List of Colombian Departments by population

Map of each department's population as of 2012

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 (2015)[1]	Population (2010)[2]	Population (2005)
1	Bogotá	7,980,001	7,363,782	6,778,691
2	Antioquia	6,534,764	6,065,846	5,601,507
3	Valle del Cauca	4,613,377	4,382,939	4,052,535
4	Cundinamarca	2,680,041	2,477,036	2,228,682
5	Atlántico	2,461,001	2,314,447	2,112,001
6	Bolívar	2,097,086	1,979,781	1,836,640
7	Santander	2,061,095	2,010,404	1,913,444
8	Nariño	1,744,275	1,639,569	1,498,234
9	Córdoba	1,709,603	1,582,718	1,462,909
10	Tolima	1,408,274	1,387,641	1,312,304
11	Cauca	1,379,070	1,318,983	1,182,022
12	Norte de Santander	1,355,723	1,297,842	1,208,336
13	Boyacá	1,276,367	1,267,597	1,255,311
14	Magdalena	1,259,667	1,201,386	1,136,819
15	Huila	1,154,804	1,083,200	1,001,476
16	Cesar	1,028,880	966,420	878,437
17	Caldas	988,003	978,362	898,490
18	Meta	961,292	870,876	713,772
19	La Guajira	957,814	818,695	655,943
20	Risaralda	951,945	925,105	859,666
21	Sucre	851,526	810,650	762,263
22	Quindío	565,266	549,624	518,691
23	Chocó	500,076	476,173	388,476
24	Caquetá	477,619	447,723	337,932
25	Casanare	356,438	325,596	281,294
26	Putumayo	345,204	326,093	237,197
27	Arauca	262,315	247,541	153,028
28	Guaviare	111,060	103,307	56,758
29	San Andrés y Providencia	76,442	73,320	59,573
30	Amazonas	76,243	72,017	46,950
31	Vichada	71,974	63,670	44,592
32	Vaupés	43,665	41,534	19,943
33	Guainía	41,482	38,328	18,797

See also

• Colombia
• Demographics of Colombia
• List of Colombian municipalities by population

References

• DANE - censo regiones de Colombia
• DANE (2009). Proyecciones Nacionales y Departamentales de Población 2005-2020 (PDF) (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. p. 50. ISBN 978-958-624-078-9. Retrieved 21 November 2012.