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Colombia statistics: country profile & rankings

Updated on by Georank team

Colombia is an upper-middle-income country with a population of 52.9M people. The capital and largest city is Bogota, with 8.03M residents. Colombia shares land borders with Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Panama.

Colombia ranks 40/197 by GDP ($419B) and 97/197 by GDP per capita ($7,914). The top export category is raw materials & minerals, while the top import is machinery & equipment.

Main facts and rankings

Colombia Rank
Population
53835787
28/197
GDP
$419B
2024
40/197
GDP per capita
$7,914
2024
97/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$21,495
2024
90/197
Government debt
$256B
2024
36/185
Debt-to-GDP ratio
59.7%
2025
82/185
Government debt per person
$4,849
2024
81/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$5,346
2025
112/197
Land area 428,380 sq mi 26/197
Population density 123.5 ppl/mi² 140/197
Fertility rate 1.65 123/196
Median age 33.1 years 89/196
Life expectancy 78.1 years 59/197

Colombia trends dashboard: time-series charts

Colombia's economy ranked

Year GDP
1960 $4,031,152,977
1961 $4,540,447,761
1962 $4,955,538,219
1963 $4,836,166,667
1964 $5,973,366,667
1965 $5,760,761,905
1966 $5,428,518,519
1967 $5,825,170,438
1968 $5,960,212,869
1969 $6,450,175,214
1970 $7,198,360,460
1971 $7,820,380,971
1972 $8,671,358,733
1973 $10,315,760,000
1974 $12,370,029,584
1975 $13,098,633,902
1976 $15,341,403,660
1977 $19,470,960,619
1978 $23,263,511,958
1979 $27,940,411,250
1980 $33,400,735,644
1981 $36,388,366,869
1982 $38,968,039,722
1983 $38,729,822,782
1984 $38,253,120,738
1985 $34,894,419,443
1986 $34,942,489,684
1987 $36,373,307,085
1988 $39,212,550,050
1989 $39,540,080,200
1990 $47,844,090,710
1991 $49,637,993,949
1992 $58,394,443,378
1993 $66,474,101,301
1994 $81,705,497,617
1995 $92,495,970,511
1996 $97,153,389,011
1997 $106,656,492,294
1998 $98,486,358,581
1999 $86,278,947,637
2000 $99,875,074,951
2001 $98,200,641,203
2002 $97,945,812,803
2003 $94,644,969,157
2004 $117,092,416,666
2005 $145,600,529,606
2006 $161,792,958,905
2007 $206,229,540,926
2008 $242,504,150,473
2009 $232,468,663,110
2010 $286,498,534,095
2011 $334,966,134,805
2012 $370,691,143,018
2013 $382,093,697,078
2014 $381,240,864,422
2015 $293,492,370,193
2016 $282,720,100,286
2017 $311,866,875,157
2018 $334,198,218,098
2019 $323,031,701,193
2020 $270,348,342,541
2021 $318,524,633,225
2022 $345,632,492,851
2023 $366,291,836,138
2024 $418,542,042,920

Colombia's economy ranked

Year GDP per capita
1960 $258.3
1961 $282.1
1962 $298.5
1963 $282.6
1964 $339
1965 $317
1966 $290.3
1967 $303
1968 $302
1969 $318
1970 $346
1971 $367
1972 $397
1973 $462
1974 $542
1975 $561
1976 $643
1977 $798
1978 $932
1979 $1,095
1980 $1,280
1981 $1,362
1982 $1,425
1983 $1,384
1984 $1,336
1985 $1,192
1986 $1,169
1987 $1,193
1988 $1,260
1989 $1,244
1990 $1,475
1991 $1,500
1992 $1,730
1993 $1,930
1994 $2,326
1995 $2,583
1996 $2,664
1997 $2,873
1998 $2,606
1999 $2,244
2000 $2,555
2001 $2,473
2002 $2,429
2003 $2,312
2004 $2,819
2005 $3,456
2006 $3,790
2007 $4,770
2008 $5,542
2009 $5,251
2010 $6,398
2011 $7,401
2012 $8,109
2013 $8,279
2014 $8,187
2015 $6,249
2016 $5,960
2017 $6,480
2018 $6,817
2019 $6,473
2020 $5,340
2021 $6,223
2022 $6,680
2023 $7,001
2024 $7,914

