Bolivia's Population Size

NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN EACH COUNTRY


Bolivia's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 12.4 million in 2023.

Bolivia last conducted a national census in 2012 and 91.9% of births in Bolivia are recorded. Read more from the World Economics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Bolivia compares to other countries around the world and in the Americas region.

Bolivia's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London


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India C 555.2 699.0 873.3 1,056.6 1,234.3 1,428.6 1,670.5
China A 827.6 1,000.1 1,176.9 1,290.6 1,368.8 1,425.7 1,312.6
United States A 209.5 229.5 252.1 281.7 309.0 340.0 375.4
Indonesia B 114.8 147.4 181.4 211.5 241.8 277.5 317.2
Pakistan D 58.1 78.1 107.6 142.3 179.4 240.5 367.8
Nigeria E 56.0 73.4 95.2 122.3 158.5 223.8 377.5
Brazil A 95.1 120.7 149.0 174.8 195.7 216.4 230.9
Bangladesh E 64.2 79.6 103.2 127.7 147.6 173.0 203.9
Russia A 130.1 138.1 147.5 146.4 143.5 144.4 133.1
Mexico A 51.5 67.8 83.9 98.9 114.1 128.5 143.8
Ethiopia E 28.4 35.1 47.9 66.2 87.6 126.5 214.8
Japan A 104.9 117.8 124.5 127.5 128.5 123.3 103.8
Philippines B 35.8 47.4 61.9 78.0 94.0 117.3 157.9
Egypt B 34.5 43.3 56.1 68.8 82.8 112.7 160.3
Congo, Dem. Rep E 20.0 26.4 34.6 47.1 64.6 102.3 217.5
Vietnam B 43.4 54.3 68.0 79.9 88.0 98.9 107.0
Türkiye A 34.9 44.0 53.9 63.2 72.3 85.8 95.8
Germany B 78.6 78.3 79.1 81.4 80.8 83.3 78.9
Thailand A 36.9 47.4 56.6 63.0 67.2 71.8 67.9
United Kingdom A 55.6 56.2 57.1 58.9 63.5 67.7 71.7
Tanzania E 13.5 18.5 25.2 33.5 44.3 67.4 129.9
France A 50.8 53.9 56.7 59.0 62.9 64.8 65.8
South Africa C 22.1 28.6 36.8 45.0 51.2 60.4 73.5
Italy B 53.5 56.3 57.0 56.7 59.3 58.9 52.3
Kenya D 11.3 16.4 23.7 32.0 42.0 55.1 85.2
Myanmar C 27.3 34.2 41.3 46.7 50.6 54.6 59.9
Colombia B 21.5 26.9 33.1 39.6 45.2 52.1 57.0
Korea, Rep. A 32.2 38.0 42.9 47.4 49.5 51.8 45.8
Uganda E 9.4 12.4 17.4 23.7 32.4 48.6 87.6
Sudan E 10.3 14.5 20.1 27.3 34.5 48.1 84.5
Spain B 33.9 37.7 39.2 40.8 46.9 47.5 44.2
Argentina A 23.9 27.9 32.6 36.9 40.9 45.8 51.6
Algeria C 14.5 19.2 25.8 31.0 36.0 45.6 60.0
Afghanistan E 11.2 13.4 12.4 20.8 29.2 42.2 74.1
Poland A 32.6 35.5 38.0 38.6 38.3 41.0 34.9
Canada A 21.4 24.4 27.5 30.6 34.1 38.8 45.9
Morocco C 16.0 20.0 24.8 28.8 32.3 37.8 45.0
Saudi Arabia A 5.8 9.7 16.2 20.7 27.4 36.9 48.4
Ukraine B 47.1 50.0 51.5 48.8 45.8 36.7 32.9
Angola E 5.9 8.3 11.8 16.4 23.4 36.7 72.3
Uzbekistan E 12.1 15.9 20.4 24.8 28.5 35.2 45.6
Yemen, Rep. E 6.2 7.9 11.7 17.4 23.2 34.4 55.3
Peru B 13.5 17.5 22.1 26.5 29.0 34.4 42.0
Malaysia B 10.8 13.8 18.0 23.2 28.2 34.3 41.0
Ghana C 8.7 11.1 14.8 19.3 24.8 34.1 52.2
Mozambique D 9.0 11.6 13.0 17.7 23.5 33.9 63.0
Nepal D 12.1 15.0 18.9 23.9 27.0 30.9 37.4
