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title: "Colombia vs Germany — area, population, currency"
description: "Colombia is 1,138,910 km² with 53,425,635 people; Germany is 357,022 km² with 83,491,249. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/colombia-vs-germany/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Colombia vs Germany

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

1,138,910 km² vs 357,022 km² · 53,425,635 vs 83,491,249

Colombia is 3.2 times larger than Germany — 1,138,910 against 357,022 km². Germany is 1.6 times more populous than Colombia — 83,491,249 against 53,425,635 people.

## Side by side

|  | Colombia | Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Bogotá | Berlin |
| Area | 1,138,910 km² | 357,022 km² |
| Population | 53,425,635 (2025) | 83,491,249 (2025) |
| Density | 46.9 /km² | 233.9 /km² |
| Currency | Colombian peso (COP) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Spanish | German |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +57 | +49 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | Europe |
| ISO codes | CO / COL | DE / DEU |

## Population density

Germany is 5.0 times more densely populated than Colombia — 234 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 Colombian peso and the Euro.
- Different continents — South America and Europe.

## 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.

## Germany

Germany borders nine countries, more than any other in Europe. The Rhine carries more freight than any other river in Europe. The country has around 25,000 castles and palaces, and the Black Forest and Bavarian Alps mean about a third of it is wooded.

> 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 Colombia bigger than Germany?

Colombia is larger — 1,138,910 km² against 357,022 km².

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

Germany, with 83,491,249 against 53,425,635.

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

Colombia is UTC-05:00 and Germany is UTC+01:00. 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]