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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Venezuela	Colombia	Venezuela
1960	15,606,209	8,160,090	-	-
1961	16,095,203	8,455,915	3.13%	3.63%
1962	16,599,029	8,756,870	3.13%	3.56%
1963	17,113,823	9,064,021	3.1%	3.51%
1964	17,637,411	9,377,712	3.06%	3.46%
1965	18,169,050	9,697,790	3.01%	3.41%
1966	18,702,688	10,024,854	2.94%	3.37%
1967	19,235,618	10,358,513	2.85%	3.33%
1968	19,766,796	10,697,530	2.76%	3.27%
1969	20,291,942	11,040,280	2.66%	3.2%
1970	20,811,782	11,387,790	2.56%	3.15%
1971	21,319,096	11,741,008	2.44%	3.1%
1972	21,819,563	12,099,180	2.35%	3.05%
1973	22,325,374	12,463,537	2.32%	3.01%
1974	22,833,469	12,835,351	2.28%	2.98%
1975	23,344,644	13,215,892	2.24%	2.96%
1976	23,858,810	13,606,284	2.2%	2.95%
1977	24,393,494	14,006,812	2.24%	2.94%
1978	24,950,337	14,416,684	2.28%	2.93%
1979	25,515,626	14,834,552	2.27%	2.9%
1980	26,104,498	15,258,218	2.31%	2.86%
1981	26,713,267	15,687,297	2.33%	2.81%
1982	27,338,331	16,121,874	2.34%	2.77%
1983	27,988,173	16,562,205	2.38%	2.73%
1984	28,642,690	17,008,841	2.34%	2.7%
1985	29,268,470	17,461,434	2.18%	2.66%
1986	29,879,112	17,923,536	2.09%	2.65%
1987	30,499,467	18,394,963	2.08%	2.63%
1988	31,130,524	18,871,020	2.07%	2.59%
1989	31,776,279	19,348,921	2.07%	2.53%
1990	32,440,069	19,827,010	2.09%	2.47%
1991	33,098,372	20,304,896	2.03%	2.41%
1992	33,760,571	20,780,948	2%	2.34%
1993	34,441,473	21,254,520	2.02%	2.28%
1994	35,127,410	21,725,188	1.99%	2.21%
1995	35,804,662	22,193,821	1.93%	2.16%
1996	36,462,745	22,662,113	1.84%	2.11%
1997	37,121,149	23,131,685	1.81%	2.07%
1998	37,792,165	23,601,337	1.81%	2.03%
1999	38,454,863	24,066,593	1.75%	1.97%
2000	39,089,934	24,526,708	1.65%	1.91%
2001	39,709,262	24,979,922	1.58%	1.85%
2002	40,324,680	25,435,671	1.55%	1.82%
2003	40,937,429	25,892,703	1.52%	1.8%
2004	41,543,171	26,340,838	1.48%	1.73%
2005	42,128,977	26,785,804	1.41%	1.69%
2006	42,691,084	27,224,686	1.33%	1.64%
2007	43,235,374	27,649,363	1.27%	1.56%
2008	43,758,808	28,053,696	1.21%	1.46%
2009	44,271,541	28,438,298	1.17%	1.37%
2010	44,777,319	28,813,101	1.14%	1.32%
2011	45,259,614	29,185,212	1.08%	1.29%
2012	45,715,810	29,553,826	1.01%	1.26%
2013	46,151,584	29,912,198	0.95%	1.21%
2014	46,565,429	30,254,079	0.9%	1.14%
2015	46,969,940	30,573,972	0.87%	1.06%
2016	47,437,512	30,765,720	1%	0.63%
2017	48,131,078	30,565,323	1.46%	-0.65%
2018	49,024,465	29,807,592	1.86%	-2.48%
2019	49,907,985	28,938,098	1.8%	-2.92%
2020	50,629,997	28,444,077	1.45%	-1.71%
2021	51,188,173	28,237,826	1.1%	-0.73%
2022	51,737,944	28,213,017	1.07%	-0.09%
2023	52,321,152	28,300,854	1.13%	0.31%
2024	52,886,363	28,405,543	1.08%	0.37%
2025	53,425,632	28,516,898	1.02%	0.39%
2026	53,936,234	28,633,718	0.96%	0.41%
2027	54,422,275	28,758,565	0.9%	0.44%
2028	54,885,123	28,885,166	0.85%	0.44%
2029	55,322,627	29,014,444	0.8%	0.45%
2030	55,736,477	29,151,809	0.75%	0.47%
2031	56,125,966	29,295,744	0.7%	0.49%
2032	56,490,496	29,442,534	0.65%	0.5%
2033	56,832,264	29,587,099	0.61%	0.49%
2034	57,151,619	29,735,159	0.56%	0.5%
2035	57,445,755	29,883,329	0.51%	0.5%
2036	57,716,869	30,020,167	0.47%	0.46%
2037	57,965,300	30,146,546	0.43%	0.42%
2038	58,190,082	30,268,328	0.39%	0.4%
2039	58,394,310	30,386,284	0.35%	0.39%
2040	58,576,452	30,495,445	0.31%	0.36%
2041	58,736,886	30,590,207	0.27%	0.31%
2042	58,878,126	30,674,532	0.24%	0.28%
2043	59,000,362	30,749,671	0.21%	0.24%
2044	59,104,592	30,813,805	0.18%	0.21%
2045	59,190,826	30,871,490	0.15%	0.19%
2046	59,259,758	30,923,463	0.12%	0.17%
2047	59,313,132	30,974,366	0.09%	0.16%
2048	59,351,262	31,021,600	0.06%	0.15%
2049	59,375,012	31,059,954	0.04%	0.12%
2050	59,385,355	31,094,884	0.02%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.