Demographics of Columbia

Colombia is the third most populated country in Latin America and have the fourth-largest number of Spanish speakers in the world after Mexico, the United States, and Spain. The population of Columbia is estimated to be 45,000,000 with most of the population concentrating in the areas of the Andean highlands and also along the Caribbean coast.  The age structure of Columbia is divided into 3 groups, 0-14 years (children) covering about 27 % of the population, 15-64 years (adults) covering about 66% of the population, and 65 years and over (seniors) covering only 6% of the population. The population growth rate is estimated to be about 1.184% and the estimated birth rate is about 17.76 births/ 1000 population, which have decreased ever since 2007, which had a rate of 20.16-births/1,000 population. Death rate is estimated to be 5.24-deaths/1000 population, which decreased by 0.3% ever since 2007. The ethnic groups of Columbia include 58% Mestizo, 20% White, 14% Mulatto, 4% Afro-Colombian, 3% Zambo, and 1% Amerindian; other ethnic groups include Arabs, which is counted within the White population (Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians), Chinese, Roma or Gypsies from Eastern Europe, and South Asians or East Indians, covering only a small amount of the population.