This is a list of Colombian departments by population according to a general census taken in 2018, the 2005 census, and by estimates for 2020 made by the National Administrative Department of Statistics ( Spanish: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística). The five most populous departments contain almost half of the total population.
Rank | Department | Population (2020) [1] | Population (2018) [1] | Population (2005) |
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1 |
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7,743,955 | 7,412,566 | 6,778,691 |
2 |
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6,677,930 | 6,407,102 | 5,601,507 |
3 |
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4,532,152 | 4,475,886 | 4,052,535 |
4 |
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3,242,999 | 2,919,060 | 2,228,682 |
5 |
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2,722,128 | 2,535,517 | 2,112,001 |
6 |
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2,280,908 | 2,184,837 | 1,913,444 |
7 |
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2,180,976 | 2,070,110 | 1,836,640 |
8 |
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1,627,589 | 1,630,592 | 1,498,234 |
9 |
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1,828,947 | 1,784,783 | 1,462,909 |
10 |
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1,339,998 | 1,330,187 | 1,312,304 |
11 |
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1,491,937 | 1,464,488 | 1,182,022 |
12 |
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1,620,318 | 1,491,689 | 1,208,336 |
13 |
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1,242,731 | 1,217,376 | 1,255,311 |
14 |
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1,427,026 | 1,341,746 | 1,136,819 |
15 |
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1,122,622 | 1,100,386 | 1,001,476 |
16 |
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1,295,387 | 1,200,574 | 878,437 |
17 |
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1,018,453 | 998,255 | 898,490 |
18 |
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1,063,454 | 1,039,722 | 713,772 |
19 |
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965,718 | 880,560 | 655,943 |
20 |
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961,055 | 943,401 | 859,666 |
21 |
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949,252 | 904,863 | 762,263 |
22 |
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555,401 | 539,904 | 518,691 |
23 |
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544,764 | 534,826 | 388,476 |
24 |
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410,521 | 401,849 | 337,932 |
25 |
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435,195 | 420,504 | 281,294 |
26 |
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359,127 | 348,182 | 237,197 |
27 |
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294,206 | 262,174 | 153,028 |
28 |
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86,657 | 82,767 | 56,758 |
29 |
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63,692 | 61,280 | 59,573 |
30 |
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79,020 | 76,589 | 46,950 |
31 |
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112,958 | 107,808 | 44,592 |
32 |
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44,712 | 40,797 | 19,943 |
33 |
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50,636 | 48,114 | 18,797 |