Demographics of Bolivia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Bolivia is projected at 11.83 million, up by 1.37% compared with 11.67 million in 2020. Bolivia is ranked 80th in terms of population and 80th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.25 million births in Bolivia in 2021. That is 679 per day, which is ranked 80th. The crude birth rate is 20.94 per 1000 people. There are 0.08 million deaths in Bolivia in 2021. That is 220 per day, which is ranked 92th. The crude death rate is 6.77 per 1000 people.

8.25 million people are living in urban areas, which is 70.48% of Bolivia population. Bolivia is ranked 98th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Bolivia in 2021 is 100.68 males per 100 females. There are 5.94 million males and 5.90 million females in Bolivia. The percentage of female population is 49.83% compare to 50.17% male population. Bolivia has 40 thousand more females than males. Bolivia is at 140th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Bolivia population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	3,081,836	-
1955	3,331,036	1.74
1960	3,656,961	1.95
1965	4,038,865	2.05
1970	4,484,004	2.16
1975	5,001,413	2.23
1980	5,579,932	2.15
1985	6,179,460	2.07
1990	6,864,839	2.14
1995	7,622,334	2.08
2000	8,418,270	1.95
2005	9,232,301	1.8
2010	10,048,597	1.66
2015	10,869,732	1.52
2016	11,031,822	1.49
2017	11,192,853	1.46
2018	11,353,140	1.43
2019	11,513,102	1.41
2020	11,673,029	1.39
2021	11,832,936	1.37

Total
Crude

Bolivia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	89,826	139,307	28.87	44.82
1955	86,735	147,787	25.96	44.25
1960	86,410	160,425	23.58	43.81
1965	87,707	174,638	21.67	43.18
1970	88,983	190,088	19.80	42.31
1975	89,901	206,474	17.94	41.21
1980	89,404	218,572	16.02	39.19
1985	88,315	230,541	14.25	37.21
1990	86,636	242,905	12.60	35.34
1995	83,111	250,520	10.89	32.84
2000	79,287	255,396	9.41	30.31
2005	76,742	254,908	8.31	27.60
2010	74,875	251,479	7.45	25.01
2015	74,906	248,056	6.89	22.82
2020	78,960	247,457	6.76	21.19
2021	80,130	247,901	6.77	20.94

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Bolivia

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	1,045,793	2,043,853	-	33.848
1955	1,187,684	2,177,676	2.65	35.291
1960	1,357,798	2,335,651	2.75	36.762
1965	1,557,303	2,513,287	2.81	38.257
1970	1,792,197	2,713,581	2.88	39.776
1975	2,069,502	2,939,755	2.95	41.314
1980	2,540,502	3,049,073	4.52	45.451
1985	3,137,990	3,073,560	4.16	50.519
1990	3,810,515	3,045,729	3.86	55.577
1995	4,475,674	3,091,040	2.92	59.150
2000	5,152,761	3,186,751	2.79	61.787
2005	5,855,799	3,269,610	2.49	64.170
2010	6,588,702	3,329,540	2.32	66.430
2015	7,334,993	3,389,712	2.06	68.393
2020	8,094,974	3,449,008	1.95	70.123
2021	8,251,182	3,456,718	1.93	70.475

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Bolivia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	605,377	579,025	1,184,402	10.01	104.551
05-09	602,591	576,993	1,179,584	9.97	104.436
10-14	593,585	568,998	1,162,583	9.82	104.321
15-19	581,878	559,370	1,141,248	9.64	104.024
20-24	547,443	530,257	1,077,700	9.11	103.241
25-29	500,949	489,151	990,100	8.37	102.412
30-34	447,290	441,230	888,520	7.51	101.373
35-39	393,535	391,711	785,246	6.64	100.466
40-44	341,484	342,948	684,432	5.78	99.573
45-49	290,886	295,119	586,005	4.95	98.566
50-54	244,064	250,010	494,074	4.18	97.622
55-59	203,222	210,483	413,705	3.50	96.550
60-64	167,614	176,505	344,119	2.91	94.963
65-69	136,973	147,910	284,883	2.41	92.606
70-74	109,311	121,098	230,409	1.95	90.267
75-79	79,541	92,431	171,972	1.45	86.054
80-84	49,321	62,088	111,409	0.94	79.437
85-89	26,313	36,649	62,962	0.53	71.797
90-94	11,294	17,593	28,887	0.24	64.196
95-99	3,210	5,759	8,969	0.08	55.739
100+	542	1,185	1,727	0.01	45.738
Total	5,936,423	5,896,513	11,832,936		100.677