Socioeconomic facts

Current Population: 49,588,357 people

Population Growth Rate: 0.48% (2024 est.)

Population Density: 48 people to one square kilometer

Area: 1,138,910 sq km, Columbia is slightly less than twice the size of Texas

Official language and other languages spoken: Spanish (official) 98.9%, indigenous 1%, Portuguese 0.1%; 65 indigenous languages exist (2023 est.)

Religious representation: Roman Catholic 63.6%, Protestant 17.2% (Evangelical 16.7%, Adventist 0.3%, other Protestant 0.2%), Jehovah's Witness 0.6%, Church of Jesus Christ 0.1%, other 0.3%, believer, 0.2%. agnostic 1%, atheist 1%, none 14.2%, unspecified 1.8% (2023 est.)

Official currency and exchange rate per one U.S. dollar: Colombian pesos (COP), 1 USD equals 3920.646 Colombian peso 

Per capita GDP: $14,200.00 (USD)

Life expectancy: Males: 71.3 years, Females: 78.7 years

Infant mortality rate (IMR): 1.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)

Distribution of labor force: Agriculture: 14.64%, Industry: 20.33, Services: 65.03

Three major imports: Refined petroleum, cars, broadcasting equipment, corn, packaged medicine (2022)

Three major exports: Crude petroleum, coal, coffee, refined petroleum, gold (2022)