Colombia
Republic of Colombia · South America
Colombia is a country in South America, with Bogotá as its capital, home to about 53,425,635 people. Colombia shares land borders with 5 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Bogotá |
|---|---|
| Region | South America |
| Currency | Colombian peso (COP $) |
| Calling code | +57 |
| ISO codes | CO / COL / 170 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇨🇴 |
| Population | 53,425,635 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 1,141,748 km² |
| Languages | Spanish |
| Internet domain | .co |
| Demonym | Colombian |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Colombia mean?
Colombia's yellow, blue and red are officially explained with yellow for the country's gold and natural wealth, blue for its seas, rivers and sky, and red for the blood shed in the struggle for independence. The design descends from the flag of Gran Colombia created around 1801 by the Venezuelan patriot Francisco de Miranda, who tied his choice of the three primary colours to a colour theory he attributed to the German writer Goethe; because Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela all emerged from Gran Colombia, the three share this common tricolour. Colombia fixed its current design, with the yellow band filling the top half, in 1861.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Colombia
About Colombia
Colombia, officially Republic of Colombia, is a United Nations member state in South America. Its capital and seat of government is Bogotá. It shares land borders with 5 countries. The official currency is the Colombian peso ($), using the code COP.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Colombia for Bogotá’s own facts and history.
To call Colombia from abroad, dial the country code +57. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes CO (alpha-2) and COL (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 53,425,635.
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How Colombia compares
- Area: 1,141,748 km², ranking 25 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 53,425,635, ranking 28 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 47 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 5, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Colombia
12 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, yellow, blue). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
Colombia appears in these lists
Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.