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.

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