Largest Cities by Population in Colombia

214 cities in Colombia with 20,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by population projections for June 30, 2023 (by National Administrative Department of Statistics, Colombia).

Rank	City	Population
1	Bogotá (Santa Fe de Bogotá)	7,876,000
2	Medellín	2,553,600
3	Cali (Santiago de Cali)	2,234,400
4	Barranquilla	1,322,900
5	Cartagena (Cartagena de Indias)	931,500
6	Soacha	778,400
7	Cúcuta (San José de Cúcuta)	777,400
8	Soledad	675,100
9	Bucaramanga	605,000
10	Bello	546,900
11	Villavicencio	531,600
12	Ibagué	503,600
13	Santa Marta	496,800
14	Valledupar	490,300
15	Manizales	430,300
16	Montería	407,500
17	Pereira	406,700
18	Neiva	354,800
19	Floridablanca	323,300
20	Pasto (San Juan de Pasto)	319,700
21	Armenia	300,200
22	Palmira	285,400
23	Popayán	278,000
24	Itagüí	273,400
25	Sincelejo	273,100
26	Buenaventura	249,700
27	Envigado	238,600
28	Dosquebradas	215,600
29	Tuluá	190,000
30	Barrancabermeja	188,200
31	Tunja	177,700
32	Yopal	164,900
33	Riohacha	163,500
34	Piedecuesta	158,200
35	Florencia	157,300
36	Facatativá	156,000
37	San Juan de Girón (Girón)	155,700
38	Mosquera	149,500
39	Fusagasugá	144,100
40	Jamundí	142,000
41	Cartago	138,200
42	Chía	133,900
43	Malambo	133,200
44	Zipaquirá	131,900
45	Maicao	130,000
46	Madrid	128,600
47	Quibdó (San Francisco de Quibdó)	121,700
48	Sogamoso	121,300
49	Ocaña	121,000
50	Duitama	117,200
51	Ciénaga	116,700
52	Girardot	115,600
53	Buga (Guadalajara de Buga)	114,100
54	Villa del Rosario	112,000
55	Apartadó	110,700
56	Funza	109,900
57	Aguachica	109,800
58	Turbaco	104,600
59	Los Patios	100,500
60	Magangué	98,300
61	Rionegro	95,200
62	Yumbo	94,400
63	Tumaco (San Andrés de Tumaco)	89,700
64	Caucasia	86,700
65	Arauca	85,300
66	Ipiales	80,400
67	Sabaneta	78,900
68	Pitalito	77,900
69	Sabanalarga	77,600
70	Acacías	72,300
71	Cajicá	70,500
72	Caldas	70,000
73	Copacabana	69,300
74	Santa Rosa de Cabal	67,500
75	La Estrella	67,500
76	La Dorada	66,200
77	Montelíbano	63,500
78	Galapa	63,100
79	Granada	62,800
80	Fundación	62,600
81	Cereté	62,100
82	La Ceja	61,500
83	Villamaría	60,900
84	Calarcá	59,500
85	Arjona	58,500
86	Turbo	58,500
87	Baranoa	57,600
88	Sahagún	55,500
89	San Gil	55,100
90	El Carmen de Bolívar	54,500
91	Agustín Codazzi	54,500
92	Santa Cruz de Lorica (Lorica)	54,500
93	El Espinal	54,300
94	Santander de Quilichao	53,600
95	Chiquinquirá	53,200
96	Corozal	52,900
97	Plato	52,800
98	Chigorodó	52,800
99	Pamplona	52,500
100	Marinilla	50,500
101	Saravena	48,300
102	Puerto Colombia	48,200
103	Chinchiná	47,500
104	Fonseca	44,800
