With an estimated 50 million people in 2020, Colombia is the third-most populous country in Latin America, after Brazil and Mexico. [290] At the beginning of the 20th century, Colombia's population was approximately 4 million. [ 291 ]

Jan 28, 2025 · Colombia strongly reflects its history as a colony of Spain. It is often referred to as the most Roman Catholic of the South American countries, and most of its people are proud of the relative purity of their Spanish language.

Jan 29, 2025 · For Latin America, the ordeal could not have come at a worse time. ... Unlike most of South America, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador still trade more with the United States ...

4 days ago · Colombia is Latin America’s fourth largest oil producer and the world’s fourth largest coal producer, third largest coffee exporter, and second largest cut flowers exporter.

Dec 18, 2023 · Covering a respectable area of 1,141,748 sq. km, Colombia is located in the northwestern part of South America with a coastline along both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Colombia shares five separate land borders with the nations Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and Panama.

Colombia (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m. b i ə / (); Spanish: [koˈlom.bja]), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a tropical equatorial country in northern South America.It is in the northwest part of the continent, and it has an area of 1,141,748 kilometres² (440,839 sq mi). It is the only South American country with coasts on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Colombia is nicknamed the "gateway to South America" because it sits in the northwestern part of the continent where South America connects with Central and North America. It is the fifth largest...

Feb 14, 2023 · The fourth largest country in South America and one of the continent's most populous nations, Colombia has substantial oil reserves and is a major producer of gold, silver, emeralds, platinum and...

Colombia's population of 52.2 million people (in 2023) making it the third-most populous country in Latin America after Brazil and Mexico. The population is concentrated in the Andean highlands and along the Caribbean coast.

Dec 21, 2021 · Colombia has been the largest source of Latin American refugees in Latin America, nearly 400,000 of whom live primarily in Venezuela and Ecuador. Venezuela’s political and economic crisis since 2015, however, has created a reverse flow, consisting largely of Colombians returning home.