Colombia: population and ages

In mid-1950 there were 11.8 million people, so the population is now 4.6 times as large.

The UN projects 685,000 births and 305,000 deaths in 2026, 380,000 more births than deaths.

The UN projects the first year with more deaths than births in 2051.

More people move in than leave: net migration in 2026 is projected at plus 116,000.

The median age is 33.0, which is 1.9 years above the world’s 31.1.

20% of the people are under 15 and 10% are 65 or older (world: 24% and 11%).

The UN projects that people aged 65 and over will outnumber children under 15 from 2041.

Women have 1.6 children on average at today’s rates (world: 2.2), against 6.4 in 1950.

Life expectancy at birth is 78.3 years, above the world’s 73.8. In 1950 it was 48.3.

For mid-2050 the UN projects 59.4 million people, 10% more than now, with a median age of 43.7.

By the death rates of 2023, life expectancy at birth was 77.7 years. People who had reached 65 could expect 19.7 more years for women and 16.9 for men.

On 1 January 2026, there are 14.9 people aged 65 or more for every 100 aged 15 to 64. For 2050, the UN projects 31.3.

For 2100 the UN projects a population of 47.1 million, with a 95 percent prediction interval of 20.1 million to 103 million.

Life expectancy at birth is a period measure. It sums up the death rates of one year and is not a forecast of how long the babies born that year will live.

In mid-2024, 3.06 million international migrants lived here, 5.8% of the population.

In mid-2024, 3.65 million people from here lived in other countries.