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Colombians
Colombianos
Map of the Colombian Diaspora in the World
Total population
c. 58 million (2022 estimate)
Diaspora c. 5 million
0.8% of world's population
Regions with significant populations
 Colombia 53,015,094 (2024 estimate)[1]
 United States1,765,862[2]
 Spain856,616[3]
 Venezuela721,791 (2011)[4]
 Chile209,946[5]
 Ecuador203,000[6]
 Brazil120,136[7]
 Argentina111,969[8]
 Canada76,580[9]
 Panama66,689[10]
 Australia63,010[11]
 Peru53,852[12]
 France40,000[13][14]
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom39,000[15]
 Mexico36,234[16]
 Costa Rica28,015[17]
 Germany20,705[18]
 Netherlands20,515[19]
 Italy19,848[20]
 Poland16,389[21]
 Sweden15,128[22]
 Aruba8,067[23]
 Puerto Rico5,266[24]
 Curaçao4,166[23]
 Japan2,701[25]
 Saudi Arabia614[26]
 Iceland344[27]
Languages
Primarily Colombian Spanish and Indigenous Languages, as well as other minority languages
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholic;[28]
Protestant minority
See Religion in Colombia
Related ethnic groups
Other Latin Americans

Colombians (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) are people identified with the country of Colombia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Colombians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Colombian.

Colombia is considered to be one of the most multiethnic societies in the world, home to people of various ethnic, religious and national origins. Many Colombians have varying degrees of European, Indigenous, African, Arab, Asian and Jew ancestry.[29]

The majority of the Colombian population is Mestizo and Castizo, being descendants of Indigenous peoples and Europeans, especially Iberians.[30] Following the initial period of Spanish conquest and immigration, different waves of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly six centuries and continue today. Elements of Native American and more recent immigrant customs, languages and religions have combined to form the culture of Colombia and thus a modern Colombian identity.[31]

Ethnic groups[edit | edit source]

Ethnic groups of Colombia according to Latinobarómetro 2023[32]

  Mestizo (50.3%)
  White (26.4%)
  Indigenous (9.5%)
  African (9.0%)
  Mulatto (4.4%)
  Asian (0.4%)

European Colombians[edit | edit source]

Most of Colombia's population descends from European immigration in the mid 16th to late 20th centuries. The greatest waves of European immigration to Colombia can generally be divided into three time periods: the 1820s-1850s, which brought hundreds of immigrants mainly from Spain, Italy, Germany (including Ashkenazi Jewish); the 1880s to 1910s, which brought many immigrants from France, Portugal, Belgium, Astro-Hungary, Denmark, Croatia, and Switzerland; and the 1920s-1960s, the last great wave of European immigration to Colombia, which brought many British (including Irish) immigrants, as well as other European groups such as the Dutch, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and other Eastern European immigrants who primarily settled in Colombia's great urban centers.[citation needed] These immigrants came to Colombia attracted by the country's growing population and business opportunities. In addition to these waves of immigration, a great number of Jews fled to Colombia during and after the Second World War, seeking to escape violence in Europe. Immigrants went mostly to the Caribbean and Andean regions.[33][34][35][36][37] There are smaller numbers of Dutch, Swiss, Austrians, Danish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Belgian, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Czech, Greek and Croatian communities that immigrated during the Second World War and the Cold War.[38][39][40]

Mestizo Colombians[edit | edit source]

Estimates of the Mestizo population, people of mixed European (mostly Spanish) and Indigenous, ancestry in Colombia vary as the national census does not include Mestizo as an ethnic option. According to the 2018 census, the population of people who did not identify with any ethnic group, being mostly White or Mestizo, made up 87% of the Colombian population, while an estimated 40% of Colombians were Mestizo or mixed race.[41] A study by Rojas et al reported an average ancestry of 47% Indigenous, 42% European, and 11% African for Mestizo Colombians.[42]

Indigenous Colombians[edit | edit source]

The Wayuu people represent the largest indigenous group in Colombia.

