The latest officially reported population of Bolivia was 12,413,315 in 2024 vs 524,877 people in Cape Verde in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bolivia's population is 12,716,350 people compared to 529,186 in Cape Verde.
Population statistics:
- Bolivia's population is 24 times bigger than Cape Verde's.
- Bolivia is ranked the 79th most populous country in the world, while Cape Verde is the 169th.
- The countries together account for 0.16% of the world: 0.15% for Bolivia vs 0.006% for Cape Verde.
- For the last 10 years, Bolivia has had an average growth rate of +1.37% per year vs +0.22% in Cape Verde.
- Since 2005, the population of Bolivia has increased from 9.36M people to 12.7M (35.8% growth), while Cape Verde has grown from 485K to 529K (9.08% growth).
- Bolivia is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 17.9M people compared to the peak of 566K people in 2051 for Cape Verde.
Bolivia vs Cape Verde: live population counter
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| Current population |
12716350
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529186
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| Population rank | 79/197 | 169/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | 0.006% |
| One net population change |
3.11 minutes
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3.44 hours
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| One birth every |
2.02 minutes
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1.36 hours
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| One death every |
5.99 minutes
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3.32 hours
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| One migration net change every |
2.92 hours
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7.25 hours
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| Annual migration change | -3,000 | -1,209 |
| Daily growth/decline | +463 | +7 |
| Annual growth/decline | +169,156 | +2,546 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.38% | +0.49% |
| Population growth rate rank | 77/197 | 136/197 |
Bolivia and Cape Verde: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,702,323 | 210,024 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,778,731 | 215,087 | 2.06% | 2.41% |
| 1962 | 3,857,493 | 221,919 | 2.08% | 3.18% |
| 1963 | 3,938,913 | 229,373 | 2.11% | 3.36% |
| 1964 | 4,022,996 | 237,006 | 2.13% | 3.33% |
| 1965 | 4,109,796 | 244,856 | 2.16% | 3.31% |
| 1966 | 4,199,550 | 252,976 | 2.18% | 3.32% |
| 1967 | 4,292,572 | 261,404 | 2.22% | 3.33% |
| 1968 | 4,388,944 | 270,164 | 2.25% | 3.35% |
| 1969 | 4,488,232 | 279,248 | 2.26% | 3.36% |
| 1970 | 4,590,010 | 287,885 | 2.27% | 3.09% |
| 1971 | 4,694,342 | 294,046 | 2.27% | 2.14% |
| 1972 | 4,800,978 | 297,386 | 2.27% | 1.14% |
| 1973 | 4,910,200 | 299,881 | 2.27% | 0.84% |
| 1974 | 5,022,475 | 302,570 | 2.29% | 0.9% |
| 1975 | 5,137,539 | 305,847 | 2.29% | 1.08% |
| 1976 | 5,256,496 | 309,455 | 2.32% | 1.18% |
| 1977 | 5,379,166 | 312,834 | 2.33% | 1.09% |
| 1978 | 5,504,123 | 316,147 | 2.32% | 1.06% |
| 1979 | 5,630,849 | 319,480 | 2.3% | 1.05% |
| 1980 | 5,758,900 | 323,301 | 2.27% | 1.2% |
| 1981 | 5,888,109 | 327,846 | 2.24% | 1.41% |
| 1982 | 6,018,088 | 332,724 | 2.21% | 1.49% |
| 1983 | 6,149,060 | 337,654 | 2.18% | 1.48% |
| 1984 | 6,281,868 | 342,505 | 2.16% | 1.44% |
| 1985 | 6,416,185 | 347,365 | 2.14% | 1.42% |
| 1986 | 6,552,479 | 352,312 | 2.12% | 1.42% |
| 1987 | 6,692,162 | 357,302 | 2.13% | 1.42% |
| 1988 | 6,835,508 | 362,329 | 2.14% | 1.41% |
| 1989 | 6,981,766 | 367,803 | 2.14% | 1.51% |
| 1990 | 7,130,142 | 375,428 | 2.13% | 2.07% |
| 1991 | 7,280,289 | 384,586 | 2.11% | 2.44% |
| 1992 | 7,430,336 | 393,415 | 2.06% | 2.3% |
| 1993 | 7,579,195 | 401,965 | 2% | 2.17% |
| 1994 | 7,727,322 | 410,228 | 1.95% | 2.06% |
| 1995 | 7,874,676 | 418,104 | 1.91% | 1.92% |
| 1996 | 8,021,736 | 425,581 | 1.87% | 1.79% |
| 1997 | 8,167,900 | 432,798 | 1.82% | 1.7% |
| 1998 | 8,313,394 | 439,784 | 1.78% | 1.61% |
