The current population of Bolivia is 12,716,350 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 12,413,315 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Bolivia is ranked 79/197 by population and was ranked 83rd in 2005.
- For the last 20 years, Bolivia has had an average growth rate of 1.79% per year.
- Bolivia accounts for 0.15% of the world's population.
- Bolivia is projected to reach 17.9M people in 2086.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 9.36M people to 12.7M (35.8% growth in 20 years).
Bolivia population clock
Bolivia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
12716350
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 79/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | N/A |
| One net population change |
3.11 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
2.02 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
5.99 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +463 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +169,156 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.38% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 77/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
2.92 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -3,000 | N/A |
Bolivia population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3,702,323 | - |
| 1961 | 3,778,731 | 2.06% |
| 1962 | 3,857,493 | 2.08% |
| 1963 | 3,938,913 | 2.11% |
| 1964 | 4,022,996 | 2.13% |
| 1965 | 4,109,796 | 2.16% |
| 1966 | 4,199,550 | 2.18% |
| 1967 | 4,292,572 | 2.22% |
| 1968 | 4,388,944 | 2.25% |
| 1969 | 4,488,232 | 2.26% |
| 1970 | 4,590,010 | 2.27% |
| 1971 | 4,694,342 | 2.27% |
| 1972 | 4,800,978 | 2.27% |
| 1973 | 4,910,200 | 2.27% |
| 1974 | 5,022,475 | 2.29% |
| 1975 | 5,137,539 | 2.29% |
| 1976 | 5,256,496 | 2.32% |
| 1977 | 5,379,166 | 2.33% |
| 1978 | 5,504,123 | 2.32% |
| 1979 | 5,630,849 | 2.3% |
| 1980 | 5,758,900 | 2.27% |
| 1981 | 5,888,109 | 2.24% |
| 1982 | 6,018,088 | 2.21% |
| 1983 | 6,149,060 | 2.18% |
| 1984 | 6,281,868 | 2.16% |
| 1985 | 6,416,185 | 2.14% |
| 1986 | 6,552,479 | 2.12% |
| 1987 | 6,692,162 | 2.13% |
| 1988 | 6,835,508 | 2.14% |
| 1989 | 6,981,766 | 2.14% |
| 1990 | 7,130,142 | 2.13% |
| 1991 | 7,280,289 | 2.11% |
| 1992 | 7,430,336 | 2.06% |
| 1993 | 7,579,195 | 2% |
| 1994 | 7,727,322 | 1.95% |
| 1995 | 7,874,676 | 1.91% |
| 1996 | 8,021,736 | 1.87% |
| 1997 | 8,167,900 | 1.82% |
| 1998 | 8,313,394 | 1.78% |
| 1999 | 8,459,806 | 1.76% |
| 2000 | 8,606,326 | 1.73% |
| 2001 | 8,752,736 | 1.7% |
| 2002 | 8,900,355 | 1.69% |
| 2003 | 9,050,700 | 1.69% |
| 2004 | 9,204,287 | 1.7% |
| 2005 | 9,360,754 | 1.7% |
| 2006 | 9,521,689 | 1.72% |
| 2007 | 9,685,960 | 1.73% |
| 2008 | 9,850,858 | 1.7% |
| 2009 | 10,016,275 | 1.68% |
| 2010 | 10,182,345 | 1.66% |
| 2011 | 10,348,929 | 1.64% |
| 2012 | 10,515,807 | 1.61% |
| 2013 | 10,682,608 | 1.59% |
| 2014 | 10,848,888 | 1.56% |
| 2015 | 11,014,705 | 1.53% |
| 2016 | 11,180,020 | 1.5% |
| 2017 | 11,344,587 | 1.47% |
| 2018 | 11,508,368 | 1.44% |
| 2019 | 11,671,386 | 1.42% |
| 2020 | 11,816,299 | 1.24% |
| 2021 | 11,937,360 | 1.02% |
| 2022 | 12,077,154 | 1.17% |
| 2023 | 12,244,159 | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 12,413,315 | 1.38% |
| 2025 | 12,581,842 | 1.36% |
| 2026 | 12,749,291 | 1.33% |
| 2027 | 12,915,581 | 1.3% |
| 2028 | 13,080,490 | 1.28% |
| 2029 | 13,243,771 | 1.25% |
| 2030 | 13,405,558 | 1.22% |
| 2031 | 13,565,504 | 1.19% |
| 2032 | 13,723,365 | 1.16% |
| 2033 | 13,879,048 | 1.13% |
| 2034 | 14,032,573 | 1.11% |
| 2035 | 14,183,821 | 1.08% |
| 2036 | 14,332,310 | 1.05% |
| 2037 | 14,478,101 | 1.02% |
| 2038 | 14,621,400 | 0.99% |
| 2039 | 14,761,945 | 0.96% |
| 2040 | 14,899,391 | 0.93% |
| 2041 | 15,033,982 | 0.9% |
| 2042 | 15,165,741 | 0.88% |
| 2043 | 15,294,503 | 0.85% |
| 2044 | 15,420,207 | 0.82% |
| 2045 | 15,542,783 | 0.79% |
| 2046 | 15,662,310 | 0.77% |
| 2047 | 15,778,742 | 0.74% |
| 2048 | 15,892,248 | 0.72% |
| 2049 | 16,002,807 | 0.7% |
| 2050 | 16,110,156 | 0.67% |
Bolivia has a population of 12.7M as of 2025, compared to 11M in 2015, 9.36M in 2005, and 7.87M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.54% per year. Bolivia is ranked 91st out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Bolivia will have 15,542,783 people (22.2% growth) with a rank change from 79th to 80th.
By the year 2100, Bolivia's population is projected to grow by 39.7% to 17.8M people.
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Bolivia population statistics
|
Bolivia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 68.9 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 29 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 26 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.55 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 29.7 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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