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Bolivia
A landlocked South American nation spanning the Andes and the Amazon basin, Bolivia is home to the world's highest capital city — La Paz sits at over 3,600 meters elevation, while Sucre is the constitutional capital. The Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, is among its most iconic landscapes. Bolivia has South America's largest indigenous population as a share of its total.
Major cities: Santa Cruz, La Paz, Cochabamba, Sucre
2024
12.4M
UN
2050
16.1M
UN
2100
17.8M
UN
~2200
13.0M
GPU
~2500
3.0M
GPU
Population12.4M
Fertility (TFR)2.52
Life expectancy68.7
Median age24.7
Infant mortality20.0 per 1,000
Pop. density11/km²
Urbanization71%
Youth share (0-14)30%
Land area1,083,300 km²
LanguageSpanish
ReligionChristian
HDI0.733 (#108)
RegionSouth America
Latest available year is shown in parentheses where the source series varies across indicators. Governance metrics use World Bank percentile ranks; battle deaths and military spending are context variables, not direct fertility drivers.
UN WPP 2024 — verified data through 2100
| Year | Population | TFR | Life Exp. | CBR | CDR | Net Migration | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 3.09M | 6.19 | 40.7 | 43.0 | 25.8 | -7K | 1.7% |
| 1955 | 3.36M | 6.24 | 41.9 | 43.5 | 24.2 | -3K | 1.9% |
| 1960 | 3.70M | 6.27 | 43.3 | 43.9 | 22.7 | -3K | 2.1% |
| 1965 | 4.11M | 6.18 | 45.1 | 43.6 | 21.0 | -4K | 2.3% |
| 1970 | 4.59M | 6.00 | 47.1 | 42.7 | 19.2 | -5K | 2.4% |
| 1975 | 5.14M | 5.75 | 49.3 | 41.1 | 17.2 | -6K | 2.4% |
| 1980 | 5.76M | 5.47 | 51.8 | 39.7 | 15.3 | -12K | 2.4% |
| 1985 | 6.42M | 5.15 | 53.8 | 37.6 | 13.8 | -18K | 2.4% |
| 1990 | 7.13M | 4.90 | 56.8 | 36.1 | 12.0 | -22K | 2.4% |
| 1995 | 7.87M | 4.41 | 59.8 | 32.8 | 10.5 | -28K | 2.2% |
| 2000 | 8.61M | 3.99 | 62.1 | 29.8 | 9.7 | -27K | 2.0% |
| 2005 | 9.36M | 3.56 | 64.2 | 27.3 | 8.8 | -16K | 1.9% |
| 2010 | 10.2M | 3.21 | 66.0 | 25.6 | 8.0 | -13K | 1.8% |
| 2015 | 11.0M | 2.89 | 67.2 | 23.7 | 7.7 | -11K | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 11.8M | 2.65 | 62.9 | 22.0 | 10.8 | -5K | 1.1% |
| 2024Now | 12.4M | 2.52 | 68.7 | 21.0 | 7.2 | -3K | 1.4% |
| 2025 | 12.6M | 2.50 | 68.9 | 20.8 | 7.2 | -3K | 1.4% |
| 2030 | 13.4M | 2.38 | 69.7 | 19.5 | 7.3 | -3K | 1.2% |
| 2035 | 14.2M | 2.28 | 70.4 | 18.3 | 7.4 | -4K | 1.1% |
| 2040 | 14.9M | 2.19 | 71.2 | 17.1 | 7.7 | -4K | 0.9% |
| 2045 | 15.5M | 2.12 | 71.9 | 16.1 | 8.1 | -3K | 0.8% |
| 2050 | 16.1M | 2.06 | 72.6 | 15.3 | 8.5 | -3K | 0.7% |
| 2055 | 16.6M | 2.01 | 73.3 | 14.5 | 8.9 | -4K | 0.6% |
| 2060 | 17.0M | 1.96 | 74.0 | 13.9 | 9.4 | -3K | 0.5% |
| 2065 | 17.3M | 1.93 | 74.7 | 13.4 | 9.8 | -3K | 0.4% |
| 2070 | 17.6M | 1.90 | 75.4 | 12.9 | 10.3 | -3K | 0.3% |
| 2075 | 17.8M | 1.88 | 76.1 | 12.4 | 10.7 | -3K | 0.2% |
| 2080 | 17.9M | 1.85 | 76.9 | 12.0 | 11.1 | -3K | 0.1% |
| 2085 | 17.9M | 1.84 | 77.5 | 11.7 | 11.4 | -3K | 0.0% |
| 2090 | 17.9M | 1.83 | 78.2 | 11.4 | 11.6 | -3K | 0.0% |
| 2095 | 17.9M | 1.81 | 79.0 | 11.1 | 11.8 | -3K | -0.1% |
| 2100 | 17.8M | 1.79 | 79.6 | 10.9 | 12.0 | -3K | -0.1% |