The latest officially reported population of Bolivia was 12,413,315 in 2024 vs 21,314,956 people in Zambia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bolivia's population is 12,716,350 people compared to 22,402,291 in Zambia.
Population statistics:
- Zambia's population is 1.76 times bigger than Bolivia's.
- Bolivia is ranked the 79th most populous country in the world, while Zambia is the 62nd.
- The countries together account for 0.42% of the world: 0.15% for Bolivia vs 0.27% for Zambia.
- For the last 10 years, Bolivia has had an average growth rate of +1.37% per year vs +3% in Zambia.
- Since 2005, the population of Bolivia has increased from 9.36M people to 12.7M (35.8% growth), while Zambia has grown from 11.7M to 22.4M (91.2% growth).
- Bolivia is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 17.9M people compared to the peak of 64.5M people in 2100 for Zambia.
Bolivia vs Zambia: live population counter
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| Current population |
12716350
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22402291
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| Population rank | 79/197 | 62/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.15% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
3.11 minutes
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53.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
2.02 minutes
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46 seconds
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| One death every |
5.99 minutes
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4.87 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.92 hours
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1.19 hours
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| Annual migration change | -3,000 | +7,381 |
| Daily growth/decline | +463 | +1,619 |
| Annual growth/decline | +169,156 | +590,991 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.38% | +2.85% |
| Population growth rate rank | 77/197 | 22/197 |
Bolivia and Zambia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,702,323 | 3,153,729 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,778,731 | 3,254,086 | 2.06% | 3.18% |
| 1962 | 3,857,493 | 3,358,099 | 2.08% | 3.2% |
| 1963 | 3,938,913 | 3,465,907 | 2.11% | 3.21% |
| 1964 | 4,022,996 | 3,577,017 | 2.13% | 3.21% |
| 1965 | 4,109,796 | 3,692,086 | 2.16% | 3.22% |
| 1966 | 4,199,550 | 3,812,003 | 2.18% | 3.25% |
| 1967 | 4,292,572 | 3,936,343 | 2.22% | 3.26% |
| 1968 | 4,388,944 | 4,065,593 | 2.25% | 3.28% |
| 1969 | 4,488,232 | 4,197,116 | 2.26% | 3.24% |
| 1970 | 4,590,010 | 4,321,718 | 2.27% | 2.97% |
| 1971 | 4,694,342 | 4,442,525 | 2.27% | 2.8% |
| 1972 | 4,800,978 | 4,569,309 | 2.27% | 2.85% |
| 1973 | 4,910,200 | 4,702,693 | 2.27% | 2.92% |
| 1974 | 5,022,475 | 4,842,746 | 2.29% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 5,137,539 | 4,990,086 | 2.29% | 3.04% |
| 1976 | 5,256,496 | 5,143,842 | 2.32% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 5,379,166 | 5,302,480 | 2.33% | 3.08% |
| 1978 | 5,504,123 | 5,465,374 | 2.32% | 3.07% |
| 1979 | 5,630,849 | 5,631,728 | 2.3% | 3.04% |
| 1980 | 5,758,900 | 5,802,833 | 2.27% | 3.04% |
| 1981 | 5,888,109 | 5,983,289 | 2.24% | 3.11% |
| 1982 | 6,018,088 | 6,178,637 | 2.21% | 3.26% |
| 1983 | 6,149,060 | 6,381,038 | 2.18% | 3.28% |
| 1984 | 6,281,868 | 6,580,490 | 2.16% | 3.13% |
| 1985 | 6,416,185 | 6,780,953 | 2.14% | 3.05% |
| 1986 | 6,552,479 | 6,986,471 | 2.12% | 3.03% |
| 1987 | 6,692,162 | 7,191,282 | 2.13% | 2.93% |
| 1988 | 6,835,508 | 7,391,440 | 2.14% | 2.78% |
| 1989 | 6,981,766 | 7,589,216 | 2.14% | 2.68% |
| 1990 | 7,130,142 | 7,786,169 | 2.13% | 2.6% |
