Country or area · South America · Latin America and the Caribbean · Americas · UN WPP 2024

Colombia population

Colombia population now

54,057,838

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 53.5–54.9 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 52,321,152

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 53.9362 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 53.5–54.9 million
Median age: 34.0
Aged 65+: 10.6%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2050

male female projection · one cell = 10,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

COL · 1950–2100 · in brief

Colombia in numbers

52,321,152 people lived in Colombia in mid-2023: 0.65% of the world's people, and the 28th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 4.4 times its 1950 population of 11.8 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2050 at 59.4 million, then falling to 47.1 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 20.4 million to 103 million.

In the medium projection, deaths outnumber births every year from 2051 on.

The median age was 17.9 in 1950 and 32.6 in 2023; the projection has 52.8 in 2100. 9.4% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 35.4% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2042 at 39.4 million.

By size it is the 28th country in 2023; the projection puts it 34th in 2050 and 48th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Italy in 2034, Myanmar in 2035 and Thailand in 2072. It is overtaken by Sudan in 2027, Uganda in 2028 and Afghanistan in 2036.

Population, mid-2023: 52,321,152
Rank by population, 2023: 28 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.65%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +1.13% · +583,208 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 47
Land area, 2023: 1,109,500 km²
Births, 2023: 705,009
Deaths, 2023: 282,433
Net migration, 2023: +154,521
Children per woman, 2023: 1.65
Median age, 2023: 32.6 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 77.7 years
In a city, 2025: 63 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 11,766,988
Projected, mid-2050: 59,385,356
Projected, mid-2100: 47,080,764

