Colombia Population

Over 50 years of civil war have made Colombia one of the world’s most violent countries. The peace processes of recent years have led to a stable economy and calmer political conditions, where illegal production and export of cocaine is the country’s biggest challenge.

Key figures and facts

• Capital: Bogota
• Ethnic groups: European + Native and European origin 84.2%, African + Colombian origin 10.4%, Amerindians 3.4%, (2005 est.)
• Language: Spanish (official)
• Religion: Roman Catholic 79%, Protestants 14%, other/unspecified 7% (2014 est.)
• Population: 49,464,683 (2018)
• Control Form: Republic
• Area: 1 141 749 km²
• Currency: Colombian Peso
• GNP per capita: 14 154 PPP $
• National Day: July 20th

Colombia’s population

The population in Colombia is 43.9 million (2007), annual population growth of 1.4% and the average age of 75.9 years for women, 68.1 years for men.

The ethnic composition is characterized by the fact that the native Indians, Spaniards and their African slaves have gradually become so mixed with each other that it is almost impossible to estimate the size of each group. No doubt, however, the majority of the population is either a mix of whites and Native Americans (mites) or a mix of whites and blacks. These two main groups were estimated in 2000 to constitute approximately 58% and 14% of the population. About 20% are considered white and 4% black. There are approximately 400 Native American tribes, but pure Native Americans make up only 1% of the population. About ¹/₄ of the Indian population live in protected areas, Resguardo.

The country has a population density of approximately 40 people per km². Most live in the predominantly mountainous western part of the country, where the population density in some provinces is 100–200 per km². Especially the middle part of the Caucadale, between Medellín and Cali, is densely populated. The eastern parts of the country, which includes ³/₅ of the area, only approximately 4% of the population. Large areas are here on the nearest public. After World War II, there has been a significant move from the countryside to the cities, which has grown very rapidly. About ³/₄ of the population today lives in cities and towns. The lack of security in connection with violence and drug activities has led people to move from the most unsafe cities and places. An estimated three million have been displaced from their homes. war actions (see also the history section) and a large part of the country’s residents live in poverty. The largest cities are (2007): the capital of Bogotá (7,033,900), Medellín (2,248,900), Cali (2,139,500), and Barranquilla (1,144,500).

Population of Colombia by Year (Historical)

Year	Population	Annual Growth Rate	Population Density	Global Rank
2020	50,882,780	1.080%	45.8611	29
2019	50,339,332	1.370%	45.3713	29
2018	49,660,937	1.540%	44.7598	29
2017	48,909,728	1.520%	44.0828	29
2016	48,174,941	1.380%	43.4205	29
2015	47,520,556	1.000%	42.8307	29
2010	45,222,589	1.180%	40.7595	29
2005	42,647,612	1.480%	38.4387	29
2000	39,629,857	1.700%	35.7188	29
1995	36,421,327	1.930%	32.8269	30
1990	33,102,464	2.020%	29.8356	30
1985	29,951,090	2.170%	26.9952	30
1980	26,900,395	2.250%	24.2456	30
1975	24,065,396	2.300%	21.6904	30
1970	21,479,954	2.780%	19.3601	30
1965	18,725,134	3.120%	16.8772	32
1960	16,057,613	3.110%	14.4729	32
1955	13,774,889	2.830%	12.4155	32
1950	11,981,465	0.000%	10.7991	33

