Country Profile: Colombia

Geography

South America. South of Panama. Equivalent to 1,067 by 1067 kilometers or 667 by 667 miles. Capital: Bogata.

Economy

Figures unless otherwise stated are from the CIA Factbook.

Factbook: "Colombia has experienced accelerating growth between 2002 and 2007, with expansion above 7% in 2007, chiefly due to advancements in domestic security, to rising commodity prices, and to President URIBE's promarket economic policies. Colombia's sustained growth helped reduce poverty by 20% and cut unemployment by 25% since 2002. Additionally, investor friendly reforms to Colombia's hydrocarbon sector and the US-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) negotiations have attracted record levels of foreign investment."

Estimated per capita GDP (2009 U.S. dollars)

2009: $9,200 (ranks 110th)
2008: $9,300
2007: $9,200

GDP annual real (not per capita) growth rate estimate

2009: -0.1%
2008: 2.4%
2007: 7.5%

Unemployment rate:
2009: 12.0%
2008: 11.8%
2007: 11.2%

Public debt

2009: 46.1% of GDP
2008: 42.6% of GDP

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
2008: top 10 percent of population, 45%; bottom 10 percent, 0.8%

Population

Living in an urban area: 74% (2008)

July 2009: 43.677 million. Growth rate: 1.219% (ranks 109th)

Density 41 persons per square kilometer. Per square kilometer of arable land: 1708 persons.

Migration

2009: More people leaving than arriving. A net loss of 0.69 persons per 1,000 population.

Health

Infant mortality (deaths before the age of one per 1,000 live births)

2009: 17.37
2008: 19.51
2005: 20.97

Average life expectancy at birth

2009: 74.07 years

Living with HIV/AIDS, ages 15 to 49: 0.7 percent (2003).

Murders -- per capita

Ranked by Nationmaster.com as the worst in the world.

SOURCES:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/