Population in Bolivia

The population of Bolivia was 12,581,843 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Bolivia, 2025 12,581,843 People
Change from 2024 +1.4% 2024: 12,413,315 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 78th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Bolivia over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period BoliviaWorld
2025 12,581,843 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 12,413,315 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 12,244,159 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 12,077,154 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 11,937,360 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 11,816,299 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 11,671,386 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 11,508,368 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 11,344,587 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 11,180,020 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 11,014,705 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 10,848,888 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 10,682,608 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 10,515,807 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 10,348,929 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 10,182,345 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 10,016,275 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 9,850,858 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 9,685,960 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 9,521,689 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 9,360,754 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 9,204,287 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 9,050,700 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 8,900,355 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 8,752,736 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.4% from 12,413,315 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 11,014,705 people, the figure has changed by +14.2%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Bolivia has the 78th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Bolivia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects