The latest officially reported population of Bolivia was 12,413,315 in 2024 vs 10,701,636 people in Portugal in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bolivia's population is 12,716,350 people compared to 10,687,819 in Portugal.
Population statistics:
- Bolivia's population is 1.19 times bigger than Portugal's.
- Bolivia is ranked the 79th most populous country in the world, while Portugal is the 92nd.
- The countries together account for 0.28% of the world: 0.15% for Bolivia vs 0.13% for Portugal.
- For the last 10 years, Bolivia has had an average growth rate of +1.37% per year vs +0.21% in Portugal.
- Since 2005, the population of Bolivia has increased from 9.36M people to 12.7M (35.8% growth), while Portugal has grown from 10.5M to 10.7M (1.76% growth).
- Bolivia is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 17.9M people, while Portugal's population already peaked in 2024 at 10.7M people and is projected to decrease to 8.99M people by 2100.
Bolivia vs Portugal: live population counter
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| Current population |
12716350
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10687819
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| Population rank | 79/197 | 92/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
3.11 minutes
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4.26 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.02 minutes
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6.13 minutes
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| One death every |
5.99 minutes
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4.44 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.92 hours
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25.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -3,000 | +20,648 |
| Daily growth/decline | +463 | +338 |
| Annual growth/decline | +169,156 | +123,462 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.38% | +1.17% |
| Population growth rate rank | 77/197 | 94/197 |
Bolivia and Portugal: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,702,323 | 8,857,716 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,778,731 | 8,929,316 | 2.06% | 0.81% |
| 1962 | 3,857,493 | 8,993,985 | 2.08% | 0.72% |
| 1963 | 3,938,913 | 9,030,355 | 2.11% | 0.4% |
| 1964 | 4,022,996 | 9,035,365 | 2.13% | 0.06% |
| 1965 | 4,109,796 | 8,998,595 | 2.16% | -0.41% |
| 1966 | 4,199,550 | 8,930,990 | 2.18% | -0.75% |
| 1967 | 4,292,572 | 8,874,520 | 2.22% | -0.63% |
| 1968 | 4,388,944 | 8,836,650 | 2.25% | -0.43% |
| 1969 | 4,488,232 | 8,757,705 | 2.26% | -0.89% |
| 1970 | 4,590,010 | 8,680,431 | 2.27% | -0.88% |
| 1971 | 4,694,342 | 8,643,756 | 2.27% | -0.42% |
| 1972 | 4,800,978 | 8,630,430 | 2.27% | -0.15% |
| 1973 | 4,910,200 | 8,633,100 | 2.27% | 0.03% |
| 1974 | 5,022,475 | 8,754,365 | 2.29% | 1.4% |
| 1975 | 5,137,539 | 9,093,470 | 2.29% | 3.87% |
| 1976 | 5,256,496 | 9,355,810 | 2.32% | 2.88% |
| 1977 | 5,379,166 | 9,455,675 | 2.33% | 1.07% |
| 1978 | 5,504,123 | 9,558,250 | 2.32% | 1.08% |
| 1979 | 5,630,849 | 9,661,265 | 2.3% | 1.08% |
| 1980 | 5,758,900 | 9,766,312 | 2.27% | 1.09% |
| 1981 | 5,888,109 | 9,851,362 | 2.24% | 0.87% |
| 1982 | 6,018,088 | 9,911,771 | 2.21% | 0.61% |
| 1983 | 6,149,060 | 9,957,865 | 2.18% | 0.47% |
| 1984 | 6,281,868 | 9,996,232 | 2.16% | 0.39% |
| 1985 | 6,416,185 | 10,023,613 | 2.14% | 0.27% |
| 1986 | 6,552,479 | 10,032,734 | 2.12% | 0.09% |
| 1987 | 6,692,162 | 10,030,031 | 2.13% | -0.03% |
| 1988 | 6,835,508 | 10,019,610 | 2.14% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 6,981,766 | 10,005,000 | 2.14% | -0.15% |
| 1990 | 7,130,142 | 9,983,218 | 2.13% | -0.22% |
| 1991 | 7,280,289 | 9,960,235 | 2.11% | -0.23% |
