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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bolivia	Venezuela	Bolivia	Venezuela
1960	3,702,323	8,160,090	-	-
1961	3,778,731	8,455,915	2.06%	3.63%
1962	3,857,493	8,756,870	2.08%	3.56%
1963	3,938,913	9,064,021	2.11%	3.51%
1964	4,022,996	9,377,712	2.13%	3.46%
1965	4,109,796	9,697,790	2.16%	3.41%
1966	4,199,550	10,024,854	2.18%	3.37%
1967	4,292,572	10,358,513	2.22%	3.33%
1968	4,388,944	10,697,530	2.25%	3.27%
1969	4,488,232	11,040,280	2.26%	3.2%
1970	4,590,010	11,387,790	2.27%	3.15%
1971	4,694,342	11,741,008	2.27%	3.1%
1972	4,800,978	12,099,180	2.27%	3.05%
1973	4,910,200	12,463,537	2.27%	3.01%
1974	5,022,475	12,835,351	2.29%	2.98%
1975	5,137,539	13,215,892	2.29%	2.96%
1976	5,256,496	13,606,284	2.32%	2.95%
1977	5,379,166	14,006,812	2.33%	2.94%
1978	5,504,123	14,416,684	2.32%	2.93%
1979	5,630,849	14,834,552	2.3%	2.9%
1980	5,758,900	15,258,218	2.27%	2.86%
1981	5,888,109	15,687,297	2.24%	2.81%
1982	6,018,088	16,121,874	2.21%	2.77%
1983	6,149,060	16,562,205	2.18%	2.73%
1984	6,281,868	17,008,841	2.16%	2.7%
1985	6,416,185	17,461,434	2.14%	2.66%
1986	6,552,479	17,923,536	2.12%	2.65%
1987	6,692,162	18,394,963	2.13%	2.63%
1988	6,835,508	18,871,020	2.14%	2.59%
1989	6,981,766	19,348,921	2.14%	2.53%
1990	7,130,142	19,827,010	2.13%	2.47%
1991	7,280,289	20,304,896	2.11%	2.41%
1992	7,430,336	20,780,948	2.06%	2.34%
1993	7,579,195	21,254,520	2%	2.28%
1994	7,727,322	21,725,188	1.95%	2.21%
1995	7,874,676	22,193,821	1.91%	2.16%
1996	8,021,736	22,662,113	1.87%	2.11%
1997	8,167,900	23,131,685	1.82%	2.07%
1998	8,313,394	23,601,337	1.78%	2.03%
1999	8,459,806	24,066,593	1.76%	1.97%
2000	8,606,326	24,526,708	1.73%	1.91%
2001	8,752,736	24,979,922	1.7%	1.85%
2002	8,900,355	25,435,671	1.69%	1.82%
2003	9,050,700	25,892,703	1.69%	1.8%
2004	9,204,287	26,340,838	1.7%	1.73%
2005	9,360,754	26,785,804	1.7%	1.69%
2006	9,521,689	27,224,686	1.72%	1.64%
2007	9,685,960	27,649,363	1.73%	1.56%
2008	9,850,858	28,053,696	1.7%	1.46%
2009	10,016,275	28,438,298	1.68%	1.37%
2010	10,182,345	28,813,101	1.66%	1.32%
2011	10,348,929	29,185,212	1.64%	1.29%
2012	10,515,807	29,553,826	1.61%	1.26%
2013	10,682,608	29,912,198	1.59%	1.21%
2014	10,848,888	30,254,079	1.56%	1.14%
2015	11,014,705	30,573,972	1.53%	1.06%
2016	11,180,020	30,765,720	1.5%	0.63%
2017	11,344,587	30,565,323	1.47%	-0.65%
2018	11,508,368	29,807,592	1.44%	-2.48%
2019	11,671,386	28,938,098	1.42%	-2.92%
2020	11,816,299	28,444,077	1.24%	-1.71%
2021	11,937,360	28,237,826	1.02%	-0.73%
2022	12,077,154	28,213,017	1.17%	-0.09%
2023	12,244,159	28,300,854	1.38%	0.31%
2024	12,413,315	28,405,543	1.38%	0.37%
2025	12,581,842	28,516,898	1.36%	0.39%
2026	12,749,291	28,633,718	1.33%	0.41%
2027	12,915,581	28,758,565	1.3%	0.44%
2028	13,080,490	28,885,166	1.28%	0.44%
2029	13,243,771	29,014,444	1.25%	0.45%
2030	13,405,558	29,151,809	1.22%	0.47%
2031	13,565,504	29,295,744	1.19%	0.49%
2032	13,723,365	29,442,534	1.16%	0.5%
2033	13,879,048	29,587,099	1.13%	0.49%
2034	14,032,573	29,735,159	1.11%	0.5%
2035	14,183,821	29,883,329	1.08%	0.5%
2036	14,332,310	30,020,167	1.05%	0.46%
2037	14,478,101	30,146,546	1.02%	0.42%
2038	14,621,400	30,268,328	0.99%	0.4%
2039	14,761,945	30,386,284	0.96%	0.39%
2040	14,899,391	30,495,445	0.93%	0.36%
2041	15,033,982	30,590,207	0.9%	0.31%
2042	15,165,741	30,674,532	0.88%	0.28%
2043	15,294,503	30,749,671	0.85%	0.24%
2044	15,420,207	30,813,805	0.82%	0.21%
2045	15,542,783	30,871,490	0.79%	0.19%
2046	15,662,310	30,923,463	0.77%	0.17%
2047	15,778,742	30,974,366	0.74%	0.16%
2048	15,892,248	31,021,600	0.72%	0.15%
2049	16,002,807	31,059,954	0.7%	0.12%
2050	16,110,156	31,094,884	0.67%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.