Colombia is larger by total area than Ethiopia or Bolivia.
Colombia covers about 1,141,748 square kilometres. Ethiopia measures roughly 1,104,300 square kilometres, while Bolivia covers approximately 1,098,581 square kilometres. Colombia is therefore the largest of the three, though the margin over Ethiopia and Bolivia is relatively small.
Colombia is unusual geographically because it has coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Its territory includes Andean mountain ranges, tropical lowlands, Amazonian rainforest, and the eastern Llanos grasslands. Bogotá lies high in the Andes and serves as the national capital.
Ethiopia is Africa’s second-most populous country and occupies much of the Horn of Africa’s highlands. Bolivia, once connected to the Pacific, has been landlocked since losing its coastal territory to Chile in the War of the Pacific. Those historical and physical differences can make the three countries seem very different, but their total areas are remarkably comparable.