People and Culture
Colombia is an urban country where most of its population lives in large to medium cities. But unlikemost of Latin America it is not highly concentrated on one mega city, but more evenly distributed in some 20 large to medium sized cities.
Population:
44,583,000 (Dec. 2003)
Nationality:
noun: Colombian(s)
adjective: Colombian
Ethnic groups:
Modern Colombia was built mostly by Europeans, Africans and Native Americans. It is a melting pot that's been simmering for over 5 centuries. During the XX century Colombia received immigrants from Asia and the Middle East and Lebanon
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.3% (1995 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.6% (2002 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.85 years
female:74.83 years (2002 est.)
male: 67 years
People living with HIV/AIDS:
71,000 (1999 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 90%
The remainder: Protestant Faiths, Muslim, Jewish and Amerindian Religions.
Languages:
Spanish, English, Palenquero (Spanish- West African Creole), 64 Amerindian languages and Arabic (Syrian-Lebanese Immigrants on the Caribbean Coast).
Age structure:
0-14 years: 31.6% (male 6,552,961; female 6,399,666)
15-64 years: 63.6% (male 12,694,293; female 13,375,425)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male 886,921; female 1,098,961) (2002 est.)
