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Population in Bolivia compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bolivia was 12,413,315 in 2024 vs 340,110,988 people in the United States in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bolivia's population is 12,716,350 people compared to 343,323,530 in the United States.

Population statistics:

  • The United States' population is 27 times bigger than Bolivia's.
  • Bolivia is ranked the 79th most populous country in the world, while the United States is the 3rd.
  • The countries together account for 4.31% of the world: 0.15% for Bolivia vs 4.15% for the United States.
  • For the last 10 years, Bolivia has had an average growth rate of +1.37% per year vs +0.67% in the United States.
  • Since 2005, the population of Bolivia has increased from 9.36M people to 12.7M (35.8% growth), while the United States has grown from 296M to 343M (16.2% growth).
  • Bolivia is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 17.9M people compared to the peak of 415M people in 2100 for the United States.

Bolivia vs United States: live population counter

Bolivia United States
Current population
12716350
343323530
Population rank 79/197 3/197
Percent of world population 0.15% 4.15%
One net population change
3.11 minutes
6.07 seconds
One birth every
2.02 minutes
8.8 seconds
One death every
5.99 minutes
10.2 seconds
One migration net change every
2.92 hours
24.5 seconds
Annual migration change -3,000 +1,286,132
Daily growth/decline +463 +14,236
Annual growth/decline +169,156 +5,196,093
Annual growth/decline rate +1.38% +1.55%
Population growth rate rank 77/197 72/197

Bolivia and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Bolivia
Population

