| People | Colombia |
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Population:
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44,725,543 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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44 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 75% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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BOGOTA (capital) 8.262 million; Medellin 3.497 million; Cali 2.352 million; Barranquilla 1.836 million; Bucaramanga 1.065 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 26.7% (male 6,109,495/female 5,834,273)
15-64 years: 67.2% (male 14,826,008/female 15,208,799)
65 years and over: 6.1% (male 1,159,691/female 1,587,277) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 28 years
male: 27 years
female: 28.9 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.156% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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17.49 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.26 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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85 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 16.39 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.92 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 74.55 years
male: 71.27 years
female: 78.03 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.15 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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6.4% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.35 physicians/1,000 population (2002) |
Hospital bed density:
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1 beds/1,000 population (2007) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 73% of population
total: 92% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1% of population
rural: 27% of population
total: 8% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 81% of population
rural: 55% of population
total: 74% of population
unimproved:
urban: 19% of population
rural: 45% of population
total: 26% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.5% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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160,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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14,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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5.1% (2005) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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13.7% (2007) |
Nationality:
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noun: Colombian(s)
adjective: Colombian |
Ethnic groups:
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mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1% |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 90%, other 10% |
Languages:
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Spanish (official) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.4%
male: 90.1%
female: 90.7% (2005 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2009) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.8% of GDP (2009) |
People - note:
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