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Population in Bolivia compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bolivia was 12,413,315 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bolivia's population is 12,716,350 people compared to 22,125,995 in Sri Lanka.

Population statistics:

  • Sri Lanka's population is 1.74 times bigger than Bolivia's.
  • Bolivia is ranked the 79th most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.42% of the world: 0.15% for Bolivia vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
  • For the last 10 years, Bolivia has had an average growth rate of +1.37% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
  • Since 2005, the population of Bolivia has increased from 9.36M people to 12.7M (35.8% growth), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.2M to 22.1M (9.45% growth).
  • Bolivia is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 17.9M people compared to the peak of 23.5M people in 2051 for Sri Lanka.

Bolivia vs Sri Lanka: live population counter

Bolivia Sri Lanka
Current population
12716350
22125995
Population rank 79/197 63/197
Percent of world population 0.15% 0.27%
One net population change
3.11 minutes
4.34 minutes
One birth every
2.02 minutes
2.13 minutes
One death every
5.99 minutes
2.91 minutes
One migration net change every
2.92 hours
19.3 minutes
Annual migration change -3,000 -27,245
Daily growth/decline +463 -332
Annual growth/decline +169,156 -121,000
Annual growth/decline rate +1.38% -0.55%
Population growth rate rank 77/197 187/197

Bolivia and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Bolivia
Population

Growth rate
Sri Lanka
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bolivia Sri Lanka Bolivia Sri Lanka
1960 3,702,323 9,661,389 - -
1961 3,778,731 9,899,372 2.06% 2.46%
1962 3,857,493 10,143,754 2.08% 2.47%
1963 3,938,913 10,395,040 2.11% 2.48%
1964 4,022,996 10,653,397 2.13% 2.49%
1965 4,109,796 10,916,965 2.16% 2.47%
1966 4,199,550 11,183,928 2.18% 2.45%
1967 4,292,572 11,457,328 2.22% 2.44%
1968 4,388,944 11,736,088 2.25% 2.43%
1969 4,488,232 12,013,858 2.26% 2.37%
1970 4,590,010 12,287,110 2.27% 2.27%
1971 4,694,342 12,551,910 2.27% 2.16%
1972 4,800,978 12,809,205 2.27% 2.05%
1973 4,910,200 13,060,916 2.27% 1.97%
1974 5,022,475 13,305,693 2.29% 1.87%
1975 5,137,539 13,548,984 2.29% 1.83%
1976 5,256,496 13,796,770 2.32% 1.83%
1977 5,379,166 14,049,371 2.33% 1.83%
1978 5,504,123 14,310,128 2.32% 1.86%
1979 5,630,849 14,579,614 2.3% 1.88%
1980 5,758,900 14,847,974 2.27% 1.84%
1981 5,888,109 15,099,414 2.24% 1.69%
1982 6,018,088 15,286,567 2.21% 1.24%
1983 6,149,060 15,388,794 2.18% 0.67%
1984 6,281,868 15,441,860 2.16% 0.34%
1985 6,416,185 15,544,154 2.14% 0.66%
1986 6,552,479 15,731,256 2.12% 1.2%
1987 6,692,162 15,916,576 2.13% 1.18%
1988 6,835,508 16,078,621 2.14% 1.02%
1989 6,981,766 16,248,557 2.14% 1.06%
1990 7,130,142 16,352,458 2.13% 0.64%
1991 7,280,289 16,475,354 2.11% 0.75%
1992 7,430,336 16,739,284 2.06% 1.6%
1993 7,579,195 17,025,918 2% 1.71%
1994 7,727,322 17,275,773 1.95% 1.47%
1995 7,874,676 17,564,068 1.91% 1.67%
1996 8,021,736 17,905,018 1.87% 1.94%
1997 8,167,900 18,248,200 1.82% 1.92%
1998 8,313,394 18,596,003 1.78% 1.91%
1999 8,459,806 18,944,731 1.76% 1.88%
2000 8,606,326 19,293,054 1.73% 1.84%
2001 8,752,736 19,600,362 1.7% 1.59%
2002 8,900,355 19,805,752 1.69% 1.05%
2003 9,050,700 19,951,521 1.69% 0.74%
2004 9,204,287 20,087,605 1.7% 0.68%
2005 9,360,754 20,216,524 1.7% 0.64%
2006 9,521,689 20,352,411 1.72% 0.67%
2007 9,685,960 20,492,545 1.73% 0.69%
2008 9,850,858 20,629,378 1.7% 0.67%
2009 10,016,275 20,756,435 1.68% 0.62%
2010 10,182,345 20,879,089 1.66% 0.59%
2011 10,348,929 21,009,048 1.64% 0.62%
2012 10,515,807 21,169,458 1.61% 0.76%
2013 10,682,608 20,585,000 1.59% -2.76%
2014 10,848,888 20,778,000 1.56% 0.94%
2015 11,014,705 20,970,000 1.53% 0.92%
2016 11,180,020 21,209,000 1.5% 1.14%
2017 11,344,587 21,453,000 1.47% 1.15%
2018 11,508,368 21,670,000 1.44% 1.01%
2019 11,671,386 21,803,000 1.42% 0.61%
2020 11,816,299 21,919,000 1.24% 0.53%
2021 11,937,360 22,156,000 1.02% 1.08%
2022 12,077,154 22,181,000 1.17% 0.11%
2023 12,244,159 22,037,000 1.38% -0.65%
2024 12,413,315 21,916,000 1.38% -0.55%
2025 12,581,842 22,035,440 1.36% 0.54%
2026 12,749,291 22,148,172 1.33% 0.51%
2027 12,915,581 22,255,601 1.3% 0.49%
2028 13,080,490 22,357,682 1.28% 0.46%
2029 13,243,771 22,453,922 1.25% 0.43%
2030 13,405,558 22,546,245 1.22% 0.41%
2031 13,565,504 22,635,106 1.19% 0.39%
2032 13,723,365 22,720,118 1.16% 0.38%
2033 13,879,048 22,802,043 1.13% 0.36%
2034 14,032,573 22,879,527 1.11% 0.34%
2035 14,183,821 22,952,739 1.08% 0.32%
2036 14,332,310 23,022,027 1.05% 0.3%
2037 14,478,101 23,088,877 1.02% 0.29%
2038 14,621,400 23,152,480 0.99% 0.28%
2039 14,761,945 23,211,633 0.96% 0.26%
2040 14,899,391 23,265,986 0.93% 0.23%
2041 15,033,982 23,315,260 0.9% 0.21%
2042 15,165,741 23,359,578 0.88% 0.19%
2043 15,294,503 23,398,752 0.85% 0.17%
2044 15,420,207 23,433,096 0.82% 0.15%
2045 15,542,783 23,464,943 0.79% 0.14%
2046 15,662,310 23,492,738 0.77% 0.12%
2047 15,778,742 23,512,629 0.74% 0.08%
2048 15,892,248 23,525,953 0.72% 0.06%
2049 16,002,807 23,533,940 0.7% 0.03%
2050 16,110,156 23,538,230 0.67% 0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.

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