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title: "Colombia vs Spain — area, population, currency"
description: "Colombia is 1,138,910 km² with 53,425,635 people; Spain is 505,370 km² with 49,355,143. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/colombia-vs-spain/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Colombia vs Spain

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

1,138,910 km² vs 505,370 km² · 53,425,635 vs 49,355,143

Colombia is 2.3 times larger than Spain — 1,138,910 against 505,370 km². Colombia is slightly more populous, by 8.2% — 53,425,635 against 49,355,143 people.

## Side by side

|  | Colombia | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Bogotá | Madrid |
| Area | 1,138,910 km² | 505,370 km² |
| Population | 53,425,635 (2025) | 49,355,143 (2025) |
| Density | 46.9 /km² | 97.7 /km² |
| Currency | Colombian peso (COP) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Spanish | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00 | UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +57 | +34 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | Europe |
| ISO codes | CO / COL | ES / ESP |

## Population density

Spain is 2.1 times more densely populated than Colombia — 98 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.
- Spain spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- 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.

## Spain

After Switzerland, Spain is the most mountainous country in Europe, with an average elevation around 650 m. The Canary Islands sit off Africa, which is why part of Spain is on a different time zone and why Teide, at 3,715 m, is the country's highest point. Spain has more olive trees than any other country, around 340 million.

> 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 Spain?

Colombia is larger — 1,138,910 km² against 505,370 km².

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

Colombia, with 53,425,635 against 49,355,143.

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

Colombia is UTC-05:00 and Spain is UTC+00:00, 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]