Which Colombian city had 7,412,566 residents within city limits in the 2018 census? Bogotá. Colombia’s capital recorded 7,412,566 inhabitants within the limits of the Bogotá Capital District in the 2018 census.
Bogotá is the country’s largest and most populous city. It sits on a high plateau in the Andes, at roughly 2,600 meters above sea level, and functions as Colombia’s political, cultural, educational, and economic center. The city is formally the Bogotá Capital District, a special administrative unit that includes both dense urban neighborhoods and rural territory.
The wording “within city limits” matters. The 2018 figure covers the Capital District rather than every person living in the wider Bogotá metropolitan area or nearby municipalities such as Soacha. It also includes 25,166 people recorded in rural areas of the district, so it is not simply a count of the continuously built-up urban core.
Bogotá is often confused with Medellín because both are major Andean cities, while Cali and Barranquilla are also prominent Colombian population centers. None matched Bogotá’s 2018 district total.