Introduction: Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) was the third cause mortality in Colombia in 2010 after violence and coronary heart disease. CVD survivors present serious sequela generating disability and increased costs for healthcare systems and for their families. Estimating CVD burden of disease could improve decision making and prioritizing interventions. Public health plans could then be enacted to reduce mortality, morbidity and costs associated with CVD. Objective: Estimating CVD burden of disease for Colombia in 2014 in terms of disability adjusted life years (DALY). Methodology: Recent burden of disease estimation changes introduced in Global Burden of Disease 2010 were taken into consideration. Updated life expectancy tables, no discount rate and absence of age-weighting are the main changes from previous methodology. Sensitivity analysis was performed to evaluate the impact of changing these parameters. CVD burden of disease was also estimated for the period 2009-2013. Results: We estimated 1.31 incident cases of CVD/1,000 for Colombia in 2014. DALY, YLL and YLD rate were estimated to be 14/1,000, 7.1/1,000 and 6.9/1,000, respectively. Sensitivity analysis resulted in important differences in the estimation. Conclusions: CVD incidence, mortality and burden of disease estimations performed in this study are similar to data from other studies. CVD is a relevant cause of disability and mortality in Colombia