Country code +57

Sending SMS to Colombia

Colombia dials on +57. Spanish is official, Latin script. Mobile numbers are ten digits beginning with 3, which distinguishes them cleanly from landlines — useful, since not every market makes that separation obvious.

Traffic

Common SMS use cases in Colombia

OTP and account verification

Time-critical — it has to land in seconds, which is the reason SMS still wins here over push or email.

Order and delivery updates

Keeps the recipient's attention without needing an app open, for the moment they actually care about the update.

Appointment and service reminders

Cuts no-shows more effectively than email — most people notice a text within minutes of it arriving.

Dialling

How to dial Colombia

Every part of the number, laid out separately, then the same thing written the way an API expects it.

+Exit

57Country code

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+57 — +57 followed by the national number

From abroad, replace your exit code with +, then 57, then the national number — dropping the national trunk prefix if the country uses one (a leading 0 in most, though not in the +1 numbering plan). Store numbers in E.164 (+57…) and they work from any country and any API.

At a glance

Colombia by the numbers

The figures below come from public country data and set the context for how much SMS traffic Colombia actually carries.

+57

Colombia country code

ISOCO / COL

47,790,000

People

1,138,910

Area km²

369.2 Billion

GDP (USD)

Sender ID

How your name appears in Colombia

General guidance — we have not yet confirmed Colombia-specific sender ID rules.

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SMSLOCAL

Text Message

Your verification code is 4172. Valid for 10 minutes.

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Delivered on +57

Sender ID rules for +57

Both alphanumeric and numeric sender IDs are supported where the local network allows it. Exact registration steps, character limits and lead time vary by operator, and are confirmed as part of onboarding before your first send.

Alphanumeric ID

Your brand name instead of a number, typically up to 11 characters, where the network allows it.

Numeric ID

A long code or short code — falls back to this wherever alphanumeric isn’t supported.

Approval time

Same-day to a few business days, depending on the operator and ID type.

What people send most: OTP and account verification · Order and delivery updates · Appointment and service reminders.

Message length: under the standard SMS encoding, a segment typically holds 160 GSM-7 characters, or 70 once a message uses Unicode — Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, emoji. Longer messages split into several segments automatically and are billed per segment; exact limits are confirmed for Colombia as part of onboarding.

Before you send