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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bolivia was 12,413,315 in 2024 vs 634,431 people in Suriname in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bolivia's population is 12,716,350 people compared to 644,193 in Suriname.

Population statistics:

  • Bolivia's population is 19.7 times bigger than Suriname's.
  • Bolivia is ranked the 79th most populous country in the world, while Suriname is the 165th.
  • The countries together account for 0.16% of the world: 0.15% for Bolivia vs 0.008% for Suriname.
  • For the last 10 years, Bolivia has had an average growth rate of +1.37% per year vs +0.99% in Suriname.
  • Since 2005, the population of Bolivia has increased from 9.36M people to 12.7M (35.8% growth), while Suriname has grown from 519K to 644K (24% growth).
  • Bolivia is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 17.9M people compared to the peak of 753K people in 2071 for Suriname.

Bolivia vs Suriname: live population counter

Bolivia Suriname
Current population
12716350
644193
Population rank 79/197 165/197
Percent of world population 0.15% 0.008%
One net population change
3.11 minutes
1.58 hours
One birth every
2.02 minutes
48.3 minutes
One death every
5.99 minutes
2.1 hours
One migration net change every
2.92 hours
7.51 hours
Annual migration change -3,000 -1,166
Daily growth/decline +463 +15
Annual growth/decline +169,156 +5,545
Annual growth/decline rate +1.38% +0.88%
Population growth rate rank 77/197 110/197

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

Bolivia
Population

Growth rate
Suriname
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bolivia Suriname Bolivia Suriname
1960 3,702,323 263,918 - -
1961 3,778,731 272,791 2.06% 3.36%
1962 3,857,493 283,912 2.08% 4.08%
1963 3,938,913 297,034 2.11% 4.62%
1964 4,022,996 309,041 2.13% 4.04%
1965 4,109,796 320,000 2.16% 3.55%
1966 4,199,550 331,135 2.18% 3.48%
1967 4,292,572 342,679 2.22% 3.49%
1968 4,388,944 354,616 2.25% 3.48%
1969 4,488,232 366,906 2.26% 3.47%
1970 4,590,010 379,442 2.27% 3.42%
1971 4,694,342 391,932 2.27% 3.29%
1972 4,800,978 397,413 2.27% 1.4%
1973 4,910,200 395,772 2.27% -0.41%
1974 5,022,475 393,676 2.29% -0.53%
1975 5,137,539 391,170 2.29% -0.64%
1976 5,256,496 388,289 2.32% -0.74%
1977 5,379,166 385,067 2.33% -0.83%
1978 5,504,123 381,502 2.32% -0.93%
1979 5,630,849 377,602 2.3% -1.02%
1980 5,758,900 375,377 2.27% -0.59%
1981 5,888,109 375,459 2.24% 0.02%
1982 6,018,088 376,555 2.21% 0.29%
1983 6,149,060 378,746 2.18% 0.58%
1984 6,281,868 382,193 2.16% 0.91%
1985 6,416,185 386,972 2.14% 1.25%
1986 6,552,479 392,330 2.12% 1.38%
1987 6,692,162 396,911 2.13% 1.17%
1988 6,835,508 402,227 2.14% 1.34%
1989 6,981,766 408,409 2.14% 1.54%
1990 7,130,142 412,493 2.13% 1%
1991 7,280,289 415,013 2.11% 0.61%
1992 7,430,336 417,589 2.06% 0.62%
1993 7,579,195 419,352 2% 0.42%
1994 7,727,322 422,375 1.95% 0.72%
1995 7,874,676 429,606 1.91% 1.71%
1996 8,021,736 438,830 1.87% 2.15%
1997 8,167,900 448,067 1.82% 2.1%
1998 8,313,394 457,406 1.78% 2.08%
1999 8,459,806 466,916 1.76% 2.08%
2000 8,606,326 476,643 1.73% 2.08%
2001 8,752,736 486,560 1.7% 2.08%
2002 8,900,355 496,551 1.69% 2.05%
2003 9,050,700 506,414 1.69% 1.99%
2004 9,204,287 513,923 1.7% 1.48%
2005 9,360,754 519,313 1.7% 1.05%
2006 9,521,689 524,997 1.72% 1.09%
2007 9,685,960 531,016 1.73% 1.15%
2008 9,850,858 537,245 1.7% 1.17%
2009 10,016,275 543,568 1.68% 1.18%
2010 10,182,345 549,923 1.66% 1.17%
2011 10,348,929 556,269 1.64% 1.15%
2012 10,515,807 562,633 1.61% 1.14%
2013 10,682,608 569,020 1.59% 1.14%
2014 10,848,888 575,373 1.56% 1.12%
2015 11,014,705 581,627 1.53% 1.09%
2016 11,180,020 587,757 1.5% 1.05%
2017 11,344,587 593,713 1.47% 1.01%
2018 11,508,368 599,513 1.44% 0.98%
2019 11,671,386 605,768 1.42% 1.04%
2020 11,816,299 612,317 1.24% 1.08%
2021 11,937,360 617,896 1.02% 0.91%
2022 12,077,154 623,164 1.17% 0.85%
2023 12,244,159 628,886 1.38% 0.92%
2024 12,413,315 634,431 1.38% 0.88%
2025 12,581,842 639,852 1.36% 0.85%
2026 12,749,291 645,257 1.33% 0.84%
2027 12,915,581 650,564 1.3% 0.82%
2028 13,080,490 655,783 1.28% 0.8%
2029 13,243,771 660,793 1.25% 0.76%
2030 13,405,558 665,650 1.22% 0.74%
2031 13,565,504 670,421 1.19% 0.72%
2032 13,723,365 675,070 1.16% 0.69%
2033 13,879,048 679,573 1.13% 0.67%
2034 14,032,573 683,911 1.11% 0.64%
2035 14,183,821 688,189 1.08% 0.63%
2036 14,332,310 692,343 1.05% 0.6%
2037 14,478,101 696,213 1.02% 0.56%
2038 14,621,400 699,908 0.99% 0.53%
2039 14,761,945 703,569 0.96% 0.52%
2040 14,899,391 707,156 0.93% 0.51%
2041 15,033,982 710,619 0.9% 0.49%
2042 15,165,741 713,900 0.88% 0.46%
2043 15,294,503 716,999 0.85% 0.43%
2044 15,420,207 719,920 0.82% 0.41%
2045 15,542,783 722,759 0.79% 0.39%
2046 15,662,310 725,322 0.77% 0.35%
2047 15,778,742 727,726 0.74% 0.33%
2048 15,892,248 730,038 0.72% 0.32%
2049 16,002,807 732,021 0.7% 0.27%
2050 16,110,156 733,898 0.67% 0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.

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