The latest officially reported population of Bolivia was 12,413,315 in 2024 vs 10,979,783 people in Cuba in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bolivia's population is 12,716,350 people compared to 10,937,204 in Cuba.
Population statistics:
- Bolivia's population is 1.16 times bigger than Cuba's.
- Bolivia is ranked the 79th most populous country in the world, while Cuba is the 89th.
- The countries together account for 0.29% of the world: 0.15% for Bolivia vs 0.13% for Cuba.
- For the last 10 years, Bolivia has had an average growth rate of +1.37% per year vs -0.26% in Cuba.
- Since 2005, the population of Bolivia has increased from 9.36M people to 12.7M (35.8% growth), while Cuba has declined from 11.3M to 10.9M (2.89% decline).
- Bolivia is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 17.9M people, while Cuba's population already peaked in 2012 at 11.3M people and is projected to decrease to 5.58M people by 2100.
Bolivia vs Cuba: live population counter
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| Current population |
12716350
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10937204
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| Population rank | 79/197 | 89/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
3.11 minutes
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13.1 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.02 minutes
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5.48 minutes
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| One death every |
5.99 minutes
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4.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.92 hours
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23.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -3,000 | -22,356 |
| Daily growth/decline | +463 | -110 |
| Annual growth/decline | +169,156 | -40,148 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.38% | -0.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 77/197 | 180/197 |
Bolivia and Cuba: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,702,323 | 7,238,081 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,778,731 | 7,387,117 | 2.06% | 2.06% |
| 1962 | 3,857,493 | 7,541,098 | 2.08% | 2.08% |
| 1963 | 3,938,913 | 7,701,660 | 2.11% | 2.13% |
| 1964 | 4,022,996 | 7,866,020 | 2.13% | 2.13% |
| 1965 | 4,109,796 | 8,030,797 | 2.16% | 2.09% |
| 1966 | 4,199,550 | 8,193,450 | 2.18% | 2.03% |
| 1967 | 4,292,572 | 8,352,625 | 2.22% | 1.94% |
| 1968 | 4,388,944 | 8,509,522 | 2.25% | 1.88% |
| 1969 | 4,488,232 | 8,666,640 | 2.26% | 1.85% |
| 1970 | 4,590,010 | 8,824,382 | 2.27% | 1.82% |
| 1971 | 4,694,342 | 8,979,085 | 2.27% | 1.75% |
| 1972 | 4,800,978 | 9,123,891 | 2.27% | 1.61% |
| 1973 | 4,910,200 | 9,255,328 | 2.27% | 1.44% |
| 1974 | 5,022,475 | 9,374,183 | 2.29% | 1.28% |
| 1975 | 5,137,539 | 9,479,726 | 2.29% | 1.13% |
| 1976 | 5,256,496 | 9,571,242 | 2.32% | 0.97% |
| 1977 | 5,379,166 | 9,648,440 | 2.33% | 0.81% |
| 1978 | 5,504,123 | 9,711,980 | 2.32% | 0.66% |
| 1979 | 5,630,849 | 9,763,355 | 2.3% | 0.53% |
| 1980 | 5,758,900 | 9,804,796 | 2.27% | 0.42% |
| 1981 | 5,888,109 | 9,849,320 | 2.24% | 0.45% |
| 1982 | 6,018,088 | 9,912,681 | 2.21% | 0.64% |
| 1983 | 6,149,060 | 9,991,026 | 2.18% | 0.79% |
| 1984 | 6,281,868 | 10,073,299 | 2.16% | 0.82% |
| 1985 | 6,416,185 | 10,157,228 | 2.14% | 0.83% |
| 1986 | 6,552,479 | 10,244,247 | 2.12% | 0.86% |
| 1987 | 6,692,162 | 10,335,342 | 2.13% | 0.89% |
| 1988 | 6,835,508 | 10,432,585 | 2.14% | 0.94% |
| 1989 | 6,981,766 | 10,533,243 | 2.14% | 0.96% |
| 1990 | 7,130,142 | 10,631,799 | 2.13% | 0.94% |
| 1991 | 7,280,289 | 10,717,640 | 2.11% | 0.81% |
| 1992 | 7,430,336 | 10,785,801 | 2.06% | 0.64% |
| 1993 | 7,579,195 | 10,841,031 | 2% | 0.51% |
| 1994 | 7,727,322 | 10,886,021 | 1.95% | 0.41% |
| 1995 | 7,874,676 | 10,925,362 | 1.91% | 0.36% |
| 1996 | 8,021,736 | 10,962,010 | 1.87% | 0.34% |
| 1997 | 8,167,900 | 10,997,934 | 1.82% | 0.33% |
| 1998 | 8,313,394 | 11,034,712 | 1.78% | 0.33% |
| 1999 | 8,459,806 | 11,072,230 | 1.76% | 0.34% |