Major Cities in Colombia by Population

Rank	City	Population
1	Bogota	7,674,255
2	Cali	2,392,766
3	Medellin	1,999,868
4	Barranquilla	1,380,314
5	Cartagena	951,913
6	Cucuta	721,287
7	Bucaramanga	571,709
8	Pereira	440,007
9	Santa Marta	431,670
10	Ibague	421,574
11	Bello	392,828
12	Pasto	382,125
13	Manizales	357,703
14	Neiva	352,744
15	Soledad	342,445
16	Villavicencio	321,606
17	Armenia	315,217
18	Soacha	313,834
19	Valledupar	308,126
20	Itaguei	281,742
21	Monteria	272,309
22	Sincelejo	261,076
23	Popayan	258,542
24	Floridablanca	252,156
25	Palmira	247,875
26	Buenaventura	240,276
27	Barrancabermeja	191,292
28	Dosquebradas	179,472
29	Tulua	165,390
30	Envigado	162,896
31	Cartago	134,716
32	Maicao	130,237
33	Florencia	130,226
34	Girardot City	130,178
35	Sogamoso	126,440
36	Guadalajara de Buga	117,893
37	Tunja	117,368
38	Giron	108,355
39	Malambo	101,423
40	Magangue	100,202
41	Facatativa	94,500
42	Riohacha	92,320
43	Duitama	91,929
44	Zipaquira	91,124
45	Fusagasuga	88,709
46	Cienaga	88,200
47	Tumaco	86,602
48	Apartado	86,327
49	Piedecuesta	86,276
50	Montelibano	84,889
51	Ocana	83,400
52	La Dorada	81,839
53	Ipiales	77,618
54	Quibdo	74,993
55	Aguachica	73,249
56	Yumbo	71,325
57	Arauca	69,153
58	Sabanalarga	68,424
59	Chinchina	68,401
60	Caldas	65,454
61	Villa del Rosario	64,840
62	Chia	64,458
63	Rionegro	62,180
64	Calarca	62,059
65	Yopal	60,918
66	Sahagun	59,077
67	Fundacion	59,064
68	Los Patios	58,550
69	San Andres	58,146
70	Caucasia	57,923
71	Santa Rosa de Cabal	57,817
72	Espinal	56,102
73	Turbaco	56,060
74	Cerete	55,402
75	El Banco	54,411
76	Funza	54,310
77	Pitalito	53,574
78	Puerto Tejada	53,563
79	Pamplona	53,476
80	Agustin Codazzi	51,367
81	Turbo	50,397
82	Madrid	50,326
83	Arjona	50,294
84	La Estrella	49,275
85	Copacabana	49,058
86	Plato	48,495
87	Chigorodo	48,332
88	El Carmen de Bolivar	47,846
89	Florida	47,062
90	Chiquinquira	45,183
91	Jamundi	44,722
92	Pradera	44,519
93	Baranoa	43,967
94	Piendamo	43,889
95	Sevilla	41,501
96	El Bagre	40,687
97	Santander de Quilichao	40,687
98	Acacias	40,516
99	Lorica	40,494
100	Segovia	39,827
101	Corozal	39,689
102	El Cerrito	38,279
103	Payande	37,385
104	Planeta Rica	37,186
105	La Ceja	36,473
106	San Marcos	36,438
107	Montenegro	36,388
108	Villamaria	35,191
109	Sabaneta	34,061
110	Puerto Berrio	33,872
111	La Virginia	33,724
112	San Gil	33,481
113	Pivijay	33,381
114	San Onofre	32,846
115	Caicedonia	32,306
116	Granada	32,254
117	Belalcazar	31,689
118	Quimbaya	31,280
119	Mompos	30,750
120	San Luis de Since	30,657
121	Puerto Asis	29,671
122	Leticia	29,555
123	San Juan Nepomuceno	29,508
124	Morales	29,506
125	Garzon	29,340
126	Tame	28,988
127	Zarzal	28,650
128	El Charco	28,562
129	Libano	28,100
130	Honda	28,047
131	Palmar de Varela	27,973
132	Aracataca	27,593
133	Roldanillo	27,450
134	Santiago de Tolu	27,279
135	Puerto Boyaca	27,199
136	La Tebaida	26,987
137	Mosquera	26,894
138	San Juan del Cesar	26,737
