List of cities in Colombia
The list of cities in Colombia provides an overview of the population development in the larger cities and municipalities of the South American state of Colombia .
Metropolitan regions by population
The table shows the largest metropolitan regions in Colombia (as of 2019).
rank |
Metropolitan area |
Population (2019) |
---|---|---|
1. | Bogotá | 9,886,678 |
2. | Medellin | 3,952,494 |
3. | Cali | 3,151,710 |
4th | Barranquilla | 2,123,081 |
5. | Cartagena | 1,382,015 |
6th | Bucaramanga | 1,160,243 |
7th | Cúcuta | 892.732 |
8th. | Pereira | 717.914 |
9. | Santa Marta | 716,569 |
10. | Villavicencio | 641.634 |
11. | Ibagué | 638.494 |
12. | Valledupar | 594,677 |
Urban settlements by population
There are 1,105 municipalities ( Municipios ) in Colombia . The municipalities - the largest is Cumaribo with 65,674 square kilometers - partly have the area of German federal states (for comparison: Bavaria 70,550 square kilometers). They usually consist of several localities. The administrative area often includes both the central, mostly urban settlement that gives it its name, as well as the surrounding greater region, i.e. extensive rural areas.
The following table contains all urban settlements (Localidades Urbanas) that had more than 100,000 inhabitants at the 2018 census, as well as the results of the censuses (VZ) of the Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) since 1951. The higher-level administrative unit ( Department ) to which the municipality belongs. Bogotá forms its own capital district and does not belong to any department. The population figures refer to the respective urban settlement in the narrower sense - the core city - not to the municipality in the political sense.
(VZ = census)
rank |
Surname |
VZ 1951 |
VZ 1964 |
VZ 1973 |
VZ 1985 |
VZ 1993 |
VZ 2005 |
VZ 2018 |
Administrative unit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Bogotá | 660.280 | 1,661,935 | 2,845,361 | 3,974,813 | 4,931,796 | 6,824,510 | 7,387,400 | Bogotá, Distrito Capital |
2. | Medellin | 328.294 | 948.025 | 1,122,099 | 1,418,554 | 1,551,160 | 2,175,681 | 2,382,399 | Antioquia |
3. | Cali | 241.357 | 618.215 | 971.891 | 1,323,944 | 1,641,498 | 2,083,171 | 2,172,527 | Valle del Cauca |
4th | Barranquilla | 276.199 | 493.034 | 701.945 | 896.649 | 990,547 | 1,142,312 | 1,205,284 | Atlántico |
5. | Cartagena | 111.291 | 217.910 | 311,664 | 491,368 | 616.231 | 842.228 | 876.885 | Bolívar |
6th | Cúcuta | 70,375 | 147.176 | 234,365 | 357.026 | 459.640 | 567,664 | 685.445 | North of Santander |
7th | Soacha | 4,226 | 11,435 | 23,997 | 99.353 | 222,565 | 396,555 | 655.025 | Cundinamarca |
8th. | Soledad | 20,158 | 37,617 | 68.209 | 164.494 | 236,521 | 460.996 | 602,644 | Atlántico |
9. | Bucaramanga | 102,887 | 216,821 | 317,553 | 341,513 | 410.065 | 509.216 | 570.752 | Santander |
10. | Bello | 28,398 | ... | 103.039 | 206.297 | 257,707 | 358.139 | 495.483 | Antioquia |
11. | Ibagué | 54,347 | 125,233 | 202,850 | 269,495 | 340.191 | 468,647 | 492,554 | Tolima |
