Ethnic divisions: mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Indian 3%, Indian 1%
Religions: Roman Catholic 95%
Languages: Spanish
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1985)
total population: 88%
male: 88%
female: 88%
Labor force: 12 million (1990)
by occupation: services 46%, agriculture 30%, industry 24% (1990)
@Colombia:Government
Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Colombia
conventional short form: Colombia
local long form: Republica de Colombia
local short form: Colombia
Digraph: CO
Type: republic; executive branch dominates government structure
Capital: Bogota