How many people live in Colombia right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
54,089,626
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 28 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.65%
- Median age
- 33.0 years
- Children per woman
- 1.60
- Life expectancy
- 78.3 years
- People per km²
- 48
According to UN estimates, about 54.1 million people live in Colombia right now. It ranks 28th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Myanmar and Sudan, and it is home to one in every 154 people on the planet.
Every day, about 1,900 people are born there and about 830 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 116,000 people a year. Overall, the population grows by about 1,400 people a day (0.92% a year).
In 1950, about 11.8 million people lived there. Today there are 4.6 times as many. The UN expects it to peak around 2050, at about 59.4 million, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 59.4 million people (10% more than today), and by 2100 about 47.1 million.
Half of its people are younger than 33 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.60 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 78 years (worldwide, 74). There are 48 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Colombia in 2026?
- Colombia has about 54.1 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 53,936,226.
- How many people are born each day in Colombia?
- About 1,900 a day (685,000 a year). About 830 people die each day (305,000 a year).
- Is the population of Colombia growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.92% a year, or about 496,000 people.
- What will the population of Colombia be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 59.4 million, with a peak around 2050 at about 59.4 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Italy 58,850,910
- Kenya 58,985,362
- Myanmar 55,285,188
- Sudan 53,734,915
- Uganda 53,195,375
- South Korea 51,574,559
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,536
- Brazil 213,783,507
- Mexico 133,319,744
- Argentina 46,051,045
- Canada 40,567,031
- Peru 35,027,397
- Venezuela 28,673,179
- Chile 19,971,238
- Guatemala 19,055,560
- Ecuador 18,493,692
- Bolivia 12,801,705
- Haiti 12,078,605
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.