Colombia  
   
Geography
Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama.
Area: total: 1,138,910 sq km
land: 1,038,700 sq km
water: 100,210 sq km
Natural Resources: Petroleum, Natural Gas, Coal, Iron ore, Nickel, Gold, Copper, Emeralds, Hydropower
Population and Health
Population:  44,205,293 (2010 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.2% (male 6,150,834/female 5,876,697)
15-64 years: 66.8% (male 14,562,536/female 14,967,492)
65 years and over: 6% (male 1,125,184/female 1,522,550) (2010 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.184% (2010 est.)
Birth rate:

17.76 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Death rate:  5.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
Sex ratio:  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 (2010 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 16.87 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 20.52 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population: 74.31 years
male: 70.98 years
female: 77.84 years (2010 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.18 children born/woman (2010 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.6% (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  170,000 (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  9,800 (2007 est.)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.4%
male: 90.1%
female: 90.7% (2005 census)
Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity): 

$401 billion (2009 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): 

$231.3 billion (2009 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 

-0.1% (2009 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): 

$9,200 (2009 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 9.7%
industry: 37.4%
services: 52.9% (2009 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 18%
industry: 18.9%
services: 63.1% (2009 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):

4.2% (2009 est.)
Agriculture - products:

coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest products; shrimp

Industries:

textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds

Industrial production growth rate:

-5.9% (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:

petroleum, coffee, coal, nickel, emeralds, apparel, bananas, cut flowers

Others
Nationality: noun: Colombian(s)
adjective: Colombian

Religions: 

Roman Catholic 90%, other 10%

Languages: 

Spanish  
Country name:

conventional long form: Republic of Colombia
conventional short form: Colombia
local long form: Republica de Colombia
local short form: Colombia

Government type: 

republic; executive branch dominates government structure

Capital:

name: Bogota
geographic coordinates: 4 36 N, 74 05 W
time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions:

32 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 1 capital district* (distrito capital); Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlantico, Bogota*, Bolivar, Boyaca, Caldas, Caqueta, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba, Cundinamarca, Guainia, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Narino, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andres y Providencia, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupes, Vichada
Independence: 

20 July 1810 (from Spain)

Legal system: based on Spanish law; a new criminal code modeled after US procedures was enacted into law in 2004 and reached full implemention in January 2008; judicial review of executive and legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
 
 

 
 

Source :

CIA The World Factbook