Colombia: flag, capital & map
Get to know Colombia, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Bogotá
- Region
- South America
- Subregion
- South America
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 53,425,635
- Area
- 1,141,748 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Spanish
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Colombian Peso (COP)
Colombia has coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Bogotá.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Colombia
The flag of Colombia is composed of three horizontal bands of yellow, blue and red, with the yellow band twice the height of the other two bands.
Looks similar to: Ecuador · Venezuela.
Where it is
Colombia is grouped in South America, within Roam’s South America region. Its land-border list includes 5 countries in this atlas: Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Colombia has a recorded area of 1,141,748 square kilometres. Among the 12 countries assigned to South America in this dataset, it ranks 4 by area, from largest to smallest. Peru is immediately above it in that ordering, at 1,285,216 km². Bolivia is immediately below it, at 1,098,581 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 53,425,635 people for Colombia in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 47 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Spanish. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Colombian Peso (COP). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Colombia?
Reveal answer
Bogotá. Colombia has coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Bogotá.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Colombia?
Reveal answer
The flag of Colombia is composed of three horizontal bands of yellow, blue and red, with the yellow band twice the height of the other two bands.
Which land neighbours of Colombia are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. The source classifies Colombia as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Colombia?
Reveal answer
Spanish. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Colombia.
Which currency codes are listed for Colombia?
Reveal answer
Colombian Peso (COP). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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