Colombia 
Facts
Population:
40,349,388 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
31.88% (male 6,507,282; female 6,354,454)
15-64 years:
63.37% (male 12,452,182; female 13,117,707)
65 years and over:
4.75% (male 859,967; female 1,057,796) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.64% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
22.41 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
5.69 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.81 male(s)/female
total population:
0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
23.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
70.57 years
male:
66.71 years
female:
74.55 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.66 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.31% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
71,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
1,700 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Colombian(s)
adjective:
Colombian
Ethnic groups:
mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 90%
Languages:
Spanish
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
91.3%
male:
91.2%
female:
91.4% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $250 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $6,200 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
19%
industry:
26%
services:
55% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
55% (1999)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
1%
highest 10%:
44% (1999)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9% (2000)
Labor force:
18.3 million (1999 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
services 46%, agriculture 30%, industry 24% (1990)
Unemployment rate:
20% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$22 billion
expenditures:
$24 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds
Industrial production growth rate:
11% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
43.574 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
22.27%
hydro:
76.19%
nuclear:
0%
other:
1.54% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
40.532 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
27 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
35 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest products; shrimp
Exports:
$14.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum, coffee, coal, apparel, bananas, cut flowers
Exports - partners:
US 50%, EU 14%, Andean Community of Nations 16%, Japan 2% (2000 est.)
Imports:
$12.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels, electricity
Imports - partners:
US 35%, EU 16%, Andean Community of Nations 15%, Japan 5% (2000 est.)
Debt - external:
$34 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$40.7 million (1995)
Currency:
Colombian peso (COP)
Currency code:
COP
Exchange rates:
Colombian pesos per US dollar - 2,241.43 (January 2001), 2087.90 (2000), 1,756.23 (1999), 1,426.04 (1998), 1,140.96 (1997), 1,036.69 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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Arte
(Cultural quarterly), Bogotá
Cien Días
(Left-wing magazine), Bogotá
(Centrist newsmagazine), Bogotá
http://www.cromos.com.co
Cronista Demócrata
(Centrist magazine), Bogotá
Diario del Caribe
(Liberal), Barranquilla
Diario del Otún
(Conservative), Pereira
(Conservative, economics), Bogotá
http://www.dinero.com
Colombia in the News
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Although problems persist, in particular cocaine trafficking, as well as allegations of human rights abuses by government forces, Colombia is undergoing something of a renaissance.
The ratification of a free trade agreement between Colombia and the United States has been hampered in part Colombia's 80-year long history of undemocratic dealings with unionists.
In April, Douglas Batista, Steve Glickman, and seven other organizers toured Columbia in two 1980's era compact cars, piquing interest for democratic reform with musical events and T-shirts.
In the past week, the Bush administration has unearthed a "national security" justification for passage of the United States-Colombia Free Trade Agreement that can't be allowed to stand.
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