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 (). The five most populous departments contain almost half of the total population.
Rank Department Population (2020) Population (2018) Population (2005)1 Bogotá 7,743,955 7,412,566 6,778,6912 Antioquia 6,677,930 6,407,102 5,601,5073 Valle del Cauca 4,532,152 4,475,886 4,052,5354 Cundinamarca 3,242,999 2,919,060 2,228,6825 Atlántico 2,722,128 2,535,517 2,112,0016 Santander 2,280,908 2,184,837 1,913,4447 Bolívar 2,180,976 2,070,110 1,836,6408 Nariño 1,627,589 1,630,592 1,498,2349 Córdoba 1,828,947 1,784,783 1,462,90910 Tolima 1,339,998 1,330,187 1,312,30411 Cauca 1,491,937 1,464,488 1,182,02212Norte de Santander 1,620,318 1,491,689 1,208,33613 Boyacá 1,242,731 1,217,376 1,255,31114 Magdalena 1,427,026 1,341,746 1,136,81915 Huila 1,122,622 1,100,386 1,001,47616 Cesar 1,295,387 1,200,574 878,43717 Caldas 1,018,453 998,255 898,49018 Meta 1,063,454 1,039,722 713,77219 La Guajira 965,718 880,560 655,94320 Risaralda 961,055 943,401 859,66621 Sucre 949,252 904,863 762,26322 Quindío 555,401 539,904 518,69123 Chocó 544,764 534,826 388,47624 Caquetá 410,521 401,849 337,93225 Casanare 435,195 420,504 281,29426 Putumayo 359,127 348,182 237,19727 Arauca 294,206 262,174 153,02828 Guaviare 86,657 82,767 56,758 29 San Andrés y Providencia 63,692 61,280 59,57330 Amazonas 79,020 76,589 46,95031 Vichada 112,958 107,808 44,59232 Vaupés 44,712 40,797 19,94333 Guainía 50,636 48,114 18,797
See also Colombia Demographics of Colombia List of Colombian municipalities by population
References
DANE - censo regiones de Colombia