Colombia — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Colombia had an estimated population of 45,926,625 in 2005, with 1,100 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.
For current figures: Colombia today — population now 53,936,226, against 45,926,625 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 45,926,625 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 42,128,977 | 53,936,226 | +28% |
The two sources differ by 9% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bogotá | 7,789,222 |
| 2 | Medellín | 3,263,949 |
| 3 | Cali | 3,049,369 |
| 4 | Barranquilla | 2,020,670 |
| 5 | Bucaramanga | 1,058,753 |
| 6 | Cartagena | 1,012,003 |
| 7 | Cúcuta | 892,419 |
| 8 | Pereira | 770,885 |
| 9 | Manizales | 433,141 |
| 10 | Armenia | 430,785 |
Cities and towns, 2005 (top 300 of 1,100)
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bogotá | Bogotá | 7,102,602 | 7,674,366 now |
| 2 | Cali | Valle del Cauca | 2,392,877 | 2,392,877 now |
| 3 | Medellín | Antioquia | 1,999,979 | 1,999,979 now |
| 4 | Barranquilla | Atlántico | 1,380,425 | 1,206,319 now |
| 5 | Cartagena | Bolívar | 952,024 | 914,552 now |
| 6 | Cúcuta | Norte de Santander | 721,398 | 777,106 now |
| 7 | Bucaramanga | Santander | 571,820 | 581,130 now |
| 8 | Pereira | Risaralda | 440,118 | 467,269 now |
| 9 | Santa Marta | Magdalena | 431,781 | 499,192 now |
| 10 | Ibagué | Tolima | 421,685 | 529,635 now |
| 11 | Bello | Antioquia | 392,939 | 392,939 now |
| 12 | Pasto | Nariño | 382,236 | 392,930 now |
| 13 | Manizales | Caldas | 357,814 | 434,403 now |
| 14 | Neiva | Huila | 352,855 | 357,392 now |
| 15 | Soledad | Atlántico | 342,556 | 342,556 now |
| 16 | Villavicencio | Meta | 321,717 | 321,717 now |
| 17 | Armenia | Quindió | 315,328 | 304,314 now |
| 18 | Soacha | Cundinamarca | 313,945 | 655,025 now |
| 19 | Valledupar | César | 308,237 | 490,075 now |
| 20 | Itagüí | Antioquia | 281,853 | 281,853 now |
| 21 | Montería | Córdoba | 272,420 | 490,935 now |
| 22 | Sincelejo | Sucre | 261,187 | 277,773 now |
| 23 | Floridablanca | Santander | 252,267 | 267,591 now |
| 24 | Palmira | Valle del Cauca | 247,986 | 312,519 now |
| 25 | Buenaventura | Valle del Cauca | 240,387 | 432,385 now |
| 26 | Popayán | Cauca | 217,961 | 318,059 now |
| 27 | Barrancabermeja | Santander | 191,403 | 191,403 now |
| 28 | Dos Quebradas | Risaralda | 179,583 | 206,693 now |
| 29 | Tuluá | Valle del Cauca | 165,501 | 221,684 now |
| 30 | Envigado | Antioquia | 163,007 | 163,007 now |
| 31 | Cartago | Valle del Cauca | 134,827 | 134,972 now |
| 32 | Maicao | La Guajira | 130,348 | 166,603 now |
| 33 | Florencia | Caquetá | 130,337 | 168,346 now |
| 34 | Girardot | Cundinamarca | 130,289 | — |
| 35 | Sogamoso | Boyacá | 126,551 | — |
| 36 | Buga | Valle del Cauca | 118,004 | — |
| 37 | Tunja | Boyacá | 117,479 | 172,548 now |
| 38 | Girón | Santander | 108,466 | — |
| 39 | Malambo | Atlántico | 101,534 | 129,148 now |
| 40 | Magangué | Bolívar | 100,313 | 123,982 now |
| 41 | Facatativá | Cundinamarca | 94,611 | 141,762 now |
| 42 | Ríohacha | La Guajira | 92,431 | 188,014 now |
