Colombia
Population 2026
53,936,231
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.96%
- Density
- 49 per km²
- Land area
- 1,109,500 km²
- Capital
- Bogota
- Currency
- Peso (COP)
- Official languages
- ES-CO
- Urban population
- 78.8%
- Continent
- SA
Demographics
- Births
- 684,7982026
- Deaths
- 304,6692026
- Birth rate
- 13.3per 1,000
- Death rate
- 5.5per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.63
- Life expectancy
- 77.9At birth, years
- Median age
- 33.0
- Net migration
- 129,139
Age distribution
- 0–1420.0%
- 15–6469.8%
- 65+10.2%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $457B
- GDP per capita
- $8.6K
- GDP growth
- +2.6%
- Inflation
- 5.1%
- Unemployment
- 8.3%
- Exports
- $68.5B
- Imports
- $93.2B
- Tourism receipts
- 5.1%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture9.9%
- Industry21.8%
- Manufacturing9.9%
- Services58.5%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture14.2%
- Industry20.0%
- Services65.8%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BogotáBogota D.C. | 7,674,3662024 |
| 2 | CaliValle del Cauca Department | 2,392,8772026 |
| 3 | MedellínAntioquia | 1,999,9792026 |
| 4 | BarranquillaAtlántico | 1,206,3192026 |
| 5 | CartagenaBolívar | 914,5522026 |
| 6 | CúcutaNorte de Santander Department | 777,1062026 |
| 7 | SoachaCundinamarca | 655,0252025 |
| 8 | BucaramangaSantander Department | 581,1302026 |
| 9 | IbaguéTolima Department | 529,6352026 |
| 10 | Santa MartaMagdalena Department | 499,1922026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53,936,231 | 685K | 305K |
| 2020 | 50,629,997 | 714K | 335K |
| 2010 | 44,777,325 | 758K | 224K |
| 2000 | 39,089,939 | 870K | 218K |
| 1990 | 32,440,064 | 873K | 190K |
| 1980 | 26,104,503 | 811K | 161K |
| 1970 | 20,811,790 | 759K | 176K |
| 1960 | 15,606,209 | 716K | 187K |
| 1950 | 11,766,991 | 546K | 207K |