Population:
43,677,372 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 28.9% (male 6,679,701/female 6,522,976)
15-64 years: 65.4% (male 14,571,536/female 15,297,179)
65 years and over: 5.6% (male 1,103,391/female 1,469,240) (2009 est.)

Median age:
total: 27.1 years
male: 26.1 years
female: 28 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.219% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
18.09 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
5.22 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 74% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 17.37 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.14 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74.07 years
male: 70.69 years
female: 77.64 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:
2.22 children born/woman (2009 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.)

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)

Nationality:
noun: Colombian(s)
adjective: Colombian

Ethnic groups:
mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1%

Religions:
Roman Catholic 90%, other 10%

Languages:
Spanish

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.4%
male: 90.1%
female: 90.7% (2005 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Education expenditures:
4.7% of GDP (2006)