Polity · 1863 CE – 1865 CE
United States of Colombia
Estados Unidos de Colombia
- Peak recorded area
- 1,223,030 km²
- 1863 CE
- Rulers on record
- 2
- from 1863 CE
- Data series
- 24
- 1863 CE–1865 CE
Overview
The United States of Colombia was the name adopted in 1863 by the Constitución de Rionegro for the Granadine Confederation, after years of civil war. Colombia became a federal state itself composed of nine "sovereign states." It comprised the present-day nations of Colombia and Panama and parts of northwestern Brazil. After several more years of intermittent civil wars, it was replaced by the more centralist Republic of Colombia in 1886, predecessor to modern Colombia.
Lead section from Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article.
Territory
2 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1865 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
3 of 6 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population35 obs · 1831 CE–1865 CE | 2.7Mpersons1865 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Urban Population35 obs · 1831 CE–1865 CE | 0persons1865 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Urbanization Ratio4 obs · 1700 CE–1850 CE | 0.1223ratio1850 CE · Clio-Infra |
Economy
2 of 3 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP66 obs · 1800 CE–1865 CE | 845.8int'l $ (inflation adj.)1865 CE · Gapminder |
| GDP per capita4 obs · 1800 CE–1860 CE | 9132011 int'l $1860 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| CINC Score35 obs · 1831 CE–1865 CE | 0.0007CINC (share of world capability)1865 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption35 obs · 1831 CE–1865 CE | 0coal-ton equivalents1865 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production35 obs · 1831 CE–1865 CE | 0tons1865 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Personnel35 obs · 1831 CE–1865 CE | 2,000persons1865 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Expenditure GBP2 obs · 1843 CE–1865 CE | 71Kcurrent GBP1865 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Battle Count | 1battles1841 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Rule Of Law Index77 obs · 1789 CE–1865 CE | 0.411index (0-1)1865 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Electoral Democracy Index56 obs · 1810 CE–1865 CE | 0.25index (0-1)1865 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index56 obs · 1810 CE–1865 CE | 0.109index (0-1)1865 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index55 obs · 1810 CE–1865 CE | 0.181index (0-1)1865 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Polity234 obs · 1832 CE–1865 CE | -5index (-10 to 10)1865 CE · Clio-Infra |
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index77 obs · 1789 CE–1865 CE | 0.658index (0-1)1865 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Tech Radios47 obs · 1819 CE–1865 CE | 0count1865 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Railway Line Km21 obs · 1845 CE–1865 CE | 0km1865 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Numeracy4 obs · 1810 CE–1840 CE | 62.09ABCC index1840 CE · Clio-Infra |
Rulers
2 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Froilán LargachaPresident of Colombia1863 CE
- Tomás Cipriano de MosqueraPresident of Colombia1863 CE – 1864 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Colombian peso (COP)
Memberships
- Colombia–Ecuador Defense Pact (1864)Military alliance · member1864 CE – 1866 CE
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CHAT (Comin-Hobijn)2009 (FinalCHAT_72909)
Comin, D. & Hobijn, B. (2009). The CHAT Dataset. NBER Working Paper 15319.
NBER research data, freely downloadable
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3)v3
Brecke, P. Conflict Catalog (Historical Conflict Events Dataset), digitized v3.
Academic use, attribution
Maddison Project Database 20232023
Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J.L. (2024). Maddison Project Database 2023. University of Groningen GGDC.
CC BY 4.0
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
United States of Colombia is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.