Land covered by forest
53.7%% of land area
#43 of 2132024
169% of world average
SERIAL · 170South America
Colombia
CapitalBogotá
CurrencyCOP · Colombian peso
LanguageSpanish
Area1.1M km²
Since1810
ISOCOL · CO
Population
53.4Mas of 2025
Watermark portrait: Shakira
— THE COUNTRY —
Country in South America
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country located in South America, with insular regions in North America. Colombia's mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments. The Capital District of Bogotá is the country's largest city hosting the main financial and cultural hub. Other urban areas include Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Bucaramanga, Pereira, Santa Marta, Cúcuta, Ibagué, Villavicencio and Manizales. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers and has a population of around 52 million. Its rich cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by the African diaspora, as well as with those of Indigenous civilizations that predate colonization. Spanish is the official language, although Creole, English and 64 other languages are recognized regionally.
Text: Wikipedia — ColombiaCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-11-03
— FACTS —
- Capital
- Bogotá
- Currency
- Colombian peso (COP)
- Official language
- Spanish
- Drives on the
- Right
- Calling code
- +57
- Licence plate code
- CO
- Top-level domain
- .co
- Independence / founding
- 1810
- Highest point
- Pico Cristóbal Colón (5,775 m)
- Lowest point
- Pacific Ocean (0 m)
- Anthem
- National Anthem of Colombia
— LAND —
Forest area
594,569km²
#13 of 2132025
314% of world average
Agricultural land
36.5%% of land area
#110 of 2092024
98% of world average
Farmable (arable) land
2.7%% of land area
#165 of 2062024
19% of world average
Land area
1.1Mkm²
#25 of 2152024
174% of world average
— PEOPLE —
Population
53.4Mpeople
#28 of 2162025
141% of world average
Population growth
1.0%% per year
#102 of 2162025
103% of world average
Population density
47.7people per km²
#154 of 2152024
11% of world average
People living in cities
78.8%% of population
#66 of 2162025
125% of world average
Urban population growth
1.3%% per year
#103 of 2162025
88% of world average
People living rurally
21.2%% of population
#151 of 2162025
58% of world average
Population aged 0-14
20.0%% of population
#123 of 2162025
80% of world average
Population aged 15-64
69.8%% of population
#26 of 2162025
109% of world average
Population aged 65+
10.2%% of population
#96 of 2162025
94% of world average
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Age dependency ratio
43.3%% of working-age population
#191 of 2162025
75% of world average
Female population
50.7%% of population
#81 of 2162025
101% of world average
Births per woman
1.63births per woman
#132 of 2162024
70% of world average
Birth rate
13.3 /1,000per 1,000 people
#111 of 2162024
77% of world average
Death rate
5.5 /1,000per 1,000 people
#180 of 2162024
71% of world average
Net migration
129,139people (5-year total)
#12 of 2162025
117281% of world average
Migrants living in the country
5.8%% of population
#107 of 2152024
44% of world average
— MONEY —
GDP
$457.41Bcurrent US$
#36 of 2112025
82% of world average
GDP, purchasing power parity
$1.21Tcurrent int'l $
#31 of 1992025
116% of world average
GDP per person
$8,562current US$
#109 of 2112025
36% of world average
GDP per person, purchasing power parity
$22,640current int'l $
#98 of 1992025
68% of world average
GDP growth
2.6%% per year
#128 of 2102025
78% of world average
GDP per person growth
1.6%% per year
#131 of 2102025
68% of world average
Gross national income
$449.48Bcurrent US$
#38 of 2042025
79% of world average
Gross national income per person
$7,900current US$
#104 of 2032025
39% of world average
Gross national income per person, PPP
$22,250current int'l $
#95 of 1972025
70% of world average
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Inflation
5.1%% per year