COL · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Colombia, 1950–2100

Colombia: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	11,614,844		546,443	206,856	6.41	48.3
1951	estimate	11,919,132		561,452	206,141	6.44	49.0
1952	estimate	12,238,482		579,014	204,547	6.49	49.8
1953	estimate	12,573,202		596,461	203,292	6.54	50.6
1954	estimate	12,918,868		613,393	202,766	6.58	51.3
1955	estimate	13,282,810		630,672	202,185	6.63	51.9
1956	estimate	13,663,310		648,098	201,926	6.66	52.5
1957	estimate	14,060,292		665,725	194,066	6.70	54.1
1958	estimate	14,480,249		683,320	193,422	6.72	54.7
1959	estimate	14,906,325		699,430	188,512	6.74	55.9
1960	estimate	15,366,105		716,027	186,710	6.74	56.6
1961	estimate	15,846,313		731,639	186,013	6.71	57.2
1962	estimate	16,344,093		745,610	185,626	6.66	57.7
1963	estimate	16,853,964		757,059	184,713	6.58	58.3
1964	estimate	17,373,683		765,580	184,153	6.47	58.8
1965	estimate	17,901,139		770,927	183,253	6.33	59.3
1966	estimate	18,436,960		772,959	182,104	6.16	59.7
1967	estimate	18,968,415		772,510	180,852	5.96	60.1
1968	estimate	19,502,820		768,842	179,434	5.74	60.6
1969	estimate	20,030,772		763,910	177,347	5.51	61.0
1970	estimate	20,553,112		758,900	175,500	5.28	61.5
1971	estimate	21,070,452		754,674	172,667	5.06	62.0
1972	estimate	21,567,741		751,555	170,200	4.86	62.5
1973	estimate	22,071,385		752,258	168,653	4.68	63.0
1974	estimate	22,579,363		755,973	166,939	4.53	63.5
1975	estimate	23,087,575		764,076	165,489	4.40	64.0
1976	estimate	23,601,714		775,696	163,439	4.29	64.6
1977	estimate	24,115,907		784,696	161,875	4.16	65.2
1978	estimate	24,671,081		786,622	160,254	4.00	65.8
1979	estimate	25,229,592		797,083	161,345	3.89	66.2
1980	estimate	25,801,660		810,658	160,786	3.80	66.7
1981	estimate	26,407,335		822,984	160,777	3.71	67.2
1982	estimate	27,019,199		834,567	159,212	3.62	67.9
1983	estimate	27,657,462		836,055	161,297	3.50	68.1
1984	estimate	28,318,884		829,996	163,699	3.35	68.3
1985	estimate	28,966,495		827,117	201,753	3.23	65.4
1986	estimate	29,570,446		832,411	172,713	3.15	68.3
1987	estimate	30,187,779		838,889	179,472	3.09	68.2
1988	estimate	30,811,156		847,096	183,295	3.04	68.3
1989	estimate	31,449,892		859,456	185,355	3.01	68.6
1990	estimate	32,102,665		872,601	190,203	3.00	68.7
1991	estimate	32,777,472		885,561	195,293	2.98	68.8
1992	estimate	33,419,273		898,960	201,225	2.98	68.8
1993	estimate	34,101,870		912,234	202,920	2.98	69.1
1994	estimate	34,781,076		912,584	203,903	2.94	69.4
1995	estimate	35,473,743		898,932	203,992	2.85	69.8
1996	estimate	36,135,582		886,239	203,663	2.77	70.2
1997	estimate	36,789,908		889,567	203,480	2.74	70.6
1998	estimate	37,452,391		893,004	205,278	2.72	70.9
1999	estimate	38,131,939		880,066	211,511	2.64	70.9
2000	estimate	38,777,787		870,048	217,878	2.57	70.9
2001	estimate	39,402,081		862,583	219,643	2.52	71.2
2002	estimate	40,016,444		861,020	220,160	2.49	71.5
2003	estimate	40,632,916		856,735	214,590	2.45	72.3
2004	estimate	41,241,942		842,400	214,003	2.38	72.8
2005	estimate	41,844,401		824,839	214,221	2.31	73.2
2006	estimate	42,413,553		809,616	215,242	2.24	73.5
2007	estimate	42,968,614		802,116	218,967	2.19	73.8
2008	estimate	43,502,133		796,007	219,344	2.15	74.2
2009	estimate	44,015,484		781,638	222,623	2.10	74.5
2010	estimate	44,527,597		758,100	224,435	2.01	74.9
2011	estimate	45,027,041		738,679	227,146	1.94	75.2
2012	estimate	45,492,187		730,825	227,505	1.90	75.6
2013	estimate	45,939,433		721,365	232,277	1.86	75.8
2014	estimate	46,363,736		710,473	239,567	1.82	76.0
2015	estimate	46,767,121		693,457	246,690	1.77	76.1
2016	estimate	47,172,760		677,004	251,872	1.72	76.2
2017	estimate	47,702,264		682,368	255,822	1.72	76.4
2018	estimate	48,559,892		695,926	262,298	1.72	76.6
2019	estimate	49,489,039		709,573	268,512	1.71	76.8
2020	estimate	50,326,931		714,207	335,210	1.69	74.8
2021	estimate	50,933,064		713,944	402,788	1.68	72.7
2022	estimate	51,443,283		710,397	304,255	1.66	76.5
2023	estimate	52,032,604		705,009	282,433	1.65	77.7
2024	estimate	52,609,701		700,784	289,099	1.63	77.9
2025	projection	53,163,026	53.0–53.4 million	692,792	296,701	1.62	78.1
2026	projection	53,688,245	53.2–54.1 million	684,798	304,666	1.60	78.3
2027	projection	54,184,207	53.5–54.9 million	677,447	312,813	1.59	78.5
2028	projection	54,660,324	53.7–55.7 million	671,111	321,425	1.59	78.6
2029	projection	55,109,908	53.8–56.5 million	664,211	330,124	1.58	78.8
2030	projection	55,535,344	53.8–57.2 million	656,778	339,191	1.58	79.0
2031	projection	55,937,606	53.9–58.0 million	649,285	348,378	1.58	79.2
2032	projection	56,314,321	53.9–58.8 million	641,703	358,039	1.57	79.4
2033	projection	56,666,676	54.0–59.5 million	634,613	367,859	1.57	79.5
2034	projection	56,997,845	53.9–60.3 million	627,450	377,985	1.57	79.7
