Area Database (v4.2.1)

Urbanization
% population in urban areas
Subnational regions
Colombia
All years

% population in urban areas

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Colombia (America)  
Total 66.2 66.8 67.4 68.1 68.7 69.3 70.0 70.6 71.2 71.7 72.2 72.6 73.1 73.5 73.8 74.0 74.3 74.5 74.8 75.1 75.5 75.9 76.2 76.6 76.9 77.3 77.7
Amazonas 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 87.6 75.1 62.7 50.3 37.8 37.7 37.6 37.5 37.4 37.2 37.1 37.0 36.9
Antioquia (incl Medellin) 67.3 68.3 69.3 70.2 71.2 72.2 73.2 74.1 75.1 74.8 74.5 74.1 73.8 73.5 73.8 74.1 74.4 74.7 74.9 75.6 76.3 76.9 77.6 78.2 78.9 79.5 80.2
Arauca 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 97.3 94.6 91.9 89.2 86.4 81.8 77.1 72.4 67.8 63.1 58.4 53.7 49.1
Atlantico (incl Barranquilla) 92.8 92.5 92.3 92.0 91.8 91.5 91.2 91.0 90.7 91.4 92.0 92.6 93.2 93.8 93.8 93.8 93.8 93.7 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9
Bogota D.C. 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 100.0 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.7
Bolivar (Sur and Norte) 82.2 82.2 82.2 82.1 82.1 82.1 82.0 82.0 82.0 79.4 76.8 74.2 71.7 69.1 70.6 72.1 73.7 75.2 76.7 76.9 77.0 77.2 77.3 77.5 77.7 77.8 78.0
Boyaca 33.3 34.2 35.2 36.1 37.0 38.0 38.9 39.9 40.8 41.8 42.8 43.7 44.7 45.7 46.7 47.7 48.7 49.8 50.8 52.0 53.1 54.3 55.5 56.7 57.9 59.0 60.2
Caldas 53.2 54.8 56.4 58.0 59.6 61.2 62.8 64.4 66.0 65.7 65.4 65.1 64.8 64.5 65.5 66.5 67.4 68.4 69.4 69.9 70.4 70.8 71.3 71.7 72.2 72.6 73.1
Caqueta 37.2 40.9 44.6 48.2 51.9 55.6 59.3 62.9 66.6 65.2 63.8 62.3 60.9 59.5 58.0 56.6 55.2
Casanare 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 93.9 87.8 81.7 75.6 69.6 70.5 71.4 72.3 73.2 74.2 75.1 76.0 76.9
Cauca 37.6 39.1 40.6 42.1 43.6 45.1 46.6 48.1 49.6 47.3 44.9 42.5 40.1 37.7 38.6 39.4 40.3 41.1 42.0 41.5 41.1 40.6 40.2 39.7 39.3 38.8 38.4
Cesar 45.6 48.0 50.4 52.8 55.2 57.6 60.0 62.4 64.8 64.6 64.3 64.1 63.8 63.6 65.2 66.8 68.4 70.0 71.6 72.2 72.8 73.4 74.0 74.6 75.2 75.8 76.5
Choco 24.5 24.0 23.6 23.2 22.8 22.4 22.0 21.6 21.2 24.9 28.6 32.3 36.1 39.8 43.5 47.1 50.8 54.5 58.2 56.4 54.6 52.8 51.0 49.2 47.4 45.6 43.8
Cordoba 60.7 59.2 57.7 56.3 54.8 53.3 51.8 50.3 48.8 49.0 49.3 49.5 49.8 50.0 48.8 47.5 46.3 45.1 43.8 45.6 47.4 49.2 51.0 52.8 54.6 56.4 58.2
Cundinamarca 35.8 36.3 36.9 37.5 38.0 38.6 39.1 39.7 40.3 43.9 47.5 51.1 54.7 58.3 58.6 58.8 59.1 59.4 59.7 61.2 62.7 64.3 65.8 67.3 68.8 70.4 71.9
