2018 Colombian census
{{Short description|Census}}
{{Infobox recurring event
| native_name = XVIII Censo de Poblacion y VII of Vivienda
| native_name_lang = es
| image = Censo 2018 Colombia.jpg
| caption = Label for door marking of censused houses.
| name = 18th Census of Population and 7th of Housing
| location = Colombia
| date = From January 9th to September 2018
| prev = {{interlanguage link|Censo de Colombia de 2005|es}}
| next = TBA
}}
The 2018 Colombian Census was the 18th population census in Colombia, and the 7th to include the counting of households and dwelling units.{{cite web |last1=DANE |title=Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda |url=https://www.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/censo-nacional-de-poblacion-y-vivenda-2018 |website=DANE - Información para Todos |access-date=3 October 2020}} It was developed by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) of the Republic of Colombia,{{cite web|url=http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/la-historia-del-censo-en-colombia/20050928/nota/207142.aspx|title=La historia del Censo en Colombia|publisher=Caracol Radio|date=28 September 2005|access-date=28 January 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205073147/http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/la-historia-del-censo-en-colombia/20050928/nota/207142.aspx|archive-date=5 December 2012}} whose guidelines and rules were established by Decree 1899 of November 22, 2017.{{cite web|url=http://es.presidencia.gov.co/normativa/normativa/DECRETO%201899%20DEL%2022%20DE%20NOVIEMBRE%20DE%202017.pdf |title=Decreto 1899 del 22 de noviembre de 2017 |publisher=Presidencia de la República de Colombia |date=22 November 2017 |access-date=29 January 2018}}
Background and execution
Initially, the plan was to have several phases for the census: e-Census (virtual) from January 9 to March 8, 2018, and face-to-face visits to homes, which began in April and ended on June 30, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.dinero.com/pais/articulo/censo-colombia-2018-segun-el-dane/253931|title=Colombia inicia nuevo Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda|publisher=Dinero|date=9 January 2018|access-date=28 January 2018}} However, due to technical difficulties with the census' virtual platform, the virtual phase was extended until April 12.{{cite web|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/tecnosfera/novedades-tecnologia/dane-amplia-plazo-para-censo-poblacional-por-internet-190582|title=Dane amplía plazo para censo electrónico hasta el 12 de abril|publisher=El Tiempo|date=6 March 2018|access-date=16 September 2018}} In total, 5,048,492 people were counted online, and the face-to-face home visits began on April 18.{{cite web|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/economia/sectores/numero-de-personas-que-hicieron-el-censo-virtual-2018-en-colombia-204688|title=En total, 5'048.492 personas se censaron por internet|publisher=El Tiempo|date=13 April 2018|access-date=16 September 2018}}
Subsequently, due to incidents with the construction of the Ituango Dam that forced the evacuation of several municipalities, the winter emergency, security problems in the Catatumbo region, and the change of government authorities, face-to-face visits to homes were extended until September 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.lafm.com.co/colombia/dane-explica-por-que-esta-tardando-en-terminar-el-censo|title=Dane explica por qué está tardando en terminar el censo|publisher=La FM|date=4 September 2018|access-date=16 September 2018}} Some preliminary results were released in late August,{{cite web|url=http://www.portafolio.co/economia/dane-inicia-hoy-censo-poblacional-del-2018-513068|title=Dane inicia este martes censo poblacional del 2018|publisher=Portafolio|date=8 January 2018|access-date=28 January 2018}} and the final results were expected to be published on the third week of September.{{cite web|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/economia/sectores/resultados-preliminares-del-censo-de-poblacion-2018-263750|title=Censo confirma que Colombia se está envejeciendo a paso rápido|publisher=El Tiempo|date=3 September 2018|access-date=16 September 2018}} It was finally announced that the data would become official on October 30, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://m.eltiempo.com/amp/economia/sectores/dane-aplaza-cierre-del-censo-de-poblacion-colombia-2018-272398|title=Dane aplaza fecha de cierre del censo poblacional|publisher=El Tiempo|date=24 September 2018|access-date=24 September 2018}} The second delivery of preliminary results was made on November 6, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/economia/sectores/censo-en-colombia-2018-datos-mas-relevantes-290698|title=Las conclusiones que deja el censo poblacional en Colombia|publisher=El Tiempo|date=7 November 2018|access-date=2 December 2018}} As reported by DANE, the entire process of executing the census meant interviewing 32 million people with a budget of 310 million Colombian pesos.{{cite web|url=http://www.elcolombiano.com/negocios/censo-colombia-2018-resultados-LK7590580 |title=En julio se conocerán los resultados del censo 2018 |publisher=El Colombiano|date=31 October 2017|access-date=29 January 2018}}