Originally, Colombia's territory was inhabited entirely by Indigenous groups. Colombia's indigenous cultures evolved from three main groups—the Quimbaya, who inhabited the western slopes of the Cordillera Central; the Chibcha; and the Kalina.[citation needed] The Muisca culture, a subset of the larger Chibcha ethnic group, were famous for their use of gold and responsible for the legend of El Dorado. Today, Indigenous people comprise roughly around 10% of the population in Colombia.[43][32] More than fifty different indigenous ethnic groups inhabit Colombia. Most of them speak languages belonging to the Chibchan and Cariban language families.[citation needed]

Historically, there are 567 reserves (resguardos) established for Indigenous peoples which are inhabited by more than 800,000 people.[citation needed] The 1991 constitution established that their native languages are official in their territories, and most of them have bilingual education systems, teaching both native languages and Spanish. Some of the largest indigenous groups in Colombia are the Wayuu,[44] Zenú, Pastos, Embera, and Páez. The departments with the biggest indigenous populations are Cauca, La Guajira, Nariño, Córdoba and Sucre.[43]

Afro-Colombians[edit | edit source]

Afro-Colombian children

Also known as "Afro", or "Afro-colombianos" (in Spanish). According to the 2018 census, they are 5.34% of country population,[45][46] while genetic studies have obtained between 6.6%,[47] 9.2,[48] and 11%[30] of African DNA in the Colombian population. Also the percentage and numbers of Afro Colombians can vary depending on the region, being the majority population in the Pacific Region, frequently found in the Caribbean Region but a minority in the Andean Region, Orinoquia Region and Amazon Region.[49][50] Colombia has the fourth-largest African diaspora on the planet after the Brazil, the United States, and Haiti.[51][52]

Asian Colombians[edit | edit source]

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The Colombian singer Shakira is of Lebanese, Spanish and Italian descent.

Arab Colombians[edit | edit source]

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Jewish Colombians[edit | edit source]

There are about 8,000 Colombians of Jewish origin who practice Judaism, most of them live in Bogotá. Colombia's Jewish community includes Sephardi Jews from countries such as Syria and Turkey also immigrated to the country and run their independent religious organizations. The Confederación de Comunidades Judías de Colombia coordinates Jews and institutions that practice the religion.[citation needed]

Genetic composition[edit | edit source]

Genetic ancestry of Colombians according to a 2010 study published on the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.[42]

  Indigenous (47%)
  European (42%)
  African (11%)
Source:[citation needed]
Department Indigenous contribution European contribution African contribution
Antioquia 26% 63.5% 10.3%
Antioquia (Peque) 62.2% 31.1% 5.8%
Bolívar 32.9% 23.3% 43.8%
Caldas 36.4% 59.6% 4.3%
Casanare 74.7% 24.5% 0.8%
Cauca 56.9% 19.6% 23.5%
Chocó (Afro Colombians) 10.8% 21.1% 68.1%
Chocó (Mestizos) 44.8% 46.6% 8.6%
Cundinamarca 51.6% 45.4% 3%
Huila 60.8% 39.6% 0%
Magdalena 21.8% 50% 28.2%
Nariño 65.2% 32.1% 2.7%
Norte de Santander 53% 42.2% 4.7%
Quindío 38.3% 57.3% 4.4%
Santander 42.4% 56.2% 1.4%
Valle del Cauca 39.3% 39.2% 21.5%
Colombia 47% 42% 11%

Immigrant groups[edit | edit source]

Because of its strategic location, Colombia has received several immigration waves during its history. Most of these immigrants have settled in the Caribbean Coast; Barranquilla (the largest city in the Colombian Caribbean Coast) and other Caribbean cities have the largest population of Lebanese, German, British, French, Italian, Irish and Romani descendants. There are also important communities of American and Chinese descendants in the Andean Region and Caribbean Coast especially in Medellin, Bogota, Cali, Barranquilla and Cartagena. Most immigrants are Venezuelans, they are evenly distributed throughout the country.[53]

Languages[edit | edit source]

There are 101 languages listed for Colombia in the Ethnologue database, of which 80 are spoken today as living languages. There are currently more than 850,000 speakers of native languages.[54][55]

Education[edit | edit source]

The educational experience of many Colombian children begins with attendance at a preschool academy until age five (Educación preescolar). Basic education (Educación básica) is compulsory by law.[56] It has two stages: Primary basic education (Educación básica primaria) which goes from first to fifth grade – children from six to ten years old, and Secondary basic education (Educación básica secundaria), which goes from sixth to ninth grade. Basic education is followed by Middle vocational education (Educación media vocacional) that comprises the tenth and eleventh grades. It may have different vocational training modalities or specialties (academic, technical, business, and so on.) according to the curriculum adopted by each school.

