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title: "Canada vs Colombia — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Colombia is 1,138,910 km² with 53,425,635. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-colombia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Colombia

**Canada vs Colombia: Canada is larger; Colombia has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 1,138,910 km² · 41,651,653 vs 53,425,635

Canada is 8.8 times larger than Colombia — 9,984,670 against 1,138,910 km². Colombia is 1.3 times more populous than Canada — 53,425,635 against 41,651,653 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Colombia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Bogotá |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 1,138,910 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 53,425,635 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 46.9 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Colombian peso (COP) |
| Official languages | English, French | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +57 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | South America |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | CO / COL |

## Population density

Colombia is 11 times more densely populated than Canada — 47 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Colombian peso.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and South America.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Colombia

The only South American country with coastline on both the Pacific and the Caribbean. It has more bird species than any other country, around 1,900, and more orchid species too. The Andes split into three separate ranges here, and the Chocó on the Pacific side is among the wettest places on Earth, with over 10 m of rain a year in places.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Colombia?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 1,138,910 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Colombia?

Colombia, with 53,425,635 against 41,651,653.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Colombia?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Colombia is UTC-05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]