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: 44e )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
See also
