Country Profiles
Colombia | |||
General Information | |||
| Capital: Bogota | Head of State: President Alvaro URIBE Velez (since 7 August 2002) | ||
| Surface Area: 1,138,914 sq km | Head of Government: President Alvaro URIBE Velez (since 7 August 2002) | ||
| Official Languages: Spanish | Population: 44,205,293 (July 2010 est.) | ||
| Local Time: UTC/GMT /3 hours (Bogota) | Internet suffix: .co | ||
| Telehone lines (main lines): 6.82 million (2008) | Mobile lines: 41.365 million (2008) | ||
| Internet users: 17.117 million (2008) | Literacy rate: 90.4% | ||
Life expectancy: male: 70.69 years | female: 77.64 years (2010 est.) | Infrastructures:
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| Urban Population: 74% of total population (2008) | |||
| Ethnic Origin: mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1% | |||
| Religion: Roman Catholic 90%, other 10% | |||
Recent Economic Indicators
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| GDP, current prices (USD, billions) | 94.075 | 92.871 | 92.878 | 91.758 | 113.78 | 144.539 | 162.497 | 207.991 | 240.2 | 228.836 |
| GDP, PPP (USD, billions) | 225.887 | 236.028 | 245.748 | 262.617 | 283.978 | 310.517 | 342.893 | 379.326 | 396.854 | 401.966 |
| GDP PPP per capita, (USD billion) | 5,607.60 | 5,784.12 | 5,946.36 | 6,275.59 | 6,702.73 | 7,240.07 | 7,899.77 | 8,635.56 | 8,928.05 | 8,936.41 |
| GDP PPP share of world total | 0.537 | 0.536 | 0.535 | 0.54 | 0.541 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.574 | 0.572 | 0.577 |
| Inflation, % Change (Index, 2000=100) | 8.752 | 7.644 | 6.991 | 6.492 | 5.498 | 4.855 | 4.478 | 5.694 | 7.675 | 2 |
| Current Account Balance (USD, billions) | 0.764 | -1.089 | -1.358 | -0.974 | -0.909 | -1.89 | -2.982 | -5.824 | -6.846 | -4.232 |
| Current Account Balance % GDP | 0.812 | -1.173 | -1.462 | -1.062 | -0.799 | -1.308 | -1.835 | -2.8 | -2.85 | -1.849 |
Ireland's trade relations with Colombia
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Exports (merchandise, € million) | 7,449 | 8,847 | 7,798 |
Exports (merchandise, tonnes) | 657 | 435 | 328 |
Imports (merchandise, € million) | 4,467 | 5,500 | 1,765 |
Imports (merchandise, tonnes) | 7,736 | 6,518 | 2,842 |
Top 5 Exports to Colombia in 2009
| € 000 | Tonnes | ||||||
| Medical & pharmaceutical products | 3,467 | 47 | |||||
| Miscellaneous edible products & preparations | 1,709 | 237 | |||||
| Organic chemicals | 950 | 0 | |||||
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes | 585 | 0 | |||||
| Office machines & automatic data processing machines | 405 | 3 |
Top 5 Imports from Colombia in 2009
| € 000 | Tonnes | |
| Vegetables & fruit | 725 | 1,327 |
| Coffee, tea cocoa, spices & manufactures thereof | 391 | 113 |
| Coal, coke & briquettes | 287 | 1,287 |
| Sugar, sugar preparation & honey | 207 | 93 |
| Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and preparations thereof | 66 | 16 |
Sources:
CSO - Central Statistics Office | CIA - World Factbook | UNDATA | IMF - World Economic Outlook
CSO - Central Statistics Office | CIA - World Factbook | UNDATA | IMF - World Economic Outlook
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