Texas is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America, whereas Colombia is located in South America with territories in North America. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between the U.S. state Texas and Colombia regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Texas bigger than Colombia?
The total area of Texas is 268,596 sq mi, and the total area of Colombia is 440,831 sq mi. Texas is smaller than Colombia by 172,235 sq mi. Texas is around 1.6 times smaller than Colombia.
Area of Texas: 268,596 sq mi ( 695,662 km2 )
Area of Colombia: 440,831 sq mi ( 1,141,748 km2 )
Population
According to the United States Census Bureau data, the total population of Texas as of 2019 was estimated to be around 29 Million.
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the current population of Colombia as of 26th May 2021, is 51,379,272.
Here is some more data comparison between Texas and Colombia.
The capital city of Texas is Austin, and the capital city of Colombia is Bogota.
Official Languages
Texas: No official language, but English is the primary spoken language.
Colombia: Spanish
Human Development Index
HDI of Texas as of 2018: 0.909
HDI of Colombia as of 2019: 0.767
Texas Timezone:
UTC − 6 (Central Time Zone)
UTC − 7 (Mountain Time Zone)
Summer (DST):
UTC − 5 (Central Daylight Time)
UTC − 6 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Colombia Timezone:
UTC – 5 (Colombia Timezone)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Texas:
31° 28′ 32.52″ N, 99° 19′ 52.32″ W
Coordinates of Colombia:
4° 0′ 0″ N, 72° 0′ 0″ W
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