105	Tierralta	44,500
106	Mocoa (San Miguel de Mocoa)	44,300
107	Puerto Asís	43,900
108	El Banco	43,700
109	Pradera	43,200
110	Planeta Rica	43,100
111	Bosconia	43,100
112	San José del Guaviare	42,800
113	Florida	41,200
114	San Andrés	41,100
115	La Jagua de Ibirico	41,100
116	Garzón	41,000
117	Ubaté (Villa de San Diego de Ubaté)	40,100
118	El Carmen de Viboral	39,400
119	San Juan del Cesar	39,100
120	Leticia	39,000
121	Carepa	38,400
122	Puerto Tejada	37,700
123	El Bagre	37,400
124	El Cerrito	37,300
125	Puerto Berrío	36,400
126	Puerto Boyacá	36,400
127	Sabanagrande	34,300
128	Segovia	33,800
129	Sevilla	33,500
130	San Marcos	33,300
131	Zarzal	33,100
132	Girardota	33,000
133	Yarumal	32,600
134	La Tebaida	31,800
135	Montenegro	31,700
136	Chaparral	31,500
137	Villanueva	31,500
138	Santo Tomás	31,200
139	Melgar	31,100
140	Tame	31,000
141	Palmar de Varela	30,800
142	Aguazul	30,000
143	Curumaní	30,000
144	Villanueva	29,900
145	Sibaté	29,700
146	Socorro	29,600
147	San Juan Nepomuceno	29,300
148	Mariquita (San Sebastian de Mariquita)	29,200
149	Roldanillo	29,000
150	Ayapel	28,300
151	La Unión	28,000
152	El Santuario	28,000
153	La Virginia	27,900
154	Paz de Ariporo	27,800
155	Tolú (Santiago de Tolú)	27,600
156	La Plata	27,100
157	Cota	26,900
158	Lebrija	26,400
159	Barbosa	26,300
160	Aracataca	26,200
161	Quimbaya	26,200
162	Flandes	26,200
163	San Vicente del Caguán	26,200
164	Candelaria	26,000
165	Sampués	25,800
166	El Copey	25,800
167	Campoalegre	25,100
168	Barbosa	25,100
169	Inírida (Puerto Inírida)	25,000
170	Honda	24,600
171	Líbano	24,600
172	Caicedonia	24,600
173	Sabana de Torres	24,300
174	San Alberto	24,000
175	Santa Cruz de Mompox (Mompós)	23,900
176	Istmina	23,900
177	Sincé	23,800
178	Pivijay	23,600
179	Andes	23,600
180	San Pablo	23,500
181	Tibú	23,200
182	El Rosal	23,200
183	Santa Rosa de Osos	23,100
184	Sopó	23,000
185	Villeta	22,800
186	Ciénaga de Oro	22,700
187	Paipa	22,600
188	La Mesa	22,600
189	Circasia	22,400
190	Puerto Gaitán	22,400
191	Guarne	22,400
192	Roblesin: La Paz	22,400
193	Guacarí	22,300
194	Anserma	22,200
195	Orito	22,100
196	Villanueva	22,100
197	San Jacinto	22,000
198	Campo de la Cruz	21,500
199	Tocancipá	21,400
200	Santa Rosa del Sur	21,300
201	María La Baja	21,300
202	Riosucio	21,300
203	San Martín	21,200
204	Barrancas	21,100
205	San Onofre	20,900
206	El Dificilin: Ariguaní	20,900
207	Albania	20,800
208	Chinú	20,600
209	Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa de Lima)	20,500
210	Puerto López	20,100
211	Miranda	18,800
212	Guaduas	18,800
213	Puerto Carreño	17,200
214	Mitú	10,400