After the successful completion of all the basic and middle education years, a high-school diploma is awarded. The high-school graduate is known as a bachiller, because secondary basic school and middle education are traditionally considered together as a unit called bachillerato (sixth to eleventh grade). Students in their final year of middle education take the ICFES test (now renamed Saber 11) in order to gain access to higher education (Educación superior). This higher education includes undergraduate professional studies, technical, technological and intermediate professional education, and post-graduate studies.

Bachilleres (high-school graduates) may enter into a professional undergraduate career program offered by a university; these programs last up to five years (or less for technical, technological and intermediate professional education, and post-graduate studies), even as much to six to seven years for some careers, such as medicine. In Colombia, there is not an institution such as college; students go directly into a career program at a university or any other educational institution to obtain a professional, technical or technological title. Once graduated from the university, people are granted a (professional, technical or technological) diploma and licensed (if required) to practice the career they have chosen. For some professional career programs, students are required to take the Saber-Pro test, in their final year of undergraduate academic education.[57]

Public spending on education as a proportion of gross domestic product in 2012 was 4.4%. This represented 15.8% of total government expenditure. In 2012, the primary and secondary gross enrolment ratios stood at 106.9% and 92.8% respectively. School-life expectancy was 13.2 years. A total of 93.6% of the population aged 15 and older were recorded as literate, including 98.2% of those aged 15–24.[58]

Religion[edit | edit source]

The National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) does not collect religious statistics, and accurate reports are difficult to obtain. However, based on various studies and a survey, about 90% of the population adheres to Christianity, the majority of which (70.9%) are Roman Catholic, while a significant minority (16.7%) adhere to Protestantism (primarily Evangelicalism). [citation needed]Some 4.7% of the population is atheist or agnostic, while 3.5% claim to believe in God but do not follow a specific religion. 1.8% of Colombians adhere to Jehovah's Witnesses and Adventism and less than 1% adhere to other religions, such as Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Mormonism, Hinduism, Hare Krishna movement, Rastafari movement, Eastern Orthodox Church, and spiritual studies. The remaining people either did not respond or replied that they did not know. In addition to the above statistics, 35.9% of Colombians reported that they did not practice their faith actively.[59][60][61] 1,519,562 people in Colombia, or around 3% of the population reported following an Indigenous religion.[citation needed]

While Colombia remains a mostly Roman Catholic country by baptism numbers, the 1991 Colombian constitution guarantees freedom and equality of religion.[62]

Diaspora Politics[edit | edit source]

2022[edit | edit source]

First round[edit | edit source]

Department Petro Hernández Gutiérrez Fajardo Rodríguez Gómez Betancourt Pérez Blank votes
style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "| style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "| style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "| style="background-color:Template:Independent Social Alliance/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "| style="background-color:Template:Colombia Justa Libres/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "| style="background-color:Template:National Salvation Movement/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "| style="background-color:Template:Oxygen Green Party/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Consulates/Abroad 95,850 31.60% 42,118 13.88% style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|136,511 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|45.01% 23,323 7.69% 1,689 0.55% 754 0.24% 273 0.09% 118 0.03% 2,628 0.86%
Source: Registraduria

Second round[edit | edit source]

Department Petro Hernández Blank votes
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Votes % Votes % Votes %
Consulates 114,610 37.52% 185,557 60.75% 5,209 1.72%
Source: Registraduria

Abroad vote[edit | edit source]

First round[edit | edit source]