12. | Villavicencio | 17.126 | 45,277 | 87,690 | 161.166 | 219.976 | 356.464 | 492.052 | Meta |
13. | Santa Marta | 37.005 | 89.161 | 110.161 | 177.922 | 270.253 | 385.122 | 455.299 | Magdalena |
14th | Valledupar | 9,011 | 43,553 | 98,669 | 142,771 | 202,404 | 299.065 | 431,794 | Cesar |
15th | Manizales | 88,893 | 190.036 | 207,607 | 275.067 | 303.136 | 353,312 | 405.234 | Caldas |
16. | Montería | 23,682 | 70,531 | 104.129 | 157.466 | 210.297 | 286,575 | 388,499 | Cordoba |
17th | Pereira | 76,262 | 147,487 | 186,776 | 233.271 | 348.023 | 371.239 | 385,838 | Risaralda |
18th | Neiva | 33,040 | 75,886 | 109.063 | 178.130 | 237.239 | 295.961 | 335.994 | Huila |
19th | Pasto | 48,853 | 82,546 | 130.222 | 197,407 | 261,368 | 312,377 | 308.095 | Nariño |
20th | Armenia | 57,098 | 125.022 | 149.078 | 180.221 | 216,467 | 273.114 | 287.245 | Quindío |
21st | Floridablanca | 2,446 | 4.166 | 40,878 | 137.975 | 187.197 | 243,859 | 280.025 | Santander |
22nd | Palmira | 54,293 | 106.502 | 143.092 | 175.186 | 196.213 | 228.122 | 275.254 | Valle del Cauca |
23. | Popayan | 31,866 | 58,500 | 77,884 | 141,964 | 169.423 | 226.978 | 266,561 | Cauca |
24. | Sincelejo | 21,625 | 44.001 | 71,946 | 120,537 | 168.410 | 219,639 | 249,323 | Sucre |
25th | Itagüí | 11,027 | ... | 90,828 | 135,797 | 175,626 | 213.237 | 247.918 | Antioquia |
26th | Buenaventura | 35,087 | 70,079 | 110.713 | 160,342 | 194,727 | 292,947 | 235.064 | Valle del Cauca |
27. | Envigado | 13,392 | ... | 67.199 | 85,539 | 107.402 | 165.420 | 215,766 | Antioquia |
28. | Dosquebradas | ... | ... | 40,908 | 93,558 | 129,575 | 169,844 | 204.280 | Risaralda |
29 | Barrancabermeja | 25,046 | 59,625 | 92.036 | 137.406 | 144,769 | 170.810 | 177.272 | Santander |
30th | Tuluá | 28,715 | 56,539 | 87,952 | 99,721 | 125.137 | 160,922 | 174,951 | Valle del Cauca |
31. | Tunja | 23.008 | 40,451 | 55.166 | 87,851 | 101,622 | 146,621 | 163,894 | Boyacá |
32. | Florencia | 8,119 | 17,709 | 28,056 | 66,430 | 82,708 | 121,898 | 147.939 | Caquetá |
33. | Yopal | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33,790 | 90.218 | 143,619 | Casanare |
34. | Girón | 2.184 | 3,889 | 11,256 | 39,074 | 71,618 | 117.941 | 141.107 | Santander |
35. | Piedecuesta | ... | ... | ... | 35,675 | 60,057 | 92,736 | 139.273 | Santander |
36. | Cartago | 31.051 | 55,682 | 72,797 | 92,524 | 100,946 | 122.001 | 131,641 | Valle del Cauca |
37. | Mosquera | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17,774 | 59,884 | 128.012 | Cundinamarca |
38. | Riohacha | 5,953 | 11,708 | 22,545 | 46,667 | 77,083 | 136.183 | 126.103 | La Guajira |
39. | Facatativá | ... | ... | ... | 44,912 | 63,237 | 95,640 | 125,348 | Cundinamarca |
40. | Jamundí | ... | ... | ... | 44,999 | 55,236 | 80,927 | 107,800 | Valle del Cauca |
41. | Malambo | ... | ... | ... | 50.127 | 68.714 | 95,258 | 119,878 | Atlántico |
42. | Fusagasugá | ... | ... | ... | 41,571 | 57,915 | 86,232 | 114,722 | Cundinamarca |
43. | Quibdó | 9,013 | 19,989 | 29,423 | 47,950 | 65,904 | 101.134 | 113.124 | Chocó |