| 43 | Duitama | Boyacá | 92,040 | — |
| 44 | Zipaquirá | Cundinamarca | 91,235 | 130,432 now |
| 45 | Fusagasugá | Cundinamarca | 88,820 | — |
| 46 | Ciénaga | Magdalena | 88,311 | — |
| 47 | Tumaco | Nariño | 86,713 | — |
| 48 | Apartadó | Antioquia | 86,438 | — |
| 49 | Piedecuesta | Santander | 86,387 | 163,362 now |
| 50 | Ocaña | Norte de Santander | 83,511 | — |
| 51 | La Dorada | Caldas | 81,950 | — |
| 52 | Ipiales | Nariño | 77,729 | — |
| 53 | Quibdó | Chocó | 75,104 | 129,237 now |
| 54 | Aguachica | César | 73,360 | — |
| 55 | Yumbo | Valle del Cauca | 71,436 | — |
| 56 | Arauca | Arauca | 69,264 | — |
| 57 | Sabanalarga | Atlántico | 68,535 | — |
| 58 | Chinchiná | Caldas | 68,512 | — |
| 59 | Caldas | Antioquia | 65,565 | — |
| 60 | Villa del Rosario | Norte de Santander | 64,951 | — |
| 61 | Chía | Cundinamarca | 64,569 | 124,309 now |
| 62 | Ríonegro | Antioquia | 62,291 | 128,153 now |
| 63 | Calarcá | Quindió | 62,170 | — |
| 64 | Yopal | Casanare | 61,029 | 168,433 now |
| 65 | Sahagún | Córdoba | 59,188 | — |
| 66 | Fundación | Magdalena | 59,175 | — |
| 67 | Los Patios | Norte de Santander | 58,661 | — |
| 68 | San Andrés | San Andrés y Providencia | 58,257 | — |
| 69 | Caucasia | Antioquia | 58,034 | — |
| 70 | Santa Rosa de Cabal | Risaralda | 57,928 | — |
| 71 | Espinal | Tolima | 56,213 | — |
| 72 | Turbaco | Bolívar | 56,171 | — |
| 73 | Cereté | Córdoba | 55,513 | — |
| 74 | El Banco | Magdalena | 54,522 | — |
| 75 | Funza | Cundinamarca | 54,421 | 116,890 now |
| 76 | Pitalito | Huila | 53,685 | 135,711 now |
| 77 | Puerto Tejada | Cauca | 53,674 | — |
| 78 | Pamplona | Norte de Santander | 53,587 | — |
| 79 | Agustín Codazzi | César | 51,478 | — |
| 80 | Turbo | Antioquia | 50,508 | — |
| 81 | Madrid | Cundinamarca | 50,437 | 135,000 now |
| 82 | Arjona | Bolívar | 50,405 | — |
| 83 | La Estrella | Antioquia | 49,386 | — |
| 84 | Copacabana | Antioquia | 49,169 | — |
| 85 | Plato | Magdalena | 48,606 | — |
| 86 | Chigorodó | Antioquia | 48,443 | — |
| 87 | El Carmen de Bolívar | Bolívar | 47,957 | — |
| 88 | Florida | Valle del Cauca | 47,173 | — |
| 89 | Chiquinquirá | Boyacá | 45,294 | — |
| 90 | Jamundí | Valle del Cauca | 44,833 | — |
| 91 | Pradera | Valle del Cauca | 44,630 | — |
| 92 | Baranoa | Atlántico | 44,078 | — |
| 93 | Sevilla | Valle del Cauca | 41,612 | — |
| 94 | El Bagre | Antioquia | 40,798 | — |
| 95 | Santander de Quilichao | Cauca | 40,798 | — |
| 96 | Acacías | Meta | 40,627 | — |
| 97 | Lorica | Córdoba | 40,605 | — |
| 98 | Segovia | Antioquia | 39,938 | — |
| 99 | Corozal | Sucre | 39,800 | — |
| 100 | El Cerrito | Valle del Cauca | 38,390 | — |
| 101 | Planeta Rica | Córdoba | 37,297 | — |
| 102 | La Ceja | Antioquia | 36,584 | — |
| 103 | San Marcos | Sucre | 36,549 | — |
| 104 | Montenegro | Quindió | 36,499 | — |
| 105 | Villamaría | Caldas | 35,302 | — |
| 106 | Sabaneta | Antioquia | 34,172 | — |
| 107 | Montelíbano | Córdoba | 34,162 | — |
| 108 | Puerto Berrío | Antioquia | 33,983 | — |
| 109 | La Virginia | Risaralda | 33,835 | — |
| 110 | Saravena | Arauca | 33,816 | — |
| 111 | San Gil | Santander | 33,592 | — |
