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Sep 8, 2026

Bogotá grapples with rapid demographic shift as ageing population strains care infrastructure

Colombia's capital faces challenges adapting to an ageing population, with elderly care homes housing destitute seniors while public spaces reflect declining birth rates. The demographic transformation is reshaping the city's social fabric and infrastructure needs.

Sep 8, 2026·1 source
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  • ▪Colombia's national fertility rate declined to 1.6 children per woman in 2024 from 6.7 in 1960, falling below the population replacement rate of 2.1.
  • ▪The Centre for Thought and Innovation on Ageing opened in March 2026 at the San Juan de Dios hospital complex to advise on preventive care.
  • ▪Alberto Delgado Londoño, a 74-year-old partially paralysed throat cancer patient, was placed in a Bogotá care home for destitute elderly people in late 2025.

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Urban planningAge related cognitive declineDeclining birth ratesPublic healthcare

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