Country Petro % Hernández % Gutiérrez % Fajardo % Rodríguez % Gómez % Betancourt % Pérez %
style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "| style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "| style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "| style="background-color:Template:Independent Social Alliance/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "| style="background-color:Template:Colombia Justa Libres/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "| style="background-color:Template:National Salvation Movement/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "| style="background-color:Template:Oxygen Green Party/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|
 Algeria 50.00 50.00
 Argentina style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|63.62 12.16 15.88 6.26 0.63 0.17 0.07 0.03
 Australia style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|54.50 16.82 15.99 10.51 0.43 0.16 0.05
 Austria style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|58.58 8.28 17.90 13.52 0.12 0.12 0.24 0.12
 Azerbaijan 38.09 9.52 38.09 14.28
 Belgium style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|55.42 9.19 21.51 11.79 0.26 0.13 0.26 0.06
 Bolivia 30.81 21.22 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|41.02 4.48 1.02 0.81
 Brazil style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|52.71 11.16 25.16 9.32 0.25 0.21 0.08 0.04
 Canada style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|36.93 14.60 36.39 10.03 0.52 0.26 0.08 0.01
 Chile style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|49.36 16.67 25.24 6.09 0.79 0.43 0.07 0.07
 China style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|45.16 11.98 28.11 11.52 0.46
 Costa Rica 21.27 15.45 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|54.82 7.21 0.33 0.30 0.05 0.02
 Cuba style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|74.58 11.66 10.62 1.66 0.20 0.20
 Denmark style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|56.98 4.46 17.31 20.39 0.27
 Dominican Republic 19.64 13.79 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|54.62 9.39 0.84 0.46 0.15 0.07
 Ecuador 30.64 17.96 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|42.44 5.45 0.94 0.54 0.41 0.15
 Egypt style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|48.48 6.00 30.30 15.15
 El Salvador 22.22 12.45 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|53.53 9.76 1.01
 Finland style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|62.12 8.53 16.26 10.56 0.40
 France style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|57.67 10.47 16.99 13.04 0.36 0.18 0.06 0.01
 Germany style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|59.40 7.26 14.21 17.07 0.36 0.24 0.10
 Ghana 32.43 13.51 32.43 16.21
 Guatemala 15.82 16.57 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|56.62 8.61 0.64 0.43 0.21
File:Flag of Honduras (darker variant).svg Honduras 21.80 13.82 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|55.85 7.97
 Hungary style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|62.24 9.18 16.83 9.69 1.02 0.51 0.51
 India 34.78 4.34 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|47.82 8.69
 Indonesia style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|36.00 8.00 34.00 20.00
 Ireland style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|41.60 11.31 29.19 16.78 0.36 0.36
 Israel 25.94 19.24 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|46.23 5.23 1.67 0.41
 Italy style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|43.21 16.97 27.00 10.21 0.48 0.27 0.17 0.10
 Jamaica 15.47 20.23 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|46.42 11.90 2.38
 Japan style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|39.56 9.03 37.07 10.28 1.55 0.62 0.62
 Kenya style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|41.66 5.55 33.33 19.44
 Lebanon 6.04 12.08 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|71.81 6.71 0.67 1.34
 Luxembourg style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|35.59 11.86 22.03 26.27 0.84 0.84
 Malaysia 24.65 20.54 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|39.72 12.32
 Mexico 35.67 10.13 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|40.65 11.93 0.41 0.25 0.05 0.04
 Morocco style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|47.82 4.34 17.39 30.43
 Netherlands 31.32 18.35 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|39.55 8.93 0.61 0.14 0.10 0.12
 New Zealand style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|50.18 17.09 16.72 12.30 0.36 0.24 0.12
 Nicaragua 23.91 20.65 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|57.17 3.26
 Norway style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|60.46 7.97 15.94 13.28 0.33 0.33 0.33
 Panama 21.52 16.27 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|52.73 7.47 0.74 0.35 0.11 0.02
 Paraguay 19.81 17.11 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|51.35 8.10 1.80 0.45
 Peru 26.78 17.12 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|43.29 10.44 0.94 0.37 0.12 0.04
 Philippines style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|31.81 18.18 30.30 15.15 1.51
 Poland style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|62.67 8.61 17.70 8.13 1.91
 Portugal style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|49.12 11.72 24.72 11.25 0.95 0.47
 Russia style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|78.18 9.69 9.09 1.81
 Singapore 21.85 11.92 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|40.39 23.17 0.66
 South Africa 32.18 4.59 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|48.27 12.64
 South Korea style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|47.16 13.20 22.64 13.83 0.62
 Spain style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|47.59 16.28 27.22 6.39 0.77 0.21 0.16 0.05
 Sweden style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|60.77 8.14 17.87 11.12 0.79 0.29 0.09
  Switzerland style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|49.36 8.59 28.42 11.93 0.51 0.33 0.11 0.03
 Thailand style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|34.78 15.94 24.63 24.63
 Trinidad and Tobago 30.00 20.00 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|35.00 11.66 1.66
 Turkey style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|61.83 3.05 28.24 5.34 1.52
 United Arab Emirates 14.52 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ;"|40.50 39.62 4.52 0.12
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|40.01 16.03 31.21 10.71 0.56 0.13 0.09 0.06
 United States 16.12 11.97 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|64.28 6.31 0.44 0.22 0.04 0.02
 Uruguay style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|50.47 15.37 22.58 9.10 0.37 0.75
 Venezuela 14.43 34.36 style="background-color:Template:Creemos Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|44.87 3.46 1.40 0.53 0.09 0.03
 Vietnam style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|50.00 7.69 15.38 19.23 3.84
Source: Registraduria

