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Colombia: Colombia People Profile 2011

2010/07/06

The People

About 68 per cent of the people are mestizos (of mixed Indian-white descent) and 20 per cent are white. The rest are mulattos, blacks, Indians, and zambos (of mixed Indian and black ancestry).

Language and Religion

Spanish, the official language of the country, is spoken by everyone except the members of a few Indian tribes. There is religious freedom but about 95 per cent of the people are Roman Catholics.

Population

Value:

43 677 372

Date:

July 2009 est.

Comparison to the world:

Age structure

Age:

0-14 years

Value:

27.7% (male 6,192,707/female 5,919,959)

Year:

2009 est.

Age:

15-64 years

Value:

66.4% (male 14,292,342/female 14,717,249)

Age:

65 years and over

Value:

5.8% (male 1,093,432/female 1,461,683)

Median Age

Name:

total

Value:

27.1 years

Year:

2009

Name:

male

Value:

26.1 years

Name:

female

Value:

28 years

Population growth rate

Value:

1,219%

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

109

Birth rate

Value:

18.09 births/1,000 population

Year:

2009 est.

Comparison to the world:

113

Death rate

Value:

5.22deaths/1,000 population

Date:

July 2009 est.

Comparison to the world:

180

Net migration rate

Value:

—0.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Year:

2009

Urbanization

Urban population:

74% of total population

Rate of urbanization:

1.7% annual rate of change

Sex ratio

Range:

at birth

Value:

1.03 male(s)/female

Year:

2009

Range:

under 15 years

Value:

1.02 male(s)/female

Range:

15-64 years

Value:

0.95 male(s)/female

Range:

65 years and over

Value:

0.75 male(s)/female

Range:

total population

Value:

0.96 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

Total value:

17.37deaths/1,000 live births

Comparison to the world:

116

Male value:

21.14 deaths/1,000 live births

Female value:

13.38 deaths/1,000 live births

Year:

2009

Life expectancy at birth

Total value:

74.07 years

Comparison to the world:

Male value:

70.69 years

Female value:

77.64 years

Year:

2009

Total fertility rate

Value:

2.22 children born/woman

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

116

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Value:

0,60%

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

Value:

170 000

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Value:

9 800

Year:

2007

Comparison to the world:

Nationality

Noun:

Colombian(s)

Adjective:

Colombian

Ethnic groups

Value:

<p> mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1%</p>

Religions

Value:

Roman Catholic 90%, other 10%

Languages

Languages info:

Spanish

Literacy

Definition:

age 15 and over can read and write

Total population:

90,40%

Male:

90,10%

Female:

90,70%

Year:

2005

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Total:

12 years

Male:

12 years

Female:

13 years

Year:

2006

Education expenditures

Value:

4.7% of GDP

Comparison to the world:

Year:

2006

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