Demographics of Colombia

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date29 Mar 2024

There are 25.79 million males and 26.55 million females in Colombia. The percentage of the male population is 49.27%, compared to 50.73% of the female population. Colombia has 763k more females than males. The sex ratio in Colombia in 2024 will be 97.126 males per 100 females. Colombia is in the 71st position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Colombia population

Year Population Growth (%)
195011,769,7482.63
195513,512,6122.89
196015,687,6883.10
196518,275,8142.95
197020,905,2542.44
197523,403,7312.18
198026,176,1952.33
198529,326,2602.14
199032,601,3932.10
199535,970,1011.84
200039,215,1351.60
200542,220,9401.32
201044,816,1081.12
201547,119,7280.95
202050,930,6621.23
202151,516,5621.06
202251,874,0240.33
202352,085,1680.48
202452,340,7740.49
  • Total
  • Crude

Colombia death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950205,952551,06417.46746.737
1955196,985635,59714.54846.942
1960186,589722,25511.87345.957
1965183,487776,09810.02542.401
1970179,623756,2938.57936.121
1975167,106761,1817.12732.462
1980161,752819,8186.17331.286
1985191,701855,2176.53229.142
1990190,271892,7555.83427.374
1995200,808897,4295.58024.939
2000209,911867,5165.35122.114
2005214,241813,6885.07219.265
2010220,750758,0724.92416.909
2015243,633734,6645.16815.585
2020335,656733,4916.60614.435
2021397,649730,2037.73514.204
2022384,947723,2647.40913.921
2023287,479714,4225.51013.694
2024293,112703,0545.59213.414
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Colombia

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19504,023,2968,317,60332.601
19555,579,5398,645,66539.223
19607,625,1718,855,21246.268
196510,111,9089,032,31552.820
197012,494,4019,566,81456.635
197514,930,0119,826,96260.306
198017,679,60410,058,29663.738
198520,788,24410,223,44467.034
199023,812,18510,459,38069.481
199526,874,82410,567,15371.777
200029,881,67610,522,28273.957
200532,907,50710,378,12776.024
201035,799,43210,118,66577.964
201538,469,3519,759,34679.764
202040,891,9969,328,41681.425
202141,341,1429,235,05381.740
202241,777,6049,139,67182.050
202342,201,3259,042,49482.354
202442,612,3698,943,76882.652
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Colombia population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,823,666 1,748,667 3,572,332 6.83 104.289
05-09 1,872,466 1,798,649 3,671,114 7.01 104.104
10-14 1,881,174 1,806,965 3,688,138 7.05 104.107
15-19 1,953,053 1,879,559 3,832,613 7.32 103.910
20-24 2,115,195 2,064,600 4,179,795 7.99 102.451
25-29 2,220,338 2,205,665 4,426,003 8.46 100.665
30-34 2,200,541 2,205,933 4,406,474 8.42 99.756
35-39 2,033,661 2,053,845 4,087,506 7.81 99.017
40-44 1,836,372 1,886,557 3,722,930 7.11 97.340
45-49 1,602,473 1,681,163 3,283,636 6.27 95.319
50-54 1,432,238 1,536,526 2,968,765 5.67 93.213
55-59 1,367,644 1,489,309 2,856,952 5.46 91.831
60-64 1,186,762 1,326,770 2,513,532 4.80 89.447
65-69 901,456 1,049,017 1,950,473 3.73 85.933
70-74 639,139 772,277 1,411,416 2.70 82.760
75-79 398,222 522,793 921,015 1.76 76.172
80-84 214,068 318,411 532,479 1.02 67.230
85-89 84,578 147,288 231,867 0.44 57.424
90-94 22,073 47,916 69,988 0.13 46.066
95-99 3,341 9,070 12,411 0.02 36.836
100+ 349 989 1,338 0.00 35.288
Total 25,788,809 26,551,969 52,340,777 97.126