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Colombia vs North Macedonia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Colombia has a population of 52.9M (ranked 28/197), compared with 1.79M in North Macedonia (ranked 150/197). Colombia's land area is 428,380 sq mi versus 9,737 sq mi for North Macedonia (ranked 26th vs. 145th).

By GDP, Colombia ranks 40/197 ($419B) and North Macedonia ranks 138/197 ($16.7B). By GDP per capita, Colombia ranks 97/197 ($7,914), while North Macedonia ranks 88/197 ($9,310).

Main facts and rankings

Colombia North Macedonia
Population
53835787
1783115
Population rank 28/197 150/197
GDP
$419B
2024
$16.7B
2024
GDP rank 40/197 138/197
GDP per capita
$7,914
2024
$9,310
2024
GDP per capita rank 97/197 88/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$21,495
2024
$26,587
2024
Government debt
$256B
2024
$9.15B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
59.7%
2025
52.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,849
2024
$5,105
2024
Government debt per person rank 81/185 78/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$5,346
2025
$8,472
2025
Land area
428,380 sq mi
2025
9,737 sq mi
2025
Population density
123.5 ppl/mi²
2024
184 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.65
2023
1.5
2023
Median age
33.1 years
2024
41.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.1 years
2025
77.7 years
2025

Colombia and North Macedonia: Comparison Charts

Colombia and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP
Colombia

North Macedonia
Year GDP
Colombia North Macedonia
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 $4,699,646,643
1991 $49,637,993,949 $4,938,775,510
1992 $58,394,443,378 $2,436,849,342
1993 $66,474,101,301 $2,682,456,897
1994 $81,705,497,617 $3,559,608,640
1995 $92,495,970,511 $4,707,041,315
1996 $97,153,389,011 $4,642,021,256
1997 $106,656,492,294 $3,912,986,091
1998 $98,486,358,581 $3,765,745,023
1999 $86,278,947,637 $3,863,619,285
2000 $99,875,074,951 $3,772,859,034
2001 $98,200,641,203 $3,709,636,031
2002 $97,945,812,803 $4,018,365,747
2003 $94,644,969,157 $4,946,296,599
2004 $117,092,416,666 $5,682,784,472
2005 $145,600,529,606 $6,258,602,873
2006 $161,792,958,905 $6,861,226,972
2007 $206,229,540,926 $8,336,474,974
2008 $242,504,150,473 $9,909,552,435
2009 $232,468,663,110 $9,401,736,825
2010 $286,498,534,095 $9,407,170,321
2011 $334,966,134,805 $10,494,626,768
2012 $370,691,143,018 $9,745,261,301
2013 $382,093,697,078 $10,817,702,346
2014 $381,240,864,422 $11,362,265,253
2015 $293,492,370,193 $10,064,519,963
2016 $282,720,100,286 $10,672,467,073
2017 $311,866,875,157 $11,307,067,070
2018 $334,198,218,098 $12,683,068,114
2019 $323,031,701,193 $12,606,338,449
2020 $270,348,342,541 $12,361,036,914
2021 $318,524,633,225 $14,000,283,827
2022 $345,632,492,851 $13,932,436,550
2023 $366,291,836,138 $15,763,604,288
2024 $418,542,042,920 $16,685,236,492

Colombia and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP per capita
Colombia

North Macedonia
Year GDP per capita
Colombia North Macedonia
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 $2,277
1991 $1,500 $2,402
1992 $1,730 $1,199
1993 $1,930 $1,337
1994 $2,326 $1,786
1995 $2,583 $2,355
1996 $2,664 $2,307
1997 $2,873 $1,960
1998 $2,606 $1,876
1999 $2,244 $1,915
2000 $2,555 $1,862
2001 $2,473 $1,823
2002 $2,429 $1,989
2003 $2,312 $2,445
2004 $2,819 $2,819
2005 $3,456 $3,121
2006 $3,790 $3,440
2007 $4,770 $4,204
2008 $5,542 $5,026
2009 $5,251 $4,800
2010 $6,398 $4,833
2011 $7,401 $5,417
2012 $8,109 $5,050
2013 $8,279 $5,626
2014 $8,187 $5,925
2015 $6,249 $5,263
2016 $5,960 $5,598
2017 $6,480 $5,955
2018 $6,817 $6,714
2019 $6,473 $6,719
2020 $5,340 $6,660
2021 $6,223 $7,621
2022 $6,680 $7,606
2023 $7,001 $8,624
2024 $7,914 $9,310

