🇨🇴 Colombia Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇨🇴 Colombia CO / COL #25

Nomad Score 59.0

Cities 33

Region Union of South American Nations, Pacific Alliance, Latin America, Andean States, Amazon Basin, Hispanophone, Digital Nomad Hubs, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Nomad Visa Countries, Affordable Nomad Destinations, Nomad Retreats, South America, Americas, South America, Emerging Markets, Developing Countries

Currency COP

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 52.7M

Density 45.8/km²

HDI 0.788 (High)

Gini Index (2019) 51.3

Life Expectancy (2023) 77.7 yrs

Fertility Rate (2023) 1.65

Urban Population (2024) 78.5%

Literacy Rate (2024) 95.3%

Labor Force (2025) 69.1%

Gender Wage Gap (2024) -4.5%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
Spanish	Español

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Catholicism	70.0%
Christian	17.0%
No religion	11.0%
Other	1.9%

Ethnicities

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

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		20.3%
15-64 Working		70.0%
65+ Elderly		9.8%

Dependency Ratio 43%

Profile Mature

Urban Pop. (2024) 78.5%

Birth Rate (2023) 13.5 /1000

Death Rate (2023) 5.4 /1000

Largest City (2025) 28.0%

Fertility Rate (2023) 1.65

Infant Mortality (2023) 10.9 /1000

Slum Pop. (2022) 9.7%

Tourism (2020) 1.4M

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2023) 77.7 yrs

HALE (2021) 65.0 yrs

Health Spending (2024) 8.1% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2023) 10.9/1000

UHC Index (2021) 80/100

Hospital Beds (2020) 1.7/1000

Physicians (2023) 2.54/1000

Nurses (2023) 1.54/1000

Health Spending/cap (2024) $644

Out-of-Pocket (2024) 14.7%

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2024) 95.3%

Education Spending (2020) 5.3% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 419

Internet Users (2023) 77.3%

Mobile Subscriptions (2023) 167.0/100

Broadband (2023) 17.0/100

Secure Servers (2024) 1,126/1M

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 17.0

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 1,141,748 km²

Capital Bogotá 📍

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 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇪🇨 Ecuador, 🇵🇦 Panama, 🇵🇪 Peru, 🇻🇪 Venezuela

🏅 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.