139	La Mesa	26,588
140	Ariguani	26,135
141	Tierralta	26,131
142	Puerto Colombia	26,116
143	Melgar	25,869
144	Santo Tomas	25,736
145	Anaime	25,604
146	Anserma	25,131
147	Cajica	24,888
148	Sabanagrande	24,769
149	Buenaventura	24,731
150	San Carlos	24,504
151	Marinilla	24,060
152	Cumaribo	23,879
153	Candelaria	23,878
154	Fonseca	23,398
155	La Union	23,348
156	Maria la Baja	23,290
157	Sucre	23,099
158	Sibate	23,097
159	San Sebastian de Mariquita	22,993
160	Campo de la Cruz	22,692
161	San Carlos	22,567
162	Ayapel	22,491
163	Campoalegre	22,457
164	Yarumal	22,257
165	San Jose del Guaviare	22,025
166	Curumani	21,973
167	Mocoa	21,924
168	Sampues	21,093
169	Carmen de Viboral	21,041
170	Flandes	20,808
171	Patia	20,696
172	Villeta	20,578
173	Carepa	20,516
174	Villa de San Diego de Ubate	20,374
175	Morales	20,264
176	Barbosa	20,261
177	San Jacinto	20,154
178	Tuquerres	20,073
179	Circasia	20,002
180	Lerida	19,958
181	Villanueva	19,921
182	Chaparral	19,871
183	Galapa	19,621
184	Aguadas	19,616
185	Guacari	19,526
186	Chinu	19,485
187	Padua	19,200
188	La Plata	19,164
189	Riosucio	18,839
190	Urrao	18,735
191	Zaragoza	18,684
192	Malaga	18,628
193	Villanueva	18,588
194	Repelon	18,574
195	La Jagua de Ibirico	18,444
196	San Benito Abad	18,070
197	El Copey	18,025
198	Salamina	17,965
199	Socorro	17,641
200	Santuario	17,611
201	Fresno	17,557
202	Cienaga de Oro	17,512
203	Andalucia	17,321
204	Barrancas	17,239
205	Sonson	17,121
206	Chimichagua	16,635
207	Barbosa	16,596
208	Pacho	16,587
209	Puerto Lopez	16,567
210	Corinto	16,468
211	Andes	16,308
212	Manzanares	16,167
213	Puerto Santander	16,164
214	San Martin	16,162
215	Ciudad Bolivar	16,114
216	El Reten	15,790
217	Darien	15,652
218	Santa Lucia	15,649
219	Belen de Umbria	15,587
220	Aguazul	15,558
221	Viterbo	15,105
222	Chiriguana	15,070
223	La Union	14,950
224	Guamo	14,770
225	Chicoral	14,575
226	Guaduas	14,281
227	Los Palmitos	14,274
228	Guarne	14,159
229	Manati	14,029
230	San Pablo	13,872
231	Santa Ana	13,839
232	Guapi	13,742
233	Istmina	13,677
234	Toro	13,653
235	Orito	13,597
236	Puerto Wilches	13,594
237	Tibu	13,454
238	Paipa	13,443
239	Puebloviejo	13,412
240	El Zulia	13,410
241	Samaniego	13,404
242	Ovejas	13,173
243	La Paz	13,138
244	Luruaco	13,125
245	Miranda	13,112
246	El Doncello	12,971
247	Villanueva	12,680
248	Supia	12,673
249	Santa Barbara	12,632
250	San Estanislao	12,485
251	Bugalagrande	12,307
252	Ansermanuevo	12,221
253	Dagua	12,209
254	Puerto Rico	12,195
255	Amaga	12,059
256	El Bordo	11,961
257	Santa Fe de Antioquia	11,718
258	Sitionuevo	11,706
259	Neira	11,644
260	Polonuevo	11,616
261	Armero-Guyabal	11,609
262	San Antero	11,499
263	Dabeiba	11,437
264	San Pedro	11,378
265	Chivolo	11,346
266	Candelaria	11,316
267	Venadillo	11,199
268	Pelaya	11,195
269	Sabana de Torres	11,180
270	Cimitarra	11,156
271	San Vicente de Chucuri	11,154
272	Cumaral	11,152
273	Ponedera	11,110
274	Natagaima	11,106
