The 2018 Colombian Census was the 18th population census in Colombia, and the 7th to include the counting of households and dwelling units. It was developed by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) of the Republic of Colombia, whose guidelines and rules were established by Decree 1899 of November 22, 2017.
Background and execution Initially, the plan was to have several phases for the census: e-Census (virtual) from January 9 to March 8, 2018, and face-to-face visits to homes, which began in April and ended on June 30, 2018. However, due to technical difficulties with the census' virtual platform, the virtual phase was extended until April 12. In total, 5,048,492 people were counted online, and the face-to-face home visits began on April 18.
Subsequently, due to incidents with the construction of the Ituango Dam that forced the evacuation of several municipalities, the winter emergency, security problems in the Catatumbo region, and the change of government authorities, face-to-face visits to homes were extended until September 2018. Some preliminary results were released in late August, and the final results were expected to be published in the third week of September. It was finally announced that the data would become official on October 30, 2018. The second delivery of preliminary results was made on November 6, 2018. As reported by DANE, the entire process of executing the census meant interviewing 32 million people with a budget of 310 million Colombian pesos.
Prior to this census, the last population census in Colombia was the 2005 Census, which was conducted between May 22, 2005, and May 22, 2006. According to the official projections that had been made from the records of that census, the population of Colombia in 2018 was expected to be about 49,834,240 inhabitants. However, the preliminary 2018 results counted only 45.5 million people. The final census results were announced at a press conference on July 4, 2019, when DANE revealed that 4.09 million people had been left out of the preliminary count due to "a series of failures in the collection of information." DANE then released the final estimate of 48,258,499 people living in Colombia.
Population by departments +Population of the departments of Colombia in 2018 N.º Department Urban Population Rest of the Population Total PopulationTotal count of Colombian population, including the 44,164,417 of people who took the census and the 4,094,077 who were left out of the census. 1 Cundinamarca 7,387,400 25,166 7,412,566 2 Antioquia 4,972,941 1,434,161 6,407,102 3 Valle del Cauca 3,809,542 666,344 4,475,886 4 Cundinamarca 2,090,845 828,215 2,919,060 5 Atlántico 2,404,831 130,686 2,535,517 6 Santander 1,655,627 529,210 2,184,837 7 Bolívar 1,549,063 521,047 2,070,110 8 Córdoba 937,319 847,464 1,784,783 9 Nariño 716,592 914,000 1,630,592 10 Norte de Santander 1,173,712 317,977 1,491,689 11 Cauca 545,902 918,586 1,464,488 12 Magdalena 938,320 403,426 1,341,746 13 Tolima 907,506 422,681 1,330,187 14 Boyacá 708,006 509,370 1,217,376 15 Cesar 903,411 297,163 1,200,574 16 Huila 669,697 430,689 1,100,386 17 Meta 795,061 244,661 1,039,722 18 Caldas 740,865 257,390 998,255 19 Risaralda 736,164 207,237 943,401 20 Sucre 569,089 335,774 904,863 21 La Guajira 410,636 469,924 880,560 22 Quindío 471,910 67,994 539,904 23 Chocó 243,194 291,632 534,826 24 Casanare 295,434 125,070 420,504 25 Caquetá 258,280 143,569 401,849 26 Putumayo 174,539 173,643 348,182 27 Arauca 172,634 89,540 262,174 28 Vichada 25,833 81,975 107,808 29 Guaviare 45,991 36,776 82,767 30 Amazonas 37,047 39,542 76,589 31 San Andrés y Providencia 44,893 16,387 61,280 32 Guainía 20,279 27,835 48,114 33 Vaupés 12,090 28,707 40,797 36,424,653 11,833,84148,258,494 Data obtained until 16 October 2019.
Indicators The main indicators registered in the 2018 General Census were the following: DescriptionFigures(millions of inhabitants)Percentage General Population Total Population 48.2 100.0% Men 23.5 48.8% Women 24.7 51.2% Population by age Population from 0 to 14 years old 10.8 22.5% Population from 15 to 59 years old 26.4 54.9% Population from 60 to 64 years old 6.4 13.4% Population over 65 years old 4.4 9.2% Population according to distribution by location Municipal Centers 37.2 77.1% Population Centers 3.4 7.1% Rural 7.6 15.8% Data obtained up to 5 July 2019.DescriptionFigures(millions)Percentage Number of Households according to access to public services Total 13.4100.0% Electricity 12.9 96.3% Water supply (improved water source) 11.6 86.4% Gas (connected to public network) 9.0 66.8% Data obtained until 5 July 2019.
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