Abstract：
Demography, which should be the basis for planning of any program or project, has traditionally been ignored by Colombian governments. No population statistics are available for the pre-Conquest period in Colombia. Statistics during the Colonial era were based on population counts for division of lands, taxation, and similar considerations. The first census was undertaken around 1770. Colombia\'s most recent census was in 1993, and another is being prepared for 2000. The censuses have been useful for development purposes despite their significant limitations of completeness and accuracy. Colombia\'s population in 1997 was estimated at 40,300,000, making it the third most populous country of Latin America after Brazil and Mexico. Fertility has declined considerably since 1965. Colombia\'s crude birth rate is believed to have exceeded 50/1000 in the 18th and 19th centuries and was estimated at 45/1000 by the Latin American Demographic Center for the first half of the 20th century. The crude birth rate was 41.3/1000 in 1968, 33.1/1000 in 1973, 30/1000 in 1980, and around 26/1000 in 1990 and 1995. The total fertility rate was estimated at 7.0 in 1960-65, 6.7 in 1969, 4.5 in 1973, 3.2 in 1985, and 2.9 in 1995. Fertility declined most appreciably before 1975, but rates continue to drop in rural as well as urban areas and in all geographic zones. For Colombia as a whole the total fertility rate is 4.8 for women with less than 5 years of schooling and 2.4 for those with 8 or more years. It is 2.7 in urban and 4.4 in rural areas.
摘要：
人口统计,这应该是规划任何计划或项目的基础，传统上一直被哥伦比亚政府忽视。哥伦比亚没有征服前时期的人口统计数据。殖民时代的统计数据是基于土地划分的人口统计，税收,和类似的考虑。第一次人口普查是在1770年左右进行的。哥伦比亚最近的人口普查是在1993年，另一次正在为2000年做准备。尽管普查在完整性和准确性方面存在重大限制，但对发展目的很有用。哥伦比亚1997年的人口估计为40,300,000，使其成为仅次于巴西和墨西哥的拉丁美洲第三大人口大国。自1965年以来，生育率大幅下降。哥伦比亚的粗出生率被认为在18世纪和19世纪超过了50/1000，拉丁美洲人口中心估计在20世纪上半叶为45/1000。1968年的粗出生率为41.3/1000，1973年为33.1/1000，1980年为30/1000，1990年和1995年为26/1000。总生育率估计为1960-65年为7.0，1969年为6.7，1973年为4.5，1985年为3.2，1995年为2.9。在1975年之前，生育率下降幅度最大，但农村和城市地区以及所有地理区域的生育率继续下降。就整个哥伦比亚而言，受教育程度低于5年的妇女的总生育率为4.8，8年或8年以上的妇女的总生育率为2.4。城市为2.7，农村为4.4。
