The latest officially reported population of Bolivia was 12,413,315 in 2024 vs 5,169,395 people in Mauritania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bolivia's population is 12,716,350 people compared to 5,432,542 in Mauritania.
Population statistics:
- Bolivia's population is 2.34 times bigger than Mauritania's.
- Bolivia is ranked the 79th most populous country in the world, while Mauritania is the 123rd.
- The countries together account for 0.22% of the world: 0.15% for Bolivia vs 0.07% for Mauritania.
- For the last 10 years, Bolivia has had an average growth rate of +1.37% per year vs +3% in Mauritania.
- Since 2005, the population of Bolivia has increased from 9.36M people to 12.7M (35.8% growth), while Mauritania has grown from 2.94M to 5.43M (84.8% growth).
- Bolivia is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 17.9M people compared to the peak of 17.1M people in 2100 for Mauritania.
Bolivia vs Mauritania: live population counter
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| Current population |
12716350
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5432542
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| Population rank | 79/197 | 123/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
3.11 minutes
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3.58 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.02 minutes
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3.04 minutes
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| One death every |
5.99 minutes
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19 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.92 hours
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4.01 hours
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| Annual migration change | -3,000 | -2,185 |
| Daily growth/decline | +463 | +403 |
| Annual growth/decline | +169,156 | +146,954 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.38% | +2.93% |
| Population growth rate rank | 77/197 | 18/197 |
Bolivia and Mauritania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,702,323 | 824,298 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,778,731 | 846,167 | 2.06% | 2.65% |
| 1962 | 3,857,493 | 869,184 | 2.08% | 2.72% |
| 1963 | 3,938,913 | 893,423 | 2.11% | 2.79% |
| 1964 | 4,022,996 | 918,955 | 2.13% | 2.86% |
| 1965 | 4,109,796 | 945,838 | 2.16% | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 4,199,550 | 974,157 | 2.18% | 2.99% |
| 1967 | 4,292,572 | 1,003,843 | 2.22% | 3.05% |
| 1968 | 4,388,944 | 1,034,739 | 2.25% | 3.08% |
| 1969 | 4,488,232 | 1,066,754 | 2.26% | 3.09% |
| 1970 | 4,590,010 | 1,099,806 | 2.27% | 3.1% |
| 1971 | 4,694,342 | 1,133,702 | 2.27% | 3.08% |
| 1972 | 4,800,978 | 1,168,355 | 2.27% | 3.06% |
| 1973 | 4,910,200 | 1,203,838 | 2.27% | 3.04% |
| 1974 | 5,022,475 | 1,240,188 | 2.29% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 5,137,539 | 1,277,330 | 2.29% | 2.99% |
| 1976 | 5,256,496 | 1,315,336 | 2.32% | 2.98% |
| 1977 | 5,379,166 | 1,353,768 | 2.33% | 2.92% |
| 1978 | 5,504,123 | 1,392,713 | 2.32% | 2.88% |
| 1979 | 5,630,849 | 1,432,758 | 2.3% | 2.88% |
| 1980 | 5,758,900 | 1,474,043 | 2.27% | 2.88% |
| 1981 | 5,888,109 | 1,516,877 | 2.24% | 2.91% |
| 1982 | 6,018,088 | 1,561,176 | 2.21% | 2.92% |
| 1983 | 6,149,060 | 1,606,746 | 2.18% | 2.92% |
| 1984 | 6,281,868 | 1,653,693 | 2.16% | 2.92% |
| 1985 | 6,416,185 | 1,702,107 | 2.14% | 2.93% |
| 1986 | 6,552,479 | 1,751,835 | 2.12% | 2.92% |
| 1987 | 6,692,162 | 1,803,014 | 2.13% | 2.92% |
| 1988 | 6,835,508 | 1,855,859 | 2.14% | 2.93% |
| 1989 | 6,981,766 | 1,903,048 | 2.14% | 2.54% |
| 1990 | 7,130,142 | 1,951,878 | 2.13% | 2.57% |
| 1991 | 7,280,289 | 2,009,738 | 2.11% | 2.96% |
| 1992 | 7,430,336 | 2,088,135 | 2.06% | 3.9% |