Guainja 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 89.4 78.8 68.1 57.5 46.9 43.7 40.4 37.2 33.9 30.7 27.4 24.2 20.9
Guajira 26.6 31.0 35.3 39.7 44.1 48.5 52.9 57.3 61.7 62.8 64.0 65.1 66.2 67.3 64.3 61.4 58.4 55.4 52.4 52.9 53.4 53.9 54.3 54.8 55.3 55.8 56.3
Guaviare 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 97.6 95.2 92.9 90.5 88.1 90.5 92.9 95.2 97.6 100 100.0 99.9 99.9
Huila 57.4 58.4 59.3 60.2 61.2 62.1 63.0 63.9 64.9 64.4 64.0 63.5 63.1 62.6 61.7 60.7 59.7 58.7 57.7 58.1 58.6 59.0 59.4 59.8 60.3 60.7 61.1
Magdalena 45.3 48.7 52.1 55.6 59.0 62.4 65.8 69.3 72.7 70.9 69.1 67.4 65.6 63.8 64.4 65.1 65.7 66.4 67.0 68.3 69.6 70.9 72.3 73.6 74.9 76.2 77.5
Meta 89.4 89.5 89.6 89.7 89.8 89.9 90.0 90.1 90.2 85.4 80.5 75.7 70.8 66.0 67.4 68.8 70.2 71.6 73.0 73.5 74.1 74.7 75.2 75.8 76.4 77.0 77.5
Narino 40.8 41.0 41.2 41.4 41.6 41.8 42.0 42.2 42.5 43.0 43.6 44.2 44.7 45.3 46.3 47.2 48.2 49.1 50.1 50.0 49.8 49.7 49.5 49.4 49.2 49.1 48.9
Norte de Santander 75.9 75.3 74.7 74.1 73.5 72.9 72.3 71.6 71.0 71.9 72.7 73.6 74.4 75.2 75.4 75.5 75.7 75.8 76.0 76.5 77.0 77.5 78.0 78.5 79.0 79.6 80.1
Putumayo 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 91.6 83.2 74.7 66.3 57.9 56.1 54.3 52.5 50.6 48.8 47.0 45.2 43.4
Quindio 83.3 84.2 85.0 85.9 86.8 87.6 88.5 89.4 90.2 89.2 88.1 87.1 86.0 85.0 85.2 85.4 85.7 85.9 86.1 86.4 86.8 87.1 87.4 87.8 88.1 88.4 88.7
Risaralda 74.5 76.0 77.4 78.9 80.4 81.8 83.3 84.8 86.2 84.2 82.2 80.2 78.2 76.2 75.6 75.0 74.4 73.8 73.2 74.2 75.2 76.3 77.3 78.3 79.3 80.3 81.3
San Andres 77.9 76.1 74.3 72.5 70.6 68.8 67.0 65.2 63.4 65.1 66.8 68.5 70.2 72.0 73.7 75.4 77.1
Santander 56.2 57.7 59.2 60.7 62.1 63.6 65.1 66.6 68.1 68.7 69.3 70.0 70.6 71.2 70.9 70.5 70.2 69.8 69.5 70.7 71.9 73.0 74.2 75.4 76.6 77.8 79.0
Sucre 22.1 26.2 30.4 34.5 38.6 42.8 46.9 51.0 55.2 58.0 60.7 63.5 66.3 69.1 70.2 71.4 72.5 73.7 74.8 73.3 71.7 70.2 68.6 67.0 65.5 63.9 62.4
Tolima 46.7 47.4 48.0 48.7 49.3 50.0 50.6 51.2 51.9 54.3 56.6 59.0 61.4 63.7 64.6 65.5 66.5 67.4 68.3 68.3 68.4 68.4 68.4 68.5 68.5 68.5 68.6
Valle (incl Cali) 85.9 85.5 85.1 84.7 84.3 83.9 83.5 83.1 82.7 83.5 84.2 85.0 85.7 86.5 86.3 86.2 86.0 85.8 85.7 86.0 86.4 86.7 87.1 87.4 87.8 88.1 88.5
Vaupis 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 94.0 88.0 82.0 76.0 70.0 63.7 57.5 51.2 44.9 38.6 32.3 26.1 19.8
Vichada 99.9 99.9 100.0 100 90.2 80.3 70.5 60.6 50.8 60.6 70.5 80.3 90.2 100 100.0 99.9 99.9
Lighter numbers are estimates