Colombia

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Population Full

49,396,000 (2019 census)

Principal Languages
Spanish
Literacy Rate
95% (2018 UNESCO)
International Conventions
CPPDCE (2013), CSICH (2008), ICCPR (1969), ILOCITP (1991), UNCRPD (2011), UNDRIP (2009)
General References
Arango Ochoa and Sánchez Gutierrez 1998; Campbell 1997; Crevels 2007
Deaf Population
450,000 with some limitation due to hearing loss (2016 INSOR)
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Colombia is 90. Of these, 88 are living and 2 are extinct. Of the living languages, 82 are indigenous and 6 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 5 are institutional, 21 are developing, 15 are vigorous, 31 are in trouble, and 16 are dying. Also listed are 2 unestablished languages.