Colombia Latin America and the Caribbean
UPPER MIDDLE INCOME
Population (millions, 2009) Population growth (avg. annual %, 2000–09) Population density (people per km2, 2008) Labor force (millions, 2008) Unemployment rate (% of labor force, 2008) Urban population (% of pop., 2009) Surface area (1,000 km2, 2008) GNI (US$ billions, 2009) GNI per capita, Atlas method (US$, 2009) GDP growth (avg. annual %, 2005–09) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of pop., 2005) Age dependency ratio (2009)
45.7 1.5 40.1 21.8 11.7 74.8 1,141.8 221.2 4,930 4.6 13.9 53.0
Migration EMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■
Stock of emigrants: 2,122.1 thousands Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 4.6% Top destination countries: the United States, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Spain, Ecuador, Canada, Panama, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany
SKILLED EMIGRATION, 2000 ■ ■
Emigration rate of tertiary-educated population: 10.4% Emigration of physicians: 2,820 or 5.7% of physicians trained in the country (Source: Bhargava, Docquier, and Moullan 2010)
IMMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Stock of immigrants: 110.3 thousands Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 0.2% Females as percentage of immigrants: 47.9% Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 0.1% Top source countries: República Bolivariana de Venezuela, the United States, Ecuador, Spain, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Brazil
Remittances US$ millions
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010e
Inward remittance flowsa of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
3,076
3,190
3,346
3,928
4,523
4,884
4,180
3,942
3,060 16 —
3,170 20 —
3,314 32 —
3,890 38 —
4,493 30 —
4,842 42 —
4,145 35 —
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Outward remittance flows of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
65
51
56
66
95
88
92
—
52 12 —
31 19 —
37 19 —
47 19 —
66 29 —
59 29 —
60 33 —
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a. For comparison: net FDI inflows US$10.6 bn, net ODA received US$1.0 bn, total international reserves US$23.7 bn, exports of goods and services US$44.3 bn in 2008.
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Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011