Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Colombian Sign Language (secondary) · Cubeo (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Murui Huitoto (secondary) · Spanish (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Colombia

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Colombian, Mestizo	35802000	Spanish	Christianity
Colombian, White	9975000	Spanish	Christianity
Zambo, Afro-Colombian	5409000	Spanish	Christianity
Amerindian, Detribalized	874000	Spanish	Christianity
Wayuu, Guajiro	403000	Wayuu	Ethnic Religions
Paez	258000	Nasa	Christianity
Deaf	152000	Colombian Sign Language	Unknown
Pasto, Quillasinga	80000	Spanish	Ethnic Religions
Guajibo	56000	Guahibo	Christianity
Pijao, Coyaima	55000	Spanish	Ethnic Religions
Quaiquer	47000	Awa-Cuaiquer	Christianity
Guambiano	42000	Misak	Christianity
Embera-Catio, Katio	42000	Embera-Catio	Ethnic Religions
Senu, Zenu	40000	Spanish	Christianity
Ica, Arhuaco	37000	Arhuaco	Ethnic Religions
Canamomo	30000	Spanish	Ethnic Religions
Creole Islander	30000	Islander English Creole	Christianity
Yanacona, Mitamae	25000	Spanish	Christianity
Inga	21000	Inga	Christianity
Americans, U.S.	21000	English	Christianity
Kogi	21000	Kogi	Ethnic Religions
Embera, Northern	20000	Embera, Northern	Ethnic Religions
Wiwa	19000	Sanka	Ethnic Religions
Piapoco	16000	Piapoco	Ethnic Religions
Wounaan	16000	Woun Meu	Christianity
Spaniard	16000	Spanish	Christianity
Cubeo	15000	Cubeo	Christianity
Ticuna	15000	Ticuna	Ethnic Religions
Jungle Inga, Mocoa	14000	Inga, Jungle	Ethnic Religions
Muysca	14000	Spanish	Christianity
Arab, Palestinian	13000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Curripaco	13000	Curripaco	Christianity
Huitoto, Murui	13000	Witoto, Murui	Christianity
Chinese, general	12000	Chinese, Mandarin	Christianity
Puinave	9500	Puinave	Christianity
Embera-Catio de Alto Andagueda	9100	Embera-Catio	Ethnic Religions
Kamentsa	8000	Camsa	Ethnic Religions
Embera-Saija	7500	Epena	Ethnic Religions
Embera-Baudo	7000	Embera-Baudo	Ethnic Religions
Embera-Chami	6300	Embera-Chami	Ethnic Religions
French	5900	French	Christianity
Romani, Vlax	5400	Romani, Vlax	Christianity
Romani, Calo	5300	Calo	Christianity
Jamaican	5300	Jamaican English Creole	Christianity
Saliba	5100	Saliba	Christianity
Jewish, Syrian	5000	Spanish	Judaism
Tukano, Tariano	4700	Tucano	Christianity
Kankuamo	4300	Spanish	Ethnic Religions
Desano	3900	Desano	Ethnic Religions
Quichua, Lowland Napo	3900	Quichua, Napo	Christianity

Languages

83 languages recorded here.

Achagua

Andoque

Arabic, Levantine

Arhuaco

Awa-Cuaiquer

Barasana-Eduria

Bari

Bora

Cabiyari

Cacua

Calo

Camsa

Carabayo

Carapana

Chimila

Chinese, Mandarin

Cofan

Colombian Sign Language

Cubeo

Cuiba

Curripaco

Desano

Embera, Northern

Embera-Baudo

Embera-Catio

Embera-Chami

Embera-Tado

English

Epena

French

Guahibo

Guayabero

Hupde

Inga

Inga, Jungle

Islander English Creole

Jamaican English Creole

Kogi

Koreguaje

Kukama-Kukamiria

Kuna, Border

Macaguan

Macuna

Misak

Muinane

Nasa

Nhengatu

Nukak Maku

Ocaina

Palenquero

Piapoco

Piaroa

Piratapuyo

Playero

Puinave

Pume

Quichua, Napo

Romani, Vlax

Saliba

Sanka

Siona

Siriano

Spanish

Tanimuca-Letuama

Tariana

Tatuyo

Ticuna

Tucano

Tunebo, Barro Negro

Tunebo, Central

Tunebo, Western

Tuyuca

Waimaha

Wajiara

Wanano

Wayuu

Witoto, Minika

Witoto, Murui

Witoto, Nipode

Woun Meu

Yagua

Yucuna

Yukpa

All catalogue fields

155 fields recorded

rog3: CO
iso3: COL
iso2: CO
ctry: Colombia
poplpeoples: 53805000
cntpeoples: 121
cntpeopleslr: 16
poplpeopleslr: 220000
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: spa
officiallang: Spanish
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 93.294991925499
percentevangelical: 10.766260991831
c_10_40window: N
rog2: LAM
continent: South America
regioncode: 11
regionname: America, Latin
workersneeded: 18
harvest_rog3: CO
harvest_iso3: COL
harvest_iso2: CO
harvest_owcountrycode: COLO
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: CO
harvest_countrynumber: 48
harvest_ctry: Colombia
harvest_ctryshort: Colombia
harvest_countrynamechinese: 哥伦比亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 哥伦比亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Colombia
harvest_countrynamefrench: Colombie
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Colombie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Kolumbien
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Kolumbien
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Kolombia
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Kolombia
harvest_countrynameitalian: Colombia
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Colombia
harvest_countrynamekorean: 콜롬비아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 콜롬비아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Colombia
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Colombia
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Colômbia
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Colômbia
harvest_countrynamerussian: Колумбия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Колумбия
harvest_countrynamespanish: Colombia
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Colombia
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Colombia
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Colombia
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: LAM
harvest_regioncode2414: 7
harvest_regioncode: 11
harvest_unsr: 005
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_capital: Bogotá
harvest_population: 53426000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/colombia.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 74936616
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-co.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/colombia
harvest_persecutionrankingod: 47
harvest_persecutionrankingodlink: https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/colombia
harvest_jpscale: 5
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 66
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/CO_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 7.5
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 18.093578
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 6
harvest_owcountrypage: colombia
harvest_literacyrate: 95
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 81
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: spa
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 2.9
harvest_pctbahai: 0.16
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0.01
harvest_pctchinese: 0.01
harvest_pcthindu: 0.02
harvest_pctislam: 0.07000000000000001
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0.01
harvest_pctnonreligious: 2.4
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 94.42
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 3.32
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 4.47
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0.02
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 82.05
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.03
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 1.21
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 3.77
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: -0.4499999956803639
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A007
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.727
harvest_hdirank: 95
harvest_internetusers: 58.1
harvest_flashmapzoom: 450
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -65
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -192
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: 4
harvest_googlemaplng: -72
harvest_ctrylatitude: 4.570868
harvest_ctrylongitude: -74.29733299999999
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/colombia/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 403
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 0.8509064002959674
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=co&joshua=co
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-colombia
harvest_internetusage: 64
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/colombia/
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.sociedadbiblicacolombiana.com/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 439734
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 1141748
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 94
harvest_countryphonecode: 57
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 97.40000000000001
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 2.4
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 95.90000000000001
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 3.1
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 95.45
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 4.7
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .co
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/colombia
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00