Population in Colombia compared to Peru: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Colombia and Peru: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Peru	Colombia	Peru
1960	15,606,209	10,174,127	-	-
1961	16,095,203	10,475,123	3.13%	2.96%
1962	16,599,029	10,784,612	3.13%	2.95%
1963	17,113,823	11,102,099	3.1%	2.94%
1964	17,637,411	11,427,978	3.06%	2.94%
1965	18,169,050	11,761,085	3.01%	2.91%
1966	18,702,688	12,101,297	2.94%	2.89%
1967	19,235,618	12,448,814	2.85%	2.87%
1968	19,766,796	12,803,993	2.76%	2.85%
1969	20,291,942	13,166,767	2.66%	2.83%
1970	20,811,782	13,501,237	2.56%	2.54%
1971	21,319,096	13,838,067	2.44%	2.49%
1972	21,819,563	14,210,147	2.35%	2.69%
1973	22,325,374	14,582,867	2.32%	2.62%
1974	22,833,469	14,956,552	2.28%	2.56%
1975	23,344,644	15,333,957	2.24%	2.52%
1976	23,858,810	15,716,809	2.2%	2.5%
1977	24,393,494	16,109,806	2.24%	2.5%
1978	24,950,337	16,516,059	2.28%	2.52%
1979	25,515,626	16,933,139	2.27%	2.53%
1980	26,104,498	17,360,949	2.31%	2.53%
1981	26,713,267	17,798,805	2.33%	2.52%
1982	27,338,331	18,246,503	2.34%	2.52%
1983	27,988,173	18,705,957	2.38%	2.52%
1984	28,642,690	19,174,716	2.34%	2.51%
1985	29,268,470	19,648,204	2.18%	2.47%
1986	29,879,112	20,117,122	2.09%	2.39%
1987	30,499,467	20,582,320	2.08%	2.31%
1988	31,130,524	21,054,702	2.07%	2.3%
1989	31,776,279	21,532,589	2.07%	2.27%
1990	32,440,069	22,014,771	2.09%	2.24%
1991	33,098,372	22,483,775	2.03%	2.13%
1992	33,760,571	22,946,340	2%	2.06%
1993	34,441,473	23,413,783	2.02%	2.04%
1994	35,127,410	23,881,493	1.99%	2%
1995	35,804,662	24,348,919	1.93%	1.96%
1996	36,462,745	24,811,171	1.84%	1.9%
1997	37,121,149	25,274,147	1.81%	1.87%
1998	37,792,165	25,738,095	1.81%	1.84%
1999	38,454,863	26,186,504	1.75%	1.74%
2000	39,089,934	26,598,331	1.65%	1.57%
2001	39,709,262	26,964,601	1.58%	1.38%
2002	40,324,680	27,288,217	1.55%	1.2%
2003	40,937,429	27,580,490	1.52%	1.07%
2004	41,543,171	27,852,190	1.48%	0.99%
2005	42,128,977	28,101,180	1.41%	0.89%
2006	42,691,084	28,324,491	1.33%	0.79%
2007	43,235,374	28,530,699	1.27%	0.73%
2008	43,758,808	28,719,041	1.21%	0.66%
2009	44,271,541	28,896,811	1.17%	0.62%
2010	44,777,319	29,086,019	1.14%	0.65%
2011	45,259,614	29,304,086	1.08%	0.75%
2012	45,715,810	29,550,366	1.01%	0.84%
2013	46,151,584	29,817,919	0.95%	0.91%
2014	46,565,429	30,115,826	0.9%	1%
2015	46,969,940	30,457,600	0.87%	1.13%
2016	47,437,512	30,866,494	1%	1.34%
2017	48,131,078	31,324,637	1.46%	1.48%
2018	49,024,465	31,897,584	1.86%	1.83%
2019	49,907,985	32,449,303	1.8%	1.73%
2020	50,629,997	32,838,579	1.45%	1.2%
2021	51,188,173	33,155,882	1.1%	0.97%
2022	51,737,944	33,475,438	1.07%	0.96%
2023	52,321,152	33,845,617	1.13%	1.11%
2024	52,886,363	34,217,848	1.08%	1.1%
2025	53,425,632	34,576,670	1.02%	1.05%
2026	53,936,234	34,922,144	0.96%	1%
2027	54,422,275	35,255,683	0.9%	0.96%
2028	54,885,123	35,578,281	0.85%	0.92%
2029	55,322,627	35,890,705	0.8%	0.88%
2030	55,736,477	36,193,882	0.75%	0.84%
2031	56,125,966	36,488,437	0.7%	0.81%
2032	56,490,496	36,774,937	0.65%	0.79%
2033	56,832,264	37,054,380	0.61%	0.76%
2034	57,151,619	37,326,798	0.56%	0.74%
2035	57,445,755	37,591,420	0.51%	0.71%
2036	57,716,869	37,848,147	0.47%	0.68%
2037	57,965,300	38,096,898	0.43%	0.66%
2038	58,190,082	38,337,328	0.39%	0.63%
2039	58,394,310	38,569,891	0.35%	0.61%
2040	58,576,452	38,794,647	0.31%	0.58%
2041	58,736,886	39,011,537	0.27%	0.56%
2042	58,878,126	39,220,371	0.24%	0.54%
2043	59,000,362	39,420,647	0.21%	0.51%
2044	59,104,592	39,612,847	0.18%	0.49%
2045	59,190,826	39,796,723	0.15%	0.46%
2046	59,259,758	39,971,719	0.12%	0.44%
2047	59,313,132	40,137,869	0.09%	0.42%
2048	59,351,262	40,294,857	0.06%	0.39%
2049	59,375,012	40,443,273	0.04%	0.37%
2050	59,385,355	40,583,875	0.02%	0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while Peru gained 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th in 2025. Peru was ranked 39th in 2005 and ranked 48th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Peru will increase by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.