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South America. South of Panama. Equivalent to 1,067 by 1067 kilometers or 667 by 667 miles. Capital: Bogata.
Figures unless otherwise stated are from the CIA Factbook.
Factbook: "Colombia has experienced accelerating growth between 2002 and 2007, with expansion above 7% in 2007, chiefly due to advancements in domestic security, to rising commodity prices, and to President URIBE's promarket economic policies. Colombia's sustained growth helped reduce poverty by 20% and cut unemployment by 25% since 2002. Additionally, investor friendly reforms to Colombia's hydrocarbon sector and the US-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) negotiations have attracted record levels of foreign investment."
Estimated per capita GDP:
2008 $8,900
2007 $8,700
2006 $8,200
GDP annual growth rate:
2008: 3.5%
2007: 7.5%
2006: 6.9%
Unemployment rate:
2008: 11.8%
2007: 11.2%
Labor force is 30 percent in agriculture.
unemployment rate for 2004: 13.6 percent
Deaths: 5.54. Births: 19.86, down from 20.82 in 2005.
Estimated for July 2008: 45.0 million, up from 42.9 million in 2005. Growth rate estimated for 2008: 1.405 percent per year.
Density 41 persons per square kilometer. Per square kilometer of arable land: 1708 persons.
More people leaving than arriving. A net loss of 0.28 persons per 1,000 population.
For 2008, infant deaths before the age of one per 1,000 live births: 19.51, down from 20.97 in 2005
Average life expectancy at birth estimated for 2007: 72.54, up from 71.72 in 2005
Living with HIV/AIDS, ages 15 to 49: 0.7 percent (2003).
Ranked by Nationmaster.com as the worst in the world.
SOURCES:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
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