Largest Cities in Colombia 2026: Population Ranking

Colombia's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Bogotá in orange

Colombia has 4 cities with more than a million inhabitants and 55 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Bogotá with 7,674,366 people, followed by Cali (2,392,877) and Medellín (1,999,979). The three largest cities together hold about 22.3% of the country's 54.1 million people.

The capital, Bogotá, is also the largest city.

By region, the most large cities are in Cundinamarca (8), Valle del Cauca Department (7), Antioquia (5).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Colombia population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Colombia atlas.

Colombia cities by population

55 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Colombia
1	BogotáCapital	Bogota D.C.	7,674,366	14.2%
2	Cali	Valle del Cauca Department	2,392,877	4.4%
3	Medellín	Antioquia	1,999,979	3.7%
4	Barranquilla	Atlántico	1,206,319	2.2%
5	Cartagena	Bolívar	914,552	1.7%
6	Cúcuta	Norte de Santander Department	777,106	1.4%
7	Soacha	Cundinamarca	655,025	1.2%
8	Bucaramanga	Santander Department	581,130	1.1%
9	Ibagué	Tolima Department	529,635	1%
10	Santa Marta	Magdalena Department	499,192	0.9%
11	Montería	Córdoba	490,935	0.9%
12	Valledupar	Cesar Department	490,075	0.9%
13	Pereira	Risaralda Department	467,269	0.9%
14	Manizales	Caldas Department	434,403	0.8%
15	Buenaventura	Valle del Cauca Department	432,385	0.8%
16	Bello	Antioquia	392,939	0.7%
17	Pasto	Nariño	392,930	0.7%
18	Neiva	Huila Department	357,392	0.7%
19	Soledad	Atlántico	342,556	0.6%
20	Villavicencio	Meta Department	321,717	0.6%
21	Popayán	Cauca Department	318,059	0.6%
22	Palmira	Valle del Cauca Department	312,519	0.6%
23	Armenia	Quindío Department	304,314	0.6%
24	Itagüí	Antioquia	281,853	0.5%
25	Sincelejo	Sucre Department	277,773	0.5%
26	Floridablanca	Santander Department	267,591	0.5%
27	Buenaventura	Valle del Cauca Department	240,387	0.4%
28	Tuluá	Valle del Cauca Department	221,684	0.4%
29	Dosquebradas	Risaralda Department	206,693	0.4%
30	Barrancabermeja	Santander Department	191,403	0.4%
31	Riohacha	La Guajira Department	188,014	0.3%
32	Tunja	Boyacá	172,548	0.3%
33	Yopal	Casanare Department	168,433	0.3%
34	Florencia	Caquetá	168,346	0.3%
35	Maicao	La Guajira Department	166,603	0.3%
36	Piedecuesta	Santander Department	163,362	0.3%
37	Envigado	Antioquia	163,007	0.3%
38	Facatativá	Cundinamarca	141,762	0.3%
39	Pitalito	Huila Department	135,711	0.3%
40	Madrid	Cundinamarca	135,000	0.2%
41	Cartago	Valle del Cauca Department	134,972	0.2%
42	Zipaquirá	Cundinamarca	130,432	0.2%
43	Quibdó	Chocó	129,237	0.2%
44	Malambo	Atlántico	129,148	0.2%
45	Rionegro	Antioquia	128,153	0.2%
46	Mosquera	Cundinamarca	128,012	0.2%
47	Chía	Cundinamarca	124,309	0.2%
48	Magangué	Bolívar	123,982	0.2%
49	Funza	Cundinamarca	116,890	0.2%
50	Guadalajara de Buga	Valle del Cauca Department	114,316	0.2%
51	Sogamoso	Boyacá	111,336	0.2%
52	Girón	Santander Department	108,466	0.2%
53	Girardot City	Cundinamarca	107,324	0.2%
54	Sabanalarga	Atlántico	102,334	0.2%
55	Ocaña	Norte de Santander Department	101,158	0.2%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Colombia?

Bogotá, with about 7,674,366 inhabitants (city proper).

What is the capital of Colombia?

Bogotá — population 7,674,366, the largest city in the country.

How many cities in Colombia have over one million people?

4: Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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