Colombia and Tibet are almost exactly the same size
Colombia (South America) covers about 1,135,000 km² (438,000 mi²) and Tibet (autonomous region of China) about 1,130,000 km² (436,000 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 1,135,000km²Colombia
- 1,130,000km²Tibet
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- Colombia
- Tibet
Tibet: Part of this region's boundary is disputed with India. Size Versus draws Natural Earth's de facto outline, the boundary as it is held on the ground, and takes no position on it.
What fits
- Tibet is 100% of the size of Colombia.
- The measured areas differ by 5,350 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Colombia is about 37.0, Tibet about 36.8.
How they differ
- Colombia also has the larger population: 52.3 million against 3.6 million, 14.3× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 46 in Colombia against 3.2 in Tibet: Colombia is 14.3× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 15,600 km apart.
- On a standard web map Tibet looks larger than Colombia: Colombia at 4°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Tibet at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Tibet as 1.37× the size of Colombia, when Colombia is 1.00× the size of Tibet.
- Together Colombia and Tibet cover 2,265,000 km², close to the size of Algeria (2,309,000 km², 1.9% bigger).
- At Tibet's density, Colombia would have 3.7 million people (it has 52.3 million). At Colombia's density, Tibet would have 52.1 million (it has 3.6 million).
- Tibet's centre is 27.8° of latitude, about 3,100 km, farther north than Colombia's.
- Colombia ranks 27th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Tibet is the 3rd largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 12% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
- Tibet lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,100 km) north of Colombia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Colombia would have about 21,700 m² and each person in Tibet about 309,690 m².
- Laid side by side, Colombia and Tibet would cover 2,265,000 km², about the same size as Algeria.
- Together they have 56.0 million people, about as many people as Tanzania.
- Counted as a country, Tibet would rank 27th by area and 133rd by population.
Side by side
| Colombia | Tibet | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | Autonomous RegionChina |
| Area, measured | 1,135,000 km²438,000 mi² | 1,130,000 km²436,000 mi² |
| Official area | 1,142,000 km²Wikidata | 1,228,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 26th of 239worldwide | 3rd of 31in China |
| Population | 52.3 millionWikidata, 2023 | 3.6 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 27th of 237worldwide | 31st of 31in China |
| Density | 46 per km² | 3.2 per km² |
| Capital | Bogotá | Lhasa |
| Latitude range | 4°S to 14°N | 27°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,142,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,135,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 1,130,000 km² is 8.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,228,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12