Demographics of Colombia
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| Population | 48,301,354 (at 2015)(28th) |
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| Density | 42.25 inhab/sq km (72nd) |
| Growth rate |
 1.27% (105th) |
| Birth rate | 18.9 births/1,000 population (111th) |
| Death rate | 5.8/1,000 population (178th) |
| Life expectancy | 79 (34th) |
| • male | 76 (37th) |
| • female | 83 (22nd) |
| Fertility rate | 2.30 children/woman (103rd) |
| Net migration rate |
 -0.65 (2014) |
| 0–14 years | 26.7% |
| 15–64 years | 65.6% |
| 65 and over | 7.6% |
| Total | 1.03 male(s)/female |
| Under 15 | 1.02 male(s)/female |
| 15–64 years | 0.95 male(s)/female |
| 65 and over | 0.75 male(s)/female |
| Spoken | Spanish |
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Colombia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. It is the second-most populous country in South America after Brazil.
The Demography of Colombia is characterized for being the third-most populous country in Latin America, after Mexico and Brazil. Colombia experienced rapid population growth like most countries, but four decades of an armed conflict pushed millions of Colombians out of the country. However, a rebound economy in the 2000s in urban centres (perhaps the most urbanized Latin American nation) improved the situation of living standards for Colombians in a traditional class stratified economy.
According to the 2005 census, there are 46,219,699 Colombians in the world (42,888,592 living in the national territory and 3,331,107 living abroad). In 2005 there were 3,378,345 Colombians living permanently outside Colombia. More recently, according with MRE estimates this indicator may ascend to 4,700,000 in 2012.
Colombian census from 1912:
According to the 2015 revision of the World Population Prospects the total population was 48,229,000 in 2015, compared to only 12,342,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2015 was 24.3%, 68.7% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 7% was 65 years or older .
Structure of the population (01.07.2013) (Estimates) (Data are revised projections taking into consideration also the results of 2005 census) :
Movement from rural to urban areas was very heavy in the middle of the twentieth century, but has since tapered off. The urban population increased from 31% of the total population in 1938, to 57% in 1951 and about 70% by 1990. Currently the figure is about 77%. Thirty cities have a population of 100,000 or more. The nine eastern lowlands departments, constituting about 54% of Colombia's area, have less than 3% of the population and a density of less than one person per square kilometer (two people per sq. mi.).
The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):
Colombia is ethnically diverse, its people descending from the original native inhabitants, Spanish colonists, Africans originally brought to the country as slaves, and 20th-century immigrants from Europe and the Middle East, all contributing to a diverse cultural heritage. The demographic distribution reflects a pattern that is influenced by colonial history. Whites tend to live mainly in urban centers, like Bogotá, Medellín or Cali, and the burgeoning highland cities. The populations of the major cities also include mestizos. Mestizo campesinos (people living in rural areas) also live in the Andean highlands where some Spanish conquerors mixed with the women of Amerindian chiefdoms. Mestizos include artisans and small tradesmen that have played a major part in the urban expansion of recent decades.
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