Facts Sheet: Colombia (from Wolfram Alpha, edited)
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Facts Sheet: Colombia
- Full name: Republic of Colombia
- Full native name: Republica de Colombia
- Nationality name: Colombian
- ISO name: COLOMBIA
- Country code: CO
- Internet code: .co
- UN code: COL
- UN number: 170
- Calling code: 57
- Geographic properties:
- Area: 1,139,000 km^2 (square kilometers) (world rank: 26th)
- Annual-crop land fraction: 2.01% (world rank: 193rd)
- Natural resources:
- coal
- copper
- gemstones
- gold
- hydropower
- iron
- natural gas
- nickel
- oil
- Coastline length: 3208 km (kilometers) (world rank: 38th)
- Highest point: Pico Cristobal Colon, 5775 meters
- Lowest point: sea level
- Time zones: UTC-5
- Bordering countries/regions:
- Brazil
- Ecuador
- Panama
- Peru
- Venezuela
- Demographics:
- Population: 45 million people (world rank: 28th)
- Population density: 40.6 people/km^2 (people per square kilometer) (world rank: 167th)
- Population growth: 1.53% per year (world rank: 92nd)
- Life expectancy: 72.8 years (world rank: 118th)
- Median age: 27.1 years (world rank: 120th)
- Distribution:
- [child | adult | elderly | all]
- male | 14.63% | 31.92% | 2.417% | 48.98%
- female | 14.29% | 33.51% | 3.219% | 51.02%
- all | 28.93% | 65.44% | 5.636% | 100%
- [child | adult | elderly | all]
- Cultural properties:
- Languages:
- Spanish (98%)
- Wayuu (0.29%)
- Romani Vlax (0.17%)
- Paez (0.15%)
- Colombian Sign Language (0.11%)
- Ethnic mix:
- Mestizo (58%)
- white (20%)
- mixed (14%)
- black (4%)
- black and Amerindian (3%)
- Amerindian (1%)
- Religions
- Christianity (97%)
- Spiritism (0.96%)
- ethnic religions (0.62%)
- Bahai Faith (0.15%)
- Literacy fraction: 90.4%
- Languages:
- Capital city:
- Bogota
- Largest cities:
- [city | population]
- Bogota | 7,033,914
- Cali, Valle del Cauca | 2,083,171
- Medellin, Antioquia | 2,248,912
- Barranquilla, Atlantico | 1,142,312
- Cartagena, Bolivar | 842,228
- Cucuta, Norte de Santander | 567,664
- Bucaramanga, Santander | 509,216
- Soledad, Atlantico | 502,736
- Ibague, Tolima | 481,790
- Pereira, Risaralda | 371,239
- [city | population]
- Currency:
- currency name: $ 1 (Colombian peso)
- Currency code: COP
- Local currency conversion: $ 1 (Colombian peso) = euro 0.0004 (euros)
- Currency conversion: $ 1 (Colombian peso) = $ 0.0005 (US dollars)
- Economic properties:
- GDP: $243.7 billion per year (world rank: 37th)
- GDP at parity: $396 billion per year (2008) (world rank: 28th)
- Real GDP: $243.7 billion per year (price-adjusted to year-2008 US dollars) (world rank: 36th)
- GDP per capita: $ 5420 per personper year (2008) (world rank: 120th)
- GDP real growth: 2.535% per year (world rank: 141st)
- Gini index: 0.54 (world rank: 118th)
- inflation rate: 8.319%per year (world rank: 94th)
- unemployment rate: 11.3% (2008) (world rank: 75th)
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