Recognised as Country
Colombia
- CO
- South America
- COP
- .co
Colombia (CO/COL) is a country in South America with its capital at Bogota. It covers about 1,141,748 km² with a population of roughly 52,000,000, uses the COP, dials on +57, owns the .co internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Bogota. It borders 5 countries.
Identity
Official short nameColombia
CapitalBogota
ContinentSouth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CO
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3COL
Internet TLD.co
Calling code+57
Currency codeCOP
Geography
Latitude4.5709° N
Longitude74.2973° W
HemisphereNorthern and Western
Area1,141,748 km²440,831 square miles
Land neighbours5
Distance from London8,518 kmto the approximate centre of Colombia, not to Bogota. W, bearing 260.3°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Bogotathe IANA zone for Bogota; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-05:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC-05:00
Offset in JulyUTC-05:00
Current offsetUTC-05:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 08:33
Hours ahead of UTC-5
Population & scale
Population52,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density45.5 per km²≈
Share of world population0.642%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset25 of 196
Population rank in this dataset28 of 196
Neighbouring countries
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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