Madagascar D 6.6 8.7 11.6 15.8 21.2 30.3 51.6
Cote d'Ivoire D 5.1 8.0 11.9 16.5 20.5 28.9 51.4
Cameroon E 6.5 8.6 11.8 15.5 20.3 28.6 51.3
Niger E 4.5 6.0 8.0 11.3 16.5 27.2 67.0
Australia A 12.8 14.6 17.0 19.0 22.2 26.4 32.2
Taiwan A 14.9 17.9 20.5 22.0 23.2 23.9 22.4
Mali C 5.9 7.1 8.4 10.9 15.0 23.3 47.4
Burkina Faso C 5.6 6.8 8.8 11.6 15.6 23.3 40.5
Sri Lanka C 12.5 15.0 17.3 18.8 20.3 21.9 21.8
Malawi D 4.7 6.3 9.4 11.1 14.5 20.9 37.2
Zambia E 4.2 5.9 8.0 10.4 13.6 20.6 37.5
Romania C 20.5 22.6 23.5 22.1 20.5 19.9 17.5
Chile B 9.8 11.4 13.3 15.3 17.1 19.6 20.7
Kazakhstan A 13.0 14.8 16.4 14.9 16.3 19.6 25.6
Chad E 3.6 4.5 6.0 8.4 12.0 18.3 36.5
Ecuador D 6.1 8.0 10.2 12.7 15.0 18.2 22.3
Guatemala C 5.6 7.3 9.3 11.7 14.6 18.1 24.6
Senegal D 4.3 5.6 7.5 9.8 12.7 17.8 32.6
Netherlands B 13.0 14.1 15.0 15.9 16.7 17.6 17.9
Cambodia D 7.0 6.7 9.0 12.2 14.3 16.9 20.3
Zimbabwe E 5.3 7.4 10.4 11.9 12.7 16.7 26.4
Guinea E 4.2 4.9 6.4 8.2 10.2 14.2 23.7
Rwanda D 3.8 5.2 7.3 7.9 10.0 14.1 23.0
Benin D 2.9 3.7 5.0 6.9 9.2 13.7 25.3
Burundi E 3.5 4.2 5.4 6.4 8.7 13.2 24.2
Tunisia C 5.1 6.4 8.2 9.7 10.6 12.5 14.3
Bolivia D 4.5 5.6 6.9 8.4 10.0 12.4 16.6
Haiti E 4.7 5.6 7.0 8.5 9.9 11.7 15.1
Belgium B 9.6 9.9 10.0 10.3 10.9 11.7 12.1
Jordan C 1.7 2.4 3.6 5.1 7.3 11.3 15.0
Dominican Republic D 4.5 5.8 7.1 8.5 9.7 11.3 13.2
Sweden B 8.1 8.3 8.6 8.9 9.4 10.6 11.9
Honduras D 2.7 3.7 5.0 6.6 8.3 10.6 14.3
Czechia B 9.8 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.5 10.6
Azerbaijan B 5.2 6.2 7.2 8.1 9.0 10.4 10.9
Greece B 8.7 9.6 10.2 11.1 10.9 10.3 9.1
Papua New Guinea E 2.8 3.6 4.6 5.8 7.3 10.3 14.9
Portugal B 8.7 9.8 9.9 10.3 10.6 10.2 9.3
Hungary D 10.4 10.8 10.4 10.2 9.9 10.2 8.8
Tajikistan B 2.9 3.9 5.3 6.2 7.5 10.1 15.2
United Arab Emirates C 0.2 1.0 1.8 3.1 8.5 9.5 11.4
Belarus A 8.9 9.6 10.2 9.9 9.4 9.5 8.4
Israel C 2.8 3.7 4.4 5.9 7.3 9.2 13.0
Togo D 2.1 2.7 3.8 4.9 6.4 9.1 15.5
Austria B 7.5 7.6 7.7 8.1 8.4 9.0 8.9
Switzerland C 6.2 6.3 6.7 7.1 7.8 8.8 9.8
Sierra Leone C 2.7 3.4 4.3 4.6 6.4 8.8 13.6
Laos D 2.7 3.3 4.3 5.3 6.2 7.6 9.8
Hong Kong A 3.8 4.9 5.7 6.6 7.0 7.5 7.0
Serbia C 8.1 8.9 9.5 9.5 9.0 7.1 5.8
Nicaragua E 2.4 3.3 4.2 5.1 5.8 7.0 9.1
Libya E 2.1 3.2 4.4 5.4 6.2 6.9 8.5
Paraguay D 2.5 3.2 4.2 5.3 6.2 6.9 8.6
Kyrgyzstan A 3.0 3.6 4.4 4.9 5.4 6.7 9.4
Bulgaria C 8.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 7.4 6.7 5.2
Turkmenistan B 2.2 2.9 3.7 4.5 5.1 6.5 8.3
El Salvador D 3.7 4.6 5.3 5.9 6.2 6.4 6.6
Congo, Rep. E 1.3 1.8 2.4 3.1 4.3 6.1 10.4
Singapore A 2.1 2.4 3.0 4.0 5.1 6.0 6.3
Denmark B 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.9 6.4
Slovak Republic D 4.5 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.8 5.2
Central African Republic E 1.8 2.2 2.8 3.6 4.4 5.7 11.5
Finland C 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.5
