Colombia's Total Size & Land Area: rank & territory types

Colombia's land area is 428,380 sq mi, and the total size is 440,831 sq mi, with inland water included. Colombia rankes 25/197 by total surface area.

Occupies 0.74% of the land mass of all countries.
36.5% of its territory is agricultural land.
Colombia has 0.85% of the world's agricultural land area.
52.8% of its area is covered by forests.
Has 1.45% of the world's forests.

Colombia total size and land area

	Colombia	Rank
Total surface area	440,831 sq mi	25/197
Share all of all countries' surface area	0.22%	N/A
Land area	428,380 sq mi	26/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.74%	N/A
Population	52,886,363	28/197
Population density	126 ppl/mi²	140/197

Colombia's True Size on the Map

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Colombia's area by type

	Colombia	Rank
Forest area	226,040 sq mi	13/196
Forest area as share of land	52.8%	39/196
World's forests share	1.45%	N/A
Agricultural land	156,306 sq mi	27/194
Agricultural land share	36.5%	107/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.85%	N/A
Arable land	9,843 sq mi	73/191
Arable land share	2.3%	157/191
Permanent cropland	9,443 sq mi	16/192
Permanent cropland share	2.2%	79/192
Water area	12,451 sq mi	17/197
Water as share of total area	2.82%	59/197
Roads length	127,001 mi	33/176
Land borders length	4,146 mi	19/197
Coastline length	1,993 mi	35/197
Share of marine protected waters	41.1%	9/155

Colombia's size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Colombia but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.