Growth rate
United States
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bolivia United States Bolivia United States
1900 - 76,094,000 - -
1901 - 77,584,000 - 1.96%
1902 - 79,163,000 - 2.04%
1903 - 80,632,000 - 1.86%
1904 - 82,166,000 - 1.9%
1905 - 83,822,000 - 2.02%
1906 - 85,450,000 - 1.94%
1907 - 87,008,000 - 1.82%
1908 - 88,710,000 - 1.96%
1909 - 90,490,000 - 2.01%
1910 - 92,407,000 - 2.12%
1911 - 93,863,000 - 1.58%
1912 - 95,335,000 - 1.57%
1913 - 97,225,000 - 1.98%
1914 - 99,111,000 - 1.94%
1915 - 100,546,000 - 1.45%
1916 - 101,961,000 - 1.41%
1917 - 103,268,000 - 1.28%
1918 - 103,208,000 - -0.06%
1919 - 104,514,000 - 1.27%
1920 - 106,461,000 - 1.86%
1921 - 108,538,000 - 1.95%
1922 - 110,049,000 - 1.39%
1923 - 111,947,000 - 1.72%
1924 - 114,109,000 - 1.93%
1925 - 115,829,000 - 1.51%
1926 - 117,397,000 - 1.35%
1927 - 119,035,000 - 1.4%
1928 - 120,509,000 - 1.24%
1929 - 121,767,000 - 1.04%
1930 - 123,076,741 - 1.08%
1931 - 124,039,648 - 0.78%
1932 - 124,840,471 - 0.65%
1933 - 125,578,763 - 0.59%
1934 - 126,373,773 - 0.63%
1935 - 127,250,232 - 0.69%
1936 - 128,053,180 - 0.63%
1937 - 128,824,829 - 0.6%
1938 - 129,824,939 - 0.78%
1939 - 130,879,718 - 0.81%
1940 - 132,122,446 - 0.95%
1941 - 133,402,471 - 0.97%
1942 - 134,859,553 - 1.09%
1943 - 136,739,353 - 1.39%
1944 - 138,397,345 - 1.21%
1945 - 139,928,165 - 1.11%
1946 - 141,388,566 - 1.04%
1947 - 144,126,071 - 1.94%
1948 - 146,631,302 - 1.74%
1949 - 149,188,130 - 1.74%
1950 - 152,271,417 - 2.07%
1951 - 154,877,889 - 1.71%
1952 - 157,552,740 - 1.73%
1953 - 160,184,192 - 1.67%
1954 - 163,025,854 - 1.77%
1955 - 165,931,202 - 1.78%
1956 - 168,903,031 - 1.79%
1957 - 171,984,130 - 1.82%
1958 - 174,881,904 - 1.68%
1959 - 177,829,628 - 1.69%
1960 3,702,323 180,671,158 - 1.6%
1961 3,778,731 183,691,481 2.06% 1.67%
1962 3,857,493 186,537,737 2.08% 1.55%
1963 3,938,913 189,241,798 2.11% 1.45%
1964 4,022,996 191,888,791 2.13% 1.4%
1965 4,109,796 194,302,963 2.16% 1.26%
1966 4,199,550 196,560,338 2.18% 1.16%
1967 4,292,572 198,712,056 2.22% 1.09%
1968 4,388,944 200,706,052 2.25% 1%
1969 4,488,232 202,676,946 2.26% 0.98%
1970 4,590,010 205,052,174 2.27% 1.17%
1971 4,694,342 207,660,677 2.27% 1.27%
1972 4,800,978 209,896,021 2.27% 1.08%
1973 4,910,200 211,908,788 2.27% 0.96%
1974 5,022,475 213,853,928 2.29% 0.92%
1975 5,137,539 215,973,199 2.29% 0.99%
1976 5,256,496 218,035,164 2.32% 0.95%
1977 5,379,166 220,239,425 2.33% 1.01%
1978 5,504,123 222,584,545 2.32% 1.06%
1979 5,630,849 225,055,487 2.3% 1.11%
1980 5,758,900 226,542,250 2.27% 0.66%
1981 5,888,109 229,465,744 2.24% 1.29%
1982 6,018,088 231,664,432 2.21% 0.96%
1983 6,149,060 233,792,014 2.18% 0.92%
1984 6,281,868 235,824,908 2.16% 0.87%
1985 6,416,185 237,923,734 2.14% 0.89%
1986 6,552,479 240,132,831 2.12% 0.93%
1987 6,692,162 242,288,936 2.13% 0.9%
1988 6,835,508 244,499,004 2.14% 0.91%
1989 6,981,766 246,819,222 2.14% 0.95%
1990 7,130,142 250,131,894 2.13% 1.34%
1991 7,280,289 253,492,503 2.11% 1.34%
1992 7,430,336 256,894,189 2.06% 1.34%
1993 7,579,195 260,255,352 2% 1.31%
1994 7,727,322 263,435,673 1.95% 1.22%
1995 7,874,676 266,557,091 1.91% 1.18%
1996 8,021,736 269,667,391 1.87% 1.17%
1997 8,167,900 272,911,760 1.82% 1.2%
1998 8,313,394 276,115,288 1.78% 1.17%
1999 8,459,806 279,294,713 1.76% 1.15%
2000 8,606,326 282,162,411 1.73% 1.03%
2001 8,752,736 284,968,955 1.7% 0.99%
2002 8,900,355 287,625,193 1.69% 0.93%
2003 9,050,700 290,107,933 1.69% 0.86%
2004 9,204,287 292,805,298 1.7% 0.93%
2005 9,360,754 295,516,599 1.7% 0.93%
2006 9,521,689 298,379,912 1.72% 0.97%
2007 9,685,960 301,231,207 1.73% 0.96%
2008 9,850,858 304,093,966 1.7% 0.95%
2009 10,016,275 306,771,529 1.68% 0.88%
2010 10,182,345 309,327,143 1.66% 0.83%
2011 10,348,929 311,583,481 1.64% 0.73%
2012 10,515,807 313,877,662 1.61% 0.74%
2013 10,682,608 316,059,947 1.59% 0.7%
2014 10,848,888 318,386,329 1.56% 0.74%
2015 11,014,705 320,738,994 1.53% 0.74%
2016 11,180,020 323,071,755 1.5% 0.73%
2017 11,344,587 325,122,128 1.47% 0.63%
2018 11,508,368 326,838,199 1.44% 0.53%
2019 11,671,386 328,329,953 1.42% 0.46%
2020 11,816,299 331,526,933 1.24% 0.97%
2021 11,937,360 331,893,745 1.02% 0.11%
2022 12,077,154 333,271,411 1.17% 0.42%
2023 12,244,159 334,914,895 1.38% 0.49%
2024 12,413,315 340,110,988 1.38% 1.55%
2025 12,581,842 341,931,772 1.36% 0.54%
2026 12,749,291 343,664,369 1.33% 0.51%
2027 12,915,581 345,331,185 1.3% 0.49%
2028 13,080,490 346,981,137 1.28% 0.48%
2029 13,243,771 348,601,982 1.25% 0.47%
2030 13,405,558 350,176,974 1.22% 0.45%
2031 13,565,504 351,725,612 1.19% 0.44%
2032 13,723,365 353,249,060 1.16% 0.43%
2033 13,879,048 354,749,644 1.13% 0.42%
2034 14,032,573 356,234,239 1.11% 0.42%
2035 14,183,821 357,694,316 1.08% 0.41%
2036 14,332,310 359,119,002 1.05% 0.4%
2037 14,478,101 360,517,853 1.02% 0.39%
2038 14,621,400 361,895,407 0.99% 0.38%
2039 14,761,945 363,229,908 0.96% 0.37%
2040 14,899,391 364,512,364 0.93% 0.35%
2041 15,033,982 365,753,139 0.9% 0.34%
2042 15,165,741 366,969,419 0.88% 0.33%
2043 15,294,503 368,146,925 0.85% 0.32%
2044 15,420,207 369,258,123 0.82% 0.3%
2045 15,542,783 370,318,770 0.79% 0.29%
2046 15,662,310 371,328,255 0.77% 0.27%
2047 15,778,742 372,299,116 0.74% 0.26%
2048 15,892,248 373,230,539 0.72% 0.25%
2049 16,002,807 374,119,803 0.7% 0.24%
2050 16,110,156 374,986,259 0.67% 0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.

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