#145 of 1902025
60% of world average
Inflation (GDP deflator)
5.4%% per year
#154 of 2092025
76% of world average
Real interest rate
8.4%%
#28 of 1342025
204% of world average
Lending interest rate
14.3%%
#33 of 1342025
127% of world average
Government debt
71.2%% of GDP
#44 of 632024
119% of world average
Government revenue
25.8%% of GDP
#71 of 1492024
99% of world average
Government spending
33.3%% of GDP
#47 of 1492023
121% of world average
Government consumption
15.5%% of GDP
#99 of 1812025
88% of world average
Household consumption
73.2%% of GDP
#47 of 1812025
113% of world average
Investment (gross capital formation)
16.7%% of GDP
#149 of 1782025
72% of world average
Fixed investment
16.0%% of GDP
#147 of 1732025
72% of world average
Gross savings
13.2%% of GDP
#137 of 1682025
60% of world average
Foreign investment inflows
$11.57Bcurrent US$
#34 of 2012025
138% of world average
Foreign investment inflows
2.5%% of GDP
#82 of 1982025
no comparison
Foreign investment outflows
1.1%% of GDP
#52 of 1792025
49% of world average
Current account balance
-2.4%% of GDP
#104 of 1912025
no comparison
Foreign reserves
$65.81Bcurrent US$
#42 of 1772025
65% of world average
External debt
$201.76Bcurrent US$
#113 of 1212024
261% of world average
Income inequality (Gini)
54.40-100
#146 of 1472024
153% of world average
People below the poverty line
8.5%% of population
#102 of 1472024
66% of world average
Income share held by richest 10%
42.7%%
#146 of 1472024
153% of world average
Income share held by poorest 10%
1.0%%
#147 of 1472024
36% of world average
Stock market value
29.0%% of GDP
#54 of 882025
38% of world average
Money sent home by workers abroad
$13.13Bcurrent US$
#16 of 1862025
255% of world average
Foreign aid received
0.3%% of GNI
#114 of 1372023
5% of world average
Exchange rate
4,053local currency per US$
#11 of 2112025
279% of world average
Agriculture's share of the economy
9.9%% of GDP
#71 of 1992025
100% of world average
Industry's share of the economy
21.8%% of GDP
#119 of 2022025
89% of world average
Manufacturing's share of the economy
9.9%% of GDP
#104 of 1952025
90% of world average
Services' share of the economy
58.5%% of GDP
#98 of 2022025
101% of world average
— TRADE —
Exports
15.0%% of GDP
#165 of 1872025
35% of world average
Imports
20.4%% of GDP
#169 of 1872025
41% of world average
Trade balance
-5.4%% of GDP
#109 of 1872025
no comparison
Total trade (openness)
26.4%% of GDP
#185 of 2052025
41% of world average
Goods exported
$50.09Bcurrent US$
#56 of 2072025
40% of world average
Goods imported
$70.50Bcurrent US$
#51 of 2072025
56% of world average
Services exported
$19.97Bcurrent US$
#52 of 1912025
41% of world average
Services imported
$20.01Bcurrent US$
#54 of 1912025
45% of world average
Goods and services exported
$71.46Bcurrent US$
#54 of 1912025
41% of world average
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Goods and services imported
$86.34Bcurrent US$
#51 of 1912025
51% of world average
High-tech share of exports
9.0%% of manufactured exports
#73 of 1792024
74% of world average
Terms of trade
140index
#11 of 2062024
133% of world average
— HEALTH —
Life expectancy
77.9 yrsyears
#73 of 2162024
105% of world average
Life expectancy, women
80.6 yrsyears
#75 of 2162024
105% of world average
Life expectancy, men
75.2 yrsyears
#70 of 2162024
105% of world average
Infant deaths
10.5 /1,000per 1,000 live births
#85 of 1962024
57% of world average
Deaths under age 5
11.5 /1,000per 1,000 live births
#84 of 1962024
48% of world average
Maternal deaths
59per 100,000 live births
#106 of 1942023
51% of world average
Health spending
8.1%% of GDP
#59 of 1932024
119% of world average
Health spending per person
$644current US$
#76 of 1932024
44% of world average
Physicians
2.5 /1,000per 1,000 people
#77 of 1872023
120% of world average
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Nurses and midwives
1.5 /1,000per 1,000 people
#155 of 1962023
33% of world average
