The latest officially reported population of Bolivia was 12,413,315 in 2024 vs 2,337,423 people in Lesotho in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bolivia's population is 12,751,108 people compared to 2,389,618 in Lesotho.
Population statistics:
- Bolivia's population is 5.34 times bigger than Lesotho's.
- Bolivia is ranked the 79th most populous country in the world, while Lesotho is the 143rd.
- The countries together account for 0.18% of the world: 0.15% for Bolivia vs 0.03% for Lesotho.
- For the last 10 years, Bolivia has had an average growth rate of +1.37% per year vs +1.17% in Lesotho.
- Since 2006, the population of Bolivia has increased from 9.52M people to 12.8M (33.9% growth), while Lesotho has grown from 1.95M to 2.39M (22.9% growth).
- Bolivia is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 17.9M people compared to the peak of 3.31M people in 2083 for Lesotho.
Bolivia vs Lesotho: live population counter
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| Current population |
12751108
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2389618
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| Population rank | 79/197 | 143/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
3.11 minutes
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20.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.02 minutes
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9.43 minutes
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| One death every |
5.99 minutes
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21.4 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.92 hours
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1.72 hours
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| Annual migration change | -3,000 | -5,107 |
| Daily growth/decline | +463 | +71 |
| Annual growth/decline | +169,156 | +25,951 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.38% | +1.12% |
| Population growth rate rank | 76/197 | 94/197 |
Bolivia and Lesotho: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,702,323 | 736,500 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,778,731 | 758,824 | 2.06% | 3.03% |
| 1962 | 3,857,493 | 781,814 | 2.08% | 3.03% |
| 1963 | 3,938,913 | 805,373 | 2.11% | 3.01% |
| 1964 | 4,022,996 | 829,437 | 2.13% | 2.99% |
| 1965 | 4,109,796 | 854,090 | 2.16% | 2.97% |
| 1966 | 4,199,550 | 881,870 | 2.18% | 3.25% |
| 1967 | 4,292,572 | 913,982 | 2.22% | 3.64% |
| 1968 | 4,388,944 | 948,105 | 2.25% | 3.73% |
| 1969 | 4,488,232 | 983,202 | 2.26% | 3.7% |
| 1970 | 4,590,010 | 1,019,273 | 2.27% | 3.67% |
| 1971 | 4,694,342 | 1,056,246 | 2.27% | 3.63% |
| 1972 | 4,800,978 | 1,094,063 | 2.27% | 3.58% |
| 1973 | 4,910,200 | 1,132,697 | 2.27% | 3.53% |
| 1974 | 5,022,475 | 1,172,420 | 2.29% | 3.51% |
| 1975 | 5,137,539 | 1,213,643 | 2.29% | 3.52% |
| 1976 | 5,256,496 | 1,253,214 | 2.32% | 3.26% |
| 1977 | 5,379,166 | 1,289,967 | 2.33% | 2.93% |
| 1978 | 5,504,123 | 1,327,240 | 2.32% | 2.89% |
| 1979 | 5,630,849 | 1,366,169 | 2.3% | 2.93% |
| 1980 | 5,758,900 | 1,406,521 | 2.27% | 2.95% |
| 1981 | 5,888,109 | 1,448,069 | 2.24% | 2.95% |
| 1982 | 6,018,088 | 1,490,732 | 2.21% | 2.95% |
| 1983 | 6,149,060 | 1,534,413 | 2.18% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 6,281,868 | 1,578,986 | 2.16% | 2.9% |
| 1985 | 6,416,185 | 1,624,379 | 2.14% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 6,552,479 | 1,666,138 | 2.12% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 6,692,162 | 1,703,390 | 2.13% | 2.24% |
| 1988 | 6,835,508 | 1,739,841 | 2.14% | 2.14% |
| 1989 | 6,981,766 | 1,775,436 | 2.14% | 2.05% |
| 1990 | 7,130,142 | 1,809,696 | 2.13% | 1.93% |
| 1991 | 7,280,289 | 1,842,379 | 2.11% | 1.81% |
| 1992 | 7,430,336 | 1,873,274 | 2.06% | 1.68% |
| 1993 | 7,579,195 | 1,901,793 | 2% | 1.52% |
| 1994 | 7,727,322 | 1,927,707 | 1.95% | 1.36% |
| 1995 | 7,874,676 | 1,951,437 | 1.91% | 1.23% |
