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
note: includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay, and Serrana Bank
Natural Resources: Petroleum, Natural Gas, Coal, Iron ore, Nickel, Gold, Copper, Emeralds, Hydropower
Population and Health
Population:  46,245,297 (July 2014 est.)
Age structure:

0-14 years: 25.3% (male 5,998,645/female 5,720,229)
15-24 years: 18% (male 4,243,251/female 4,099,299)
25-54 years: 41.6% (male 9,515,723/female 9,720,894)
55-64 years: 6.7% (male 1,796,050/female 2,051,948)
65 years and over: 6.5% (male 1,293,258/female 1,806,000) (2014 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.07% (2014 est.)
Birth rate:

16.73 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

Death rate:  5.36 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Sex ratio: 

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 15.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.22 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 

total population: 75.25 years
male: 72.08 years
female: 78.61 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.07 children born/woman (2014 est.)
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old(any method):  79% (2007-2012)
Unmet need of contraceptive:  8% (2010)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  146,500 (2012)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  6,500 (2012)
Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.6%
male: 93.5%
female: 93.7% (2011 est.)

Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity): 

$526.5 billion (2013 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate): 

$369.2 billion (2013 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: 

4.2% (2013 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP): 

$11,100 (2013 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 6.6%
industry: 37.8%
services: 55.6% (2013 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 17%
industry: 21%
services: 62% (2011 est.)

Agriculture - products:

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

Industries:

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

Industrial production growth rate:

2.5% (2013 est.)

Exports - commodities:

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

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 :

UN_Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys; United Nations Population Division
CIA The World Factbook

Update date: August 2014