The latest officially reported population of Bolivia was 12,413,315 in 2024 vs 18,406,359 people in Guatemala in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bolivia's population is 12,716,350 people compared to 18,912,872 in Guatemala.
Population statistics:
- Guatemala's population is 1.49 times bigger than Bolivia's.
- Bolivia is ranked the 79th most populous country in the world, while Guatemala is the 70th.
- The countries together account for 0.38% of the world: 0.15% for Bolivia vs 0.23% for Guatemala.
- For the last 10 years, Bolivia has had an average growth rate of +1.37% per year vs +1.64% in Guatemala.
- Since 2005, the population of Bolivia has increased from 9.36M people to 12.7M (35.8% growth), while Guatemala has grown from 13.1M to 18.9M (44.5% growth).
- Bolivia is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 17.9M people compared to the peak of 27.2M people in 2077 for Guatemala.
Bolivia vs Guatemala: live population counter
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| Current population |
12716350
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18912872
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| Population rank | 79/197 | 70/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
3.11 minutes
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1.87 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.02 minutes
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1.39 minutes
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| One death every |
5.99 minutes
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6.01 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.92 hours
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1.13 hours
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| Annual migration change | -3,000 | -7,725 |
| Daily growth/decline | +463 | +771 |
| Annual growth/decline | +169,156 | +281,521 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.38% | +1.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 77/197 | 71/197 |
Bolivia and Guatemala: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,702,323 | 4,063,655 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,778,731 | 4,186,201 | 2.06% | 3.02% |
| 1962 | 3,857,493 | 4,312,044 | 2.08% | 3.01% |
| 1963 | 3,938,913 | 4,440,264 | 2.11% | 2.97% |
| 1964 | 4,022,996 | 4,571,109 | 2.13% | 2.95% |
| 1965 | 4,109,796 | 4,704,965 | 2.16% | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 4,199,550 | 4,840,958 | 2.18% | 2.89% |
| 1967 | 4,292,572 | 4,978,862 | 2.22% | 2.85% |
| 1968 | 4,388,944 | 5,118,111 | 2.25% | 2.8% |
| 1969 | 4,488,232 | 5,257,081 | 2.26% | 2.72% |
| 1970 | 4,590,010 | 5,396,966 | 2.27% | 2.66% |
| 1971 | 4,694,342 | 5,538,355 | 2.27% | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 4,800,978 | 5,682,833 | 2.27% | 2.61% |
| 1973 | 4,910,200 | 5,831,631 | 2.27% | 2.62% |
| 1974 | 5,022,475 | 5,981,197 | 2.29% | 2.56% |
| 1975 | 5,137,539 | 6,128,731 | 2.29% | 2.47% |
| 1976 | 5,256,496 | 6,262,404 | 2.32% | 2.18% |
| 1977 | 5,379,166 | 6,401,515 | 2.33% | 2.22% |
| 1978 | 5,504,123 | 6,561,534 | 2.32% | 2.5% |
| 1979 | 5,630,849 | 6,727,797 | 2.3% | 2.53% |
| 1980 | 5,758,900 | 6,900,212 | 2.27% | 2.56% |
| 1981 | 5,888,109 | 7,075,648 | 2.24% | 2.54% |
| 1982 | 6,018,088 | 7,240,241 | 2.21% | 2.33% |
| 1983 | 6,149,060 | 7,419,642 | 2.18% | 2.48% |
| 1984 | 6,281,868 | 7,630,682 | 2.16% | 2.84% |
| 1985 | 6,416,185 | 7,849,693 | 2.14% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 6,552,479 | 8,070,818 | 2.12% | 2.82% |
| 1987 | 6,692,162 | 8,296,485 | 2.13% | 2.8% |
| 1988 | 6,835,508 | 8,532,099 | 2.14% | 2.84% |
| 1989 | 6,981,766 | 8,775,546 | 2.14% | 2.85% |
| 1990 | 7,130,142 | 9,024,773 | 2.13% | 2.84% |
| 1991 | 7,280,289 | 9,272,584 | 2.11% | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 7,430,336 | 9,522,266 | 2.06% | 2.69% |
| 1993 | 7,579,195 | 9,779,761 | 2% | 2.7% |
| 1994 | 7,727,322 | 10,043,718 | 1.95% | 2.7% |
