Colombia
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 53.4M (2025). World rank 28 of 216; in Americas, 4 of 46. Area: 1,141,748 km². World rank 27 of 249; in Americas, 8 of 56. GDP: $457.4B (2025). World rank 36 of 210; in Americas, 6 of 45. From 2015 to 2025: population 47M → 53.4M, GDP $293.5B → $457.4B, and GDP per person $6,249 → $8,562.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Colombia
- Local name
- Colombia
- Capital
- Bogotá
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Abelardo de la Espriella
- Head of government
- Abelardo de la Espriella
- Independence
- July 20, 1810
- Women in parliament
- 29.4% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 53,425,635 2025
- Area
- 1,141,748 km²
- GDP
- $457.4B 2025
- GDP per person
- $8,562 2025
- Life expectancy
- 77.9 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Colombian Peso (COP)
- Time zones
- UTC−5
- Calling code
- +57
- Emergency numbers
- 123
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, B
- Mains voltage
- 110 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 3,208
- Neighbours
- Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
- Agricultural land
- 36.5% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Pico Simón Bolívar, 5,730 m
- Lowest point
- Pacific Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 593
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 19
- Warmest month in the capital
- February, 20°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- June, 18°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 3,240 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 46.8 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1% 2025
- Living in cities
- 78.8% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +129.1K 2025
- Born in another country
- 5.8% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 20% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 69.8% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 10.2% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 80.6 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 75.2 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.6 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 13.3 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 5.5 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 63.6%, Protestant 17.2%, no religion 15.2%, and other 1.3% (2023)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 48.3 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 41.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 50.4 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 52.1 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 58.5 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $22,640 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.6% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $7,900 2025
- Inflation
- +5.1% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 38 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 9.9% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 21.8% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 58.5% 2025
- Unemployment
- 8.3% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 17.7% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 51.6% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 15% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 20.4% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -2.4% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +2.5% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 2.9% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 15.2% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 54.4 2024
- Living on under $3 a day
- 8.5% 2024
Education
- Adult literacy
- 95.3% 2024
- Primary school enrolment
- 105% 2022
- Secondary school enrolment
- 102% 2022
- Higher education enrolment
- 59.3% 2022
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.3% 2020
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 8.1% 2024
- Health spending per person
- $644 2024
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 14.7% 2024
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 2.5 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 1.5 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.7 2020
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 93% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 10.5 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 11.5 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 59 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.6% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 8.4% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 59.7% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 8% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 97.1% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 96.6% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 93% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 24.9 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 15.4 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 5 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 48.9 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, volcanoes, droughts, and landslides
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 18.4 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 1.8 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 4.1 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 53.7% 2024
- Protected areas
- 26.5% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 41,459 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 3.6% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 79.4% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 174 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 17.2 2024
- Internet domain
- .co
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 98.9% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 1,636 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 29.7% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 76.2% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 22.1% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 42,399,044 2023
- Airports
- 661 2025
- Railways, km
- 2,141 2019
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.3% 2020
- Researchers per million people
- 90 2017
- Scientific articles per year
- 9,184 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 270 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 9% 2024