	74.9	70.2
2011	75.2	70.8
2012	75.6	71.3
2013	75.8	71.9
2014	75.9	72.5
2015	76.1	72.8
2016	76.2	73
2017	76.4	73
2018	76.6	73
2019	76.8	72.9
2020	74.8	72.8
2021	72.7	73.4
2022	76.5	73.6
2023	77.7	73.6
2024	77.9	73.7
2025	78.1	73.9

Colombia and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Colombia

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Colombia	North Korea
1960	15,606,209	11,722,953
1961	16,095,203	11,990,713
1962	16,599,029	12,262,882
1963	17,113,823	12,567,057
1964	17,637,411	12,889,770
1965	18,169,050	13,219,369
1966	18,702,688	13,569,094
1967	19,235,618	13,958,350
1968	19,766,796	14,365,596
1969	20,291,942	14,767,615
1970	20,811,782	15,172,775
1971	21,319,096	15,572,457
1972	21,819,563	15,975,069
1973	22,325,374	16,350,367
1974	22,833,469	16,673,121
1975	23,344,644	16,971,055
1976	23,858,810	17,243,450
1977	24,393,494	17,492,798
1978	24,950,337	17,735,995
1979	25,515,626	17,983,470
1980	26,104,498	18,236,786
1981	26,713,267	18,501,295
1982	27,338,331	18,776,357
1983	27,988,173	19,054,034
1984	28,642,690	19,335,043
1985	29,268,470	19,620,388
1986	29,879,112	19,910,855
1987	30,499,467	20,205,483
1988	31,130,524	20,503,161
1989	31,776,279	20,804,367
1990	32,440,069	21,112,137
1991	33,098,372	21,428,638
1992	33,760,571	21,750,911
1993	34,441,473	22,073,352
1994	35,127,410	22,393,975
1995	35,804,662	22,669,304
1996	36,462,745	22,895,746
1997	37,121,149	23,110,830
1998	37,792,165	23,311,564
1999	38,454,863	23,497,599
2000	39,089,934	23,665,910
2001	39,709,262	23,815,358
2002	40,324,680	23,943,973
2003	40,937,429	24,090,380
2004	41,543,171	24,254,943
2005	42,128,977	24,396,433
2006	42,691,084	24,524,507
2007	43,235,374	24,646,383
2008	43,758,808	24,764,618
2009	44,271,541	24,878,332
2010	44,777,319	24,987,258
2011	45,259,614	25,097,874
2012	45,715,810	25,211,728
2013	46,151,584	25,329,451
2014	46,565,429	25,451,262
2015	46,969,940	25,575,350
2016	47,437,512	25,698,326
2017	48,131,078	25,817,709
2018	49,024,465	25,931,147
2019	49,907,985	26,037,632
2020	50,629,997	26,136,312
2021	51,188,173	26,232,534
2022	51,737,944	26,328,845
2023	52,321,152	26,418,204
2024	52,886,363	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Colombia and North Korea

Fertility rate

Colombia

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Colombia	North Korea
1960	6.74	3.57
1961	6.71	3.26
1962	6.66	3.41
1963	6.58	3.63
1964	6.48	3.55
1965	6.33	3.56
1966	6.16	3.71
1967	5.96	4.05
1968	5.74	3.87
1969	5.51	3.86
1970	5.28	3.85
1971	5.06	3.74
1972	4.86	3.89
1973	4.68	3.35
1974	4.53	3.14
1975	4.4	3.05
1976	4.29	2.84
1977	4.16	2.77
1978	4	2.79
1979	3.89	2.85
1980	3.8	2.84
1981	3.71	2.92
1982	3.62	2.85
1983	3.5	2.78
1984	3.35	2.71
1985	3.23	2.65
1986	3.15	2.59
1987	3.09	2.53
1988	3.04	2.47
1989	3.01	2.41
1990	3	2.39
1991	2.98	2.35
1992	2.98	2.29
1993	2.98	2.22
1994	2.94	2.18
1995	2.85	2.15
1996	2.77	2.09
1997	2.74	2.03
1998	2.72	1.99
1999	2.64	1.97
2000	2.57	1.94
2001	2.52	1.94
2002	2.49	1.92
2003	2.45	1.91
2004	2.38	1.9
2005	2.31	1.87
2006	2.24	1.94
2007	2.19	1.94
2008	2.15	1.97
2009	2.1	1.91
2010	2.01	1.89
2011	1.94	1.88
2012	1.9	1.88
2013	1.86	1.88
2014	1.82	1.87
2015	1.77	1.86
2016	1.72	1.86
2017	1.72	1.85
2018	1.72	1.83
2019	1.71	1.83
2020	1.69	1.82
2021	1.68	1.81
2022	1.66	1.8
2023	1.65	1.78

Colombia and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Colombia

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Colombia	North Korea
1960	16.6	19.9
1961	16.5	20.2
1962	16.4	20.6
1963	16.4	20.8
1964	16.3	21
1965	16.3	21.2
1966	16.4	21.3
1967	16.4	21.4
1968	16.5	21.4
1969	16.6	21.4
1970	16.8	21.4
1971	16.9	21.2
1972	17.1	20.9
1973	17.3	20.7
1974	17.6	20.7
1975	17.8	20.9
1976	18	21.1
1977	18.2	21.4
1978	18.5	21.8
1979	18.7	22.2
1980	19	22.5
1981	19.2	22.8
1982	19.5	23.1
1983	19.8	23.5
1984	20.1	23.9
1985	20.4	24.2
1986	20.7	24.5
1987	21	24.8
1988	21.3	25.1
1989	21.6	25.6
1990	21.8	26
1991	22.1	26.4
1992	22.3	26.8
1993	22.5	27.2
1994	22.8	27.6
1995	23	28
1996	23.2	28.3
1997	23.5	28.8
1998	23.7	29.2
1999	23.9	29.6
2000	24.2	30.1
2001	24.5	30.5
2002	24.7	31
2003	25	31.4
2004	25.3	31.8
2005	25.6	32.1
2006	26	32.5
2007	26.4	32.9
2008	26.7	33.3
2009	27.1	33.7
2010	27.5	34
2011	27.9	34.3
2012	28.3	34.5
2013	28.7	34.7
2014	29.2	35
2015	29.6	35.2
2016	30	35.4
2017	30.4	35.7
2018	30.7	35.9
2019	31.1	36.2
2020	31.5	36.4
2021	31.9	36.6
2022	32.2	36.8
2023	32.7	37.1
2024	33.1	37.3

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