Geography - note:
only South American country with coastlines on both the North
Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea
People Colombia
Population:
42,954,279 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 30.7% (male 6,670,950/female 6,516,371)
15-64 years: 64.2% (male 13,424,433/female 14,142,825)
65 years and over: 5.1% (male 968,127/female 1,231,573) (2005 est.)
Median age:
total: 26.04 years
male: 25.14 years
female: 26.93 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.49% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
20.82 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
5.59 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005 est.)