Source: National Administrative Department of Statistics, Colombia (2023 projection), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff.

Why don't these match official city populations?Official figures typically count only the population within administrative boundaries. UN urban area figures cover the entire built-up area, which can include multiple cities and towns.Show moreShow less

Tokyo

33,338,852

Urban area

9,953,160

23 wards

Essen

2,709,375

Urban area

573,618

City of Essen

Ankara

3,630,865

Urban area

5,186,002

Metropolitan municipality

What counts as an urban area? The UN uses satellite imagery to map built-up land, and treats each continuous stretch of built-up land as an urban area. This means that urban areas can extend beyond official city boundaries, and may include multiple cities and towns within a single urban area.

Can an urban area be smaller than its city? Yes. While most cities have urban areas larger than their administrative boundaries, some cities have extensive administrative limits that include sparsely populated areas.

81 urban areas in Colombia with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the UN's population estimates for 2026.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2026)	Yearly Change	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)	World Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Bogotá	10,738,472	+1.06%	543	19,769	31	11,195,101	12,478,015
2	Medellín	3,359,504	+0.27%	234	14,345	139	3,395,983	3,332,865
3	Cali	2,710,754	+0.39%	188	14,388	183	2,752,842	2,762,910
4	Barranquilla	2,232,775	+1.11%	167	13,338	226	2,331,790	2,514,652
5	Cartagena	1,020,271	+1.15%	127	8,021	507	1,067,018	1,168,321
6	Bucaramanga	947,121	+0.83%	73	13,046	556	978,443	1,026,970
7	Cúcuta	854,167	+0.67%	120	7,094	621	877,201	906,299
8	Pereira	603,952	+0.19%	66	9,151	906	608,436	592,126
9	Valledupar	580,242	+0.93%	50	11,559	958	601,916	651,346
10	Ibagué	495,174	+0.17%	50	9,903	1,130	498,606	484,922
11	Santa Marta	448,263	+1.30%	54	8,271	1,255	471,496	526,768
12	Buenaventura	441,526	+0.78%	38	11,681	1,272	455,378	468,950
13	Manizales	441,420	+0.23%	55	8,026	1,276	445,474	435,103
14	Villavicencio	389,843	+1.75%	63	6,188	1,473	417,105	595,115
15	Pasto	374,291	+0.71%	39	9,548	1,539	384,905	390,459
16	Montería	344,738	+1.55%	41	8,367	1,676	366,172	386,644
17	Neiva	334,564	+0.25%	48	6,941	1,734	337,843	335,743
18	Armenia	319,823	+0.18%	34	9,407	1,814	322,180	316,629
19	Sincelejo	297,506	+0.71%	28	10,625	1,966	305,925	325,059
20	Chía	289,210	+2.26%	59	4,935	2,026	315,332	397,147
21	Riohacha	247,208	+1.24%	27	9,089	2,392	259,441	290,811
22	Tuluá	246,002	+0.61%	21	11,714	2,407	252,002	257,296
23	Popayán	229,673	+0.95%	27	8,634	2,586	238,424	244,921
24	Tunja	218,817	+1.90%	25	8,683	2,732	235,479	295,862
25	Apartadó	214,648	+0.88%	11	19,513	2,788	222,223	238,900
26	Palmira	212,742	+0.54%	28	7,598	2,823	217,371	220,779
27	Sahagún	209,404	+0.94%	16	13,088	2,881	217,261	232,909
28	Yopal	195,498	+1.47%	23	8,500	3,097	206,967	281,470
29	Florencia	194,184	+0.14%	18	10,788	3,135	195,278	201,974
