How many people live in Bolivia right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
12,801,704
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 79 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.15%
- Median age
- 25.5 years
- Children per woman
- 2.47
- Life expectancy
- 69.1 years
- People per km²
- 12
According to UN estimates, about 12.8 million people live in Bolivia right now. It ranks 79th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Burundi and South Sudan, and it is home to one in every 650 people on the planet.
Every day, about 720 people are born there and about 250 die. Overall, the population grows by about 460 people a day (1.31% a year).
In 1950, about 3.1 million people lived there. Today there are 4.1 times as many. The UN expects it to peak around 2086, at about 17.9 million, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 16.1 million people (26% more than today), and by 2100 about 17.8 million.
Half of its people are younger than 26 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 2.47 children each, above the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 69 years (worldwide, 74). There are 12 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Bolivia in 2026?
- Bolivia has about 12.8 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 12,749,291.
- How many people are born each day in Bolivia?
- About 720 a day (261,000 a year). About 250 people die each day (91,500 a year).
- Is the population of Bolivia growing?
- Yes: it grows by 1.31% a year, or about 167,000 people.
- What will the population of Bolivia be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 16.1 million, with a peak around 2086 at about 17.9 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Benin 15,283,163
- Rwanda 14,991,709
- Burundi 14,838,393
- South Sudan 12,515,039
- Tunisia 12,434,404
- Haiti 12,078,605
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,532
- Brazil 213,783,505
- Mexico 133,319,742
- Colombia 54,089,625
- Argentina 46,051,044
- Canada 40,567,031
- Peru 35,027,396
- Venezuela 28,673,179
- Chile 19,971,238
- Guatemala 19,055,559
- Ecuador 18,493,692
- Haiti 12,078,605
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.