44. | Sogamoso | ... | ... | ... | 65,428 | 83,152 | 96,828 | 111,815 | Boyacá |
45. | Buga | ... | ... | ... | 85,772 | 94,840 | 99,893 | 110.905 | Valle del Cauca |
46. | Duitama | ... | ... | ... | 57,248 | 71,444 | 93.003 | 107,520 | Boyacá |
47. | Zipaquirá | ... | ... | ... | 46.286 | 60,585 | 88,527 | 106,461 | Cundinamarca |
48. | Ocaña | ... | ... | ... | 55,277 | 59,574 | 78,827 | 106.159 | North of Santander |
49. | Chía | ... | ... | ... | 23,909 | 41,632 | 73.841 | 105.509 | Cundinamarca |
50. | Ciénaga | ... | ... | ... | 56.164 | 66,236 | 87,624 | 104,999 | Magdalena |
51. | Maicao | ... | ... | ... | 49,262 | 80,770 | 85.101 | 103.354 | La Guajira |
52. | Madrid | ... | ... | ... | 22,642 | 33,347 | 53,858 | 102.710 | Cundinamarca |
Municipalities by population
The following table contains all municipalities that had more than 100,000 inhabitants at the 2018 census, as well as the result of the censuses (VZ) of the Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) from 1993 and 2005. The higher-level administrative unit ( Department) to which the city belongs. Bogotá forms its own capital district and does not belong to any department. The population figures refer to the municipality within its political limits, without politically independent suburbs.
(VZ = census)
Rank (2019) |
Surname |
VZ 1993 |
VZ 2005 |
VZ 2018 |
Administrative unit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Bogotá | 4,945,448 | 6,840,116 | 7,412,566 | Bogotá, Distrito Capital |
2. | Medellin | 1,630,009 | 2,216,830 | 2,427,129 | Antioquia |
3. | Cali | 1,666,468 | 2,119,908 | 2,227,642 | Valle del Cauca |
4th | Barranquilla | 993.759 | 1,146,359 | 1,206,319 | Atlántico |
5. | Cartagena | 656.632 | 892,545 | 973.045 | Bolívar |
6th | Cúcuta | 482,490 | 587,676 | 711.715 | North of Santander |
7th | Soacha | 230,335 | 402.007 | 660.179 | Cundinamarca |
8th. | Soledad | 238.153 | 461.851 | 603.999 | Atlántico |
9. | Bucaramanga | 414,365 | 516,512 | 581.130 | Santander |
10. | Villavicencio | 253.780 | 380.222 | 531.275 | Meta |
11. | Ibagué | 365.136 | 498.401 | 529.635 | Tolima |
12. | Bello | 264.009 | 371,591 | 522.264 | Antioquia |
13. | Santa Marta | 283.711 | 415.270 | 499.192 | Magdalena |
14th | Montería | 275,952 | 378.970 | 490.935 | Cordoba |
15th | Valledupar | 248,525 | 354,449 | 490.075 | Cesar |
16. | Pereira | 354.625 | 443,554 | 467.269 | Risaralda |
17th | Manizales | 327,663 | 379.972 | 434.403 | Caldas |
18th | Pasto | 294.024 | 382,618 | 392.930 | Nariño |
19th | Neiva | 250,838 | 316.033 | 357.392 | Huila |
20th | Palmira | 234.166 | 284,470 | 349.294 | Valle del Cauca |
21st | Popayan | 187,519 | 257,512 | 318.059 | Cauca |
22nd | Buenaventura | 227,478 | 328.794 | 308.188 | Valle del Cauca |
23. | Armenia | 223.284 | 280.930 | 295.208 | Quindío |
24. | Floridablanca | 192.856 | 254,683 | 291.935 | Santander |
25th | Sincelejo | 174,345 | 237.618 | 277.773 | Sucre |
26th | Itagüí | 180.354 | 232.680 | 276.744 | Antioquia |