| 1993 | 7,579,195 | 2,174,328 | 2% | 4.13% |
| 1994 | 7,727,322 | 2,249,454 | 1.95% | 3.46% |
| 1995 | 7,874,676 | 2,312,017 | 1.91% | 2.78% |
| 1996 | 8,021,736 | 2,358,188 | 1.87% | 2% |
| 1997 | 8,167,900 | 2,411,306 | 1.82% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 8,313,394 | 2,474,651 | 1.78% | 2.63% |
| 1999 | 8,459,806 | 2,541,698 | 1.76% | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 8,606,326 | 2,613,441 | 1.73% | 2.82% |
| 2001 | 8,752,736 | 2,678,760 | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| 2002 | 8,900,355 | 2,738,655 | 1.69% | 2.24% |
| 2003 | 9,050,700 | 2,802,046 | 1.69% | 2.31% |
| 2004 | 9,204,287 | 2,868,664 | 1.7% | 2.38% |
| 2005 | 9,360,754 | 2,939,059 | 1.7% | 2.45% |
| 2006 | 9,521,689 | 3,013,660 | 1.72% | 2.54% |
| 2007 | 9,685,960 | 3,093,059 | 1.73% | 2.63% |
| 2008 | 9,850,858 | 3,183,269 | 1.7% | 2.92% |
| 2009 | 10,016,275 | 3,284,448 | 1.68% | 3.18% |
| 2010 | 10,182,345 | 3,390,965 | 1.66% | 3.24% |
| 2011 | 10,348,929 | 3,502,811 | 1.64% | 3.3% |
| 2012 | 10,515,807 | 3,619,034 | 1.61% | 3.32% |
| 2013 | 10,682,608 | 3,734,318 | 1.59% | 3.19% |
| 2014 | 10,848,888 | 3,848,514 | 1.56% | 3.06% |
| 2015 | 11,014,705 | 3,965,959 | 1.53% | 3.05% |
| 2016 | 11,180,020 | 4,086,657 | 1.5% | 3.04% |
| 2017 | 11,344,587 | 4,210,600 | 1.47% | 3.03% |
| 2018 | 11,508,368 | 4,337,685 | 1.44% | 3.02% |
| 2019 | 11,671,386 | 4,467,708 | 1.42% | 3% |
| 2020 | 11,816,299 | 4,600,131 | 1.24% | 2.96% |
| 2021 | 11,937,360 | 4,734,874 | 1.02% | 2.93% |
| 2022 | 12,077,154 | 4,875,637 | 1.17% | 2.97% |
| 2023 | 12,244,159 | 5,022,441 | 1.38% | 3.01% |
| 2024 | 12,413,315 | 5,169,395 | 1.38% | 2.93% |
| 2025 | 12,581,842 | 5,315,063 | 1.36% | 2.82% |
| 2026 | 12,749,291 | 5,461,313 | 1.33% | 2.75% |
| 2027 | 12,915,581 | 5,608,785 | 1.3% | 2.7% |
| 2028 | 13,080,490 | 5,757,952 | 1.28% | 2.66% |
| 2029 | 13,243,771 | 5,909,186 | 1.25% | 2.63% |
| 2030 | 13,405,558 | 6,062,523 | 1.22% | 2.59% |
| 2031 | 13,565,504 | 6,217,791 | 1.19% | 2.56% |
| 2032 | 13,723,365 | 6,374,839 | 1.16% | 2.53% |
| 2033 | 13,879,048 | 6,533,828 | 1.13% | 2.49% |
| 2034 | 14,032,573 | 6,694,445 | 1.11% | 2.46% |
| 2035 | 14,183,821 | 6,856,314 | 1.08% | 2.42% |
| 2036 | 14,332,310 | 7,019,227 | 1.05% | 2.38% |
| 2037 | 14,478,101 | 7,183,105 | 1.02% | 2.33% |
| 2038 | 14,621,400 | 7,348,357 | 0.99% | 2.3% |
| 2039 | 14,761,945 | 7,514,734 | 0.96% | 2.26% |
| 2040 | 14,899,391 | 7,681,907 | 0.93% | 2.22% |
| 2041 | 15,033,982 | 7,850,210 | 0.9% | 2.19% |
| 2042 | 15,165,741 | 8,020,480 | 0.88% | 2.17% |
| 2043 | 15,294,503 | 8,192,542 | 0.85% | 2.15% |
| 2044 | 15,420,207 | 8,365,171 | 0.82% | 2.11% |
| 2045 | 15,542,783 | 8,538,521 | 0.79% | 2.07% |
| 2046 | 15,662,310 | 8,713,247 | 0.77% | 2.05% |
| 2047 | 15,778,742 | 8,888,466 | 0.74% | 2.01% |
| 2048 | 15,892,248 | 9,064,207 | 0.72% | 1.98% |
| 2049 | 16,002,807 | 9,240,169 | 0.7% | 1.94% |
| 2050 | 16,110,156 | 9,415,589 | 0.67% | 1.9% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).
Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th in 2025. Mauritania was ranked 133rd in 2005 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.
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 |
| Nouakchott | 1.08M |
| Rosso | 33.5K |
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Population differences between Bolivia and Mauritania
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| Life expectancy | 68.9 years | 68.9 years |
| Average age | 29 years | 23 years |
| Median age | 26 years | 18.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 2.55 births per woman | 4.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 29.7 ppl/mi² | 13 ppl/mi² |
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