👥 Colombian Departments by Population
Population of each department and Bogotá (2020).
Bogotá15%
Antioquia13%
Valle del Cauca9%
Cundinamarca6.4%
Atlántico5.4%
Santander4.5%
Bolívar4.3%
Córdoba3.6%
Nariño3.2%
Norte de Santander3.2%
Cauca3%
Magdalena2.8%
Tolima2.7%
Cesar2.6%
Boyacá2.5%
Huila2.2%
Meta2.1%
Caldas
La Guajira
Risaralda
Sucre
Quindío
Chocó
Casanare
1
Bogotá
7.74M
2
Antioquia
6.68M
3
Valle del Cauca
4.53M
4
Cundinamarca
3.24M
5
Atlántico
2.72M
6
Santander
2.28M
7
Bolívar
2.18M
8
Córdoba
1.83M
9
Nariño
1.63M
10
Norte de Santander
1.62M
11
Cauca
1.49M
12
Magdalena
1.43M
13
Tolima
1.34M
14
Cesar
1.30M
15
Boyacá
1.24M
16
Huila
1.12M
17
Meta
1.06M
18
Caldas
1.02M
19
La Guajira
0.97M
20
Risaralda
0.96M
21
Sucre
0.95M
22
Quindío
0.56M
23
Chocó
0.54M
24
Casanare
0.44M
25
Caquetá
0.41M
26
Putumayo
0.36M
27
Arauca
0.29M
28
Vichada
0.11M
29
Guaviare
0.09M
30
Amazonas
0.08M
31
Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina
0.06M
32
Guainía
0.05M
33
Vaupés
0.04M
Highlights
Within Colombia, Bogotá ranks first in 2020 with 7.74M, followed by Antioquia (6.68M) and Valle del Cauca (4.53M).
Across 33 entries, values run from 7.74M (Bogotá) to 0.04M (Vaupés), with a median of 1.06M.
Source: DANE, 2020 population estimates (via Wikipedia), 2020. Unit: million people.
Source: DANE, 2020 population estimates (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026