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The demographics of Colombia consist of statistics regarding Colombians' health, economic status, religious affiliations, ethnicity, population density, and other aspects of the population. Colombia is the second-most populous country in South America after Brazil , and the third-most populous in Latin America, after Brazil and Mexico .
The Republic of Colombia is situated largely in the north-west of South America, with some territories falling within the boundaries of Central America.It is bordered to the north-west by Panama; to the east by Brazil and Venezuela; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; [1] and it shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
Race and ethnicity in Colombia descend mainly from three racial groups—Europeans, Amerindians, and Africans—that have mixed throughout the last 500 years of the country's history. Some demographers describe Colombia as one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the Western Hemisphere and in the World, with 900 different ethnic groups.
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, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
Colombia – tropical equatorial country located in northern South America. It is the most megadiverse country in the world (per square kilometer). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The majority of its urban centres are located in the highlands of the Andes mountains , but Colombian territory also encompasses Amazon rainforest , tropical grassland and both Caribbean ...
[4] [5] The most recent estimation of the number of indigenous peoples of Colombia places it at around 9.5% of the population. This means that Colombia has the seventh highest percentage of Amerindians in the Americas with only Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, and Panama having a higher estimated percentage of Amerindians than Colombia ...
The difference with Colombia is that there were never any systematic legal designations put in place in order to divide society along racial lines like the Jim Crow system of the U.S. In Colombia, the division is ingrained in the culture, especially with regard to economic opportunity and education. [7] "Whiteness" in Colombia has been the goal ...