| 1992 | 7,430,336 | 9,952,494 | 2.06% | -0.08% |
| 1993 | 7,579,195 | 9,964,675 | 2% | 0.12% |
| 1994 | 7,727,322 | 9,991,525 | 1.95% | 0.27% |
| 1995 | 7,874,676 | 10,026,176 | 1.91% | 0.35% |
| 1996 | 8,021,736 | 10,063,945 | 1.87% | 0.38% |
| 1997 | 8,167,900 | 10,108,977 | 1.82% | 0.45% |
| 1998 | 8,313,394 | 10,160,196 | 1.78% | 0.51% |
| 1999 | 8,459,806 | 10,217,828 | 1.76% | 0.57% |
| 2000 | 8,606,326 | 10,289,898 | 1.73% | 0.71% |
| 2001 | 8,752,736 | 10,362,722 | 1.7% | 0.71% |
| 2002 | 8,900,355 | 10,419,631 | 1.69% | 0.55% |
| 2003 | 9,050,700 | 10,458,821 | 1.69% | 0.38% |
| 2004 | 9,204,287 | 10,483,861 | 1.7% | 0.24% |
| 2005 | 9,360,754 | 10,503,330 | 1.7% | 0.19% |
| 2006 | 9,521,689 | 10,522,288 | 1.72% | 0.18% |
| 2007 | 9,685,960 | 10,542,964 | 1.73% | 0.2% |
| 2008 | 9,850,858 | 10,558,177 | 1.7% | 0.14% |
| 2009 | 10,016,275 | 10,568,247 | 1.68% | 0.1% |
| 2010 | 10,182,345 | 10,573,100 | 1.66% | 0.05% |
| 2011 | 10,348,929 | 10,557,560 | 1.64% | -0.15% |
| 2012 | 10,515,807 | 10,514,844 | 1.61% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 10,682,608 | 10,457,295 | 1.59% | -0.55% |
| 2014 | 10,848,888 | 10,401,062 | 1.56% | -0.54% |
| 2015 | 11,014,705 | 10,358,076 | 1.53% | -0.41% |
| 2016 | 11,180,020 | 10,325,452 | 1.5% | -0.31% |
| 2017 | 11,344,587 | 10,300,300 | 1.47% | -0.24% |
| 2018 | 11,508,368 | 10,283,822 | 1.44% | -0.16% |
| 2019 | 11,671,386 | 10,286,263 | 1.42% | 0.02% |
| 2020 | 11,816,299 | 10,297,081 | 1.24% | 0.11% |
| 2021 | 11,937,360 | 10,361,831 | 1.02% | 0.63% |
| 2022 | 12,077,154 | 10,434,332 | 1.17% | 0.7% |
| 2023 | 12,244,159 | 10,578,174 | 1.38% | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 12,413,315 | 10,701,636 | 1.38% | 1.17% |
| 2025 | 12,581,842 | 10,687,819 | 1.36% | -0.13% |
| 2026 | 12,749,291 | 10,670,917 | 1.33% | -0.16% |
| 2027 | 12,915,581 | 10,653,073 | 1.3% | -0.17% |
| 2028 | 13,080,490 | 10,632,868 | 1.28% | -0.19% |
| 2029 | 13,243,771 | 10,611,484 | 1.25% | -0.2% |
| 2030 | 13,405,558 | 10,591,436 | 1.22% | -0.19% |
| 2031 | 13,565,504 | 10,571,418 | 1.19% | -0.19% |
| 2032 | 13,723,365 | 10,549,456 | 1.16% | -0.21% |
| 2033 | 13,879,048 | 10,526,482 | 1.13% | -0.22% |
| 2034 | 14,032,573 | 10,502,882 | 1.11% | -0.22% |
| 2035 | 14,183,821 | 10,478,843 | 1.08% | -0.23% |
| 2036 | 14,332,310 | 10,454,630 | 1.05% | -0.23% |
| 2037 | 14,478,101 | 10,430,128 | 1.02% | -0.23% |
| 2038 | 14,621,400 | 10,404,947 | 0.99% | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 14,761,945 | 10,377,968 | 0.96% | -0.26% |
| 2040 | 14,899,391 | 10,349,515 | 0.93% | -0.27% |
| 2041 | 15,033,982 | 10,321,577 | 0.9% | -0.27% |
| 2042 | 15,165,741 | 10,294,106 | 0.88% | -0.27% |
| 2043 | 15,294,503 | 10,264,596 | 0.85% | -0.29% |
| 2044 | 15,420,207 | 10,233,543 | 0.82% | -0.3% |
| 2045 | 15,542,783 | 10,201,832 | 0.79% | -0.31% |
| 2046 | 15,662,310 | 10,168,932 | 0.77% | -0.32% |
| 2047 | 15,778,742 | 10,135,159 | 0.74% | -0.33% |
| 2048 | 15,892,248 | 10,101,419 | 0.72% | -0.33% |
| 2049 | 16,002,807 | 10,066,064 | 0.7% | -0.35% |
| 2050 | 16,110,156 | 10,029,252 | 0.67% | -0.37% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).
Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.
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Population differences between Bolivia and Portugal
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| Life expectancy | 68.9 years | 82.7 years |
| Average age | 29 years | 45.7 years |
| Median age | 26 years | 47.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 47.6:52.4 |
| Fertility rate | 2.55 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman |
| Population density | 29.7 ppl/mi² | 303 ppl/mi² |
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