| 1996 | 8,021,736 | 1,972,418 | 1.87% | 1.08% |
| 1997 | 8,167,900 | 1,988,130 | 1.82% | 0.8% |
| 1998 | 8,313,394 | 1,998,049 | 1.78% | 0.5% |
| 1999 | 8,459,806 | 2,003,234 | 1.76% | 0.26% |
| 2000 | 8,606,326 | 2,003,913 | 1.73% | 0.03% |
| 2001 | 8,752,736 | 2,000,853 | 1.7% | -0.15% |
| 2002 | 8,900,355 | 1,994,679 | 1.69% | -0.31% |
| 2003 | 9,050,700 | 1,985,059 | 1.69% | -0.48% |
| 2004 | 9,204,287 | 1,971,129 | 1.7% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 9,360,754 | 1,953,076 | 1.7% | -0.92% |
| 2006 | 9,521,689 | 1,945,063 | 1.72% | -0.41% |
| 2007 | 9,685,960 | 1,953,268 | 1.73% | 0.42% |
| 2008 | 9,850,858 | 1,966,541 | 1.7% | 0.68% |
| 2009 | 10,016,275 | 1,980,883 | 1.68% | 0.73% |
| 2010 | 10,182,345 | 1,996,251 | 1.66% | 0.78% |
| 2011 | 10,348,929 | 2,014,009 | 1.64% | 0.89% |
| 2012 | 10,515,807 | 2,034,354 | 1.61% | 1.01% |
| 2013 | 10,682,608 | 2,056,504 | 1.59% | 1.09% |
| 2014 | 10,848,888 | 2,080,089 | 1.56% | 1.15% |
| 2015 | 11,014,705 | 2,104,611 | 1.53% | 1.18% |
| 2016 | 11,180,020 | 2,130,422 | 1.5% | 1.23% |
| 2017 | 11,344,587 | 2,157,110 | 1.47% | 1.25% |
| 2018 | 11,508,368 | 2,183,603 | 1.44% | 1.23% |
| 2019 | 11,671,386 | 2,209,405 | 1.42% | 1.18% |
| 2020 | 11,816,299 | 2,235,727 | 1.24% | 1.19% |
| 2021 | 11,937,360 | 2,261,542 | 1.02% | 1.15% |
| 2022 | 12,077,154 | 2,286,110 | 1.17% | 1.09% |
| 2023 | 12,244,159 | 2,311,472 | 1.38% | 1.11% |
| 2024 | 12,413,315 | 2,337,423 | 1.38% | 1.12% |
| 2025 | 12,581,842 | 2,363,324 | 1.36% | 1.11% |
| 2026 | 12,749,291 | 2,389,334 | 1.33% | 1.1% |
| 2027 | 12,915,581 | 2,415,365 | 1.3% | 1.09% |
| 2028 | 13,080,490 | 2,441,435 | 1.28% | 1.08% |
| 2029 | 13,243,771 | 2,467,677 | 1.25% | 1.07% |
| 2030 | 13,405,558 | 2,493,816 | 1.22% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 13,565,504 | 2,520,014 | 1.19% | 1.05% |
| 2032 | 13,723,365 | 2,546,489 | 1.16% | 1.05% |
| 2033 | 13,879,048 | 2,573,106 | 1.13% | 1.05% |
| 2034 | 14,032,573 | 2,599,777 | 1.11% | 1.04% |
| 2035 | 14,183,821 | 2,626,560 | 1.08% | 1.03% |
| 2036 | 14,332,310 | 2,653,503 | 1.05% | 1.03% |
| 2037 | 14,478,101 | 2,680,081 | 1.02% | 1% |
| 2038 | 14,621,400 | 2,706,197 | 0.99% | 0.97% |
| 2039 | 14,761,945 | 2,732,138 | 0.96% | 0.96% |
| 2040 | 14,899,391 | 2,757,868 | 0.93% | 0.94% |
| 2041 | 15,033,982 | 2,783,361 | 0.9% | 0.92% |
| 2042 | 15,165,741 | 2,808,538 | 0.88% | 0.9% |
| 2043 | 15,294,503 | 2,833,257 | 0.85% | 0.88% |
| 2044 | 15,420,207 | 2,857,499 | 0.82% | 0.86% |
| 2045 | 15,542,783 | 2,881,333 | 0.79% | 0.83% |
| 2046 | 15,662,310 | 2,904,780 | 0.77% | 0.81% |
| 2047 | 15,778,742 | 2,927,859 | 0.74% | 0.79% |
| 2048 | 15,892,248 | 2,950,411 | 0.72% | 0.77% |
| 2049 | 16,002,807 | 2,972,156 | 0.7% | 0.74% |
| 2050 | 16,110,156 | 2,993,080 | 0.67% | 0.7% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,658,331 people (a 17.4% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bolivia gained 1,571,088 (a 14.1% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).
Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2006 and is 79th in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd 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 Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.
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 |
| Maseru | 344K |
| Teyateyaneng | 75.1K |
| Mafeteng | 57.1K |
| Butha-Buthe | 10K |
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Population differences between Bolivia and Lesotho
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| Life expectancy | 69.1 years | 58.6 years |
| Average age | 29 years | 25.8 years |
| Median age | 26 years | 22.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 48.7:51.3 |
| Fertility rate | 2.55 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| Population density | 29.7 ppl/mi² | 199.4 ppl/mi² |
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