Prior to this census, the last population census in Colombia was the 2005 Census, which was conducted between May 22, 2005, and May 22, 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/censo-general-2005-1|title=Censo General 2005|publisher=DANE|date=19 August 2016|access-date=28 January 2018}} According to the official projections that had been made from the records of that census, the population of Colombia in 2018 was expected to be about 49,834,240 inhabitants.{{cite web|url=http://www.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/proyecciones-de-poblacion|title=Proyecciones de población|publisher=DANE|date=22 December 2017|access-date=28 January 2018}} However, the preliminary 2018 results counted only 45.5 million people.{{cite web|url=https://www.portafolio.co/economia/dane-entrega-censo-de-poblacion-523082 |title=Población de Colombia sería de 45,5 millones de personas |publisher=Portafolio|date=6 November 2018|access-date=2 December 2018}} The final census results were announced at a press conference on July 4, 2019, when DANE revealed that 4.09 million people had been left out of the preliminary count due to "a series of failures in the collection of information."{{Cite web|last=Espectador|first=El|title=ELESPECTADOR.COM|url=https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/economia/mas-de-cuatro-millones-de-personas-quedaron-por-fuera-del-censo/|access-date=2020-10-31|website=ELESPECTADOR.COM|language=es}} DANE then released the final estimate of 48,258,499 people living in Colombia.{{Cite web |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=4 July 2019 |url=https://www.portafolio.co/economia/dane-revela-resultados-mas-recientes-del-censo-poblacional-531245 |publisher=Portafolio |title=¿Cuántas personas vivimos en Colombia?}}
Population by departments
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|+Population of the departments of Colombia in 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/censo-nacional-de-poblacion-y-vivenda-2018 |title=Población ajustada por cobertura |archive-url=https://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2018/informacion-tecnica/CNPV-2018-Poblacion-Ajustada-por-Cobertura.xls |archive-date=16 October 2019 }} |
N.º
! width=200| Department ! Urban Population ! Rest of the Population |
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| 1 | align=left| Bogotá | 7,387,400 | 25,166 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 7,412,566 |
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| 2 | align=left | Antioquia | 4,972,941 | 1,434,161 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 6,407,102 |
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| 3 | align=left | Valle del Cauca | 3,809,542 | 666,344 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 4,475,886 |
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| 4 | align=left | Cundinamarca | 2,090,845 | 828,215 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 2,919,060 |
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| 5 | align=left | Atlántico | 2,404,831 | 130,686 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 2,535,517 |
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| 6 | align=left | Santander | 1,655,627 | 529,210 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 2,184,837 |
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| 7 | align=left | Bolívar | 1,549,063 | 521,047 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 2,070,110 |
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| 8 | align=left | Córdoba | 937,319 | 847,464 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 1,784,783 |
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| 9 | align=left | Nariño | 716,592 | 914,000 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 1,630,592 |
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| 10 | align=left | Norte de Santander | 1,173,712 | 317,977 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 1,491,689 |
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| 11 | align=left | Cauca | 545,902 | 918,586 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 1,464,488 |
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| 12 | align=left | Magdalena | 938,320 | 403,426 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 1,341,746 |
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| 13 | align=left | Tolima | 907,506 | 422,681 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 1,330,187 |
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| 14 | align=left | Boyacá | 708,006 | 509,370 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 1,217,376 |
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| 15 | align=left | Cesar | 903,411 | 297,163 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 1,200,574 |
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| 16 | align=left | Huila | 669,697 | 430,689 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 1,100,386 |
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| 17 | align=left | Meta | 795,061 | 244,661 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 1,039,722 |
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| 18 | align=left | Caldas | 740,865 | 257,390 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 998,255 |
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| 19 | align=left | Risaralda | 736,164 | 207,237 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 943,401 |
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| 20 | align=left | Sucre | 569,089 | 335,774 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 904,863 |
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| 21 | align=left | La Guajira | 410,636 | 469,924 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 880,560 |
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| 22 | align=left | Quindío | 471,910 | 67,994 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 539,904 |
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| 23 | align=left | Chocó | 243,194 | 291,632 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 534,826 |
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| 24 | align=left | Casanare | 295,434 | 125,070 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 420,504 |
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| 25 | align=left | Caquetá | 258,280 | 143,569 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 401,849 |
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| 26 | align=left | Putumayo | 174,539 | 173,643 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 348,182 |
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| 27 | align=left | Arauca | 172,634 | 89,540 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 262,174 |
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| 28 | align=left | Vichada | 25,833 | 81,975 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 107,808 |
