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This is a list of Colombian departments by population according to a general census taken in 2018, the 2005 census, and by estimates for 2020 made by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (Spanish: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística). The five most populous departments contain almost half of the total population.
Departments of Colombia ID Region Capital Area (km 2) Population (December 2022) [2] Density per km 2 Established as a department Flag Code Governor (2024–2027) [3] Party or Coalition [3]
Very high human development 1 Bogotá, D.C. 0.804 High human development 2 Valle del Cauca: 0.782 3 San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina: 0.780 4 Atlántico: 0.777 5 Quindío: 0.775 6 Caldas: 0.769 7 Meta: 8 Santander: 0.768 9 Cundinamarca: 0.765 10 Antioquia: 0.763 – Colombia (average) 0.758: 11 Risaralda: 0.752 12 Boyacá: 0.751 13 ...
Colombia is divided into 32 departments. These in turn are divided into municipalities , though some receive the special category of district . However, there are also provinces , a generic name applied to provinces, districts, regions and subregions.
The urban population increased from 29% of the total population in 1938, to 52% in 1964 and about 70% by 1990. Currently the figure is about 77%. The list of the most populated cities in the country only contains the population living in the urban area of the municipalities, according to the results of the 2018 population census. [17]
The Nine Sovereign States. States of Colombia existed from February 27, 1855, in the Republic of New Granada and the Granadine Confederation, where they were called "federal states". In the United States of Colombia they were called "sovereign states" (though they were not at all sovereign states in the modern sense of the word).
Map of Colombia Bogotá, Capital of Colombia Medellín Cali Barranquilla Cartagena Cúcuta Santa Marta. This article lists cities and towns in Colombia by population, according to the 2005 census. A city is displayed in bold if it is a capital city of a department.
The 2018 Colombian Census was the 18th population census in Colombia, and the 7th to include the counting of households and dwelling units. [1] It was developed by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) of the Republic of Colombia, [2] whose guidelines and rules were established by Decree 1899 of November 22, 2017.