The latest officially reported population of Bolivia was 12,413,315 in 2024 vs 5,572,272 people in Norway in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bolivia's population is 12,716,350 people compared to 5,642,662 in Norway.
Population statistics:
- Bolivia's population is 2.25 times bigger than Norway's.
- Bolivia is ranked the 79th most populous country in the world, while Norway is the 119th.
- The countries together account for 0.22% of the world: 0.15% for Bolivia vs 0.07% for Norway.
- For the last 10 years, Bolivia has had an average growth rate of +1.37% per year vs +0.85% in Norway.
- Since 2005, the population of Bolivia has increased from 9.36M people to 12.7M (35.8% growth), while Norway has grown from 4.62M to 5.64M (22% growth).
- Bolivia is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 17.9M people compared to the peak of 5.9M people in 2050 for Norway.
Bolivia vs Norway: live population counter
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| Current population |
12716350
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5642662
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| Population rank | 79/197 | 119/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
3.11 minutes
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9.98 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.02 minutes
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10.1 minutes
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| One death every |
5.99 minutes
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12.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.92 hours
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11.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -3,000 | +44,356 |
| Daily growth/decline | +463 | +144 |
| Annual growth/decline | +169,156 | +52,678 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.38% | +0.95% |
| Population growth rate rank | 77/197 | 107/197 |
Bolivia and Norway: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,702,323 | 3,581,239 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,778,731 | 3,609,800 | 2.06% | 0.8% |
| 1962 | 3,857,493 | 3,638,918 | 2.08% | 0.81% |
| 1963 | 3,938,913 | 3,666,537 | 2.11% | 0.76% |
| 1964 | 4,022,996 | 3,694,339 | 2.13% | 0.76% |
| 1965 | 4,109,796 | 3,723,168 | 2.16% | 0.78% |
| 1966 | 4,199,550 | 3,753,012 | 2.18% | 0.8% |
| 1967 | 4,292,572 | 3,784,539 | 2.22% | 0.84% |
| 1968 | 4,388,944 | 3,816,486 | 2.25% | 0.84% |
| 1969 | 4,488,232 | 3,847,707 | 2.26% | 0.82% |
| 1970 | 4,590,010 | 3,875,763 | 2.27% | 0.73% |
| 1971 | 4,694,342 | 3,903,039 | 2.27% | 0.7% |
| 1972 | 4,800,978 | 3,933,004 | 2.27% | 0.77% |
| 1973 | 4,910,200 | 3,960,612 | 2.27% | 0.7% |
| 1974 | 5,022,475 | 3,985,258 | 2.29% | 0.62% |
| 1975 | 5,137,539 | 4,007,313 | 2.29% | 0.55% |
| 1976 | 5,256,496 | 4,026,152 | 2.32% | 0.47% |
| 1977 | 5,379,166 | 4,043,205 | 2.33% | 0.42% |
| 1978 | 5,504,123 | 4,058,671 | 2.32% | 0.38% |
| 1979 | 5,630,849 | 4,072,517 | 2.3% | 0.34% |
| 1980 | 5,758,900 | 4,085,620 | 2.27% | 0.32% |
| 1981 | 5,888,109 | 4,099,702 | 2.24% | 0.34% |
| 1982 | 6,018,088 | 4,114,787 | 2.21% | 0.37% |
| 1983 | 6,149,060 | 4,128,432 | 2.18% | 0.33% |
| 1984 | 6,281,868 | 4,140,099 | 2.16% | 0.28% |
| 1985 | 6,416,185 | 4,152,516 | 2.14% | 0.3% |
| 1986 | 6,552,479 | 4,167,354 | 2.12% | 0.36% |
| 1987 | 6,692,162 | 4,186,905 | 2.13% | 0.47% |
| 1988 | 6,835,508 | 4,209,488 | 2.14% | 0.54% |
| 1989 | 6,981,766 | 4,226,901 | 2.14% | 0.41% |
| 1990 | 7,130,142 | 4,241,473 | 2.13% | 0.34% |
| 1991 | 7,280,289 | 4,261,732 | 2.11% | 0.48% |
| 1992 | 7,430,336 | 4,286,401 | 2.06% | 0.58% |
| 1993 | 7,579,195 | 4,311,991 | 2% | 0.6% |
| 1994 | 7,727,322 | 4,336,613 | 1.95% | 0.57% |