Hospital beds
1.7 /1,000per 1,000 people
#102 of 1572020
57% of world average
Access to clean drinking water
97.1%% of population
#111 of 2142024
107% of world average
Access to basic sanitation
96.6%% of population
#88 of 2132024
120% of world average
Suicide rate
4.96per 100,000 people
#62 of 1852021
58% of world average
Adults who smoke
8.0%% of adults
#19 of 1662024
40% of world average
HIV prevalence
0.6%% aged 15-49
#94 of 1532024
44% of world average
Tuberculosis cases
49per 100,000 people
#115 of 2082024
49% of world average
Undernourishment
4.1%% of population
#73 of 1682024
41% of world average
Children vaccinated against measles
93.0%% of children 12-23 months
#74 of 1932024
108% of world average
— LEARNING —
Education spending
5.3%% of GDP
#50 of 1902020
122% of world average
Education spending
13.2%% of government spending
not enough data to rank1999
97% of world average
Adult literacy
95.3%% aged 15+
#47 of 1192024
114% of world average
Youth literacy
99.0%% aged 15-24
#42 of 1262024
109% of world average
Primary school enrolment
104.8%% gross
#56 of 2002022
104% of world average
Secondary school enrolment
101.6%% gross
#54 of 1882022
117% of world average
University enrolment
59.3%% gross
#63 of 1672022
119% of world average
Primary school completion
97.1%% of relevant age group
#69 of 1802022
108% of world average
Pupils per teacher, primary school
23.3pupils per teacher
#103 of 1602018
105% of world average
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Years of compulsory education
12.0 yrsyears
#33 of 1972025
120% of world average
— WORK —
Unemployment
8.3%% of labour force
#132 of 1862025
120% of world average
Youth unemployment
17.7%% of labour force aged 15-24
#122 of 1862025
113% of world average
Labour force participation
63.4%% aged 15+
#81 of 1862025
105% of world average
Women in the labour force
51.6%% of women aged 15+
#106 of 1862025
101% of world average
Men in the labour force
75.7%% of men aged 15+
#48 of 1862025
108% of world average
Labour force
27.1Mpeople
#25 of 1862025
134% of world average
Working in agriculture
14.2%% of employment
#95 of 1862025
64% of world average
Working in industry
20.0%% of employment
#79 of 1862025
102% of world average
Working in services
65.8%% of employment
#74 of 1862025
113% of world average
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Self-employed
45.6%% of employment
#64 of 1862025
118% of world average
Labour force with advanced education
81.4%% of labour force
#46 of 1712025
107% of world average
Employed
58.1%% aged 15+
#90 of 1862025
103% of world average
— CONNECTED —
People online
79.3%% of population
#112 of 2072024
111% of world average
Mobile phone subscriptions
174per 100 people
#15 of 2102024
150% of world average
Fixed broadband subscriptions
17.2per 100 people
#96 of 2082024
95% of world average
Fixed telephone lines
11.9per 100 people
#89 of 2132024
80% of world average
Access to electricity
98.9%% of population
#136 of 2142024
111% of world average
Access to clean cooking fuel
93.0%% of population
#92 of 1892024
134% of world average
Electricity used per person
1,636kWh per person
#95 of 1492025
39% of world average
Energy used per person
844kg oil equivalent per person
#101 of 1492024
37% of world average
Air passengers carried
42.4Mpassengers
#26 of 1652023
164% of world average
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Air freight
1,936million tonne-km
#17 of 1632023
148% of world average
Container port traffic
5.2MTEU
#32 of 1672024
95% of world average
Research and development spending
0.3%% of GDP
#76 of 1272020
30% of world average
Patent applications by residents
270count
#45 of 1422024
2% of world average
Scientific journal articles published
9,184count
#45 of 1972023
56% of world average
Tourists arriving
1.4Mcount
#83 of 1942020
27% of world average
Money earned from tourism
$1.96Bcurrent US$
#50 of 1752020
53% of world average
2 of 18 figures unavailable for Colombia.
