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| Indicators |
Colombia
| UK
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| People |
| Human Development Index (HDI) |
62nd |
13th |
| Population total (million) |
43.7 |
60.6 |
| Population density (per km2) |
37 |
248 |
| Urban population (%) |
73.5 |
89.6 |
| Life expectancy (years) |
71.8 |
77.5 |
| Infant mortality (per 1000 births) |
26 |
6 |
| Population growth rate (%) |
1.53 |
0.1 |
| Education |
| Adult literacy (%) |
91.5 |
99 |
| In primary education (%) |
90 |
99.9 |
| Economic, Health & Social |
| GNP (US$ per capita) |
5,749 |
23,509 |
| TVs (per 1,000 people) |
286 |
645 |
| PC's (per 1,000 people) |
49 |
263 |
| Mobile phones (per 1,000 people) |
76 |
770 |
| Daily calorie intake (per capita) |
2,597 |
3,276 |
| Doctors (per 100,000 people) |
105 |
164 |
Source: UN Human Development Report/Development Data Group, World Bank
Compare the quality of life in Colombia with the quality of life for people living in Brazil and Peru by visiting:
- Brazil
Peru
Visit www.peacenews.info/tools/index.php to download a PDF of 8 fact files on Colombia. For more information on Colombia, you could also visit:
- www.colombiajournal.org/ a web-based magazine that looks at the civil war, drug war and the escalating U.S. involvement in the conflict.
The Witness for Peace site for a range of images and a personal commentary in a web journal from 2001.
The Colombian Human Rights Network
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