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Colombia
Key facts
- currency: Colombian peso
- capital city: Bogotá
- region: South America
- continent: Americas
- land area: 1,109,500 km²
- population: 52,085,168 people
- political leader: Iván Duque (President)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [4°0′N, -72°0′W]
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Summary
Colombia is a country. The capital city is Bogotá, located in the South America region of Americas. It has a land area of 1,109,500 km², a population of 52,085,168 people and uses the currency Colombian peso. The President is Iván Duque.
Environment
Colombia is one of the countries in Americas, countries in South America and 194 countries in our database.
- Agricultural land: 427,180.00 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 9.20 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 88.47 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Electricity production from coal sources: 11.85 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 19.34 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 64.96 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 0.57 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 3.28 % of total
- Net energy imports: -274.13 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 1.69 births per woman
- Forest area: 589,426 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 76.69 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 215.53 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 27.70
- Methane emissions: 99.33 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 19.59 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 26,416,500 people
- Male population: 25,668,667 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 29.70 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 1,127,197.64 km²
- Rural population: 9,190,949 people
- Urban land area: 5,114.56 km²
- Urban population: 42,894,219 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.78 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Colombia by population
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Colombia
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Colombia
Evolution of historical net energy imports in Colombia
Evolution of historical fertility rate in Colombia
Colombia relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time
Colombia relationship between median age and fertility rate over time
Evolution of historical forest area in Colombia
Colombia relationship between rural land area and forest area over time
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Colombia
Colombia relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Colombia
Colombia relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Colombia relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Colombia relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Colombia
Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Colombia
Evolution of historical land area in Colombia
Evolution of historical median age in Colombia
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Colombia
Colombia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time
Colombia relationship between population and methane emissions over time
Colombia relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time
Colombia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time
Colombia relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time
Colombia relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time
Evolution of historical net migration in Colombia
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Colombia
Colombia relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Colombia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Colombia relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Evolution of historical population in Colombia
Colombia relationship between urban land area and population over time
Evolution of historical female population in Colombia
Evolution of historical male population in Colombia
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Colombia
Evolution of historical rural land area in Colombia
Evolution of historical rural population in Colombia
Colombia relationship between urban land area and rural population over time
Evolution of historical urban land area in Colombia
Colombia relationship between urban population and urban land area over time
Evolution of historical urban population in Colombia
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Colombia
Colombia relationship between date and population over time
Colombia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Colombia
Colombia relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time
Colombia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Colombia
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Colombia
Colombia relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Colombia relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Colombia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Colombia relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Colombia relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Colombia
Colombia relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time
Colombia relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time
Colombia relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time
Colombia relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time
Colombia relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time
Colombia relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Colombia
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Colombia
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Colombia
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Colombia
Distribution of sites in Colombia by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in Colombia by area
Proportion of transboundary sites in Colombia
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Colombia by mean width
Relationship between width mean and length mean in Colombia
Cities in Colombia
Sites in Colombia
Wildfires in Colombia
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Business
- Central government debt: 69.87 % of GDP
- Expense: 24.41 % of GDP
- Gdp: 363,540,156,234.87 current US$
- Inflation: 11.74 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 47.10 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 15.28 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 9.56 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 44.22 % of total employment
Distribution of companies founded in Colombia by year
Evolution of historical central government debt in Colombia
Evolution of historical expense in Colombia
Evolution of historical GDP in Colombia
Colombia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time
Evolution of historical median inflation in Colombia
Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Colombia
Colombia relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Colombia
Evolution of historical unemployment in Colombia
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Colombia
Proportion of shops per country in Colombia
Companies from Colombia
Exchanges in Colombia
Shops in Colombia
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Health
- Birth rate: 13.92 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 7.41 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 557.54 current US$
- Health expenditure: 9.02 % of GDP
- Incidence of hiv: 0.16 per 1,000 uninfected population
- Hospital beds: 1.69 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 74
- Suicide mortality rate: 3.90 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in Colombia
Colombia relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time
Colombia relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time
Colombia relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time
Colombia relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time
Colombia relationship between median age and birth rate over time
Evolution of historical death rate in Colombia
Colombia relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time
Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Colombia
Evolution of historical health expenditure in Colombia
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Colombia
Evolution of historical hospital beds in Colombia
Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Colombia
Colombia relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time
Colombia relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time
Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Colombia
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Colombia
Proportion of diseases in Colombia by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Colombia by start date
Evolution of historical cases in Colombia
Evolution of historical deaths in Colombia
Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Colombia
Diseases in Colombia
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 428,000 people
- Democracy score: 6.96
- Democracy type: Flawed democracy
- Military expenditure: 3.08 % of GDP
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 28.88 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Colombia
Colombia relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Colombia relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Colombia relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time
Colombia relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time
Colombia relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time
Colombia relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time
Colombia relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Colombia
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Colombia
Distribution of politicians from Colombia by birth year
Proportion of politicians per gender in Colombia
Political parties in Colombia
Politicians from Colombia
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from Colombia by birth year
Proportion of athletes per gender in Colombia
Proportion of competitions per city in Colombia
Proportion of competitions per country in Colombia
Distribution of competitions in Colombia by start date
Proportion of medals won by Colombia in the Olympics
Athletes from Colombia
Competitions in Colombia
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Culture
Distribution of artists from Colombia by birth year
Proportion of artists per gender in Colombia
Geographical distribution of museums in Colombia by visitors
Artists from Colombia
Museums in Colombia
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in Colombia by total students
Distribution of universities in Colombia per foundation year
Universities in Colombia
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In literature
There are 285 books written about Colombia in the database
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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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