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🇧🇴 Bolivia

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BOL
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BO
UN M49 numeric068
IOC codeBOL
Official namePlurinational State of Bolivia
Native name(s)aym: official: Wuliwya Suyu; common: Wuliwya; grn: official: Tetã Volívia; common: Volívia; que: official: Buliwya Mamallaqta; common: Buliwya; spa: official: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia; common: Bolivia
Alt spellingsBO, Buliwya, Wuliwya, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, Buliwya Mamallaqta, Wuliwya Suyu, Tetã Volívia
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionSouth America
UN regional groupLatin American and Caribbean Group
CapitalSucre
Area (km²)1,098,581
Lat / Lng-17.0000, -65.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)ARG, BRA, CHL, PRY, PER
Top-level domain.bo
Calling coderoot: +5; suffixes: 91

Demographics

Population (World Bank)12,581,843 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)68.739 (2024)
Languagesaym: Aymara; grn: Guaraní; que: Quechua; spa: Spanish
Demonymseng: f: Bolivian; m: Bolivian; fra: f: Bolivienne; m: Bolivien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)64,768,947,525.326 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)5,147.811 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)2.967 (2025)
CurrenciesBOB: name: Bolivian boliviano; symbol: Bs.

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19503,089,969
19513,137,297
19523,187,537
19533,240,965
19543,297,842
19553,358,004
19563,421,339
19573,487,569
19583,556,559
19593,628,191
19603,702,323
19613,778,731
19623,857,493
19633,938,913
19644,022,996
19654,109,796
19664,199,550
19674,292,572
19684,388,944
19694,488,232
19704,590,010
19714,694,342
19724,800,978
19734,910,200
19745,022,475
19755,137,539
19765,256,496
19775,379,166
19785,504,123
19795,630,849
19805,758,900
19815,888,109
19826,018,088
19836,149,060
19846,281,868
19856,416,185
19866,552,479
19876,692,162
19886,835,508
19896,981,766
19907,130,142
19917,280,289
19927,430,336
19937,579,195
19947,727,322
19957,874,676
19968,021,736
19978,167,900
19988,313,394
19998,459,806
20008,606,326
20018,752,736
20028,900,355
20039,050,700
20049,204,287
20059,360,754
20069,521,689
20079,685,960
20089,850,858
200910,016,275
201010,182,345
201110,348,929
201210,515,807
201310,682,608
201410,848,888
201511,014,705
201611,180,020
201711,344,587
201811,508,368
201911,671,386
202011,816,299
202111,937,360
202212,077,154
202312,244,159

Full raw record (JSON)

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