2035	projection	57,305,379	53.9–61.0 million	619,700	388,017	1.57	79.9
2036	projection	57,586,127	53.7–61.7 million	613,856	398,367	1.57	80.1
2037	projection	57,847,603	53.6–62.3 million	607,687	408,672	1.57	80.3
2038	projection	58,082,989	53.5–63.0 million	602,590	419,139	1.57	80.4
2039	projection	58,297,166	53.3–63.8 million	596,272	429,936	1.57	80.6
2040	projection	58,491,447	53.1–64.5 million	590,423	440,844	1.57	80.8
2041	projection	58,661,444	52.9–65.2 million	584,659	451,456	1.57	81.0
2042	projection	58,812,326	52.8–65.9 million	579,167	461,739	1.57	81.1
2043	projection	58,943,930	52.5–66.6 million	574,147	472,339	1.57	81.3
2044	projection	59,056,785	52.2–67.2 million	570,094	482,580	1.57	81.5
2045	projection	59,152,395	51.9–67.9 million	565,107	492,763	1.57	81.6
2046	projection	59,229,251	51.4–68.6 million	560,881	502,886	1.57	81.8
2047	projection	59,290,268	51.1–69.1 million	557,040	512,753	1.58	82.0
2048	projection	59,335,999	50.9–69.7 million	552,559	522,342	1.57	82.1
2049	projection	59,366,507	50.5–70.4 million	548,938	531,630	1.58	82.3
2050	projection	59,383,512	50.2–71.0 million	544,861	540,605	1.58	82.4
2051	projection	59,387,201	49.9–71.8 million	541,018	549,026	1.58	82.6
2052	projection	59,378,719	49.6–72.5 million	536,830	557,173	1.58	82.8
2053	projection	59,357,853	49.2–73.1 million	532,983	565,172	1.58	82.9
2054	projection	59,325,151	48.8–73.7 million	528,922	572,746	1.58	83.1
2055	projection	59,280,839	48.4–74.4 million	524,500	580,009	1.58	83.2
2056	projection	59,224,875	47.9–75.1 million	520,169	586,716	1.58	83.4
2057	projection	59,157,808	47.3–75.8 million	515,879	593,869	1.58	83.5
2058	projection	59,079,529	46.9–76.4 million	511,247	600,202	1.58	83.7
2059	projection	58,989,930	46.3–77.0 million	506,417	606,418	1.58	83.8
2060	projection	58,889,423	45.9–77.7 million	501,487	613,082	1.58	84.0
2061	projection	58,777,459	45.5–78.3 million	497,109	619,523	1.58	84.1
2062	projection	58,654,541	45.1–79.1 million	491,799	626,258	1.58	84.2
2063	projection	58,519,586	44.5–79.6 million	487,443	632,790	1.58	84.4
2064	projection	58,373,771	43.7–80.2 million	482,360	640,018	1.58	84.5
2065	projection	58,215,729	43.2–80.8 million	477,763	646,794	1.59	84.7
2066	projection	58,046,381	42.7–81.6 million	472,695	654,686	1.58	84.8
2067	projection	57,863,979	42.2–82.4 million	468,137	662,254	1.58	84.9
2068	projection	57,669,405	41.6–82.9 million	463,504	670,034	1.58	85.1
2069	projection	57,462,501	40.9–83.3 million	459,572	677,535	1.59	85.2
2070	projection	57,244,105	40.2–83.9 million	455,311	686,095	1.59	85.3
2071	projection	57,012,856	39.6–84.1 million	451,124	693,751	1.59	85.5
2072	projection	56,769,717	39.0–85.0 million	446,878	701,334	1.59	85.6
2073	projection	56,514,943	38.4–85.6 million	443,719	709,129	1.59	85.7
2074	projection	56,249,180	37.8–86.0 million	439,816	716,564	1.59	85.8
2075	projection	55,971,864	37.1–86.5 million	437,289	724,629	1.59	86.0
2076	projection	55,684,114	36.7–87.3 million	434,079	731,705	1.59	86.1
2077	projection	55,386,022	36.1–87.7 million	430,282	738,157	1.59	86.2
2078	projection	55,077,840	35.4–88.2 million	427,259	744,659	1.59	86.3
2079	projection	54,760,060	34.7–89.0 million	424,669	749,555	1.59	86.5
2080	projection	54,434,805	34.1–89.7 million	421,189	754,485	1.59	86.6
2081	projection	54,101,122	33.5–90.2 million	418,665	758,819	1.60	86.7
2082	projection	53,760,655	32.5–90.9 million	415,511	762,710	1.60	86.8
2083	projection	53,413,093	31.7–91.5 million	412,263	764,900	1.59	87.0
2084	projection	53,060,146	31.0–92.0 million	409,175	766,768	1.59	87.1
2085	projection	52,702,118	30.4–92.9 million	405,910	767,786	1.59	87.2
2086	projection	52,339,749	29.5–93.6 million	402,762	768,311	1.59	87.3
2087	projection	51,973,853	28.7–94.7 million	399,642	768,784	1.59	87.4
2088	projection	51,604,542	27.9–95.0 million	396,448	768,003	1.59	87.5
2089	projection	51,232,595	27.1–95.8 million	393,576	765,438	1.60	87.7
2090	projection	50,860,393	26.5–96.4 million	390,916	762,486	1.60	87.8
2091	projection	50,488,608	25.7–97.0 million	388,099	758,702	1.60	87.9
2092	projection	50,117,763	25.1–97.7 million	384,827	754,082	1.60	88.0
2093	projection	49,748,249	24.5–98.0 million	381,319	748,752	1.60	88.1
2094	projection	49,380,412	23.7–98.9 million	377,978	743,050	1.60	88.2
2095	projection	49,014,964	23.1–99.3 million	375,407	735,962	1.60	88.3
2096	projection	48,653,973	22.6–100.2 million	372,745	728,427	1.60	88.5
2097	projection	48,297,988	21.9–100.8 million	369,201	721,793	1.60	88.5
2098	projection	47,944,986	21.4–101.7 million	365,421	714,572	1.60	88.7
2099	projection	47,595,548	20.9–102.3 million	361,829	706,281	1.60	88.8
2100	projection	47,250,735	20.4–102.5 million	358,954	698,634	1.60	88.9