Second round[edit | edit source]

Country Petro % Hernández %
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 Algeria 33.33 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|50.00
 Argentina style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white|72.45 25.75
 Australia style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|65.72 31.59
 Austria style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|72.68 24.06
 Azerbaijan 42.10 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|52.63
 Belgium style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|67.22 30.14
 Bolivia 35.28 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|63.70
 Brazil style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|62.47 35.96
 Canada 44.94 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|52.70
 Chile style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|56.95 41.17
 China style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|50.00 44.26
 Costa Rica 25.47 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|72.88
 Cuba style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|81.48 17.23
 Denmark style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|73.82 22.05
 Dominican Republic 26.56 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|70.96
 Ecuador 37.65 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|60.47
 Egypt style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|57.50 42.50
 El Salvador 29.96 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|66.44
 Finland style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|73.14 24.07
 France style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|70.12 27.30
 Ghana style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|51.61 38.70
 Germany style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|74.38 23.08
 Guatemala 23.18 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ;"|74.58
File:Flag of Honduras (darker variant).svg Honduras 25.26 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ;"|73.15
 Hungary style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|76.41 20.51
 India 35.00 35.00
 Indonesia style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|50.00 47.82
 Ireland style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|55.47 41.50
 Israel 31.77 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|64.83
 Italy style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|54.09 43.47
 Jamaica 26.13 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|72.72
 Japan style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|49.40 47.92
 Kenya style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|62.50 37.50
 Lebanon 17.47 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|81.55
 Luxembourg style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|56.25 37.50
 Malaysia 36.50 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|61.90
 Morocco style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|43.47 30.43
 Mexico 43.19 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|54.07
 Nicaragua 25.96 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|71.15
 Norway style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|68.91 28.04
 New Zealand style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|64.41 31.88
 Netherlands 39.08 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|58.96
 Panama 27.66 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|70.92
 Paraguay 24.65 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|73.51
 Peru 34.15 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|63.98
 Poland style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|68.50 29.50
 Portugal style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|62.09 36.37
 Philippines style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|49.12 45.61
 Russia style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|84.75 13.41
 Singapore 34.04 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|61.70
 South Africa 33.33 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|64.19
 South Korea style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|64.18 33.10
 Spain style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|55.93 41.95
 Sweden style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|68.67 28.76
  Switzerland style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|59.22 38.74
 Thailand style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|50.98 43.13
 Trinidad and Tobago 36.50 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|60.31
 Turkey style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|67.21 31.96
 United Arab Emirates 17.83 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|80.79
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 47.60 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|50.01
 United States 19.20 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|79.73
 Uruguay style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|59.13 38.11
 Venezuela 18.77 style="background-color:Template:League of Anti-Corruption Governors/meta/color;" width=0.3em | "|80.19
 Vietnam style="background-color:Template:Humane Colombia/meta/color;" width=0.3em | ; color:white"|53.84 38.46
Source: Registraduria

2018[edit | edit source]

First round[edit | edit source]

Department Duque Petro Fajardo Vargas De la Calle Trujillo Morales Blank votes
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Consulates/Abroad 152,432 54.68% 34,395 12.33% 73,833 26.48% 10,440 3.74% 4,223 1.51% 398 0.14% 400 0.14% 2,614 0.93%
Sources: El Tiempo, Registraduría, Adam Carr

Second round[edit | edit source]

Department Duque Petro Blank votes
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Consulates/Abroad 180,995 69.91% 69,558 26.86% 8,340 3.22%
Sources: El Tiempo, Adam Carr

2014[edit | edit source]

First round[edit | edit source]

Department Zuluaga Santos Ramírez Obregón Peñalosa Blank votes
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Consulates/Abroad 41,370 41.24% 25,121 25.04% 5,350 5.33% 10,010 9.97% 14,015 13.97% 4,444 4.43%
Source: Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil

Second round[edit | edit source]

Department Santos Zuluaga Blank votes
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Consulates/Abroad 43,870 39.66% 63,887 57.75% 2,851 2.57%
Source: Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil

2006[edit | edit source]

Department Uribe Gaviria Serpa Mockus Pajero Leyva Rincón Blank votes
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Consulates/Abroad 101,459 84.17% 12,204 10.12% 2,866 2.38% 2,887 2.40% 150 0.12% 51 0.04% 76 0.06% 847 0.70
Source: RNEC

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