Infrastructure — Colombia
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Colombia: 836
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Transportation
- Airports - total
836
- Airports with Paved Runways
121
- Heliports
3
- Railways
543 Miles 874 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
87,846 Miles 141,374 Kilometers
- Waterways
15,363 Miles 24,725 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Puerto Bolivar, Santa Marta, Turbo oil terminals: Covenas offshore terminal
Communications
- Telephones
7,127,000
- Cell Phones
46,200,000
- Internet Users
22,538,000
- Internet Country Code
.co
- Internet Hosts
4,410,000
- Broadcast Media
combination of state-owned and privately owned broadcast media provide service; more than 500 radio stations and many national, regional, and local TV stations
- Telephone System
- general assessment: modern system in many respects with a nationwide microwave radio relay system, a domestic satellite system with 41 earth stations, and a fiber-optic network linking 50 cities; telecommunications sector liberalized during the 1990s; multiple provi
- ders of both fixed-line and mobile-cellular services domestic: fixed-line connections stand at about 15 per 100 persons; mobile cellular telephone subscribership is about 100 per 100 persons; competition among cellular service providers is resulting in falling local and international calling rates and contributing to the steep dec
- line in the market share of fixed line services international: country code - 57; multiple submarine cable systems provide links to the US, parts of the Caribbean, and Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 10 (6 Intelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 3 fully digitalized international switching centers)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
46,870,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,294,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
8,220,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
56,280,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
9,080,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
2,110,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
40,290
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
10,950,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
169,900,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
287,000
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
77,900
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
10
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
944,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,200,000,000