30	Barrancabermeja	193,379	+0.76%	31	6,238	3,149	199,249	207,199
31	Girón	183,202	+1.03%	17	10,651	3,330	190,727	207,292
32	Maicao	151,540	+1.15%	20	7,502	4,058	158,494	172,859
33	Zipaquirá	141,252	+2.60%	17	8,509	4,363	155,938	196,570
34	Facatativá	133,861	+2.03%	20	6,627	4,607	144,747	198,471
35	Tumaco	125,833	+0.89%	26	4,840	4,920	130,301	134,655
36	Piedecuesta	125,498	+2.02%	12	10,458	4,945	135,655	149,719
37	Cartago	123,319	+0.59%	17	7,087	5,040	126,248	123,236
38	Uribia	122,060	+1.61%	6.00	20,343	5,095	129,911	152,384
39	Jamundí	121,688	+0.84%	22	5,531	5,117	125,757	129,668
40	Buga	120,564	+0.57%	13	9,274	5,164	123,294	126,019
41	Arauca	119,705	+1.55%	16	7,673	5,198	127,137	133,521
42	Ipiales	119,129	+0.69%	14	8,509	5,222	122,418	127,789
43	Tiquisio	116,558	+1.08%	3.00	38,853	5,341	121,613	129,715
44	Ciénaga	116,141	+1.34%	23	5,050	5,361	122,360	140,507
45	Girardot	115,520	+0.13%	21	5,501	5,395	116,140	112,592
46	Fusagasugá	114,252	+2.09%	18	6,209	5,469	123,815	150,562
47	Quibdó	112,364	+0.34%	15	7,491	5,559	113,872	111,857
48	Sogamoso	102,834	+2.22%	20	5,041	6,090	111,970	149,464
49	Ocaña	94,127	+0.78%	13	7,241	6,652	97,053	103,690
50	Duitama	92,401	+1.51%	15	6,160	6,784	97,969	126,704
51	Magangué	81,632	+0.99%	17	4,802	7,738	84,878	90,345
52	La Dorada	80,987	+0.23%	16	5,062	7,791	81,743	79,929
53	Montelíbano	79,066	+1.03%	14	5,648	7,994	82,330	88,560
54	Caucasia	78,145	+0.90%	11	7,104	8,091	80,965	93,183
55	Pitalito	76,030	+0.24%	14	5,431	8,293	76,754	74,891
56	Sabanalarga	75,888	+1.19%	8.00	9,486	8,304	79,500	95,113
57	Aguachica	75,711	+1.14%	12	6,309	8,324	79,159	84,456
58	Peñon del Rodadero	72,525	+1.48%	14	5,180	8,679	76,825	92,660
59	Turbaco	71,157	+1.48%	12	5,930	8,831	75,367	87,595
60	Garzón	69,446	+0.63%	8.20	8,469	9,032	71,199	69,495
61	Lorica	68,690	+0.96%	10	6,869	9,136	71,324	77,513
62	Tierralta	67,957	+0.90%	8.00	8,495	9,229	70,412	80,274
63	Pinillos	64,993	+0.87%	6.00	10,832	9,661	67,246	78,143
64	Caldas	64,967	+0.46%	6.00	10,828	9,665	66,152	66,916
65	San José del Guaviare	64,605	+1.78%	10	6,461	9,725	69,214	87,574
66	Santander de Quilichao	64,575	+1.04%	7.20	8,969	9,731	67,259	67,998
67	Manaure	64,144	+1.79%	7.00	9,163	9,792	68,724	82,792
68	Fundación	63,896	+1.42%	9.00	7,100	9,837	67,536	75,865
69	Chiquinquirá	63,841	+1.89%	8.00	7,980	9,850	68,675	92,759
70	Arjona	63,051	+1.51%	9.00	7,006	9,967	66,853	75,419
71	Hacienda Río Blanco	59,997	+1.55%	9.60	6,250	10,431	63,719	67,969
72	Chigorodó	58,027	+0.89%	6.00	9,671	10,745	60,083	63,581
73	Turbo	56,437	+0.72%	7.00	8,062	11,049	58,055	60,217
74	Santa Rosa de Cabal	56,279	+0.18%	9.00	6,253	11,080	56,690	55,221
75	Granada	55,962	+1.61%	12	4,664	11,145	59,574	74,637
76	Espinal	55,429	+0.08%	9.00	6,159	11,246	55,599	53,818
77	Leticia	55,385	+1.68%	8.00	6,923	11,258	59,098	74,151
78	Corozal	54,963	+0.77%	10	5,496	11,322	56,661	62,988
79	Rionegro	54,252	+0.38%	13	4,173	11,482	55,087	54,197
80	Acacías	53,438	+2.15%	9.20	5,808	11,632	58,024	76,974
81	Cereté	52,808	+2.54%	8.60	6,140	11,748	58,178	68,521

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.

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