| 2000 | 8,606,326 | 11,109,109 | 1.73% | 0.33% |
| 2001 | 8,752,736 | 11,144,132 | 1.7% | 0.32% |
| 2002 | 8,900,355 | 11,177,418 | 1.69% | 0.3% |
| 2003 | 9,050,700 | 11,209,383 | 1.69% | 0.29% |
| 2004 | 9,204,287 | 11,238,756 | 1.7% | 0.26% |
| 2005 | 9,360,754 | 11,262,554 | 1.7% | 0.21% |
| 2006 | 9,521,689 | 11,278,550 | 1.72% | 0.14% |
| 2007 | 9,685,960 | 11,287,272 | 1.73% | 0.08% |
| 2008 | 9,850,858 | 11,291,762 | 1.7% | 0.04% |
| 2009 | 10,016,275 | 11,294,719 | 1.68% | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 10,182,345 | 11,297,409 | 1.66% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 10,348,929 | 11,301,571 | 1.64% | 0.04% |
| 2012 | 10,515,807 | 11,303,175 | 1.61% | 0.01% |
| 2013 | 10,682,608 | 11,298,167 | 1.59% | -0.04% |
| 2014 | 10,848,888 | 11,285,775 | 1.56% | -0.11% |
| 2015 | 11,014,705 | 11,275,065 | 1.53% | -0.09% |
| 2016 | 11,180,020 | 11,265,612 | 1.5% | -0.08% |
| 2017 | 11,344,587 | 11,247,829 | 1.47% | -0.16% |
| 2018 | 11,508,368 | 11,227,118 | 1.44% | -0.18% |
| 2019 | 11,671,386 | 11,202,846 | 1.42% | -0.22% |
| 2020 | 11,816,299 | 11,176,354 | 1.24% | -0.24% |
| 2021 | 11,937,360 | 11,122,168 | 1.02% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 12,077,154 | 11,059,820 | 1.17% | -0.56% |
| 2023 | 12,244,159 | 11,019,931 | 1.38% | -0.36% |
| 2024 | 12,413,315 | 10,979,783 | 1.38% | -0.36% |
| 2025 | 12,581,842 | 10,937,204 | 1.36% | -0.39% |
| 2026 | 12,749,291 | 10,892,659 | 1.33% | -0.41% |
| 2027 | 12,915,581 | 10,846,709 | 1.3% | -0.42% |
| 2028 | 13,080,490 | 10,799,586 | 1.28% | -0.43% |
| 2029 | 13,243,771 | 10,750,892 | 1.25% | -0.45% |
| 2030 | 13,405,558 | 10,700,820 | 1.22% | -0.47% |
| 2031 | 13,565,504 | 10,649,673 | 1.19% | -0.48% |
| 2032 | 13,723,365 | 10,597,336 | 1.16% | -0.49% |
| 2033 | 13,879,048 | 10,543,539 | 1.13% | -0.51% |
| 2034 | 14,032,573 | 10,488,270 | 1.11% | -0.52% |
| 2035 | 14,183,821 | 10,431,762 | 1.08% | -0.54% |
| 2036 | 14,332,310 | 10,373,926 | 1.05% | -0.55% |
| 2037 | 14,478,101 | 10,314,339 | 1.02% | -0.57% |
| 2038 | 14,621,400 | 10,253,201 | 0.99% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 14,761,945 | 10,190,465 | 0.96% | -0.61% |
| 2040 | 14,899,391 | 10,125,837 | 0.93% | -0.63% |
| 2041 | 15,033,982 | 10,059,299 | 0.9% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 15,165,741 | 9,990,897 | 0.88% | -0.68% |
| 2043 | 15,294,503 | 9,920,670 | 0.85% | -0.7% |
| 2044 | 15,420,207 | 9,848,751 | 0.82% | -0.72% |
| 2045 | 15,542,783 | 9,775,205 | 0.79% | -0.75% |
| 2046 | 15,662,310 | 9,699,830 | 0.77% | -0.77% |
| 2047 | 15,778,742 | 9,622,707 | 0.74% | -0.8% |
| 2048 | 15,892,248 | 9,544,142 | 0.72% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 16,002,807 | 9,463,925 | 0.7% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 16,110,156 | 9,381,995 | 0.67% | -0.87% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while Cuba gained 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while Cuba's population decreased by -337,861 (a 3% decline).
Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th in 2025. Cuba was ranked 72nd in 2005 and ranked 89th 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 Cuba will decrease by 14.2% to 9,381,995 people and rank change from 89th to 104th.
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 |
| Havana | 2.49M |
| Santiago de Cuba | 445K |
| Holguin | 350K |
| Camaguey | 322K |
| Santa Clara | 247K |
| Bayamo | 235K |
| Guantanamo | 228K |
| Las Tunas | 202K |
| Pinar del Rio | 189K |
| Cienfuegos | 165K |
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Population differences between Bolivia and Cuba
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| Life expectancy | 68.9 years | 78.4 years |
| Average age | 29 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 26 years | 43.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.55 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman |
| Population density | 29.7 ppl/mi² | 274 ppl/mi² |
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