Colombia - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Colombia. Only South American country with coastlines on both the North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
The majority of people live in the north and west, where agricultural opportunities and natural resources are found; the vast grasslands of the llanos to the south and east, which make up approximately 60% of the country, are sparsely populated
People and Society
In Colombia, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Mestizo and White 87.6%, Afro-Colombian (includes Mulatto, Raizal, and Palenquero) 6.8%, Indigenous 4.3%, unspecified 1.4% (2018 est.)
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 0.54% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 14.73 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.96 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 1.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.94 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 0.94 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Colombian | Colombian(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 22.3% (male 5,643,995/female 5,394,147) |
| 15-64 years | 66.5% (male 16,127,377/female 16,859,161) |
| 65 years and over | 11.2% (2024 est.) (male 2,434,999/female 3,128,678) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 50.7 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 33.2 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 17.5 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 5.7 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 33.1 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 31.5 years |
| Female | 34 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 82.4% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.01% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 11.508 million BOGOTA (capital), 4.102 million Medellin, 2.864 million Cali, 2.349 million Barranquilla, 1.381 million Bucaramanga, 1.088 million Cartagena (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 0.96 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.78 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 0.95 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 11.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 13.1 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 10.2 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 74.9 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 71.3 years |
| Female | 78.7 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 99.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 86.7% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 97.5% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 13.3% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 2.5% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 98.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 88.2% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 97% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 1.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 11.8% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 3% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 4.09 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 3.09 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 0.06 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 0.92 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0.02 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Total | 7.6% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 11.2% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 4.1% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
| Women married by age 15 | 4.9% (2015) |
| Women married by age 18 | 23.4% (2015) |
| Men married by age 18 | 6.7% (2015) |
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