Population in Bolivia compared to Chile: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bolivia and Chile: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bolivia	Chile	Bolivia	Chile
1960	3,702,323	8,153,350	-	-
1961	3,778,731	8,324,802	2.06%	2.1%
1962	3,857,493	8,497,059	2.08%	2.07%
1963	3,938,913	8,670,144	2.11%	2.04%
1964	4,022,996	8,842,525	2.13%	1.99%
1965	4,109,796	9,012,938	2.16%	1.93%
1966	4,199,550	9,181,722	2.18%	1.87%
1967	4,292,572	9,348,939	2.22%	1.82%
1968	4,388,944	9,514,716	2.25%	1.77%
1969	4,488,232	9,680,282	2.26%	1.74%
1970	4,590,010	9,845,344	2.27%	1.71%
1971	4,694,342	10,009,701	2.27%	1.67%
1972	4,800,978	10,174,678	2.27%	1.65%
1973	4,910,200	10,340,362	2.27%	1.63%
1974	5,022,475	10,505,817	2.29%	1.6%
1975	5,137,539	10,671,559	2.29%	1.58%
1976	5,256,496	10,838,251	2.32%	1.56%
1977	5,379,166	11,005,519	2.33%	1.54%
1978	5,504,123	11,172,695	2.32%	1.52%
1979	5,630,849	11,339,779	2.3%	1.5%
1980	5,758,900	11,508,550	2.27%	1.49%
1981	5,888,109	11,678,717	2.24%	1.48%
1982	6,018,088	11,850,214	2.21%	1.47%
1983	6,149,060	12,026,138	2.18%	1.48%
1984	6,281,868	12,207,733	2.16%	1.51%
1985	6,416,185	12,395,274	2.14%	1.54%
1986	6,552,479	12,588,914	2.12%	1.56%
1987	6,692,162	12,790,150	2.13%	1.6%
1988	6,835,508	12,999,424	2.14%	1.64%
1989	6,981,766	13,215,005	2.14%	1.66%
1990	7,130,142	13,437,176	2.13%	1.68%
1991	7,280,289	13,662,491	2.11%	1.68%
1992	7,430,336	13,884,577	2.06%	1.63%
1993	7,579,195	14,102,276	2%	1.57%
1994	7,727,322	14,316,256	1.95%	1.52%
1995	7,874,676	14,527,381	1.91%	1.47%
1996	8,021,736	14,734,046	1.87%	1.42%
1997	8,167,900	14,932,434	1.82%	1.35%
1998	8,313,394	15,127,799	1.78%	1.31%
1999	8,459,806	15,319,313	1.76%	1.27%
2000	8,606,326	15,503,635	1.73%	1.2%
2001	8,752,736	15,683,849	1.7%	1.16%
2002	8,900,355	15,857,925	1.69%	1.11%
2003	9,050,700	16,024,752	1.69%	1.05%
2004	9,204,287	16,187,322	1.7%	1.01%
2005	9,360,754	16,348,778	1.7%	1%
2006	9,521,689	16,509,195	1.72%	0.98%
2007	9,685,960	16,671,581	1.73%	0.98%
2008	9,850,858	16,838,988	1.7%	1%
2009	10,016,275	17,009,731	1.68%	1.01%
2010	10,182,345	17,181,464	1.66%	1.01%
2011	10,348,929	17,351,816	1.64%	0.99%
2012	10,515,807	17,519,119	1.61%	0.96%
2013	10,682,608	17,687,006	1.59%	0.96%
2014	10,848,888	17,864,195	1.56%	1%
2015	11,014,705	18,047,625	1.53%	1.03%
2016	11,180,020	18,267,221	1.5%	1.22%
2017	11,344,587	18,558,868	1.47%	1.6%
2018	11,508,368	18,893,191	1.44%	1.8%
2019	11,671,386	19,197,744	1.42%	1.61%
2020	11,816,299	19,370,624	1.24%	0.9%
2021	11,937,360	19,456,334	1.02%	0.44%
2022	12,077,154	19,553,036	1.17%	0.5%
2023	12,244,159	19,658,835	1.38%	0.54%
2024	12,413,315	19,764,771	1.38%	0.54%
2025	12,581,842	19,859,915	1.36%	0.48%
2026	12,749,291	19,945,846	1.33%	0.43%
2027	12,915,581	20,026,149	1.3%	0.4%
2028	13,080,490	20,100,930	1.28%	0.37%
2029	13,243,771	20,169,619	1.25%	0.34%
2030	13,405,558	20,233,182	1.22%	0.32%
2031	13,565,504	20,290,979	1.19%	0.29%
2032	13,723,365	20,341,797	1.16%	0.25%
2033	13,879,048	20,385,069	1.13%	0.21%
2034	14,032,573	20,422,546	1.11%	0.18%
2035	14,183,821	20,455,937	1.08%	0.16%
2036	14,332,310	20,485,080	1.05%	0.14%
2037	14,478,101	20,507,949	1.02%	0.11%
2038	14,621,400	20,524,482	0.99%	0.08%
2039	14,761,945	20,535,707	0.96%	0.05%
2040	14,899,391	20,542,096	0.93%	0.03%
2041	15,033,982	20,543,284	0.9%	0.006%
2042	15,165,741	20,539,909	0.88%	-0.02%
2043	15,294,503	20,532,920	0.85%	-0.03%
2044	15,420,207	20,519,677	0.82%	-0.06%
2045	15,542,783	20,499,138	0.79%	-0.1%
2046	15,662,310	20,473,283	0.77%	-0.13%
2047	15,778,742	20,443,720	0.74%	-0.14%
2048	15,892,248	20,408,327	0.72%	-0.17%
2049	16,002,807	20,366,435	0.7%	-0.21%
2050	16,110,156	20,320,302	0.67%	-0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,658,331 people (a 17.4% growth), while Chile gained 1,758,026 people (a 10.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bolivia gained 1,571,088 (a 14.1% growth), while Chile's population increased by 1,679,502 (a 9.19% growth).

Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2006 and is 79th in 2026. Chile was ranked 60th in 2006 and ranked 67th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Bolivia's population will grow by 26.3% to 16,110,156 people with a rank change from 79th to 80th. The population of Chile will increase by 1.87% to 20,320,302 people and rank change from 67th to 75th.