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title: "Colombia — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Colombia: capital Bogotá, area 1,138,910 km², population 53,425,635 (2025), currency Colombian peso. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/colombia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Colombia

**Colombia: Capital Bogotá**

1,138,910 km² · 53,425,635 people (2025) · Colombian peso

The only South American country with coastline on both the Pacific and the Caribbean. It has more bird species than any other country, around 1,900, and more orchid species too. The Andes split into three separate ranges here, and the Chocó on the Pacific side is among the wettest places on Earth, with over 10 m of rain a year in places.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Bogotá
- **Area:** 1,138,910 km² — 439,735 sq mi
- **Population:** 53,425,635 (2025)
- **Density:** 46.9 people per km²
- **Currency:** Colombian peso (COP, $)
- **Official language:** Spanish
- **Time zone:** UTC-05:00
- **Calling code:** +57
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** CO · COL
- **Continent:** South America

## How it compares

- **By area:** 26 of 200
- **By population:** 28 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mali | 1,240,192 | 25,198,821 |
| South Africa | 1,219,090 | 64,747,319 |
| Colombia ← | 1,138,910 | 53,425,635 |
| Ethiopia | 1,104,300 | 135,472,051 |
| Bolivia | 1,098,581 | 12,581,843 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Colombia?

Bogotá

### What currency does Colombia use?

The Colombian peso (COP).

### How big is Colombia?

1,138,910 km², or 439,735 square miles — 26 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Colombia drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Mali](https://atoneplace.net/country/mali/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Bolivia](https://atoneplace.net/country/bolivia/)
- [Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/country/brazil/)
- [Argentina](https://atoneplace.net/country/argentina/)
- [Peru](https://atoneplace.net/country/peru/)
- [Venezuela](https://atoneplace.net/country/venezuela/)
- [Chile](https://atoneplace.net/country/chile/)
- [Ecuador](https://atoneplace.net/country/ecuador/)
- [Bolivia](https://atoneplace.net/country/bolivia/)
- [Paraguay](https://atoneplace.net/country/paraguay/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]