Colombia's life expectancy calculator

Year Life expectancy, years
1950 48.3
1951 49
1952 49.8
1953 50.6
1954 51.3
1955 51.9
1956 52.5
1957 54.1
1958 54.7
1959 55.9
1960 56.6
1961 57.2
1962 57.7
1963 58.3
1964 58.8
1965 59.2
1966 59.7
1967 60.1
1968 60.6
1969 61
1970 61.5
1971 62
1972 62.5
1973 63
1974 63.5
1975 64
1976 64.6
1977 65.2
1978 65.8
1979 66.2
1980 66.7
1981 67.2
1982 67.9
1983 68.1
1984 68.3
1985 65.4
1986 68.3
1987 68.2
1988 68.3
1989 68.6
1990 68.7
1991 68.8
1992 68.8
1993 69.1
1994 69.4
1995 69.8
1996 70.2
1997 70.6
1998 70.9
1999 70.9
2000 70.9
2001 71.2
2002 71.5
2003 72.3
2004 72.8
2005 73.2
2006 73.5
2007 73.8
2008 74.2
2009 74.5
2010 74.9
2011 75.2
2012 75.6
2013 75.8
2014 75.9
2015 76.1
2016 76.2
2017 76.4
2018 76.6
2019 76.8
2020 74.8
2021 72.7
2022 76.5
2023 77.7
2024 77.9
2025 78.1

Colombia's population clock and projection

Year Population
1960 15,606,209
1961 16,095,203
1962 16,599,029
1963 17,113,823
1964 17,637,411
1965 18,169,050
1966 18,702,688
1967 19,235,618
1968 19,766,796
1969 20,291,942
1970 20,811,782
1971 21,319,096
1972 21,819,563
1973 22,325,374
1974 22,833,469
1975 23,344,644
1976 23,858,810
1977 24,393,494
1978 24,950,337
1979 25,515,626
1980 26,104,498
1981 26,713,267
1982 27,338,331
1983 27,988,173
1984 28,642,690
1985 29,268,470
1986 29,879,112
1987 30,499,467
1988 31,130,524
1989 31,776,279
1990 32,440,069
1991 33,098,372
1992 33,760,571
1993 34,441,473
1994 35,127,410
1995 35,804,662
1996 36,462,745
1997 37,121,149
1998 37,792,165
1999 38,454,863
2000 39,089,934
2001 39,709,262
2002 40,324,680
2003 40,937,429
2004 41,543,171
2005 42,128,977
2006 42,691,084
2007 43,235,374
2008 43,758,808
2009 44,271,541
2010 44,777,319
2011 45,259,614
2012 45,715,810
2013 46,151,584
2014 46,565,429
2015 46,969,940
2016 47,437,512
2017 48,131,078
2018 49,024,465
2019 49,907,985
2020 50,629,997
2021 51,188,173
2022 51,737,944
2023 52,321,152
2024 52,886,363

Colombia's birth and fertility rates

Year Fertility rate
1960 6.74
1961 6.71
1962 6.66
1963 6.58
1964 6.48
1965 6.33
1966 6.16
1967 5.96
1968 5.74
1969 5.51
1970 5.28
1971 5.06
1972 4.86
1973 4.68
1974 4.53
1975 4.4
1976 4.29
1977 4.16
1978 4
1979 3.89
1980 3.8
1981 3.71
1982 3.62
1983 3.5
1984 3.35
1985 3.23
1986 3.15
1987 3.09
1988 3.04
1989 3.01
1990 3
1991 2.98
1992 2.98
1993 2.98
1994 2.94
1995 2.85
1996 2.77
1997 2.74
1998 2.72
1999 2.64
2000 2.57
2001 2.52
2002 2.49
2003 2.45
2004 2.38
2005 2.31
2006 2.24
2007 2.19
2008 2.15
2009 2.1
2010 2.01
2011 1.94
2012 1.9
2013 1.86
2014 1.82
2015 1.77
2016 1.72
2017 1.72
2018 1.72
2019 1.71
2020 1.69
2021 1.68
2022 1.66
2023 1.65

