Colombia’s population ‘aging rapidly,’ says statistics agency
Colombia’s population is aging rapidly with age profiles having dramatically changed since...
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Colombia experiences 4.6% growth in imports during 1st half of 2014
The first five months of 2014 saw foreign purchases increase in Colombia by 4.6%, compared to the...
Colombia drug consumption up 38% since 2008: Report
Illicit drug consumption in Colombia has increased by 38% over the past five years, with the...
Minors arrested in Colombia rose to 13,000 in 2013
Colombia’s Police announced on Tuesday that last year saw 13,000 minors arrested, a 4.6%...
Uribe accuses Santos of falsifying security figures
Recent accusatory tweets by ex-president Alvaro Uribe have sparked debate surrounding the veracity...
Director of Colombia’s national statistics agency resigns
The director of the Colombian statistics agency DANE has submitted his resignation to president...
Colombian departments prosper due to mining
The central Colombian departments of Meta and Casanare and the northern Cesar department prospered last year due to mining activities, revealed the country’s statistics office, Dane on Thursday. In 2011 the GDP of mining...
Kidnappings on the rise in Colombia: NGO
A report from Colombian anti-kidnapping NGO Pais Libre released Thursday said there were 82 kidnappings in Colombia during the first three months of 2012, an 11% increase compared to the same period last year. The amount of...
Colombian travel agencies increase revenues
Colombian travel agencies saw a 17.5% increase in nominal revenues during the second trimester of 2011 compared to the same quarter in 2010, reported the national statistics agency DANE Tuesday. The number of personnel employed...
Colombia’s economic growth to be 3rd strongest in region for 2011: IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts strong overall economic growth for Colombia in 2011, to be surpassed only by that of Peru and Chile, according to a report released Friday. According to the IMF’s most recent...
Colombian population reaches 46 million
The population of Colombia reached the 46 million mark at 9:00:21AM Tuesday according to the population counter of the National Statistics Agency, DANE. Colombia’s population reached 46 million, with 97.5 men for every 100...
Colombia retail sales, manufacturing activity rise in March
Colombia’s retail sales and industrial output both rose in March, according to government data out Thursday. Retail sales surged 14.6% in March from a year earlier, while industrial output climbed a healthy 5.2% in March,...
