The current population of Colombia is 53,835,787 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 52,886,363 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Colombia is ranked 28/197 by population and was ranked 29th in 2005.
- Colombia accounts for 0.65% of the world's population.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 42.1M people to 53.8M (27.8% growth in 20 years).
- For the last 20 years, Colombia has had an average growth rate of 1.39% per year.
- Colombia is projected to reach 59.4M people in 2050.
Colombia population clock
Colombia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
53835787
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 28/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.65% | N/A |
| One net population change |
55.8 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
44.7 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
1.86 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +1,549 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +565,211 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.08% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 98/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
3.71 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +141,643 | N/A |
Colombia population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 15,606,209 | - |
| 1961 | 16,095,203 | 3.13% |
| 1962 | 16,599,029 | 3.13% |
| 1963 | 17,113,823 | 3.1% |
| 1964 | 17,637,411 | 3.06% |
| 1965 | 18,169,050 | 3.01% |
| 1966 | 18,702,688 | 2.94% |
| 1967 | 19,235,618 | 2.85% |
| 1968 | 19,766,796 | 2.76% |
| 1969 | 20,291,942 | 2.66% |
| 1970 | 20,811,782 | 2.56% |
| 1971 | 21,319,096 | 2.44% |
| 1972 | 21,819,563 | 2.35% |
| 1973 | 22,325,374 | 2.32% |
| 1974 | 22,833,469 | 2.28% |
| 1975 | 23,344,644 | 2.24% |
| 1976 | 23,858,810 | 2.2% |
| 1977 | 24,393,494 | 2.24% |
| 1978 | 24,950,337 | 2.28% |
| 1979 | 25,515,626 | 2.27% |
| 1980 | 26,104,498 | 2.31% |
| 1981 | 26,713,267 | 2.33% |
| 1982 | 27,338,331 | 2.34% |
| 1983 | 27,988,173 | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 28,642,690 | 2.34% |
| 1985 | 29,268,470 | 2.18% |
| 1986 | 29,879,112 | 2.09% |
| 1987 | 30,499,467 | 2.08% |
| 1988 | 31,130,524 | 2.07% |
| 1989 | 31,776,279 | 2.07% |
| 1990 | 32,440,069 | 2.09% |
| 1991 | 33,098,372 | 2.03% |
| 1992 | 33,760,571 | 2% |
| 1993 | 34,441,473 | 2.02% |
| 1994 | 35,127,410 | 1.99% |
| 1995 | 35,804,662 | 1.93% |
| 1996 | 36,462,745 | 1.84% |
| 1997 | 37,121,149 | 1.81% |
| 1998 | 37,792,165 | 1.81% |
| 1999 | 38,454,863 | 1.75% |
| 2000 | 39,089,934 | 1.65% |
| 2001 | 39,709,262 | 1.58% |
| 2002 | 40,324,680 | 1.55% |
| 2003 | 40,937,429 | 1.52% |
| 2004 | 41,543,171 | 1.48% |
| 2005 | 42,128,977 | 1.41% |
| 2006 | 42,691,084 | 1.33% |
| 2007 | 43,235,374 | 1.27% |
| 2008 | 43,758,808 | 1.21% |
| 2009 | 44,271,541 | 1.17% |
| 2010 | 44,777,319 | 1.14% |
| 2011 | 45,259,614 | 1.08% |
| 2012 | 45,715,810 | 1.01% |
| 2013 | 46,151,584 | 0.95% |
| 2014 | 46,565,429 | 0.9% |
| 2015 | 46,969,940 | 0.87% |
| 2016 | 47,437,512 | 1% |
| 2017 | 48,131,078 | 1.46% |
| 2018 | 49,024,465 | 1.86% |
| 2019 | 49,907,985 | 1.8% |
| 2020 | 50,629,997 | 1.45% |
| 2021 | 51,188,173 | 1.1% |
| 2022 | 51,737,944 | 1.07% |
| 2023 | 52,321,152 | 1.13% |
| 2024 | 52,886,363 | 1.08% |
| 2025 | 53,425,632 | 1.02% |
| 2026 | 53,936,234 | 0.96% |
| 2027 | 54,422,275 | 0.9% |
| 2028 | 54,885,123 | 0.85% |
| 2029 | 55,322,627 | 0.8% |
| 2030 | 55,736,477 | 0.75% |
| 2031 | 56,125,966 | 0.7% |
| 2032 | 56,490,496 | 0.65% |
| 2033 | 56,832,264 | 0.61% |
| 2034 | 57,151,619 | 0.56% |
| 2035 | 57,445,755 | 0.51% |
| 2036 | 57,716,869 | 0.47% |
| 2037 | 57,965,300 | 0.43% |
| 2038 | 58,190,082 | 0.39% |
| 2039 | 58,394,310 | 0.35% |
| 2040 | 58,576,452 | 0.31% |
| 2041 | 58,736,886 | 0.27% |
| 2042 | 58,878,126 | 0.24% |
| 2043 | 59,000,362 | 0.21% |
| 2044 | 59,104,592 | 0.18% |
| 2045 | 59,190,826 | 0.15% |
| 2046 | 59,259,758 | 0.12% |
| 2047 | 59,313,132 | 0.09% |
| 2048 | 59,351,262 | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 59,375,012 | 0.04% |
| 2050 | 59,385,355 | 0.02% |
Colombia has a population of 53.8M as of 2025, compared to 47M in 2015, 42.1M in 2005, and 35.8M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.46% per year. Colombia is ranked 92nd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Colombia will have 59,190,826 people (9.95% growth) with a rank change from 28th to 32nd.
By the year 2100, Colombia's population is projected to decline by 12.5% to 47.1M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Colombia
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Bogota | 8.03M |
| Medellin | 2.53M |
| Cali | 2.47M |
| Barranquilla | 1.33M |
| Cartagena | 915K |
| Cucuta | 806K |
| Soacha | 783K |
| Soledad | 676K |
| Villavicencio | 664K |
| Bucaramanga | 615K |
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Colombia population statistics
|
Colombia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 35 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 33.1 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.65 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 123.5 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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