| 112 | Pivijay | Magdalena | 33,492 | — |
| 113 | San Onofre | Sucre | 32,957 | — |
| 114 | Caicedonia | Valle del Cauca | 32,417 | — |
| 115 | Granada | Meta | 32,365 | — |
| 116 | Quimbaya | Quindió | 31,391 | — |
| 117 | Mompós | Bolívar | 30,861 | — |
| 118 | Sincé | Sucre | 30,768 | — |
| 119 | Puerto Asís | Putumayo | 29,782 | — |
| 120 | Leticia | Amazonas | 29,666 | — |
| 121 | San Juan Nepomuceno | Bolívar | 29,619 | — |
| 122 | Garzón | Huila | 29,451 | — |
| 123 | Tame | Arauca | 29,099 | — |
| 124 | Zarzal | Valle del Cauca | 28,761 | — |
| 125 | Líbano | Tolima | 28,211 | — |
| 126 | Honda | Tolima | 28,158 | — |
| 127 | Palmar de Varela | Atlántico | 28,084 | — |
| 128 | Aracataca | Magdalena | 27,704 | — |
| 129 | Roldanillo | Valle del Cauca | 27,561 | — |
| 130 | Tolú | Sucre | 27,390 | — |
| 131 | Puerto Boyacá | Boyacá | 27,310 | — |
| 132 | La Tebaida | Quindió | 27,098 | — |
| 133 | Mosquera | Cundinamarca | 27,005 | — |
| 134 | San Juan del César | La Guajira | 26,848 | — |
| 135 | Ariguaní | Magdalena | 26,246 | — |
| 136 | Tierralta | Córdoba | 26,242 | — |
| 137 | Puerto Colombia | Atlántico | 26,227 | — |
| 138 | Melgar | Tolima | 25,980 | — |
| 139 | Santo Tomás | Atlántico | 25,847 | — |
| 140 | Anserma | Caldas | 25,242 | — |
| 141 | Cajicá | Cundinamarca | 24,999 | — |
| 142 | Bosconia | César | 24,508 | — |
| 143 | Marinilla | Antioquia | 24,171 | — |
| 144 | Candelaria | Valle del Cauca | 23,989 | — |
| 145 | Girardota | Antioquia | 23,815 | — |
| 146 | Fonseca | La Guajira | 23,509 | — |
| 147 | La Unión | Valle del Cauca | 23,459 | — |
| 148 | María la Baja | Bolívar | 23,401 | — |
| 149 | Sucre | Sucre | 23,210 | — |
| 150 | Sibaté | Cundinamarca | 23,208 | — |
| 151 | Mariquita | Tolima | 23,104 | — |
| 152 | Campo de la Cruz | Atlántico | 22,803 | — |
| 153 | Ayapel | Córdoba | 22,602 | — |
| 154 | Campoalegre | Huila | 22,568 | — |
| 155 | Yarumal | Antioquia | 22,368 | — |
| 156 | San José del Guaviare | Guaviare | 22,136 | — |
| 157 | Curumaní | César | 22,084 | — |
| 158 | Mocoa | Putumayo | 22,035 | — |
| 159 | Sampués | Sucre | 21,204 | — |
| 160 | Sabanagrande | Atlántico | 21,167 | — |
| 161 | Carmen de Viboral | Antioquia | 21,152 | — |
| 162 | Flandes | Tolima | 20,919 | — |
| 163 | Villeta | Cundinamarca | 20,689 | — |
| 164 | Carepa | Antioquia | 20,627 | — |
| 165 | Ubaté | Cundinamarca | 20,485 | — |
| 166 | Barbosa | Santander | 20,372 | — |
| 167 | San Jacinto | Bolívar | 20,265 | — |
| 168 | Túquerres | Nariño | 20,184 | — |
| 169 | Circasia | Quindió | 20,113 | — |
| 170 | Lérida | Tolima | 20,069 | — |
| 171 | Villanueva | Casanare | 20,032 | — |
| 172 | Chaparral | Tolima | 19,982 | — |
| 173 | Galapa | Atlántico | 19,732 | — |
| 174 | Aguadas | Caldas | 19,727 | — |
| 175 | Guacarí | Valle del Cauca | 19,637 | — |
| 176 | Chinú | Córdoba | 19,596 | — |
| 177 | La Plata | Huila | 19,275 | — |
| 178 | Ríosucio | Caldas | 18,950 | — |
| 179 | Urrao | Antioquia | 18,846 | — |
| 180 | Zaragoza | Antioquia | 18,795 | — |
| 181 | Málaga | Santander | 18,739 | — |
| 182 | Villanueva | La Guajira | 18,699 | — |
| 183 | Repelón | Atlántico | 18,685 | — |