— NATURE —
Carbon emissions per person
1.8tonnes per person
#85 of 2032024
40% of world average
Carbon emissions
95.1Mt CO2
#162 of 2032024
51% of world average
Greenhouse gas emissions
218Mt CO2-equivalent
#168 of 2032024
86% of world average
Protected land
17.2%% of land area
#104 of 2132025
91% of world average
Protected coastal waters
41.1%% of territorial waters
#12 of 1742025
398% of world average
Freshwater withdrawn
1.1%% of internal resources
#28 of 1772022
1% of world average
Renewable water available per person
41,459m³ per person
#13 of 1832022
294% of world average
Renewable energy use
29.7%% of final energy consumption
#81 of 2122021
102% of world average
Electricity from renewables
76.2%% of total
#38 of 2062021
220% of world average
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Electricity from fossil fuels
22.1%% of total
#57 of 2092025
37% of world average
Electricity from nuclear power
0.0%% of total
#33 of 2082021
0% of world average
Energy imported (net)
-147.1%% of energy use
#125 of 1432024
no comparison
— STATE —
Military spending
3.2%% of GDP
#22 of 1562025
144% of world average
Military spending
$14.50Bcurrent US$
#24 of 1602025
87% of world average
Military spending
9.3%% of government spending
#30 of 1532025
125% of world average
Armed forces personnel
428,000people
#17 of 1702020
267% of world average
Armed forces
1.7%% of labour force
#35 of 1682020
136% of world average
Tax revenue
15.2%% of GDP
#86 of 1492024
91% of world average
Homicides
24.9per 100,000 people
#143 of 1582023
319% of world average
— TRADE PARTNERS —
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— TRADE —
Exports toas of 2025
- United States$14.87B
- Panama$3.68B
- Other$2.18B
- India$2.17B
- Brazil$1.90B
- Nigeria$1.89B
- People's Republic of China$1.65B
- Canada$1.64B
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- Mexico$1.59B
- Peru$1.56B
- Other$1.53B
- Venezuela$1.07B
- Chile$1.02B
- Belgium$930.3M
- Germany$869.3M
Imports fromas of 2025
- People's Republic of China$19.38B
- United States$16.18B
- Mexico$3.54B
- Brazil$3.52B
- Germany$2.32B
- Other$1.89B
- India$1.75B
- Japan$1.68B
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- Kenya$1.39B
- Spain$1.27B
- Vietnam$1.24B
- Other$1.22B
- Italy$1.17B
- Peru$1.11B
- Canada$999.7M
Trade balance, 2025-$20.29B
— EXTRAS —
Anthem
National Anthem of ColombiaAudio: Wikimedia Commons
Capital time
--:--:--Bogotá · approx. UTC-5
Landmarks
TierradentroImage: Wikimedia Commons 
Malpelo Fauna and Flora SanctuaryImage: Wikimedia Commons 
San Basilio de PalenqueImage: Wikimedia Commons 
Santa Cruz de MompósImage: Wikimedia Commons 
Inca road systemImage: Wikimedia Commons 
Chiribiquete National ParkImage: Wikimedia Commons 
San Agustin archeological parkImage: Wikimedia Commons 
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, CartagenaImage: Wikimedia Commons 
Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de MompoxImage: Wikimedia Commons
People
ShakiraColombian singer-songwriter (born 1977)
Gabriel García MárquezColombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
Rafael Orozco MaestreColombian singer (1954-1992)
Pablo EscobarColombian politician and drug lord (1949–1993)
Juan Manuel Santospresident of Colombia from 2010 to 2018
James RodríguezColombian association football player
Alfredo Di StéfanoArgentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014)
Sofía VergaraColombian-American actress and model (born 1972)
JuanesColombian musician (born 1972)
Gustavo Petro42rd President of Colombia 2022–2026
John LeguizamoAmerican actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)
Radamel FalcaoColombian association football player
History
1810Colombia founded as a sovereign state
05 Nov 1945Joined the United Nations
Size, side by side
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1960 → now
2026
Population53.4M2025
GDP$457.41B2025
GDP per person$8,5622025