List of Colombian Departments by population

Map of each department's population as of 2013

This is a list of Colombian departments by population according to a general census taken on 2005 and by estimates for 2013, 2010 made by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística, in Spanish). The five most populous departments contain almost half of the total population.

Rank Department Population (2013)[1] Population (2010)[2] Population (2005)
1 Bogotá 7,674,366 7,363,782 6,778,691
2 Antioquia 6,299,886 6,065,846 5,601,507
3 Valle del Cauca 4,520,166 4,382,939 4,052,535
4 Cundinamarca 2,598,245 2,477,036 2,228,682
5 Atlántico 2,403,027 2,314,447 2,112,001
6 Bolívar 2,049,083 1,979,781 1,836,640
7 Santander 2,040,988 2,010,404 1,913,444
8 Nariño 1,701,840 1,639,569 1,498,234
9 Córdoba 1,658,090 1,582,718 1,462,909
10 Tolima 1,400,203 1,387,641 1,312,304
11 Cauca 1,354,744 1,318,983 1,182,022
12 Norte de Santander 1,332,335 1,297,842 1,208,336
13 Boyacá 1,272,844 1,267,597 1,210,982
14 Magdalena 1,235,425 1,201,386 1,136,819
15 Huila 1,126,314 1,083,200 1,001,476
16 Cesar 1,004,064 966,420 878,437
17 Caldas 984,128 978,362 898,490
18 Risaralda 941,283 925,105 859,666
19 Meta 924,843 870,876 713,772
20 La Guajira 902,386 818,695 655,943
21 Sucre 834,927 810,650 762,263
22 Quindío 558,934 549,624 518,691
23 Chocó 490,327 476,173 388,476
24 Caquetá 465,477 447,723 337,932
25 Casanare 344,027 325,596 281,294
26 Putumayo 337,054 326,093 237,197
27 Arauca 256,527 247,541 153,028
28 Guaviare 107,934 103,307 56,758
29 San Andrés y Providencia 75,167 73,320 59,573
30 Amazonas 74,541 72,017 46,950
31 Vichada 68,575 63,670 44,592
32 Vaupés 42,817 41,534 19,943
33 Guainía 40,203 38,328 18,797

See also

References

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