Key demographics
- Population
- 52.7M
- Density
- 45.8/km²
- HDI
- 0.788 (High)
- Gini index (2019)
- 51.3
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 77.9 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 1.63
- Urban population (2025)
- 78.8%
- Literacy rate (2024)
- 95.3%
- Labor force (2025)
- 69.1%
- Gender wage gap (2024)
- -4.5%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 43.2%
- Profile
- Mature
- Urban population (2025)
- 78.8%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 13.3 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 5.5 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 28.0%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 1.63
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 10.5 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 9.7%
- Tourism (2020)
- 1.4M
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Español |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Catholicism | 70.0% |
| Christian | 17.0% |
| No religion | 11.0% |
| Other | 1.9% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Mestizo | 85.0% |
| Black | 9.3% |
| Indigenous | 4.3% |
| Romanis | 0.0% |
| Not specified | 1.4% |
- Demonym (male)
- Colombian
- Demonym (female)
- Colombian
- National anthem
- National Anthem of Colombia
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 77.9 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 65.0 yrs
- Health spending (2024)
- 8.1% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 10.5/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 82/100
- Hospital beds (2020)
- 1.7/1000
- Physicians (2023)
- 2.54/1000
- Nurses (2023)
- 1.54/1000
- Health spending per capita (2024)
- $644
- Out-of-pocket (2024)
- 14.7%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2024)
- 95.3%
- Education spending (2020)
- 5.3% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 419
- Internet users (2024)
- 79.4%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 174.1/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 17.2/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 1,126/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 17.2
Geography and practical
- Area
- 1,141,748 km²
- Continent
- South America
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- South America
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC-05:00
- Calling codes
- +57
- TLD
- .co
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
Borders
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Colombia is composed of three horizontal bands of yellow, blue and red, with the yellow band twice the height of the other two bands.
- National anthem
- National Anthem of Colombia