My World Factbook
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People
44,205,293 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
29
0-14 years: 27.7% (male 6,192,707/female 5,919,959)
15-64 years: 66.4% (male 14,292,342/female 14,717,249)
65 years and over: 5.8% (male 1,093,432/female 1,461,683) (2010 est.)
total: 27.6 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 28.6 years (2010 est.)
1.184% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
17.76 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 112
5.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 179
-0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 149
urban population: 74% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 16.87 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 111
male: 20.52 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 74.31 years
country comparison to the world: 97
male: 70.98 years
female: 77.84 years (2010 est.)
2.18 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 114
0.6% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
170,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
9,800 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)
noun: Colombian(s)
adjective: Colombian
mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1%
Roman Catholic 90%, other 10%
Spanish (official)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.4%
male: 90.1%
female: 90.7% (2005 census)
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2008)
3.9% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 111
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