Colombia December 11, 2018 Amazon , Amazon River , Amazone , Americas , Amérique hispanique , Andes , Antilles , Atlantic Ocean , Barranquilla , Bogota , Bucaramanga , Cali , Caribbean Sea , Cartagena , coca , cocaïne , Colombia , colony , Cordillère des Andes , Cucuta , drug traffic , drug trafficking , drugs , ELN , FARC , fleuve Orénoque , guérillas , Latin America , Magdalena , Medellin , Orénoque , Pacific Ocean , paramilitary , Ring of Fire , South America , Spanish , Spanish colony , Spanish Empire , Spanish language , volcano Official name Republic of Colombia Name in local language República de Colombia (es) Continent Americas Subcontinent South America Population (ranking: 28e ) 49,892,184 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 1.10 % / year Area 1,141,748 km² Density 43.70 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 40e )309.191 billions $USD (2017) GDP/capita (ranking ) 6,302 $USD (2017) GDP growth 1.80 % / year (2017) Life expectancy (ranking ) 73.99 years (2014) Birth rate 15.77 ‰ (2014) Fertility rate 1.90 children / woman (2014) Death rate (ranking ) 5.87 ‰ (2014) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 17.23 ‰ (2014) Literacy rate 98.66 % (2016) Official languages Spanish Currency Peso ($ COP) HDI (ranking: 122e )0.747 / 1 (2017) EPI (ranking )65.22 (2018) Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic Head of State President Iván Duque National Day 20 July (independence of 1810) ISO Codes CO, COL Demonym Colombian Tourists (ranking ) 4,027,000 people (2017)
Colombia is a country in northwestern South America. It is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean, to the north-west by Panama , to the north by the Caribbean Sea, to the east by Venezuela and Brazil , to the south by Ecuador and Peru .
Bogotá, capital city of Colombia. Photo: Omar Monroy Bogotá at night. Photo: Jorge Díaz Peak Aguja, Sierra Nevada del Cocuy National Park. Photo: Martin Roca Johny Cay, Colombia. Photo: Mario Carvajal Urban areas (2018) Urban areas Population Bogotá 10,985,285 inhabitants Cali 4,022,967 inhabitants Medellín 3,909,729 inhabitants Barranquilla 2,450,127 inhabitants Cartagena (Cartagena de Indias) 1,576,312 inhabitants Bucaramanga 1,150,993 inhabitants Cúcuta 1,082,632 inhabitants Pereira 920,784 inhabitants Santa Marta 706,836 inhabitants Montería 694,937 inhabitants Ibagué 633,134 inhabitants Villavicencio 629,029 inhabitants Valledupar 584,682 inhabitants Manizales 559,433 inhabitants Armenia 504,722 inhabitants Neiva 495,885 inhabitants Bello 482,287 inhabitants Pasto (San Juan de Pasto) 455,678 inhabitants Popayán 451,638 inhabitants Buenaventura 424,047 inhabitants Sincelejo 422,906 inhabitants Ipiales - Tulcán (Ecuador) 366,636 inhabitants Rionegro 362,778 inhabitants Duitama-Sogamoso 301,736 inhabitants Riohacha 286,973 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Departments Population Area Amazonas 78,830 inhabitants 109,665 km² Antioquia 6,691,030 inhabitants 62,869 km² Arauca 270,708 inhabitants 23,818 km² Atlántico 2,545,924 inhabitants 3,386 km² Bogotá (District Capital (D.C.)) 8,181,047 inhabitants 1,776 km² Bolívar 2,171,280 inhabitants 25,978 km² Boyacá 1,282,063 inhabitants 23,189 km² Caldas 993,866 inhabitants 7,291 km² Caquetá 496,241 inhabitants 88,965 km² Casanare 375,249 inhabitants 44,490 km² Cauca 1,415,933 inhabitants 29,308 km² Cesar 1,065,673 inhabitants 22,905 km² Chocó 515,145 inhabitants 46,530 km² Córdoba 1,788,507 inhabitants 25,020 km² Cundinamarca 2,804,238 inhabitants 23,960 km² Guainía 43,446 inhabitants 72,238 km² Guaviare 115,829 inhabitants 53,460 km² Huila 1,197,081 inhabitants 19,890 km² La Guajira 1,040,157 inhabitants 20,848 km² Magdalena 1,298,691 inhabitants 23,188 km² Meta 1,016,701 inhabitants 85,635 km² Nariño 1,809,116 inhabitants 32,820 km² Norte de Santander 1,391,239 inhabitants 21,648 km² Putumayo 358,896 inhabitants 24,885 km² Quindío 575,010 inhabitants 1,845 km²
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