Colombia vs. North Macedonia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Colombia

North Macedonia
Year Life expectancy, years
Colombia North Macedonia
1950 48.3 50.6
1951 49 48.5
1952 49.8 52.5
1953 50.6 53.2
1954 51.3 55.7
1955 51.9 55.4
1956 52.5 58.5
1957 54.1 55.7
1958 54.7 60.3
1959 55.9 59.5
1960 56.6 60.5
1961 57.2 61.8
1962 57.7 59.3
1963 58.3 61.4
1964 58.8 61.5
1965 59.2 62.6
1966 59.7 63.5
1967 60.1 63.8
1968 60.6 64.6
1969 61 64
1970 61.5 65
1971 62 65.2
1972 62.5 65.6
1973 63 67.1
1974 63.5 67.1
1975 64 67.3
1976 64.6 67.9
1977 65.2 68.2
1978 65.8 69.1
1979 66.2 69.2
1980 66.7 69.1
1981 67.2 69.4
1982 67.9 69.8
1983 68.1 69.7
1984 68.3 70.2
1985 65.4 70.2
1986 68.3 70.3
1987 68.2 70.4
1988 68.3 70.5
1989 68.6 71.1
1990 68.7 71.3
1991 68.8 71.8
1992 68.8 71.3
1993 69.1 71.7
1994 69.4 71.5
1995 69.8 72
1996 70.2 71.9
1997 70.6 71.9
1998 70.9 71.8
1999 70.9 72.3
2000 70.9 72.6
2001 71.2 73
2002 71.5 72.7
2003 72.3 73
2004 72.8 73.4
2005 73.2 73.6
2006 73.5 73.8
2007 73.8 73.7
2008 74.2 74.4
2009 74.5 74.5
2010 74.9 75
2011 75.2 75.1
2012 75.6 75
2013 75.8 75.6
2014 75.9 75.6
2015 76.1 75.6
2016 76.2 75.6
2017 76.4 76.2
2018 76.6 76.9
2019 76.8 76.8
2020 74.8 74.5
2021 72.7 73.3
2022 76.5 76.6
2023 77.7 77.4
2024 77.9 77.5
2025 78.1 77.7