Show the numbers: Colombia, mid-2026, by single year of age

Colombia: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	350,405	335,928
1	355,282	340,806
2	359,230	344,712
3	362,273	347,722
4	365,214	350,581
5	366,884	352,241
6	367,105	352,562
7	364,628	350,373
8	359,698	345,795
9	354,975	341,318
10	356,336	342,355
11	362,748	348,133
12	367,072	352,160
13	369,590	354,605
14	371,836	356,760
15	377,023	361,750
16	386,829	371,257
17	395,914	380,166
18	400,570	385,286
19	404,052	389,536
20	410,322	396,779
21	420,088	407,584
22	430,772	419,201
23	438,259	428,155
24	442,776	434,408
25	447,895	441,150
26	454,415	449,226
27	461,426	457,660
28	464,140	461,770
29	461,866	460,800
30	462,513	462,572
31	466,496	467,501
32	466,820	468,582
33	460,341	462,665
34	450,464	452,944
35	440,468	442,851
36	430,254	432,786
37	419,774	422,732
38	410,228	413,645
39	401,867	405,791
40	393,833	398,411
41	387,768	393,374
42	384,375	391,280
43	379,917	388,163
44	371,500	381,042
45	360,863	371,609
46	350,038	361,781
47	339,807	352,408
48	332,237	345,797
49	325,018	339,556
50	315,817	331,282
51	306,925	323,380
52	299,713	317,277
53	294,087	312,775
54	289,948	309,644
55	286,956	307,537
56	284,384	305,848
57	281,992	304,318
58	279,447	302,519
59	275,973	299,706
60	271,176	295,667
61	264,992	290,316
62	257,293	283,418
63	248,184	275,056
64	237,890	265,371
65	226,734	254,674
66	215,034	243,306
67	203,176	231,634
68	191,235	219,734
69	179,156	207,627
70	167,232	195,573
71	155,599	183,668
72	144,230	171,984
73	133,052	160,466
74	122,052	149,061
75	111,630	138,222
76	101,865	127,831
77	90,151	115,788
78	79,490	104,944
79	71,788	96,705
80	63,896	88,074
81	55,966	79,246
82	48,144	70,402
83	40,582	61,696
84	33,504	53,325
85	27,118	45,484
86	21,540	38,280
87	16,815	31,782
88	12,984	26,157
89	9,966	21,426
90	7,571	17,414
91	5,645	13,964
92	4,107	11,020
93	2,887	8,496
94	1,945	6,344
95	1,260	4,598
96	796	3,255
97	493	2,250
98	301	1,512
99	182	988
100+	274	1,533

COL · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Colombia, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

COL · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Colombia

On the UN's projection, Colombia will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2042: 39,366,800 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 36,638,800.

