---
title: "China vs Colombia — area, population, currency"
description: "China is 9,596,960 km² with 1,406,585,000 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/china-vs-colombia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# China vs Colombia

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

9,596,960 km² vs 1,138,910 km² · 1,406,585,000 vs 53,425,635

China is 8.4 times larger than Colombia — 9,596,960 against 1,138,910 km². China is 26 times more populous than Colombia — 1,406,585,000 against 53,425,635 people.

## Side by side

|  | China | Colombia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Beijing | Bogotá |
| Area | 9,596,960 km² | 1,138,910 km² |
| Population | 1,406,585,000 (2025) | 53,425,635 (2025) |
| Density | 146.6 /km² | 46.9 /km² |
| Currency | Chinese yuan (CNY) | Colombian peso (COP) |
| Official languages | Standard Chinese | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC+08:00 | UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +86 | +57 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Asia | South America |
| ISO codes | CN / CHN | CO / COL |

## Population density

China is 3.1 times more densely populated than Colombia — 147 against 47 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 Chinese yuan and the Colombian peso.
- Different continents — Asia and South America.

## China

The largest country in the world using a single time zone, so the sun rises in the far west around three hours later by the clock than in Beijing. China has a land border with fourteen countries — more than any other state except Russia, which also has fourteen. Its terrain runs from Mount Everest on the Nepalese border to the Turpan Depression at 154 m below sea level.

## 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 China bigger than Colombia?

China is larger — 9,596,960 km² against 1,138,910 km².

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

China, with 1,406,585,000 against 53,425,635.

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

China is UTC+08:00 and Colombia is UTC-05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Colombia](https://atoneplace.net/country/colombia/)
- [China vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-states/)
- [China vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-india/)
- [China vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [China vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-japan/)
- [China vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-new-zealand/)
- [China vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-france/)
- [China vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-germany/)
- [China vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-italy/)
- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-mexico/)
- [China vs Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-spain/)
- [China vs Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-egypt/)

## 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]