only South American country with coastlines on both the North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea
People
Colombia
Population:
45,013,672 (July 2008 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 29.4% (male 6,688,530/female 6,531,768) 15-64 years: 65.1% (male 14,292,647/female 15,017,204) 65 years and over: 5.5% (male 1,072,644/female 1,410,881) (2008 est.)
Median age:
total: 26.8 years male: 25.9 years female: 27.8 years (2008 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.405% (2008 est.)