100 aged 15–64

29 children

13 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 34 years: 2010–2043.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

COL · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Colombia, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Colombia gains 171,307 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 30,975 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 5,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 495,524 (2018); its biggest loss, 98,057 (1976).

In 2024, 3,063,518 people living in Colombia had been born in another country, 6 of every 100 people there, against fewer than 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

COL · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Colombia

Of every 100 babies born in Colombia in 2023, 17 had a mother under 20, 71 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 12 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 13 under 20 and 17 aged 35 or older.

1950
13 · 70 · 17

2023
17 · 71 · 12

2050 · projected
11 · 72 · 17

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 705,009
Average age when women have a baby: 26.6 years; 29.3 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 60; 112 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Colombia by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	2,970	6,082	9,963	5,820	2,000	44
15–19	68,983	124,439	180,792	117,342	57,247	5,633
20–24	158,200	238,041	250,383	192,440	124,761	36,411
25–29	133,661	179,390	196,347	180,739	147,448	99,917
30–34	91,259	115,493	137,825	124,959	119,622	126,260
35–39	64,494	69,726	71,104	64,387	70,383	71,819
40–44	22,863	26,059	20,848	18,097	22,471	17,394
45–49	3,860	4,662	2,712	1,225	929	1,476
50–54	153	184	74	0	0	0
All babies	546,443	764,076	870,048	705,009	544,861	358,954

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

COL · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Colombia

In Colombia, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 65.0 (95% range 64.3–66.0), out of 74.5 in all. That leaves 9.5 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

66.8 in full health, 10.8 not: 77.6 years

Men

63.3 in full health, 8.3 not: 71.6 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 66.8 healthy years of 77.6. Men: 63.3 of 71.6. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 67.9.

COL · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Colombia

At the end of 2025, 7,157,716 people were displaced inside Colombia, about 134 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad2,829,663
displaced inside it7,157,716
Colombia nationals abroad382,942

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 200,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Colombia living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 70 people asked for asylum in Colombia for the first time (and 8,174 more claims were counted as cases, a family as one); 84,821 people from Colombia asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Colombia whose claims were decided that year, 15 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

COL · of every 100 people

How people live in Colombia

Of every 100 people in Colombia in 2025, 63 lived in a city, 19 in a town or suburb and 18 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

1.1 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 20.7 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

COL · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Colombia went in school

Of every 100 adults in Colombia in 2020, 6 never went to school and 49 finished upper secondary or went further.

6 never went to school 14 some primary 25 finished primary 6 finished lower secondary 28 finished upper secondary 21 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 8.2 of every 100 women and 9.2 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 2 and 3.1.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2040; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2055.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

COL · cities · 2025

Cities in Colombia

Colombia had 81 cities in 2025, home to 33.6 million people. The largest, Bogotá, holds 20 of every 100 people in Colombia.

Bogotá10,624,315
Medellín3,350,384
Cali2,700,232
Barranquilla2,208,021
Cartagena1,008,584
Bucaramanga939,291
Cúcuta848,408
Pereira602,831
Valledupar574,824
Ibagué494,316

All 21 cities in Colombia that reach 300,000 people

Bogotá 10,624,315
Medellín 3,350,384
Cali 2,700,232
Barranquilla 2,208,021
Cartagena 1,008,584
Bucaramanga 939,291
Cúcuta 848,408
Pereira 602,831
Valledupar 574,824
Ibagué 494,316
Santa Marta 442,455
Manizales 440,407
Buenaventura 438,063
Villavicencio 383,028
Pasto 371,637
Montería 339,380
Neiva 333,744
Armenia 319,234
Sincelejo 295,401
Chía 282,679
San Antero 82,494 (1990)

How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Colombia are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.