Colombia June 23, 2022 Amazon , Amazon River , Amazone , Americas , Andean Mountains , Andes , Antilles , Atlantic Ocean , Barranquilla , Bogota , Bucaramanga , Cali , Caribbean Sea , Cartagena , coca , cocaine , Colombia , colony , Cucuta , drug traffic , drug trafficking , drugs , ELN , FARC , guerrilla , Hispanic America , Latin America , Magdalena , Medellin , Orinoco , Orinoco Delta , Pacific Ocean , paramilitary , Ring of Fire , rio Orinoco , 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 ) 51,609,474 inhabitants (2022) Population growth 1.10 % / year Area 1,141,748 km² Density 45.20 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 43e )271.438 billions $USD (2020) GDP/capita (ranking ) 5,335 $USD (2020) GDP growth -6.80 % / year (2020) Life expectancy (ranking ) 76.89 years (2022) Birth rate 14.76 ‰ (2022) Fertility rate 1.85 children / woman (2022) Death rate (ranking ) 6.28 ‰ (2022) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 16.30 ‰ (2022) Literacy rate 98.66 % (2016) Official languages Spanish Currency Peso ($ COP) HDI (ranking: 106e )0.767 / 1 (2019) EPI (ranking )65.22 (2018) Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic Head of State President Gustavo Petro National Day 20 July (independence of 1810) ISO Codes CO, COL Demonym Colombian Tourists (ranking ) 3,898,000 people (2018)
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 82,068 inhabitants 109,665 km² Antioquia 6,887,306 inhabitants 62,869 km² Arauca 304,978 inhabitants 23,818 km² Atlántico 2,804,025 inhabitants 3,386 km² Bogotá (District Capital (D.C.)) 7,901,653 inhabitants 1,776 km² Bolívar 2,236,603 inhabitants 25,978 km² Boyacá 1,259,601 inhabitants 23,189 km² Caldas 1,036,455 inhabitants 7,291 km² Caquetá 419,275 inhabitants 88,965 km² Casanare 442,068 inhabitants 44,490 km² Cauca 1,516,018 inhabitants 29,308 km² Cesar 1,341,697 inhabitants 22,905 km² Chocó 553,519 inhabitants 46,530 km² Córdoba 1,856,496 inhabitants 25,020 km² Cundinamarca 3,478,323 inhabitants 23,960 km² Guainía 52,061 inhabitants 72,238 km² Guaviare 90,357 inhabitants 53,460 km² Huila 1,140,932 inhabitants 19,890 km² La Guajira 1,002,394 inhabitants 20,848 km² Magdalena 1,463,427 inhabitants 23,188 km² Meta 1,080,706 inhabitants 85,635 km² Nariño 1,629,181 inhabitants 32,820 km² Norte de Santander 1,651,278 inhabitants 21,648 km² Putumayo 369,064 inhabitants 24,885 km² Quindío 569,569 inhabitants 1,845 km²
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