| 1995 | 7,874,676 | 10,312,996 | 1.91% | 2.68% |
| 1996 | 8,021,736 | 10,583,526 | 1.87% | 2.62% |
| 1997 | 8,167,900 | 10,857,754 | 1.82% | 2.59% |
| 1998 | 8,313,394 | 11,139,145 | 1.78% | 2.59% |
| 1999 | 8,459,806 | 11,422,965 | 1.76% | 2.55% |
| 2000 | 8,606,326 | 11,697,592 | 1.73% | 2.4% |
| 2001 | 8,752,736 | 11,969,422 | 1.7% | 2.32% |
| 2002 | 8,900,355 | 12,246,915 | 1.69% | 2.32% |
| 2003 | 9,050,700 | 12,525,842 | 1.69% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 9,204,287 | 12,807,402 | 1.7% | 2.25% |
| 2005 | 9,360,754 | 13,087,629 | 1.7% | 2.19% |
| 2006 | 9,521,689 | 13,367,459 | 1.72% | 2.14% |
| 2007 | 9,685,960 | 13,652,040 | 1.73% | 2.13% |
| 2008 | 9,850,858 | 13,935,174 | 1.7% | 2.07% |
| 2009 | 10,016,275 | 14,215,611 | 1.68% | 2.01% |
| 2010 | 10,182,345 | 14,500,112 | 1.66% | 2% |
| 2011 | 10,348,929 | 14,792,126 | 1.64% | 2.01% |
| 2012 | 10,515,807 | 15,089,647 | 1.61% | 2.01% |
| 2013 | 10,682,608 | 15,387,337 | 1.59% | 1.97% |
| 2014 | 10,848,888 | 15,681,725 | 1.56% | 1.91% |
| 2015 | 11,014,705 | 15,971,743 | 1.53% | 1.85% |
| 2016 | 11,180,020 | 16,268,760 | 1.5% | 1.86% |
| 2017 | 11,344,587 | 16,567,357 | 1.47% | 1.84% |
| 2018 | 11,508,368 | 16,845,685 | 1.44% | 1.68% |
| 2019 | 11,671,386 | 17,103,803 | 1.42% | 1.53% |
| 2020 | 11,816,299 | 17,357,325 | 1.24% | 1.48% |
| 2021 | 11,937,360 | 17,598,650 | 1.02% | 1.39% |
| 2022 | 12,077,154 | 17,847,877 | 1.17% | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 12,244,159 | 18,124,838 | 1.38% | 1.55% |
| 2024 | 12,413,315 | 18,406,359 | 1.38% | 1.55% |
| 2025 | 12,581,842 | 18,687,873 | 1.36% | 1.53% |
| 2026 | 12,749,291 | 18,967,974 | 1.33% | 1.5% |
| 2027 | 12,915,581 | 19,246,005 | 1.3% | 1.47% |
| 2028 | 13,080,490 | 19,521,501 | 1.28% | 1.43% |
| 2029 | 13,243,771 | 19,795,168 | 1.25% | 1.4% |
| 2030 | 13,405,558 | 20,067,252 | 1.22% | 1.37% |
| 2031 | 13,565,504 | 20,337,369 | 1.19% | 1.35% |
| 2032 | 13,723,365 | 20,605,385 | 1.16% | 1.32% |
| 2033 | 13,879,048 | 20,871,083 | 1.13% | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 14,032,573 | 21,134,167 | 1.11% | 1.26% |
| 2035 | 14,183,821 | 21,394,231 | 1.08% | 1.23% |
| 2036 | 14,332,310 | 21,650,331 | 1.05% | 1.2% |
| 2037 | 14,478,101 | 21,901,955 | 1.02% | 1.16% |
| 2038 | 14,621,400 | 22,149,197 | 0.99% | 1.13% |
| 2039 | 14,761,945 | 22,391,079 | 0.96% | 1.09% |
| 2040 | 14,899,391 | 22,626,859 | 0.93% | 1.05% |
| 2041 | 15,033,982 | 22,856,760 | 0.9% | 1.02% |
| 2042 | 15,165,741 | 23,080,838 | 0.88% | 0.98% |
| 2043 | 15,294,503 | 23,299,226 | 0.85% | 0.95% |
| 2044 | 15,420,207 | 23,512,005 | 0.82% | 0.91% |
| 2045 | 15,542,783 | 23,719,080 | 0.79% | 0.88% |
| 2046 | 15,662,310 | 23,920,450 | 0.77% | 0.85% |
| 2047 | 15,778,742 | 24,115,734 | 0.74% | 0.82% |
| 2048 | 15,892,248 | 24,305,641 | 0.72% | 0.79% |
| 2049 | 16,002,807 | 24,491,000 | 0.7% | 0.76% |
| 2050 | 16,110,156 | 24,670,850 | 0.67% | 0.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth).
Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th in 2025. Guatemala was ranked 68th in 2005 and ranked 70th 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 Guatemala will increase by 30.4% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 70th to 67th.
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 |
| Guatemala | 1.21M |
| Mixco | 528K |
| Coban | 229K |
| Quetzaltenango | 208K |
| Jalapa | 193K |
| San Miguel Petapa | 151K |
| Momostenango | 140K |
| Mazatenango | 83.8K |
| Flores | 44.7K |
| Panajachel | 16.1K |
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Population differences between Bolivia and Guatemala
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| Life expectancy | 68.9 years | 72.9 years |
| Average age | 29 years | 27.3 years |
| Median age | 26 years | 24 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 2.55 births per woman | 2.31 births per woman |
| Population density | 29.7 ppl/mi² | 445 ppl/mi² |
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