Population in Bolivia compared to Peru: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bolivia and Peru: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bolivia	Peru	Bolivia	Peru
1960	3,702,323	10,174,127	-	-
1961	3,778,731	10,475,123	2.06%	2.96%
1962	3,857,493	10,784,612	2.08%	2.95%
1963	3,938,913	11,102,099	2.11%	2.94%
1964	4,022,996	11,427,978	2.13%	2.94%
1965	4,109,796	11,761,085	2.16%	2.91%
1966	4,199,550	12,101,297	2.18%	2.89%
1967	4,292,572	12,448,814	2.22%	2.87%
1968	4,388,944	12,803,993	2.25%	2.85%
1969	4,488,232	13,166,767	2.26%	2.83%
1970	4,590,010	13,501,237	2.27%	2.54%
1971	4,694,342	13,838,067	2.27%	2.49%
1972	4,800,978	14,210,147	2.27%	2.69%
1973	4,910,200	14,582,867	2.27%	2.62%
1974	5,022,475	14,956,552	2.29%	2.56%
1975	5,137,539	15,333,957	2.29%	2.52%
1976	5,256,496	15,716,809	2.32%	2.5%
1977	5,379,166	16,109,806	2.33%	2.5%
1978	5,504,123	16,516,059	2.32%	2.52%
1979	5,630,849	16,933,139	2.3%	2.53%
1980	5,758,900	17,360,949	2.27%	2.53%
1981	5,888,109	17,798,805	2.24%	2.52%
1982	6,018,088	18,246,503	2.21%	2.52%
1983	6,149,060	18,705,957	2.18%	2.52%
1984	6,281,868	19,174,716	2.16%	2.51%
1985	6,416,185	19,648,204	2.14%	2.47%
1986	6,552,479	20,117,122	2.12%	2.39%
1987	6,692,162	20,582,320	2.13%	2.31%
1988	6,835,508	21,054,702	2.14%	2.3%
1989	6,981,766	21,532,589	2.14%	2.27%
1990	7,130,142	22,014,771	2.13%	2.24%
1991	7,280,289	22,483,775	2.11%	2.13%
1992	7,430,336	22,946,340	2.06%	2.06%
1993	7,579,195	23,413,783	2%	2.04%
1994	7,727,322	23,881,493	1.95%	2%
1995	7,874,676	24,348,919	1.91%	1.96%
1996	8,021,736	24,811,171	1.87%	1.9%
1997	8,167,900	25,274,147	1.82%	1.87%
1998	8,313,394	25,738,095	1.78%	1.84%
1999	8,459,806	26,186,504	1.76%	1.74%
2000	8,606,326	26,598,331	1.73%	1.57%
2001	8,752,736	26,964,601	1.7%	1.38%
2002	8,900,355	27,288,217	1.69%	1.2%
2003	9,050,700	27,580,490	1.69%	1.07%
2004	9,204,287	27,852,190	1.7%	0.99%
2005	9,360,754	28,101,180	1.7%	0.89%
2006	9,521,689	28,324,491	1.72%	0.79%
2007	9,685,960	28,530,699	1.73%	0.73%
2008	9,850,858	28,719,041	1.7%	0.66%
2009	10,016,275	28,896,811	1.68%	0.62%
2010	10,182,345	29,086,019	1.66%	0.65%
2011	10,348,929	29,304,086	1.64%	0.75%
2012	10,515,807	29,550,366	1.61%	0.84%
2013	10,682,608	29,817,919	1.59%	0.91%
2014	10,848,888	30,115,826	1.56%	1%
2015	11,014,705	30,457,600	1.53%	1.13%
2016	11,180,020	30,866,494	1.5%	1.34%
2017	11,344,587	31,324,637	1.47%	1.48%
2018	11,508,368	31,897,584	1.44%	1.83%
2019	11,671,386	32,449,303	1.42%	1.73%
2020	11,816,299	32,838,579	1.24%	1.2%
2021	11,937,360	33,155,882	1.02%	0.97%
2022	12,077,154	33,475,438	1.17%	0.96%
2023	12,244,159	33,845,617	1.38%	1.11%
2024	12,413,315	34,217,848	1.38%	1.1%
2025	12,581,842	34,576,670	1.36%	1.05%
2026	12,749,291	34,922,144	1.33%	1%
2027	12,915,581	35,255,683	1.3%	0.96%
2028	13,080,490	35,578,281	1.28%	0.92%
2029	13,243,771	35,890,705	1.25%	0.88%
2030	13,405,558	36,193,882	1.22%	0.84%
2031	13,565,504	36,488,437	1.19%	0.81%
2032	13,723,365	36,774,937	1.16%	0.79%
2033	13,879,048	37,054,380	1.13%	0.76%
2034	14,032,573	37,326,798	1.11%	0.74%
2035	14,183,821	37,591,420	1.08%	0.71%
2036	14,332,310	37,848,147	1.05%	0.68%
2037	14,478,101	38,096,898	1.02%	0.66%
2038	14,621,400	38,337,328	0.99%	0.63%
2039	14,761,945	38,569,891	0.96%	0.61%
2040	14,899,391	38,794,647	0.93%	0.58%
2041	15,033,982	39,011,537	0.9%	0.56%
2042	15,165,741	39,220,371	0.88%	0.54%
2043	15,294,503	39,420,647	0.85%	0.51%
2044	15,420,207	39,612,847	0.82%	0.49%
2045	15,542,783	39,796,723	0.79%	0.46%
2046	15,662,310	39,971,719	0.77%	0.44%
2047	15,778,742	40,137,869	0.74%	0.42%
2048	15,892,248	40,294,857	0.72%	0.39%
2049	16,002,807	40,443,273	0.7%	0.37%
2050	16,110,156	40,583,875	0.67%	0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while Peru gained 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth).

Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th in 2025. Peru was ranked 39th in 2005 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.