| 1995 | 7,874,676 | 4,359,184 | 1.91% | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 8,021,736 | 4,381,336 | 1.87% | 0.51% |
| 1997 | 8,167,900 | 4,405,157 | 1.82% | 0.54% |
| 1998 | 8,313,394 | 4,431,464 | 1.78% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 8,459,806 | 4,461,913 | 1.76% | 0.69% |
| 2000 | 8,606,326 | 4,490,967 | 1.73% | 0.65% |
| 2001 | 8,752,736 | 4,513,751 | 1.7% | 0.51% |
| 2002 | 8,900,355 | 4,538,159 | 1.69% | 0.54% |
| 2003 | 9,050,700 | 4,564,855 | 1.69% | 0.59% |
| 2004 | 9,204,287 | 4,591,910 | 1.7% | 0.59% |
| 2005 | 9,360,754 | 4,623,291 | 1.7% | 0.68% |
| 2006 | 9,521,689 | 4,660,677 | 1.72% | 0.81% |
| 2007 | 9,685,960 | 4,709,153 | 1.73% | 1.04% |
| 2008 | 9,850,858 | 4,768,212 | 1.7% | 1.25% |
| 2009 | 10,016,275 | 4,828,726 | 1.68% | 1.27% |
| 2010 | 10,182,345 | 4,889,252 | 1.66% | 1.25% |
| 2011 | 10,348,929 | 4,953,088 | 1.64% | 1.31% |
| 2012 | 10,515,807 | 5,018,573 | 1.61% | 1.32% |
| 2013 | 10,682,608 | 5,079,623 | 1.59% | 1.22% |
| 2014 | 10,848,888 | 5,137,232 | 1.56% | 1.13% |
| 2015 | 11,014,705 | 5,188,607 | 1.53% | 1% |
| 2016 | 11,180,020 | 5,234,519 | 1.5% | 0.88% |
| 2017 | 11,344,587 | 5,276,968 | 1.47% | 0.81% |
| 2018 | 11,508,368 | 5,311,916 | 1.44% | 0.66% |
| 2019 | 11,671,386 | 5,347,896 | 1.42% | 0.68% |
| 2020 | 11,816,299 | 5,379,475 | 1.24% | 0.59% |
| 2021 | 11,937,360 | 5,408,320 | 1.02% | 0.54% |
| 2022 | 12,077,154 | 5,457,127 | 1.17% | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 12,244,159 | 5,519,594 | 1.38% | 1.14% |
| 2024 | 12,413,315 | 5,572,272 | 1.38% | 0.95% |
| 2025 | 12,581,842 | 5,618,653 | 1.36% | 0.83% |
| 2026 | 12,749,291 | 5,648,542 | 1.33% | 0.53% |
| 2027 | 12,915,581 | 5,669,085 | 1.3% | 0.36% |
| 2028 | 13,080,490 | 5,688,775 | 1.28% | 0.35% |
| 2029 | 13,243,771 | 5,707,206 | 1.25% | 0.32% |
| 2030 | 13,405,558 | 5,724,586 | 1.22% | 0.3% |
| 2031 | 13,565,504 | 5,741,140 | 1.19% | 0.29% |
| 2032 | 13,723,365 | 5,756,663 | 1.16% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 13,879,048 | 5,771,048 | 1.13% | 0.25% |
| 2034 | 14,032,573 | 5,784,408 | 1.11% | 0.23% |
| 2035 | 14,183,821 | 5,796,851 | 1.08% | 0.22% |
| 2036 | 14,332,310 | 5,808,721 | 1.05% | 0.2% |
| 2037 | 14,478,101 | 5,819,995 | 1.02% | 0.19% |
| 2038 | 14,621,400 | 5,830,604 | 0.99% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 14,761,945 | 5,840,493 | 0.96% | 0.17% |
| 2040 | 14,899,391 | 5,849,273 | 0.93% | 0.15% |
| 2041 | 15,033,982 | 5,857,345 | 0.9% | 0.14% |
| 2042 | 15,165,741 | 5,864,766 | 0.88% | 0.13% |
| 2043 | 15,294,503 | 5,870,957 | 0.85% | 0.11% |
| 2044 | 15,420,207 | 5,876,291 | 0.82% | 0.09% |
| 2045 | 15,542,783 | 5,881,391 | 0.79% | 0.09% |
| 2046 | 15,662,310 | 5,885,772 | 0.77% | 0.07% |
| 2047 | 15,778,742 | 5,889,156 | 0.74% | 0.06% |
| 2048 | 15,892,248 | 5,892,131 | 0.72% | 0.05% |
| 2049 | 16,002,807 | 5,894,300 | 0.7% | 0.04% |
| 2050 | 16,110,156 | 5,895,192 | 0.67% | 0.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while Norway gained 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while Norway's population increased by 454,055 (a 8.75% growth).
Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th in 2025. Norway was ranked 116th in 2005 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.
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Population differences between Bolivia and Norway
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| Life expectancy | 68.9 years | 83.6 years |
| Average age | 29 years | 41.3 years |
| Median age | 26 years | 40.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 50.4:49.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.55 births per woman | 1.4 births per woman |
| Population density | 29.7 ppl/mi² | 39.6 ppl/mi² |
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