Colombia

Official Name:

Republic of Colombia (Colombia)

Area:

1.138.910 km ²

Population (2007):

44.379.598 inhabitants

Coastline:

3.208 km

Capital:

Bogota

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Bahía de Portete, Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Leticia, Puerto Bolívar, San Andrés, Santa Marta, Tumaco, Turbo

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Political divisions:

32 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 1 capital district (distrito capital); Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlantico, Bogota, Bolivar, Boyaca, Caldas, Caqueta, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba, Cundinamarca, Guainia, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Narino, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andres y Providencia, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupes, Vichada

Language(s):

Spanish

National holiday:

Independence Day, 20 July (1810)

Nationality:

Colombian(s)

Official time:

UTC-5.

Member of:

BCIE, CAN, CDB, CSN, FAO, G-3, G-15, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.co

Economic Profile

Currency:

Colombian peso (COP)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD8.600 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD106.800.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

6,8% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 12%
• Industry: 35,2%
• Services: 52,7%

Labor force:

20.810.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2000):

• Agriculture 18,7%
• Industry: 22%
• Services 58,5%

Unemployment rate:

11,1% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

4,3% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

22,8% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD50.700.000.000
• Expenditures: USD52.290.000.000

Public debt:

45,3% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -$2.219.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 24.860.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Petroleum, coffee, coal, nickel, emeralds, apparel, bananas, cut flowers

Exports - Partners:

US 41,8%, Venezuela 9,9%, Ecuador 6,3% (2005)

Imports:

USD 24.330.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels, electricity

Imports - partners:

US 28,5%, Mexico 8,3%, China 7,6%, Brazil 6,5%, Venezuela 5,7% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 16.500.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 37.210.000.000 (2006)