Demographics of Colombia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	27 Feb 2025

As of 2025, the population of Colombia is projected at 53.43 million, compared to 52.89 million in 2024. It is the second-most populous country in South America and ranks 28th in the world. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at 0.98 percent, the 102nd highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 26.36 million males and 27.07 million females in Colombia. The percentage of the male population is 49.34%, compared to 50.66% of the female population. Colombia has 709k more females than males. The sex ratio in Colombia in 2025 will be 97.382 males per 100 females. Colombia is in the 93rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Colombia population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	5,848,662	5,918,326	11,766,988	2.59	98.823
1955	6,698,597	6,774,463	13,473,060	2.82	98.880
1960	7,771,209	7,835,000	15,606,209	3.08	99.186
1965	9,069,523	9,099,526	18,169,050	2.95	99.670
1970	10,410,304	10,401,478	20,811,782	2.49	100.085
1975	11,688,283	11,656,362	23,344,644	2.20	100.274
1980	13,072,046	13,032,452	26,104,498	2.32	100.304
1985	14,646,941	14,621,530	29,268,470	2.06	100.174
1990	16,197,632	16,242,436	32,440,069	2.08	99.724
1995	17,821,401	17,983,261	35,804,662	1.85	99.100
2000	19,411,115	19,678,819	39,089,934	1.60	98.640
2005	20,880,218	21,248,758	42,128,977	1.35	98.266
2010	22,163,441	22,613,878	44,777,319	1.11	98.008
2015	23,221,563	23,748,377	46,969,940	0.86	97.782
2020	25,013,101	25,616,897	50,629,997	1.20	97.643
2021	25,273,270	25,914,904	51,188,173	1.00	97.524
2022	25,533,693	26,204,251	51,737,944	1.14	97.441
2023	25,818,556	26,502,596	52,321,152	1.10	97.419
2024	26,095,271	26,791,092	52,886,363	1.05	97.403
2025	26,358,472	27,067,163	53,425,635	0.98	97.382

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	48.285	16.908	6.410
1955	51.930	16.202	6.625
1960	56.609	15.473	6.735
1965	59.247	15.211	6.333
1970	61.465	15.662	5.276
1975	64.012	16.661	4.398
1980	66.693	17.934	3.798
1985	65.359	19.385	3.225
1990	68.701	20.809	2.995
1995	69.810	21.950	2.850
2000	70.905	23.157	2.574
2005	73.156	24.616	2.309
2010	74.876	26.464	2.010
2015	76.067	28.566	1.771
2020	74.757	30.448	1.694
2021	72.698	30.803	1.680
2022	76.508	31.181	1.663
2023	77.725	31.606	1.645
2024	77.913	32.048	1.634
2025	78.094	32.498	1.618

Total
Crude

Colombia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	206,856	546,443	17.579	46.439
1955	202,185	630,672	15.007	46.810
1960	186,710	716,027	11.964	45.881
1965	183,253	770,927	10.086	42.431
1970	175,500	758,900	8.433	36.465
1975	165,489	764,076	7.089	32.730
1980	160,786	810,658	6.159	31.054
1985	201,753	827,117	6.893	28.260
1990	190,203	872,601	5.863	26.899
1995	203,992	898,932	5.697	25.107
2000	217,878	870,048	5.574	22.258
2005	214,221	824,839	5.085	19.579
2010	224,435	758,100	5.012	16.930
2015	246,690	693,457	5.252	14.764
2020	335,210	714,207	6.621	14.106
2021	402,788	713,944	7.869	13.947
2022	304,255	710,397	5.881	13.731
2023	282,433	705,009	5.398	13.475
2024	289,099	700,784	5.466	13.251
2025	296,701	692,792	5.554	12.967

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Colombia

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	4,023,296	8,317,603	32.601
1955	5,579,539	8,645,665	39.223
1960	7,625,171	8,855,212	46.268
1965	10,111,908	9,032,315	52.820
1970	12,494,401	9,566,814	56.635
1975	14,930,011	9,826,962	60.306
1980	17,679,604	10,058,296	63.738
1985	20,788,244	10,223,444	67.034
1990	23,812,185	10,459,380	69.481
1995	26,874,824	10,567,153	71.777
2000	29,881,676	10,522,282	73.957
2005	32,907,507	10,378,127	76.024
2010	35,799,432	10,118,665	77.964
2015	38,469,351	9,759,346	79.764
2020	40,891,996	9,328,416	81.425
2021	41,341,142	9,235,053	81.740
2022	41,777,604	9,139,671	82.050
2023	42,201,325	9,042,494	82.354
2024	42,612,369	8,943,768	82.652

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Colombia population by Age Group (2025)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,804,464	1,731,247	3,535,711	6.62	104.229
05-09	1,799,429	1,728,877	3,528,306	6.60	104.081
10-14	1,846,244	1,771,084	3,617,328	6.77	104.244
15-19	1,995,140	1,918,233	3,913,372	7.32	104.009
20-24	2,175,030	2,121,962	4,296,993	8.04	102.501
25-29	2,299,234	2,283,059	4,582,293	8.58	100.708
30-34	2,282,566	2,289,142	4,571,708	8.56	99.713
35-39	2,056,090	2,070,909	4,126,998	7.72	99.284
40-44	1,886,026	1,925,065	3,811,092	7.13	97.972
45-49	1,665,921	1,732,126	3,398,046	6.36	96.178
50-54	1,482,396	1,573,448	3,055,843	5.72	94.213
55-59	1,400,927	1,513,321	2,914,247	5.45	92.573
60-64	1,247,107	1,377,119	2,624,226	4.91	90.559
65-69	971,015	1,108,812	2,079,827	3.89	87.573
70-74	684,916	817,378	1,502,293	2.81	83.794
75-79	429,340	552,532	981,871	1.84	77.704
80-84	225,917	331,772	557,688	1.04	68.094
85-89	82,288	152,707	234,995	0.44	53.886
90-94	21,184	54,785	75,969	0.14	38.668
95-99	2,936	12,078	15,013	0.03	24.309
100+	302	1,510	1,812	0.00	20.000
Total	26,358,472	27,067,166	53,425,631		97.382