| 1999 | 8,459,806 | 446,519 | 1.76% | 1.53% |
| 2000 | 8,606,326 | 453,317 | 1.73% | 1.52% |
| 2001 | 8,752,736 | 460,293 | 1.7% | 1.54% |
| 2002 | 8,900,355 | 467,046 | 1.69% | 1.47% |
| 2003 | 9,050,700 | 473,383 | 1.69% | 1.36% |
| 2004 | 9,204,287 | 479,370 | 1.7% | 1.26% |
| 2005 | 9,360,754 | 485,115 | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| 2006 | 9,521,689 | 490,728 | 1.72% | 1.16% |
| 2007 | 9,685,960 | 496,190 | 1.73% | 1.11% |
| 2008 | 9,850,858 | 501,355 | 1.7% | 1.04% |
| 2009 | 10,016,275 | 506,141 | 1.68% | 0.95% |
| 2010 | 10,182,345 | 509,784 | 1.66% | 0.72% |
| 2011 | 10,348,929 | 511,447 | 1.64% | 0.33% |
| 2012 | 10,515,807 | 511,955 | 1.61% | 0.1% |
| 2013 | 10,682,608 | 512,225 | 1.59% | 0.05% |
| 2014 | 10,848,888 | 512,326 | 1.56% | 0.02% |
| 2015 | 11,014,705 | 512,394 | 1.53% | 0.01% |
| 2016 | 11,180,020 | 512,554 | 1.5% | 0.03% |
| 2017 | 11,344,587 | 512,893 | 1.47% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 11,508,368 | 513,415 | 1.44% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 11,671,386 | 514,104 | 1.42% | 0.13% |
| 2020 | 11,816,299 | 514,679 | 1.24% | 0.11% |
| 2021 | 11,937,360 | 516,649 | 1.02% | 0.38% |
| 2022 | 12,077,154 | 519,741 | 1.17% | 0.6% |
| 2023 | 12,244,159 | 522,331 | 1.38% | 0.5% |
| 2024 | 12,413,315 | 524,877 | 1.38% | 0.49% |
| 2025 | 12,581,842 | 527,331 | 1.36% | 0.47% |
| 2026 | 12,749,291 | 529,641 | 1.33% | 0.44% |
| 2027 | 12,915,581 | 531,874 | 1.3% | 0.42% |
| 2028 | 13,080,490 | 534,119 | 1.28% | 0.42% |
| 2029 | 13,243,771 | 536,345 | 1.25% | 0.42% |
| 2030 | 13,405,558 | 538,617 | 1.22% | 0.42% |
| 2031 | 13,565,504 | 540,769 | 1.19% | 0.4% |
| 2032 | 13,723,365 | 542,801 | 1.16% | 0.38% |
| 2033 | 13,879,048 | 544,769 | 1.13% | 0.36% |
| 2034 | 14,032,573 | 546,653 | 1.11% | 0.35% |
| 2035 | 14,183,821 | 548,594 | 1.08% | 0.36% |
| 2036 | 14,332,310 | 550,481 | 1.05% | 0.34% |
| 2037 | 14,478,101 | 552,294 | 1.02% | 0.33% |
| 2038 | 14,621,400 | 554,085 | 0.99% | 0.32% |
| 2039 | 14,761,945 | 555,802 | 0.96% | 0.31% |
| 2040 | 14,899,391 | 557,378 | 0.93% | 0.28% |
| 2041 | 15,033,982 | 558,819 | 0.9% | 0.26% |
| 2042 | 15,165,741 | 560,139 | 0.88% | 0.24% |
| 2043 | 15,294,503 | 561,350 | 0.85% | 0.22% |
| 2044 | 15,420,207 | 562,468 | 0.82% | 0.2% |
| 2045 | 15,542,783 | 563,484 | 0.79% | 0.18% |
| 2046 | 15,662,310 | 564,357 | 0.77% | 0.15% |
| 2047 | 15,778,742 | 565,018 | 0.74% | 0.12% |
| 2048 | 15,892,248 | 565,511 | 0.72% | 0.09% |
| 2049 | 16,002,807 | 565,896 | 0.7% | 0.07% |
| 2050 | 16,110,156 | 566,140 | 0.67% | 0.04% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while Cape Verde gained 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while Cape Verde's population increased by 16,792 (a 3.28% growth).
Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th in 2025. Cape Verde was ranked 165th in 2005 and ranked 169th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Bolivia's population will grow by 26.7% to 16,110,156 people with a rank change from 79th to 80th. The population of Cape Verde will increase by 6.98% to 566,140 people and rank change from 169th to 168th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 3.15M |
| El Alto | 842K |
| La Paz | 756K |
| Cochabamba | 632K |
| Sucre | 361K |
| Oruro | 265K |
| Potosi | 190K |
| Tarija | 180K |
| Sacaba | 172K |
| Trinidad | 124K |
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| City | Population |
| Praia | 159K |
| Mindelo | 70.5K |
| Assomada | 12K |
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Population differences between Bolivia and Cape Verde
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| Life expectancy | 68.9 years | 76.4 years |
| Average age | 29 years | 31.4 years |
| Median age | 26 years | 29.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 50.9:49.1 |
| Fertility rate | 2.55 births per woman | 1.52 births per woman |
| Population density | 29.7 ppl/mi² | 337 ppl/mi² |
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