Colombia's population rose from 36.5M in 1996 to 53.4M in 2025.
Colombia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Colombia's population growth fell from 1.8 % in 1996 to 1.0 % in 2025.
Colombia's population density rose from 31.7 in 1994 to 47.2 in 2023.
Colombia's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.3 % in 1996 to 50.7 % in 2025.
Colombia's urbanisation rose from 72.3 % in 1996 to 78.8 % in 2025.
Colombia's urban population rose from 26.4M in 1996 to 42.1M in 2025.
Colombia's rural population rose from 10.1M in 1996 to 11.3M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.7 %132nd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.7 %111th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.3 %181st of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.8 %164th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs106th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts123rd of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.1 pts26th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts97th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts192nd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.6 pts100th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −8.8 %12th of 217
- Migrant stockup +2.0 pts108th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −5.5 %121st of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs74th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs76th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs71st of 217