Colombia's demographics

Year Median age, years
1960 16.6
1961 16.5
1962 16.4
1963 16.4
1964 16.3
1965 16.3
1966 16.4
1967 16.4
1968 16.5
1969 16.6
1970 16.8
1971 16.9
1972 17.1
1973 17.3
1974 17.6
1975 17.8
1976 18
1977 18.2
1978 18.5
1979 18.7
1980 19
1981 19.2
1982 19.5
1983 19.8
1984 20.1
1985 20.4
1986 20.7
1987 21
1988 21.3
1989 21.6
1990 21.8
1991 22.1
1992 22.3
1993 22.5
1994 22.8
1995 23
1996 23.2
1997 23.5
1998 23.7
1999 23.9
2000 24.2
2001 24.5
2002 24.7
2003 25
2004 25.3
2005 25.6
2006 26
2007 26.4
2008 26.7
2009 27.1
2010 27.5
2011 27.9
2012 28.3
2013 28.7
2014 29.2
2015 29.6
2016 30
2017 30.4
2018 30.7
2019 31.1
2020 31.5
2021 31.9
2022 32.2
2023 32.7
2024 33.1

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Colombia: National Statistics

Finance

Colombia Rank
GNI, Atlas method
$373B
2024
42/194
Government expenditure, % of GDP
32.5%
2025
82/195
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.26%
2020
50/193
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.87%
2023
35/163
Armed forces personnel
428,000
2020
17/174
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.44%
2025
134/188
Unemployment rate
9.62%
2024
42/196
Services, % of GDP
58.2%
2024
90/191
Industry, % of GDP
23.1%
2024
107/194
Economic freedom index
59.8
2025
99/197
Income share by richest 10%
42.7%
2023
4/169
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
2023
166/169
Number of billionaires
4
2025
49/78
Percentage of billionaires
0.00001%
2025
68/78
Listed domestic companies
60
2024
65/103
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$72.6B
2024
44/100
Total reserves including gold
$61.9B
2024
38/177
Personal remittances received
$11.9B
2024
19/190
International tourist arrivals
1,396,000
2020
77/188
International tourism as share of exports
5.13%
2020
92/184
Banked people share
57.1%
2024
100/158

Energy

Colombia Rank
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
863 kg
2023
103/177
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$24.3
2023
23/173
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
100.9 megatons
2023
41/187
CO2 emissions per capita
1.93 tons
2023
110/187
Fossil fuel energy use share
75.3%
2023
70/176
Renewable energy use share
29.7%
2021
81/193
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
11.3%
2023
48/147
Net energy imports use share
-142%
2023
126/144
Electric power consumption per capita
1,553 kWh
2023
91/147
Renewable electricity output share
75.1%
2021
38/192
Hydroelectric share
64.8%
2023
31/192
Nuclear share
0%
2021
62/192
Electricity access
98.7%
2023
123/195

Society

Colombia Rank
% of world population
0.65%
2024
28/197
Annual migration change
+141,643
2024
13/196
Urban population
82.7%
2024
41/195
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
N/A
Average male height
5.64 ft
2025
107/190
Average female height
5.18 ft
2025
146/190
Quality of life index
44.5
2025
115/197
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
108/197
Higher education index
75
2025
48/183
Homicides per 100K people
25.3
2022
13/197
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
15.4
2019
91/197
Visa free countries
135
2025
70/195
Adult literacy rate
95.3%
2024
104/196
English speaking
4.22%
2023
151/197
People using the Internet
77.3%
2023
106/195

Health

Colombia Rank
Government health expenditure per capita
$534
2023
81/191
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$78.1
2023
109/191
Life expectancy
78.1 years
2025
59/197
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.53%
2012
114/178
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.45
2021
75/193
Age at first childbirth
21.7 years
2025
89/137
Maternal mortality per 100K births
59
2023
87/193
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
12
2023
114/192
Obesity rate
24.3%
2022
83/189
Diabetes prevalence
8.4%
2024
98/195
Air quality index
59
2025
83/197
Tobacco use prevalence
8.2%
2022
145/164
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.24 liters
2020
97/186

Territory

Colombia Rank
% of world land
0.74%
2025
26/197
Land area per capita
8,100 sq mi
2024
58/197
Agricultural land area
156,306 sq mi
2025
27/194
Forest area
226,040 sq mi
2025
13/196
Roads length
127,001 mi
2021
33/175

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