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	* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2\|M2]]): $26.57 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_CO" />		* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2\|M2]]): $26.57 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_CO" />

			===Notable events:===
			* [[Banking crisis]]: 1982-1987, April 1998<ref name="Reinhart_crisis">Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff. [http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8973.html "This Time is Different"], ''Princeton University Press'', ISBN 978-0-691-14216-6, p. 357-358. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-19.</ref>
			* [[Public default]]: 1826-1845, 1850-1861, 1873, 1880-1896, 1900-1904, 1932-1934, 1935-1944 (external)
			* Years in [[inflation]]: 17.8% (share of years 1819-2009 with annual inflation above 20 per cent per annum)<ref name="Reinhart_histories">Carmen M. Reinhart. [http://www.princeton.edu/economics/seminar-schedule-by-prog/macro-s10/papers/Reinhardt-Chartbook.pdf "This Time is Different Chartbook: Country Histories on Debt, Default, and Financial Crises"] (pdf), March 3, 2010, p. 36. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-19.</ref>

	===Statistics===		===Statistics===

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	\|Row 3 info = republic; executive branch dominates government structure		\|Row 3 info = republic; executive branch dominates government structure
	\|Row 4 title = Population		\|Row 4 title = Population
	\|Row 4 info = 43,677,372 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_CO">CIA - The World ~~Facebook~~. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_co.html "Colombia"], from The World ~~Facebook~~. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>		\|Row 4 info = 43,677,372 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_CO">CIA - The World Factbook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_co.html "Colombia"], from The World Factbook. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
	\|Row 5 title = Population growth		\|Row 5 title = Population growth
	\|Row 5 info = 1.219% (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_CO" />		\|Row 5 info = 1.219% (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_CO" />
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	==~~External links~~==		==Links==
	* [[Wikipedia:Colombia\|Colombia]] on Wikipedia		* [[Wikipedia:Colombia\|Colombia]] on Wikipedia
	* [http://www.banrep.gov.co Central bank] of Colombia		* [http://www.banrep.gov.co Central bank] of Colombia

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	* [http://countrystudies.us/colombia/ Studies] from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)		* [http://countrystudies.us/colombia/ Studies] from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
	* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1212798.stm country profile]		* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1212798.stm country profile]
			* [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/world/americas/04colombia.html?hp In Colombia, New Gold Rush Fuels Old Conflict] by Simon Romero, March 2011
			* [http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2009/myb3-2009-co.pdf 2009 Minerals Yearbook - Colombia] (pdf) by the U.S. Geological Survey, December 2010
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{{Infobox
|Box title = Country summary
|Row 1 title = Capital
|Row 1 info = Bogota
|Row 2 title = Borders
|Row 2 info = [[Brazil]] 1,644 km, [[Ecuador]] 590 km, [[Panama]] 225 km, [[Peru]] 1,800 km, [[Venezuela]] 2,050 km
|Row 3 title = Government type
|Row 3 info = republic; executive branch dominates government structure
|Row 4 title = Population
|Row 4 info = 43,677,372 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_CO">CIA - The World Facebook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_co.html "Colombia"], from The World Facebook. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
|Row 5 title = Population growth
|Row 5 info = 1.219% (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_CO" />
|Row 6 title = Life expectancy
|Row 6 info = 74.07 years<ref name="CIA_CO" />
|Row 7 title = Unemployment
|Row 7 info = 12% (2009 est.)<ref name="CIA_CO" />
|Row 8 title = [[Wikipedia:Index of Economic Freedom|Index of Economic Freedom]]
|Row 8 info = 58<ref name="Heritage_CO">Heritage Foundation. [http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Colombia "Colombia"], Economic Freedom Score. A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
|Row 9 title = [[Wikipedia:Corruption Perceptions Index|Corruption Perceptions Index]]
|Row 9 info = 75<ref name="Transparency_CO">Transparency International. [http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table "Colombia"], Corruption Perceptions Index 2009. A lower ranking is better; but please note that the numbers cannot be compared between countries or years due to different methodology. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
|Row 10 title = [[Wikipedia:Doing Business Report|Doing Business ranking]]
|Row 10 info = 37<ref name="Business_CO">Doing Business. [http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/ "Colombia"], Doing Business 2010 (part of The World Bank Group). A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
}}

'''Colombia''' was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A four-decade long conflict between government forces and anti-government insurgent groups, principally the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) heavily funded by the drug trade, escalated during the 1990s. The insurgents lack the military or popular support necessary to overthrow the government and violence has been decreasing since about 2002, but insurgents continue attacks against civilians and large areas of the countryside are under guerrilla influence or are contested by security forces. More than 31,000 former paramilitaries had demobilized by the end of 2006 and the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) as a formal organization had ceased to function. In the wake of the paramilitary demobilization, emerging criminal groups arose, whose members include some former paramilitaries. The Colombian Government has stepped up efforts to reassert government control throughout the country, and now has a presence in every one of its administrative departments. However, neighboring countries worry about the violence spilling over their borders.<ref name="CIA_CO" />

==Economical characteristics==
* '''Currency''': Peso (ISO code: COP)
* Central bank '''[[Wikipedia:Discount rate|discount rate]]''': 3.5% (31 November 2009)<ref name="CIA_CO" />
* Commercial banks '''lending rate''': 9.57% (31 December 2009)<ref name="CIA_CO" />
* '''Stock of money''' ([[Money supply#M1|M1]]): $25.01 billion (31 December 2009)<ref name="CIA_CO" />
* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2|M2]]): $26.57 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_CO" />

===Statistics===
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" style="text-align:center"
| Statistic / Year
! 1999
! 2000
! 2001
! 2002
! 2003
! 2004
! 2005
! 2006
! 2007
! 2008
|-
! [[GDP]] (million USD)<ref name="WorldBank_GDP_CO">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/co/indicators%5BNY.GDP.MKTP.CD%5D?date=1999:2009 "Colombia: GDP"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
| 86 301
| 94 053
| 92 877
| 93 016
| 91 702
| 113 774
| 144 581
| 162 347
| 207 786
| 243 765
|-
! Govt. debt (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Debt_CO">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/co/indicators%5BGC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Colombia: government debt"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
|
|
|
|
| 56.702
| 55.674
| 78.127
| 56.968
| 49.085
| 54.297
|-
! Govt. revenue (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Revenue_CO">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/co/indicators%5BGC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Colombia: government revenue"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
|
|
| 16.063
| 14.801
| 17.622
| 20.261
| 23.496
| 21.781
| 24.040
| 23.459
|-
! Govt. expenses (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Expenses_CO">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/co/indicators%5BGC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Colombia: government expenses"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
|
|
| 20.842
| 18.595
| 22.132
| 22.928
| 23.469
| 24.063
| 25.476
| 23.702
|-
! Debt to revenue (years)
|
|
|
|
| 3.218
| 2.748
| 3.325
| 2.615
| 2.042
| 2.315
|}

==References==
<small>Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.</small>
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:Colombia|Colombia]] on Wikipedia
* [http://www.banrep.gov.co Central bank] of Colombia
* [http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/documents/EnterpriseSurveys/Reports/COLOMBIA.pdf Country profile] (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* [http://countrystudies.us/colombia/ Studies] from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1212798.stm country profile]
[[Category:Countries]]