Chart and table of Colombia population from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.

Key information about Colombia population

• The Colombia population reached 52.2 million people in Dec 2023, compared with the previously reported figure of 51.6 million people in Dec 2022
• The data reached an all-time high of 52.2 million people in Dec 2023 and a record low of 12.0 million people in Dec 1950

CEIC extends history for annual Population. National Administrative Department of Statistics provides year-end Population. Population prior to 1985 is a Mid-year estimate sourced from the International Monetary Fund.


Further information about Colombia population data

• In the latest reports, Colombia Unemployment Rate dropped to 12.1 % in Mar 2022
• Monthly earnings of the Colombia population was 280.7 USD in Dec 2021
• Colombia Labour Force Participation Rate increased to 64.0 % in Apr 2024

Chart and table of Colombia population from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Ibague, Colombia metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.

Since the 1950s, the number of forcibly displaced persons recognized by the United Nations has increased drastically; from around 2.1 million international refugees in 1951 to almost 123 million displaced persons in total in 2023. Annual figures are not reflective of the actual number of forcibly displaced people in the world, but rather the number of people identified as such by the UN. Preliminary figures for 2024 show that this figure may now reach the 125 million mark, with major new crises in Sudan and Palestine sending this figure higher, after the Russia-Ukraine War pushed this figure past 100 million people for the first time in 2022. UNHCR The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was founded in 1950 to deal with the large number of displaced persons in Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War. Since then, the scale and geographical scope of its operations has broadened significantly, as it works to provide humanitarian aid, logistical support, and long-term solutions to crises across the globe. The UNHCR played an instrumental role in facilitating or limiting the impact of many decolonization movements across Africa and Asia in the late 20th century, and, in recent decades, it has provided much-needed assistance in conflict areas, such as the Balkans in the 1990s, Afghanistan since the 2000s, and more recently in Syria and Yemen. Alongside the UNHCR, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was established in 1949 to provide similar assistance programs for Palestinian refugees and their descendants, and it is currently operational in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the State of Palestine, but its future remains uncertain after the Israeli parliament revoked its license to operate in the country in October 2024. Long-term crises Persistent instability in Sub-Saharan Africa has also been a major area of focus throughout the UNHCR's history, as economic and structural underdevelopment, alongside conflict and political instability, has created several refugee crises that are now in their fourth decade. While countries such as Colombia, Germany, and Turkey have, to varying degrees, successfully managed refugee crises in recent years, the economies of most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are not equipped to do so. Displacement has placed a great strain on several regions' already-struggling resources, and these are now also being affected by climate change. Countries such as Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda are home to camps or camp networks that house several hundred thousand refugees, with some of the largest in Kenya being established in the early 1990s.