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| 29 | align=left | Guaviare | 45,991 | 36,776 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 82,767 |
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| 30 | align=left | Amazonas | 37,047 | 39,542 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 76,589 |
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| 31 | align=left | San Andrés y Providencia | 44,893 | 16,387 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 61,280 |
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| 32 | align=left | Guainía | 20,279 | 27,835 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 48,114 |
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| 33 | align=left | Vaupés | 12,090 | 28,707 | bgcolor=#A9F5A9| 40,797 |
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| colspan="2" align=left |{{COL}} | 36,424,653 | 11,833,841 | bgcolor="#00cc33" |48,258,494 |
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| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"| [https://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2018/informacion-tecnica/CNPV-2018-Poblacion-Ajustada-por-Cobertura.xls Data obtained] until 16 October 2019. |
Indicators
The main indicators registered in the 2018 General Census were the following:{{cite web|url=https://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2018/informacion-tecnica/cnpv-2018-presentacion-3ra-entrega.pdf|title=Censo General 2018|publisher=DANE|date=5 July 2019|access-date=5 July 2019}}
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! style="background:Gainsboro" width="300px"|Description ! style="background:Gainsboro" width="100px"|FiguresTotal count of Colombian population, including the [https://www.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/censo-nacional-de-poblacion-y-vivenda-2018/cuantos-somos 44,164,417 of people who took the census] and the [https://www.elespectador.com/economia/mas-de-cuatro-millones-de-personas-quedaron-por-fuera-del-censo-articulo-869283 4,094,077 who were left out] of the census. ! style="background:Gainsboro" width="50px"|Percentage | ||
colspan="3" style="align: center; background:Lavender" | General Population{{Cite web|url=https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/cuantos-habitantes-tiene-colombia-48258494/622241|title=Somos 48.258.494 personas en Colombia|date=7 July 2019|access-date=7 July 2019|last=Semana|website=Cuántos habitantes tiene Colombia 48.258.494|language=es}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publimetro.co/co/noticias/2019/07/05/cuantos-habitantes-tiene-colombia.html|title=¿Cuántos habitantes tiene Colombia? El DANE reveló la cifra|date=5 July 2019|access-date=5 July 2019|last=Vasquez|first=Jharoccy|website=Publimetro Colombia|language=es}} | ||
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| Total Population | align=center| 48.2 | align=right| 100.0% |
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| Men | align=center| 23.5 | align="right" | 48.8% |
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| Women | align=center| 24.7 | align="right" | 51.2% |
colspan="3" style="align: center; background:Lavender" | Population by age | ||
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| Population from 0 to 14 years old | align=center| 10.8 | align="right" | 22.5% |
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| Population from 15 to 59 years old | align="center" | 26.4 | align="right" | 54.9% |
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| Population from 60 to 64 years old | align="center" | 6.4 | align="right" | 13.4% |
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| Population over 65 years old | align=center| 4.4 | align="right" | 9.2% |
colspan="3" style="align: center; background:Lavender" | Population according to distribution by location{{cite web|url=https://www.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/censo-nacional-de-poblacion-y-vivenda-2018/donde-estamos|title=¿Dónde estamos? {{!}} Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística - Colombia 2018|publisher=DANE|date=5 July 2019|access-date=5 July 2019}} | ||
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| Municipal Centers | align="center" | 37.2 | align="right" | 77.1% |
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| Population Centers | align="center" | 3.4 | align="right" | 7.1% |
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| Rural | align="center" | 7.6 | align="right" | 15.8% |
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| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"| [https://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2018/informacion-tecnica/cnpv-2018-presentacion-3ra-entrega.pdf Data obtained] up to 5 July 2019. | ||
style="background:Gainsboro" width="300px"|Description
! style="background:Gainsboro" width="100px"|Figures ! style="background:Gainsboro" width="50px"|Percentage{{cite web|url=https://www.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/censo-nacional-de-poblacion-y-vivenda-2018/como-vivimos|title=¿Cómo vivimos? {{!}} Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística - Colombia 2018|publisher=DANE|date=5 July 2019|access-date=18 January 2019}} | ||
colspan="3" style="align: center; background:Lavender" | Number of Households according to access to public services | ||
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| Total | align=center|13.4 | align="right" |100.0% |
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| Electricity | align="center" | 12.9 | align="right" | 96.3% |
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| Water supply (improved water source) | align="center" | 11.6 | align="right" | 86.4% |
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| Gas (connected to public network) | align="center" | 9.0 | align="right" | 66.8% |
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| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"| [https://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2018/informacion-tecnica/cnpv-2018-presentacion-3ra-entrega.pdf Data obtained] until 5 July 2019. |
Notes
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