Population in Medellín
Explore the 2025 release of 2018–2030 projections by district and rural district, select a year and inspect each area.
Explore these layers ↗DANE–Medellín update of July 30, 2025, based on Census 2018. Urban and rural components are summed for each rural district. Values are estimates for June 30 of each year, not observed counts. Boundaries come from the 2014 administrative layer. A map self-intersection in La América was repaired without changing attributes and with an area change below 0.01%.
GeoSAT · Public mapping
One city. Many ways to read it.
Geovisor view · Municipal Disaster Risk Management Plan scenarios, City of Medellín. Reference mapping: not alerts or events.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Population include in the Medellín geovisor?
In Medellín’s Population you can explore 1 layer: Population projection · 2025 release. Each layer states its source, date and use limits.
Can I reuse the Population data?
According to each layer’s published license: CC BY-SA 4.0. Check the exact license on the layer record before reuse.
How current are the Population data?
Layers declare data dates from 2025-07-30 to 2025-07-30. Last GeoSAT verification: 2026-09-26.
How do I explore Population in the viewer?
Click “Explore these layers” to open the prepared Population query; review enabled layers under Layers. Filter by exact field and value, select features to read their records, and export received results with attribution and dates.
Who publishes the Population data?
Layers come from Distrito de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Departamento Administrativo de Planeación, Subdirección de Prospectiva, Información y Evaluación Estratégica · DANE, contrato 4600104690 de 2025 · Adaptación GeoSAT: suma de componentes por territorio, unión con límites de 2014 y reparación topológica de La América (variación de área menor al 0,01 %), retrieved and adapted by GeoSAT with per-record attribution and provenance.
Which other themes can I explore?
Other themes in the Medellín geovisor: Metro, cableways and tram, Road infrastructure and taxi stands, and Walking and tactical urbanism.
Population, sex and age in all 21 districts · complete 2018–2030 statistics →
Sources, dates and limits
Each source’s verification date appears in the table. Retrieval time is not the data update date. Small city-wide layers use the full extent; larger layers depend on the visible area. Reference publications retain their original retrieval date. Each page contains up to 500 features: up to 2 MiB for external services and 4 MiB for local publications. Reference publications load matching pages, up to 5,000 features and 8 MiB per query. External services may return partial samples, identified in the viewer.
| Layer and source | Data date | Reuse |
|---|---|---|
| Population projection · 2025 releaseDistrito de Medellín · GeoMedellín · Departamento Administrativo de Planeación, Subdirección de Prospectiva, Información y Evaluación Estratégica · DANE, contrato 4600104690 de 2025 · Adaptación GeoSAT: suma de componentes por territorio, unión con límites de 2014 y reparación topológica de La América (variación de área menor al 0,01 %) | 2025-07-30Source checked: | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Display transformations and adaptations are described for each source; precision and methods differ between sources. Obtain official mapping if you need surveying accuracy or documents with administrative validity.