This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Colombia and Venezuela. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
General information
Colombia | Venezuela | |
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Region: | South America | South America |
Area: | 1,141,749 km² | 912,050 km² |
National language: | Spanish | Spanish |
Government form: | Presidential republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1810 AD | 1811 AD |
Capital: | Bogota | Caracas |
Population
Details for Colombia and VenezuelaColombia | Venezuela | |
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Population: | 51,517,000 | 28,200,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 45.1 | 30.9 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 72 years | Ø 67 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 78 years | Ø 76 years |
Average age: | Ø 31.2 years | Ø 30.0 years |
Birth rate: | 14.44 ‰ | 16.21 ‰ |
Death rate: | 6.61 ‰ | 7.58 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -1.58 ‰ | 13.88 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Colombia | Venezuela | |
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Political stability: | 46 | 25 |
Civil rights: | 44 | 1 |
Health: | 57 | 44 |
Climate: | 54 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 46 | 28 |
Popularity: | 28 | 46 |
Economy
Details for Colombia and VenezuelaColombia | Venezuela | |
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Currency: | Colombian peso (1 COP = 100 Centavos) | bolivar digital (1 VED =100 Céntimos) |
Unemployment rate: | 14.3 % | 6.4 % |
Inflation rate: | 3.50 % | 2,959.80 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 71.20 % | 73.30 % |
Average income: | 6,190 US$ | 13,080 US$ |
Corruption index: | 61 (bad) | 86 (very bad) |
COL: total | per 1000 inh. | VEN: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 314,464 M US$ | 6.10 M US$ | 482,359 M US$ | 17.11 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 318,932 M US$ | 6.19 M US$ | 392,925 M US$ | 13.93 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 50,793 M US$ | 0.99 M US$ | 28,684 M US$ | 1.02 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 70,840 M US$ | 1.38 M US$ | 25,810 M US$ | 0.92 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Colombia and VenezuelaCOL: total | per 1000 inh. | VEN: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 205,379 km | 3.99 km | 96,189 km | 3.41 km |
Railways: | 2,141 km | 0.04 km | 447 km | 0.02 km |
Waterways: | 24,725 km | 0.48 km | 7,100 km | 0.25 km |
Harbours: | 122 | 0.0024 | 281 | 0.0100 |
Passenger airports: | 51 | 0.0010 | 25 | 0.0009 |
Energy balance
Details for Colombia and VenezuelaCOL: total | per 1000 inh. | VEN: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 68.25 bn kWh | 1.32 m kWh | 71.96 bn kWh | 2.55 m kWh |
Energy production: | 74.92 bn kWh | 1.45 m kWh | 109.30 bn kWh | 3.88 m kWh |
Energy export: | 460.00 m kWh | 8,929.17 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh |
Energy imports: | 378.00 m kWh | 7,337.45 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 81.04 m t | 1,573.09 t | 112.34 m t | 3,983.71 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Colombia and VenezuelaColombia | Venezuela | |
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International dialing: | +57 | +58 |
Internet domain: | .co | .ve |
COL total | COL per 1000 inh. | VEN total | VEN per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 7,248,026 | 141 | 5,251,182 | 186 |
Mobile cellulars: | 67,672,570 | 1314 | 16,543,805 | 587 |
Internet server: | 4,410,000 | 86 | 1,016,000 | 36 |
Internet users: | 35,778,430 | 695 | 20,667,562 | 733 |
Broadband Internet: | 8,434,168 | 164 | 2,565,909 | 91 |
Healthcare system
Details for Colombia and VenezuelaColombia | Venezuela | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 1.71 | 0.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 2.08 | 1.93 |
Diabetes: | 7.4 % | 7.0 % |
Malaria: | 8.5 % | 32.7 % |
HIV: | 0.30 % | 0.13 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.41 ‰ | 0.47 ‰ |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 71.0 % | 85.0 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Colombia and Venezuela
Colombia | Venezuela | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 30.3 °C | 32.1 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 22.0 °C | 23.0 °C |
Water temperature: | 27.1 °C | 28.3 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 76 % | 75 % |
Rain days: | 12.1 | 8.0 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.4 | 7.0 |
Native languages
Colombia | Venezuela | |
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Spanish: | 99.0 % | 96.9 % |
Chibcha: | 0.4 % | n/a |
Goajiro: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Arawakan: | 0.1 % | n/a |
Creole-English: | 0.1 % | n/a |
Quechua: | 0.1 % | n/a |
Warrau: | n/a | 0.1 % |
other: | 0.3 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Colombia | Venezuela | |
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Christianity: | 90.0 % | 98.0 % |
other: | 10.0 % | 2.0 % |