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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Colombia was 52,886,363 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Colombia's population is 53,835,787 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • Colombia's population is 157.8 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Colombia is ranked the 28th most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.66% of the world: 0.65% for Colombia vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, Colombia has had an average growth rate of +1.25% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2005, the population of Colombia has increased from 42.1M people to 53.8M (27.8% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
  • Colombia is projected to reach its peak in 2050 at 59.4M people compared to the peak of 875K people in 2100 for Vanuatu.

Colombia vs Vanuatu: live population counter

Colombia Vanuatu
Current population
53835787
341110
Population rank 28/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.65% 0.004%
One net population change
55.8 seconds
1.19 hours
One birth every
44.7 seconds
58.5 minutes
One death every
1.86 minutes
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
3.71 minutes
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change +141,643 -43
Daily growth/decline +1,549 +20
Annual growth/decline +565,211 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate +1.08% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 98/197 40/197

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

Colombia
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Colombia Vanuatu Colombia Vanuatu
1960 15,606,209 64,431 - -
1961 16,095,203 66,264 3.13% 2.84%
1962 16,599,029 68,174 3.13% 2.88%
1963 17,113,823 70,159 3.1% 2.91%
1964 17,637,411 72,219 3.06% 2.94%
1965 18,169,050 74,358 3.01% 2.96%
1966 18,702,688 76,590 2.94% 3%
1967 19,235,618 78,921 2.85% 3.04%
1968 19,766,796 81,314 2.76% 3.03%
1969 20,291,942 83,755 2.66% 3%
1970 20,811,782 86,266 2.56% 3%
1971 21,319,096 88,862 2.44% 3.01%
1972 21,819,563 91,562 2.35% 3.04%
1973 22,325,374 94,362 2.32% 3.06%
1974 22,833,469 97,260 2.28% 3.07%
1975 23,344,644 100,269 2.24% 3.09%
1976 23,858,810 103,388 2.2% 3.11%
1977 24,393,494 106,618 2.24% 3.12%
1978 24,950,337 109,963 2.28% 3.14%
1979 25,515,626 113,040 2.27% 2.8%
1980 26,104,498 115,660 2.31% 2.32%
1981 26,713,267 118,249 2.33% 2.24%
1982 27,338,331 121,035 2.34% 2.36%
1983 27,988,173 123,998 2.38% 2.45%
1984 28,642,690 127,109 2.34% 2.51%
1985 29,268,470 130,356 2.18% 2.55%
1986 29,879,112 133,720 2.09% 2.58%
1987 30,499,467 137,187 2.08% 2.59%
1988 31,130,524 140,756 2.07% 2.6%
1989 31,776,279 144,393 2.07% 2.58%
1990 32,440,069 148,063 2.09% 2.54%
1991 33,098,372 151,793 2.03% 2.52%
1992 33,760,571 155,608 2% 2.51%
1993 34,441,473 159,463 2.02% 2.48%
1994 35,127,410 163,314 1.99% 2.41%
1995 35,804,662 167,137 1.93% 2.34%
1996 36,462,745 170,911 1.84% 2.26%
1997 37,121,149 174,626 1.81% 2.17%
1998 37,792,165 178,313 1.81% 2.11%
1999 38,454,863 182,048 1.75% 2.09%
2000 39,089,934 186,281 1.65% 2.33%
2001 39,709,262 191,031 1.58% 2.55%
2002 40,324,680 195,863 1.55% 2.53%
2003 40,937,429 200,746 1.52% 2.49%
2004 41,543,171 205,711 1.48% 2.47%
2005 42,128,977 210,760 1.41% 2.45%
2006 42,691,084 215,923 1.33% 2.45%
2007 43,235,374 221,276 1.27% 2.48%
2008 43,758,808 226,896 1.21% 2.54%
2009 44,271,541 232,731 1.17% 2.57%
2010 44,777,319 238,248 1.14% 2.37%
2011 45,259,614 243,474 1.08% 2.19%
2012 45,715,810 248,883 1.01% 2.22%
2013 46,151,584 254,482 0.95% 2.25%
2014 46,565,429 260,240 0.9% 2.26%
2015 46,969,940 266,101 0.87% 2.25%
2016 47,437,512 272,087 1% 2.25%
2017 48,131,078 278,507 1.46% 2.36%
2018 49,024,465 285,259 1.86% 2.42%
2019 49,907,985 291,985 1.8% 2.36%
2020 50,629,997 298,858 1.45% 2.35%
2021 51,188,173 305,868 1.1% 2.35%
2022 51,737,944 313,046 1.07% 2.35%
2023 52,321,152 320,409 1.13% 2.35%
2024 52,886,363 327,777 1.08% 2.3%
2025 53,425,632 335,169 1.02% 2.26%
2026 53,936,234 342,565 0.96% 2.21%
2027 54,422,275 349,970 0.9% 2.16%
2028 54,885,123 357,397 0.85% 2.12%
2029 55,322,627 364,883 0.8% 2.09%
2030 55,736,477 372,429 0.75% 2.07%
2031 56,125,966 380,015 0.7% 2.04%
2032 56,490,496 387,657 0.65% 2.01%
2033 56,832,264 395,366 0.61% 1.99%
2034 57,151,619 403,188 0.56% 1.98%
2035 57,445,755 411,061 0.51% 1.95%
2036 57,716,869 419,006 0.47% 1.93%
2037 57,965,300 427,031 0.43% 1.92%
2038 58,190,082 435,150 0.39% 1.9%
2039 58,394,310 443,311 0.35% 1.88%
2040 58,576,452 451,509 0.31% 1.85%
2041 58,736,886 459,733 0.27% 1.82%
2042 58,878,126 468,003 0.24% 1.8%
2043 59,000,362 476,308 0.21% 1.77%
2044 59,104,592 484,636 0.18% 1.75%
2045 59,190,826 492,989 0.15% 1.72%
2046 59,259,758 501,316 0.12% 1.69%
2047 59,313,132 509,621 0.09% 1.66%
2048 59,351,262 517,889 0.06% 1.62%
2049 59,375,012 526,138 0.04% 1.59%
2050 59,385,355 534,374 0.02% 1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

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