Colombia ended 2025 with 21,704,118 migrant flows, a 6% increase from 2024, solidifying the country as a high-demand tourist destination. Air transport accounted for 94.4% of movements, with peaks during the year-end season. Migración Colombia highlights the dynamism driven by tourism and air connectivity.
Colombia achieved a historic milestone in international mobility by recording 21,704,118 migrant flows in 2025, a 6% increase from 2024. This figure, reported by Migración Colombia, confirms the upward trend and positions the country as a leader in South American tourism.
The highest flow day was December 28, 2025, with 83,200 movements, followed by January 4, 2026, with 82,502. From December 19, daily flows did not drop below 72,000, remaining high into January. Air transport concentrated 20,485,289 records, equivalent to 94.4% of the total.
Bogotá's El Dorado International Airport led with 1,006,811 movements in December alone, a 10% annual increase. Rionegro's José María Córdova International Airport showed a cumulative 32% growth from 2023 to 2025, while Cartagena's Rafael Núñez International Airport recorded 1,665,292 flows, 7.7% of the national air flow.
Of the flows, 10,207,713 were foreigners entering the country, 47% of the total. South America led with 1,807,613 people (35%), followed by North America with 1,333,957 (26%) and Central America and the Caribbean with 1,084,240 (21%). Europe contributed 745,241 (15%). By country, the United States topped with 1,232,312 entries, followed by Venezuela (658,194), Mexico (414,245), Ecuador (323,600), Peru (250,093), and Spain (206,179).
President Gustavo Petro celebrated the achievement on X: “We are now the top tourist destination in South America. We have fulfilled our government program.” Migración Colombia's director, Gloria Esperanza Arriero López, stated: “The recorded migrant flows demonstrate that Colombia is going through one of the most dynamic moments in its history in terms of international mobility, driven largely by tourism and growing air connectivity.”
The traveler profile focused on working ages: 30-39 years with 1.31 million, 18-29 with 1.0 million, and 40-49 with 973,021, reinforcing the tourist and commercial nature of the flows. Migración Colombia monitors this data through the Joint Strategic Migration Analysis Center for agile and secure control.