27. | San Andrés de Tumaco | 115,674 | 160.034 | 253,637 | Nariño |
28. | Envigado | 115,484 | 174.108 | 228,848 | Antioquia |
29 | Dosquebradas | 139,839 | 179,301 | 217.178 | Risaralda |
30th | Tuluá | 145,531 | 187.275 | 212,685 | Valle del Cauca |
31. | Barrancabermeja | 157.433 | 190.058 | 203,537 | Santander |
32. | Riohacha | 97.289 | 167.865 | 188.014 | La Guajira |
33. | Tunja | 107,807 | 154.096 | 172,548 | Boyacá |
34. | Piedecuesta | 72,631 | 117,364 | 170,625 | Santander |
35. | Maicao | 93.093 | 123.757 | 170,582 | La Guajira |
36. | Yopal | 44,761 | 106,822 | 168,433 | Casanare |
37. | Florencia | 96,247 | 143,871 | 168,346 | Caquetá |
38. | Uribia | 55,685 | 117,674 | 163,462 | La Guajira |
39. | Girón | 79,799 | 135.791 | 160.403 | Santander |
40. | Jamundí | 57,354 | 96,849 | 159,877 | Valle del Cauca |
41. | Facatativá | 69,552 | 107,452 | 139,441 | Cundinamarca |
42. | Fusagasugá | 75,333 | 108,938 | 138,498 | Cundinamarca |
43. | Cartago | 105.234 | 124,831 | 135,729 | Valle del Cauca |
44. | Rionegro | 70,352 | 100.502 | 135,465 | Antioquia |
45. | Magangué | 102.155 | 121,515 | 133,270 | Bolívar |
46. | Chía | 55,742 | 97.907 | 132.181 | Cundinamarca |
47. | Zipaquirá | 69,695 | 101,551 | 130,537 | Cundinamarca |
48. | Mosquera | 22,250 | 63,237 | 130.221 | Cundinamarca |
49. | Quibdó | 102.003 | 112,886 | 129,237 | Chocó |
50. | Malambo | 71,925 | 101,280 | 128.203 | Atlántico |
51. | Guadalajara de Buga | 107.036 | 116,893 | 127,545 | Valle del Cauca |
52. | Sogamoso | 109,115 | 117.094 | 127,235 | Boyacá |
53. | turbo | 78,529 | 121,919 | 124,552 | Antioquia |
54. | Pitalito | 72,711 | 102,460 | 124.359 | Huila |
55. | Duitama | 94,874 | 107.406 | 122,436 | Boyacá |
56. | Apartadó | 67,591 | 131.405 | 121.003 | Antioquia |
57. | Ciénaga | 130.610 | 101,985 | 120,071 | Magdalena |
58. | Ocaña | 78,315 | 90,528 | 118.273 | North of Santander |
59. | Ipiales | 74,495 | 109,116 | 116.136 | Nariño |
60. | Lorica | 100,543 | 110.316 | 113.909 | Cordoba |
61. | Madrid | 42,584 | 62,436 | 112,254 | Cundinamarca |
62. | Santander de Quilichao | 81,870 | 80.282 | 110,445 | Cauca |
63. | Aguachica | 64,647 | 82,346 | 109,621 | Cesar |
64. | Sahagún | 92,069 | 87,556 | 107,636 | Cordoba |
65. | Yumbo | 66,512 | 92.214 | 107,334 | Valle del Cauca |
66. | Cereté | 73,649 | 83,928 | 105.815 | Cordoba |
67. | Turbaco | 44.501 | 63,057 | 105.166 | Bolívar |
68. | Villa del Rosario | 56,517 | 69,848 | 101,952 | North of Santander |
69. | Girardot | 90.904 | 97,889 | 101.018 | Cundinamarca |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on April 3, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
- ^ Lo difícil de vivir en Cumaribo, el municipio más grande de Colombia. In: El Tiempo . April 20, 2018, Retrieved May 3, 2019 (Spanish).
- ↑ United Nations: Demographic Bulletin of Latin America: Urbanization and Urban Population Trends 1950-2000 (PDF; 4.9 MB), New York 2005, ISBN 9210210557
- ↑ a b Censo Nacional de Poblacion y vivienda 2018. DANE, accessed on February 4, 2020 .