Americas · South America
Capital: Bogotá
Colombia
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Colombia in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #31
Colombia's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
53.4M
#28 of 196
86th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$457.41B
#36 of 196
82nd percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$15.10B
#25 of 196
88th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
View data source ↗R&D Spending
$782.4M
#59 of 196
70th percentile
2020 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$45.26B
#42 of 196
79th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Bogotá
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- South America
- Country code
- COL
Three interesting facts
Colombia shares land borders with 5 countries: Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
Colombia spans roughly 1,141,748 square kilometers, placing it around 25th by area in this factbook.
Colombia’s position in South America places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Colombia on the map
Colombia is located in Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama. Its terrain is flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high Andes Mountains, eastern lowland plains (Llanos). The climate is tropical along coast and eastern plains, cooler in highlands. In area, the country is slightly less than twice the size of Texas.
Economy
Economic profile
Colombia's economy is characterized by prior to COVID-19, one of the most consistent growth economies, declining poverty, large stimulus package has mitigated economic fallout, but delayed key infrastructure investments, successful inflation management, sound flexible exchange rate regime, domestic economy suffers from lack of trade integration and infrastructure. Major industries include textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement, gold, coal, emeralds. Important agricultural products include sugarcane, oil palm fruit, milk, rice, plantains, potatoes, bananas, maize, chicken, avocados (2023). Notable exports include crude petroleum, coal, gold, coffee, refined petroleum (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Colombia has an estimated population of 53,057,212. Language and cultural traditions vary across Colombia. The population includes Mestizo and White 87.6%, Afro-Colombian (includes Mulatto, Raizal, and Palenquero) 6.8%, Indigenous 4.3%, unspecified 1.4% (2018 est.). The urban population represents 82.4% of total population (2023).
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