Norway B 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.9 5.5 6.4
Liberia E 1.4 1.9 2.1 2.8 3.9 5.4 8.9
Lebanon E 2.3 2.6 2.8 3.8 5.0 5.4 4.9
New Zealand A 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.9 4.4 5.2 5.9
Costa Rica C 1.8 2.4 3.1 4.0 4.6 5.2 5.7
Ireland A 2.9 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.6 5.1 5.7
Mauritania E 1.1 1.5 2.0 2.6 3.5 4.9 8.9
Oman A 0.7 1.2 1.8 2.3 3.0 4.6 6.3
Panama C 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.6 4.5 5.7
Kuwait A 0.7 1.4 2.1 2.0 3.0 4.3 5.2
Croatia C 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.3
Georgia B 4.7 5.0 5.4 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.4
Mongolia A 1.3 1.7 2.2 2.4 2.7 3.4 4.5
Moldova B 3.6 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.4 3.0
Uruguay C 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 3.8 4.2 4.5 3.8 3.7 3.2 2.7
Albania C 2.2 2.7 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.5
Jamaica D 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.5
Armenia A 2.5 3.1 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.6
Gambia E 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.8 2.8 4.7
Lithuania C 3.1 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.7 2.2
Qatar A 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.9 2.7 3.4
Botswana D 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.7 3.7
Namibia E 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.1 2.6 3.8
Gabon D 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.6 2.4 3.8
Lesotho E 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.9
Guinea-Bissau E 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.5 2.2 3.4
Slovenia A 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0
North Macedonia B 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9
Latvia D 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.8 1.4
Bahrain C 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.5 1.8
Estonia D 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2
Mauritius A 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2
Cyprus B 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4
Eswatini D 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.7
Comoros D 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.2
Guyana D 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9
Bhutan C 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
Luxembourg B 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8
Suriname D 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7
Malta B 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Bahamas, The C 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5
Iceland B 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4


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