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Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · COL

Colombia

Latin America and the Caribbean · South America

Colombia is recorded at 52.89m people in 2024, with total annual change of +553,325 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 170 · COL

Colombia

COL · CO
HOLDING
population 52.89m
annual change +553,325
natural change +411,685
fertility 1.63
migrant share 5.8%

Early Warning · peak 2050 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 3.06m

parity_check POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1 · IMS 2024 Rev.2024 CC BY 3.0 IGO where matched · World Bank WDI CC BY 4.0

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Colombia in 2024
Births 700,784
Deaths -289,099
Natural change +411,685
Net migration +141,643
Total change +553,325
time anchors

-5,805,599

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Colombia
This year +553,325
Since peak -6,498,994 since 2050
Projected 2100 47.08m
Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

5.8%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 52.32m

Colombia 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 10.78m, ages 15-64 36.64m, ages 65+ 4.91m.

0-14
10.78m
15-64
36.64m
65+
4.91m
2050 2050 59.39m

Colombia 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 8.65m, ages 15-64 38.52m, ages 65+ 12.22m.

0-14
8.65m
15-64
38.52m
65+
12.22m
2100 2100 47.08m

Colombia 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 5.73m, ages 15-64 24.69m, ages 65+ 16.67m.

0-14
5.73m
15-64
24.69m
65+
16.67m
stage

Early Warning

Stage since 2009.

crossover

2051

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

7.15

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2042.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 52.89m 553,325 700.8k 289.1k 1.63
2030 55.74m 402,262 656.8k 339.2k 1.58
2050 59.39m 3,689 544.9k 540.6k 1.58
2080 54.27m -333,683 421.2k 754.5k 1.59
2100 47.08m -339,943 359.0k 698.6k 1.60