| 1991 | 7,280,289 | 7,981,650 | 2.11% | 2.51% |
| 1992 | 7,430,336 | 8,176,680 | 2.06% | 2.44% |
| 1993 | 7,579,195 | 8,373,921 | 2% | 2.41% |
| 1994 | 7,727,322 | 8,576,269 | 1.95% | 2.42% |
| 1995 | 7,874,676 | 8,785,763 | 1.91% | 2.44% |
| 1996 | 8,021,736 | 9,004,053 | 1.87% | 2.48% |
| 1997 | 8,167,900 | 9,237,063 | 1.82% | 2.59% |
| 1998 | 8,313,394 | 9,482,408 | 1.78% | 2.66% |
| 1999 | 8,459,806 | 9,740,005 | 1.76% | 2.72% |
| 2000 | 8,606,326 | 10,017,631 | 1.73% | 2.85% |
| 2001 | 8,752,736 | 10,325,185 | 1.7% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 8,900,355 | 10,647,949 | 1.69% | 3.13% |
| 2003 | 9,050,700 | 10,983,595 | 1.69% | 3.15% |
| 2004 | 9,204,287 | 11,338,198 | 1.7% | 3.23% |
| 2005 | 9,360,754 | 11,718,819 | 1.7% | 3.36% |
| 2006 | 9,521,689 | 12,129,553 | 1.72% | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 9,685,960 | 12,565,085 | 1.73% | 3.59% |
| 2008 | 9,850,858 | 13,021,324 | 1.7% | 3.63% |
| 2009 | 10,016,275 | 13,490,389 | 1.68% | 3.6% |
| 2010 | 10,182,345 | 13,965,594 | 1.66% | 3.52% |
| 2011 | 10,348,929 | 14,437,796 | 1.64% | 3.38% |
| 2012 | 10,515,807 | 14,913,629 | 1.61% | 3.3% |
| 2013 | 10,682,608 | 15,398,997 | 1.59% | 3.25% |
| 2014 | 10,848,888 | 15,895,315 | 1.56% | 3.22% |
| 2015 | 11,014,705 | 16,399,089 | 1.53% | 3.17% |
| 2016 | 11,180,020 | 16,914,423 | 1.5% | 3.14% |
| 2017 | 11,344,587 | 17,441,320 | 1.47% | 3.12% |
| 2018 | 11,508,368 | 17,973,569 | 1.44% | 3.05% |
| 2019 | 11,671,386 | 18,513,839 | 1.42% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 11,816,299 | 19,059,395 | 1.24% | 2.95% |
| 2021 | 11,937,360 | 19,603,607 | 1.02% | 2.86% |
| 2022 | 12,077,154 | 20,152,938 | 1.17% | 2.8% |
| 2023 | 12,244,159 | 20,723,965 | 1.38% | 2.83% |
| 2024 | 12,413,315 | 21,314,956 | 1.38% | 2.85% |
| 2025 | 12,581,842 | 21,913,869 | 1.36% | 2.81% |
| 2026 | 12,749,291 | 22,521,905 | 1.33% | 2.77% |
| 2027 | 12,915,581 | 23,138,716 | 1.3% | 2.74% |
| 2028 | 13,080,490 | 23,761,368 | 1.28% | 2.69% |
| 2029 | 13,243,771 | 24,389,681 | 1.25% | 2.64% |
| 2030 | 13,405,558 | 25,024,887 | 1.22% | 2.6% |
| 2031 | 13,565,504 | 25,666,496 | 1.19% | 2.56% |
| 2032 | 13,723,365 | 26,311,946 | 1.16% | 2.51% |
| 2033 | 13,879,048 | 26,960,073 | 1.13% | 2.46% |
| 2034 | 14,032,573 | 27,611,621 | 1.11% | 2.42% |
| 2035 | 14,183,821 | 28,266,887 | 1.08% | 2.37% |
| 2036 | 14,332,310 | 28,925,103 | 1.05% | 2.33% |
| 2037 | 14,478,101 | 29,583,482 | 1.02% | 2.28% |
| 2038 | 14,621,400 | 30,240,549 | 0.99% | 2.22% |
| 2039 | 14,761,945 | 30,895,586 | 0.96% | 2.17% |
| 2040 | 14,899,391 | 31,550,394 | 0.93% | 2.12% |
| 2041 | 15,033,982 | 32,204,340 | 0.9% | 2.07% |
| 2042 | 15,165,741 | 32,856,596 | 0.88% | 2.03% |
| 2043 | 15,294,503 | 33,510,500 | 0.85% | 1.99% |
| 2044 | 15,420,207 | 34,165,920 | 0.82% | 1.96% |
| 2045 | 15,542,783 | 34,821,101 | 0.79% | 1.92% |
| 2046 | 15,662,310 | 35,475,795 | 0.77% | 1.88% |
| 2047 | 15,778,742 | 36,129,270 | 0.74% | 1.84% |
| 2048 | 15,892,248 | 36,782,260 | 0.72% | 1.81% |
| 2049 | 16,002,807 | 37,434,667 | 0.7% | 1.77% |
| 2050 | 16,110,156 | 38,083,369 | 0.67% | 1.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).
Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.
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Population differences between Bolivia and Zambia
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| Life expectancy | 68.9 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 29 years | 22.6 years |
| Median age | 26 years | 18.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 2.55 births per woman | 4.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 29.7 ppl/mi² | 74.3 ppl/mi² |
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