Colombia and North Macedonia population clocks and comparison

Population
Colombia

North Macedonia
Year Population
Colombia North Macedonia
1960 15,606,209 1,435,059
1961 16,095,203 1,455,171
1962 16,599,029 1,471,745
1963 17,113,823 1,488,737
1964 17,637,411 1,510,900
1965 18,169,050 1,533,466
1966 18,702,688 1,557,349
1967 19,235,618 1,582,492
1968 19,766,796 1,608,930
1969 20,291,942 1,636,345
1970 20,811,782 1,664,208
1971 21,319,096 1,691,216
1972 21,819,563 1,717,395
1973 22,325,374 1,743,816
1974 22,833,469 1,770,545
1975 23,344,644 1,797,972
1976 23,858,810 1,825,830
1977 24,393,494 1,853,138
1978 24,950,337 1,879,847
1979 25,515,626 1,906,523
1980 26,104,498 1,933,038
1981 26,713,267 1,959,065
1982 27,338,331 1,978,956
1983 27,988,173 1,991,901
1984 28,642,690 2,003,399
1985 29,268,470 2,014,331
1986 29,879,112 2,024,732
1987 30,499,467 2,035,157
1988 31,130,524 2,045,737
1989 31,776,279 2,055,649
1990 32,440,069 2,063,689
1991 33,098,372 2,055,994
1992 33,760,571 2,032,523
1993 34,441,473 2,006,854
1994 35,127,410 1,992,666
1995 35,804,662 1,998,534
1996 36,462,745 2,012,553
1997 37,121,149 1,996,869
1998 37,792,165 2,007,523
1999 38,454,863 2,017,142
2000 39,089,934 2,026,350
2001 39,709,262 2,034,882
2002 40,324,680 2,020,157
2003 40,937,429 2,022,725
2004 41,543,171 2,016,186
2005 42,128,977 2,005,330
2006 42,691,084 1,994,287
2007 43,235,374 1,982,933
2008 43,758,808 1,971,493
2009 44,271,541 1,958,782
2010 44,777,319 1,946,298
2011 45,259,614 1,937,398
2012 45,715,810 1,929,821
2013 46,151,584 1,922,716
2014 46,565,429 1,917,557
2015 46,969,940 1,912,430
2016 47,437,512 1,906,313
2017 48,131,078 1,898,657
2018 49,024,465 1,889,051
2019 49,907,985 1,876,262
2020 50,629,997 1,856,124
2021 51,188,173 1,837,114
2022 51,737,944 1,831,712
2023 52,321,152 1,827,816
2024 52,886,363 1,792,179

Fertility rates in Colombia and North Macedonia

Fertility rate
Colombia

North Macedonia
Year Fertility rate
Colombia North Macedonia
1960 6.74 3.83
1961 6.71 3.62
1962 6.66 3.5
1963 6.58 3.62
1964 6.48 3.56
1965 6.33 3.52
1966 6.16 3.43
1967 5.96 3.33
1968 5.74 3.22
1969 5.51 3.1
1970 5.28 3.01
1971 5.06 2.93
1972 4.86 2.87
1973 4.68 2.72
1974 4.53 2.7
1975 4.4 2.69
1976 4.29 2.62
1977 4.16 2.49
1978 4 2.42
1979 3.89 2.4
1980 3.8 2.36
1981 3.71 2.29
1982 3.62 2.29
1983 3.5 2.25
1984 3.35 2.24
1985 3.23 2.25
1986 3.15 2.25
1987 3.09 2.32
1988 3.04 2.32
1989 3.01 2.25
1990 3 2.27
1991 2.98 2.31
1992 2.98 2.28
1993 2.98 2.26
1994 2.94 2.23
1995 2.85 2.13
1996 2.77 2.06
1997 2.74 1.92
1998 2.72 1.89
1999 2.64 1.77
2000 2.57 1.86
2001 2.52 1.73
2002 2.49 1.79
2003 2.45 1.75
2004 2.38 1.52
2005 2.31 1.5
2006 2.24 1.46
2007 2.19 1.46
2008 2.15 1.47
2009 2.1 1.5
2010 2.01 1.6
2011 1.94 1.46
2012 1.9 1.5
2013 1.86 1.5
2014 1.82 1.5
2015 1.77 1.49
2016 1.72 1.5
2017 1.72 1.43
2018 1.72 1.42
2019 1.71 1.34
2020 1.69 1.31
2021 1.68 1.6
2022 1.66 1.6
2023 1.65 1.5

