List of Colombian Departments by population

Map of each department's population as of 2012

This is a list of Colombian departments by population according to a general census taken on 2005 and by estimates for 2013, 2010 made by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística, in Spanish). The five most populous departments contain almost half of the total population.

Rank	Department	Population (2013)^[1]	Population (2010)^[2]	Population (2005)
1	Bogotá	7,674,366	7,363,782	6,778,691
2	Antioquia	6,299,886	6,065,846	5,601,507
3	Valle del Cauca	4,520,166	4,382,939	4,052,535
4	Cundinamarca	2,598,245	2,477,036	2,228,682
5	Atlántico	2,403,027	2,314,447	2,112,001
6	Bolívar	2,049,083	1,979,781	1,836,640
7	Santander	2,040,988	2,010,404	1,913,444
8	Nariño	1,701,840	1,639,569	1,498,234
9	Córdoba	1,658,090	1,582,718	1,462,909
10	Tolima	1,400,203	1,387,641	1,312,304
11	Cauca	1,354,744	1,318,983	1,182,022
12	Norte de Santander	1,332,335	1,297,842	1,208,336
13	Boyacá	1,405,515	1,405,515	1,405,515
14	Magdalena	1,235,425	1,201,386	1,136,819
15	Huila	1,126,314	1,083,200	1,001,476
16	Cesar	1,004,064	966,420	878,437
17	Caldas	984,128	978,362	898,490
18	Risaralda	941,283	925,105	859,666
19	Meta	924,843	870,876	713,772
20	La Guajira	902,386	818,695	655,943
21	Sucre	834,927	810,650	762,263
22	Quindío	558,934	549,624	518,691
23	Chocó	490,327	476,173	388,476
24	Caquetá	465,477	447,723	337,932
25	Casanare	344,027	325,596	281,294
26	Putumayo	337,054	326,093	237,197
27	Arauca	256,527	247,541	153,028
28	Guaviare	107,934	103,307	56,758
29	San Andrés y Providencia	75,167	73,320	59,573
30	Amazonas	74,541	72,017	46,950
31	Vichada	68,575	63,670	44,592
32	Vaupés	42,817	41,534	19,943
33	Guainía	40,203	38,328	18,797