| 184 | La Jagua Ibirico | César | 18,555 | — |
| 185 | San Benito Abad | Sucre | 18,181 | — |
| 186 | El Copey | César | 18,136 | — |
| 187 | Salamina | Caldas | 18,076 | — |
| 188 | Socorro | Santander | 17,752 | — |
| 189 | Santuario | Antioquia | 17,722 | — |
| 190 | Fresno | Tolima | 17,668 | — |
| 191 | Ciénaga de Oro | Córdoba | 17,623 | — |
| 192 | Andalucía | Valle del Cauca | 17,432 | — |
| 193 | Barrancas | La Guajira | 17,350 | — |
| 194 | Sonsón | Antioquia | 17,232 | — |
| 195 | Chimichagua | César | 16,746 | — |
| 196 | Barbosa | Antioquia | 16,707 | — |
| 197 | Pacho | Cundinamarca | 16,698 | — |
| 198 | Puerto López | Meta | 16,678 | — |
| 199 | Paz de Ariporo | Casanare | 16,666 | — |
| 200 | Corinto | Cauca | 16,579 | — |
| 201 | Andes | Antioquia | 16,419 | — |
| 202 | Manzanares | Caldas | 16,278 | — |
| 203 | Puerto Santander | Norte de Santander | 16,275 | — |
| 204 | San Martín | Meta | 16,273 | — |
| 205 | Bolívar | Antioquia | 16,225 | — |
| 206 | El Retén | Magdalena | 15,901 | — |
| 207 | Santa Lucía | Atlántico | 15,760 | — |
| 208 | Belén de Umbría | Risaralda | 15,698 | — |
| 209 | Aguazul | Casanare | 15,669 | — |
| 210 | Bolívar | Cauca | 15,493 | — |
| 211 | Viterbo | Caldas | 15,216 | — |
| 212 | Chiriguaná | César | 15,181 | — |
| 213 | San Vicente del Caguán | Caquetá | 15,073 | — |
| 214 | La Unión | Nariño | 15,061 | — |
| 215 | Piendamó | Cauca | 15,061 | — |
| 216 | Guamo | Tolima | 14,881 | — |
| 217 | Guaduas | Cundinamarca | 14,392 | — |
| 218 | Los Palmitos | Sucre | 14,385 | — |
| 219 | Guarne | Antioquia | 14,270 | — |
| 220 | Manatí | Atlántico | 14,140 | — |
| 221 | La Mesa | Cundinamarca | 14,072 | — |
| 222 | San Pablo | Bolívar | 13,983 | — |
| 223 | Santa Ana | Magdalena | 13,950 | — |
| 224 | Guapí | Cauca | 13,853 | — |
| 225 | Istmina | Chocó | 13,788 | — |
| 226 | Toro | Valle del Cauca | 13,764 | — |
| 227 | Orito | Putumayo | 13,708 | — |
| 228 | Puerto Wilches | Santander | 13,705 | — |
| 229 | Tarazá | Antioquia | 13,639 | — |
| 230 | Tibú | Norte de Santander | 13,565 | — |
| 231 | Paipa | Boyacá | 13,554 | — |
| 232 | Puebloviejo | Magdalena | 13,523 | — |
| 233 | El Zulia | Norte de Santander | 13,521 | — |
| 234 | Samaniego | Nariño | 13,515 | — |
| 235 | Ovejas | Sucre | 13,284 | — |
| 236 | Robles la Paz | César | 13,249 | — |
| 237 | Luruaco | Atlántico | 13,236 | — |
| 238 | Miranda | Cauca | 13,223 | — |
| 239 | El Doncello | Caquetá | 13,082 | — |
| 240 | Villanueva | Bolívar | 12,791 | — |
| 241 | Supía | Caldas | 12,784 | — |
| 242 | Santa Bárbara | Antioquia | 12,743 | — |
| 243 | San Estanislao | Bolívar | 12,596 | — |
| 244 | Bugalagrande | Valle del Cauca | 12,418 | — |
| 245 | Ansermanuevo | Valle del Cauca | 12,332 | — |
| 246 | Dagua | Valle del Cauca | 12,320 | — |
| 247 | Puerto Rico | Caquetá | 12,306 | — |
| 248 | Amagá | Antioquia | 12,170 | — |
| 249 | El Bordo | Cauca | 12,072 | — |
| 250 | Antioquia | Antioquia | 11,829 | — |
| 251 | Sitionuevo | Magdalena | 11,817 | — |
| 252 | Neira | Caldas | 11,755 | — |
| 253 | Polo Nuevo | Atlántico | 11,727 | — |