Colombia and North Macedonia demographics compared

Median age
Colombia

North Macedonia
Year Median age, years
Colombia North Macedonia
1960 16.6 21.8
1961 16.5 21.8
1962 16.4 21.9
1963 16.4 21.9
1964 16.3 21.9
1965 16.3 21.9
1966 16.4 22
1967 16.4 22.2
1968 16.5 22.4
1969 16.6 22.6
1970 16.8 22.8
1971 16.9 23.1
1972 17.1 23.3
1973 17.3 23.6
1974 17.6 23.9
1975 17.8 24.2
1976 18 24.5
1977 18.2 24.8
1978 18.5 25.2
1979 18.7 25.5
1980 19 25.9
1981 19.2 26.2
1982 19.5 26.5
1983 19.8 26.8
1984 20.1 27.2
1985 20.4 27.5
1986 20.7 27.8
1987 21 28
1988 21.3 28.3
1989 21.6 28.6
1990 21.8 28.9
1991 22.1 29.2
1992 22.3 29.6
1993 22.5 29.9
1994 22.8 30.3
1995 23 30.5
1996 23.2 30.8
1997 23.5 31
1998 23.7 31.2
1999 23.9 31.5
2000 24.2 31.9
2001 24.5 32.2
2002 24.7 32.6
2003 25 32.8
2004 25.3 33.2
2005 25.6 33.5
2006 26 33.9
2007 26.4 34.3
2008 26.7 34.7
2009 27.1 35.1
2010 27.5 35.5
2011 27.9 36
2012 28.3 36.4
2013 28.7 36.9
2014 29.2 37.3
2015 29.6 37.8
2016 30 38.3
2017 30.4 38.8
2018 30.7 39.4
2019 31.1 39.9
2020 31.5 40.3
2021 31.9 40.7
2022 32.2 40.9
2023 32.7 41.3
2024 33.1 41.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Colombia North Macedonia
GNI, Atlas method
$373B
2024
$15B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
32.5%
2025
39.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.26%
2020
3.3%
2002
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.87%
2023
1.7%
2023
Armed forces personnel
428,000
2020
16,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.44%
2025
-5.04%
2025
Unemployment rate
9.62%
2024
12.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
58.2%
2024
59.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
23.1%
2024
22.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
59.8
2025
63.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
42.7%
2023
22.9%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
2023
1.9%
2019
Number of billionaires
4
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00001%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
60
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$72.6B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$61.9B
2024
$5.25B
2024
Personal remittances received
$11.9B
2024
$458M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,396,000
2020
118,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
5.13%
2020
3.52%
2020
Banked people share
57.1%
2024
84.3%
2024

Energy

Colombia North Macedonia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
863 kg
2023
1,450 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$24.3
2023
$16.8
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
100.9 megatons
2023
8.76 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.93 tons
2023
4.79 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
75.3%
2023
82.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
29.7%
2021
19.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
11.3%
2023
7.2%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-142%
2023
63.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
1,553 kWh
2023
3,320 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
75.1%
2021
31%
2021
Hydroelectric share
64.8%
2023
23.6%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.7%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Colombia North Macedonia
% of world population
0.65%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
+141,643
2024
-5,728
2024
Urban population
82.7%
2024
59.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.64 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.18 ft
2025
5.28 ft
2025
Quality of life index
44.5
2025
57.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
75
2025
63
2025
Homicides per 100K people
25.3
2022
1.53
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
15.4
2019
5.1
2019
Visa free countries
135
2025
132
2025
Adult literacy rate
95.3%
2024
97.6%
2012
English speaking
4.22%
2023
5%
2025
People using the Internet
77.3%
2023
87.2%
2023

Health

Colombia North Macedonia
Government health expenditure per capita
$534
2023
$562
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$78.1
2023
$225.9
2022
Life expectancy
78.1 years
2025
77.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.53%
2012
0.002%
2018
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.45
2021
2.96
2020
Age at first childbirth
21.7 years
2025
27.4 years
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
59
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
12
2023
3.3
2023
Obesity rate
24.3%
2022
28.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.4%
2024
7.4%
2024
Air quality index
59
2025
32
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
8.2%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.24 liters
2020
4.36 liters
2020

Territory

Colombia North Macedonia
% of world land
0.74%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
8,100 sq mi
2024
5,433 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
156,306 sq mi
2025
4,830 sq mi
2025
Forest area
226,040 sq mi
2025
3,867 sq mi
2025
Roads length
127,001 mi
2021
8,812 mi
2017

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