General info

Entity:
Colombia
Capital:
Bogota
Population (2010-07-01):
44,205,293 (CIA)
Area:
1,138,910 sq.km.
Country code:
co
Region:
South America

Colombia

Administrative units

departamento, distrito capitalcapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1993-10-24
census
population
2005-05-22
census
population
2007-06-30
estimate
source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Colombia.
note: Distrito capital = capital district; C.D = Corregimiento departamental.
Departamento de AntioquiaMedellín63,6124,342,3475,601,5075,831,851
Departamento del AtlánticoBarranquilla3,3881,667,5002,112,0012,227,713
Distrito Capital de Santa Fe de BogotáBogotá1,5875,596,6266,778,6917,050,133
Departamento de BolívarCartagena25,9781,439,2911,836,6401,924,139
Departamento de BoyacáTunja23,1891,174,0311,210,9821,265,198
Departamento del CaldasManizales7,888925,358898,490973,226
Departamento del CaquetáFlorencia88,965311,464337,932427,634
Departamento del CaucaPopayán29,308979,2311,182,0221,285,794
Departamento del CesarValledupar22,905729,634878,437929,096
Departamento de CórdobaMontería25,0201,088,0871,462,9091,514,575
Departamento de CundinamarcaBogotá22,6231,658,6982,228,6822,355,408
Departamento del ChocóQuibdó46,530338,160388,476467,374
Departamento del HuilaNeiva19,890758,0131,001,4761,038,061
Departamento de La GuajiraRiohacha20,848387,773655,943715,175
Departamento del MagdalenaSanta Marta23,188882,5711,136,8191,180,703
Departamento del MetaVillavicencio85,635561,121713,772817,857
Departamento de NariñoPasto33,2681,274,7081,498,2341,578,877
Departamento de Norte de SantanderCúcuta21,6581,046,5771,208,3361,267,028
Departamento del QuindíoArmenia1,845435,018518,691542,752
Departamento del RisaraldaPereira4,140744,974859,666911,239
Departamento de SantanderBucaramanga30,5371,598,6881,913,4441,975,963
Departamento de SucreSincelejo10,917624,463762,263792,377
Departamento del TolimaIbagué23,5621,150,0801,312,3041,371,253
Departamento del Valle de CaucaCali22,1403,333,1504,052,5354,257,741
Departamento de AraucaArauca23,818137,193153,028238,605
Departamento de CasanareYopal44,640158,149281,294306,510
Departamento del PutumayoMocoa24,885204,309237,197319,804
Departamento de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa CatalinaSan Andrés4450,09459,57372,923
Departamento del AmazonasLeticia109,66537,76446,95068,519
Departamento del GuainíaPuerto Inírida72,23813,49118,79736,381
Departamento del GuaviareSan Jose del Guaviare42,32757,88456,75898,189
Departamento de VaupésMitú65,26818,23519,94339,231
Departamento del VichadaPuerto Carreño100,24236,33644,59260,463
total 1,141,74833,109,84041,468,38443,941,792

Agglomerations

namepopulation
1993-10-24
census
population
2005-05-22
census
Santa Fé de Bogotá5,596,6267,881,156
Medellín2,415,3103,312,165
Cali2,011,0842,530,756
Barranquilla1,328,8331,694,879
Bucaramanga759,6511,012,331
source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Colombia.

Main cities

namepopulation
2005-05-22
census
Bogotá, D.C.6,778,691
Medellín2,219,861
Cali2,075,380
Barranquilla1,112,889
Cartagena895,400
Cúcuta585,543
Bucaramanga509,918
Ibagué495,246
Soledad455,796
Pereira428,397
Santa Marta414,387
Soacha398,295
Villavicencio384,131
Pasto383,846
Montería381,284
Bello373,013
Manizales368,433
Valledupar348,990
Buenaventura324,207
Neiva315,332
Palmira278,358
Armenia272,574
Popayán258,653
Floridablanca252,472
Sincelejo236,780
Itagui235,567
Barrancabermeja187,311
Tuluá183,236
Envigado175,337
Dosquebradas173,452
Riohacha169,311
San Andres de Tumaco161,490
Tunja152,419
Florencia137,896
Girón135,531
Apartadó134,572
Turbo122,780
Cartago121,741
Magangué121,085
Piedecuesta116,914
Uribia116,674
Sogamoso114,486
Guadalajara de Buga111,487
Lorica109,974
Ipiales109,865
Quibdó109,121
Fusagasugá107,259
Facatativá106,067
Duitama105,407
Yopal103,754
Maicao103,124
Pitalito102,937
Rionegro101,046
Ciénaga100,908
Zipaquirá100,038
source: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Colombia.