| 254 | Darién | Valle del Cauca | 11,724 | — |
| 255 | San Antero | Córdoba | 11,610 | — |
| 256 | Dabeiba | Antioquia | 11,548 | — |
| 257 | San Pedro | Sucre | 11,489 | — |
| 258 | Chivolo | Magdalena | 11,457 | — |
| 259 | Candelaria | Atlántico | 11,427 | — |
| 260 | Venadillo | Tolima | 11,310 | — |
| 261 | Pelaya | César | 11,306 | — |
| 262 | Sabana de Torres | Santander | 11,291 | — |
| 263 | Cimitarra | Santander | 11,267 | — |
| 264 | San Vicente de Chucurí | Santander | 11,265 | — |
| 265 | Cumaral | Meta | 11,263 | — |
| 266 | Ponedera | Atlántico | 11,221 | — |
| 267 | Natagaima | Tolima | 11,217 | — |
| 268 | Marsella | Risaralda | 11,158 | — |
| 269 | Majagual | Sucre | 11,139 | — |
| 270 | Garagoa | Boyacá | 11,102 | — |
| 271 | San Pedro de Urabá | Antioquia | 11,095 | — |
| 272 | La Victoria | Valle del Cauca | 11,064 | — |
| 273 | Puerto Libertador | Córdoba | 11,039 | — |
| 274 | Soatá | Boyacá | 10,945 | — |
| 275 | Vélez | Santander | 10,905 | — |
| 276 | Quinchía | Risaralda | 10,895 | — |
| 277 | Agua de Dios | Cundinamarca | 10,875 | — |
| 278 | Purificación | Tolima | 10,846 | — |
| 279 | Necoclí | Antioquia | 10,835 | — |
| 280 | San Juan de Urabá | Antioquia | 10,825 | — |
| 281 | Ábrego | Norte de Santander | 10,822 | — |
| 282 | Algeciras | Huila | 10,792 | — |
| 283 | Ituango | Antioquia | 10,769 | — |
| 284 | Valencia | Córdoba | 10,652 | — |
| 285 | San Alberto | César | 10,627 | — |
| 286 | El Colegio | Cundinamarca | 10,615 | — |
| 287 | Santa Rosa | Bolívar | 10,604 | — |
| 288 | Pailitas | César | 10,480 | — |
| 289 | Sandoná | Nariño | 10,401 | — |
| 290 | Suan | Atlántico | 10,381 | — |
| 291 | La Apartada | Córdoba | 10,285 | — |
| 292 | Tocaima | Cundinamarca | 10,235 | — |
| 293 | Turbaná | Bolívar | 10,235 | — |
| 294 | Puerto Carreño | Vichada | 10,216 | — |
| 295 | Santa Rosa de Osos | Antioquia | 10,191 | — |
| 296 | La Calera | Cundinamarca | 10,175 | — |
| 297 | Tadó | Chocó | 10,095 | — |
| 298 | Algarrobo | Magdalena | 10,042 | — |
| 299 | Don Matías | Antioquia | 10,011 | — |
| 300 | Suárez | Cauca | 9,985 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bogotá | 7,117,997 |
| 2 | Antioquia | 5,750,485 |
| 3 | Valle del Cauca | 4,524,681 |
| 4 | Atlántico | 2,365,663 |
| 5 | Cundinamarca | 2,349,578 |
| 6 | Bolívar | 2,229,967 |
| 7 | Santander | 2,085,082 |
| 8 | Nariño | 1,775,138 |
| 9 | Norte de Santander | 1,493,931 |
| 10 | Boyacá | 1,411,238 |
| 11 | Magdalena | 1,403,317 |
| 12 | Córdoba | 1,392,903 |
| 13 | Cauca | 1,363,054 |
| 14 | Tolima | 1,312,971 |
| 15 | Caldas | 1,170,186 |
| 16 | César | 1,050,302 |
| 17 | Risaralda | 1,024,361 |
| 18 | Huila | 994,217 |
| 19 | Sucre | 868,647 |
| 20 | Meta | 771,088 |
| 21 | Quindió | 613,373 |
| 22 | La Guajira | 524,618 |
| 23 | Caquetá | 463,332 |
| 24 | Chocó | 413,172 |
| 25 | Putumayo | 378,482 |
| 26 | Casanare | 325,712 |
| 27 | Arauca | 282,301 |
| 28 | Guaviare | 133,236 |
| 29 | Vichada | 97,278 |
| 30 | San Andrés y Providencia | 83,490 |
| 31 | Amazonas | 80,360 |
| 32 | Guainía | 43,314 |
| 33 | Vaupés | 33,151 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.