275	Junin	11,047
276	Marsella	11,047
277	Majagual	11,028
278	Garagoa	10,991
279	San Pedro de Uraba	10,984
280	La Victoria	10,953
281	Gaitania	10,889
282	Soata	10,834
283	Velez	10,794
284	Quinchia	10,784
285	Agua de Dios	10,764
286	Purificacion	10,735
287	Necocli	10,724
288	San Juan de Uraba	10,714
289	Abrego	10,711
290	Algeciras	10,681
291	Ituango	10,658
292	Valencia	10,541
293	San Alberto	10,516
294	Santa Rosa	10,493
295	Pailitas	10,369
296	Sandona	10,290
297	Suan	10,270
298	Tocaima	10,124
299	Turbana	10,124
300	Puerto Carreno	10,105
301	Santa Rosa de Osos	10,080
302	La Calera	10,064
303	Tado	9,984
304	Algarrobo	9,931
305	Donmatias	9,900
306	Suarez	9,874
307	Valle del Guamuez	9,858
308	Arauquita	9,839
309	Condoto	9,786
310	Palermo	9,785
311	Coello	9,776
312	Puerto Salgar	9,752
313	Gigante	9,718
314	Olaya Herrera	9,709
315	Moniquira	9,674
316	Amalfi	9,622
317	Planadas	9,598
318	Manaure	9,592
319	Chinacota	9,556
320	Vegachi	9,507
321	Zambrano	9,454
322	Restrepo	9,434
323	Curillo	9,428
324	San Agustin	9,370
325	Galeras	9,348
326	Sibundoy	9,347
327	Aranzazu	9,216
328	Concordia	9,213
329	Cajamarca	9,198
330	Saldana	9,126
331	Riofrio	9,125
332	Mahates	9,113
333	Calamar	9,069
334	Usiacuri	9,035
335	Alcala	9,024
336	Puerto Leguizamo	8,987
337	San Juan de Betulia	8,981
338	Pueblo Nuevo	8,964
339	Villa Rica	8,959
340	Guamal	8,905
341	Becerril	8,891
342	Astrea	8,884
343	San Bernardo del Viento	8,856
344	Fredonia	8,839
345	Lebrija	8,838
346	Santa Rosa del Sur	8,793
347	San Pedro	8,690
348	Clemencia	8,664
349	La Cruz	8,640
350	Juan de Acosta	8,544
351	Frontino	8,492
352	Urumita	8,398
353	San Antonio	8,365
354	Achi	8,323
355	Sopo	8,285
356	Arboletes	8,269
357	Yotoco	8,251
358	La Union	8,250
359	Remolino	8,197
360	Tolu Viejo	8,149
361	Silvania	8,126
362	Pacora	8,107
363	Cisneros	8,093
364	Timana	8,092
365	Tubara	8,069
366	Pensilvania	8,062
367	Soplaviento	7,956
368	Rivera	7,933
369	San Diego	7,903
370	Muzo	7,866
371	Aipe	7,853
372	Caqueza	7,847
373	Manaure Balcon del Cesar	7,842
374	El Dovio	7,831
375	Retiro	7,830
376	Sardinata	7,761
377	Palestina	7,754
378	Monterrey	7,648
379	Jerico	7,639
380	Jardin	7,636
381	San Carlos	7,631
382	Cicuco	7,551
383	Barbacoas	7,522
384	El Paujil	7,507
385	Cota	7,504
386	Choconta	7,481
387	Cartagena del Chaira	7,475
388	Cumbal	7,418
389	Uribia	7,408
390	Yondo	7,405
391	Restrepo	7,400
392	El Pinon	7,370
393	Silvia	7,363
394	Abejorral	7,249
395	Gamarra	7,216
396	Obando	7,187
397	Inirida	7,187
398	El Tambo	7,168
399	San Rafael	7,134
400	La Dorada	7,074

Religion

About 92% belong to the Catholic Church. There are smaller groups of Protestants, Anglicans, Jews and followers of Baha’i.

Language

The official language is Spanish. A large number of Native American languages ​​and dialects are spoken by larger or smaller groups. arawak, aymara, chibcha, karib, quechua, tupi-guarani and yurumangui. See Indians (languages).