Bolivia

Contents: Bolivia

Plurinational State

10,059,856 Population [2012] – census

11,365,333 Population [2024] – census

1,098,581km² Area

10.35/km² Density [2024]

Contents: Departments and Provinces

The population of the departments and provinces of Bolivia according to census results.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization, main language, identification).

Name	Status	Population Census 1992-06-03	Population Census 2001-06-29	Population Census 2012-11-21	Population Census 2024-03-23
Beni	Department	276,174	362,521	422,008	488,260	→
Cercado (Trinidad)	Province	63,128	82,653	111,873	136,502	→
General José Ballivián (José Ballivián)	Province	47,420	68,174	82,783	89,638	→
Iténez	Province	16,300	18,878	21,453	24,903	→
Mamoré	Province	10,055	12,397	12,817	13,388	→
Marbán	Province	11,950	14,454	16,331	19,839	→
Moxos	Province	17,602	19,250	19,252	21,584	→
Territorio Indígena Multiétnico	Province	...	2,013	3,232	3,973	→
Vaca Díez	Province	84,651	116,421	130,836	152,333	→
Yacuma	Province	25,068	28,281	23,431	26,100	→
Chuquisaca	Department	453,756	531,522	580,923	606,027	→
Azurduy (Juana Azurduy de Padilla)	Province	23,492	27,579	24,913	24,715	→
Belisario Boeto	Province	12,617	12,386	11,161	9,107	→
Hernando Siles	Province	35,255	36,511	32,652	31,746	→
Luis Calvo	Province	17,251	20,479	19,679	23,064	→
Nor Cinti	Province	65,866	69,512	77,370	72,194	→
Oropeza	Province	176,298	241,376	287,615	319,651	→
Sud Cinti	Province	25,289	24,321	25,333	25,239	→
Tomina	Province	35,443	37,373	35,556	34,065	→
Yamparáez	Province	31,263	29,567	27,055	21,803	→
Zudáñez (Jaime Zudáñez)	Province	30,982	32,418	39,589	44,443	→
Cochabamba	Department	1,110,205	1,455,711	1,762,761	2,016,357	→
Arani	Province	23,331	24,053	18,444	19,592	→
Arque	Province	18,249	23,464	20,850	21,382	→
Ayopaya	Province	54,597	60,959	54,531	56,143	→
Bolívar	Province	7,081	8,635	7,279	8,282	→
Campero (Narciso Campero)	Province	30,358	37,011	35,763	36,298	→
Capinota	Province	24,444	25,582	29,744	31,347	→
Carrasco	Province	77,814	115,741	135,484	176,840	→
Cercado (Cochabamba)	Province	414,307	517,024	632,013	665,505	→
Chapare	Province	131,727	187,358	263,137	334,685	→
Esteban Arze (Esteban Arce)	Province	29,717	31,997	37,245	52,970	→
Germán Jordán	Province	27,505	31,768	34,498	37,224	→
Mizque	Province	27,959	36,181	35,806	36,708	→
Punata	Province	47,402	47,735	54,655	62,010	→
Quillacollo	Province	145,197	246,803	336,615	407,058	→
Tapacarí	Province	19,202	25,919	24,625	24,666	→
Tiraque	Province	31,315	35,481	42,072	45,647	→
La Paz	Department	1,900,786	2,349,885	2,719,344	3,030,917	→
Abel Iturralde	Province	8,226	11,828	18,073	22,700	→
Aroma	Province	65,730	86,480	98,205	112,736	→
Bautista Saavedra	Province	9,995	11,374	16,308	22,374	→
Camacho (Eliodoro Camacho)	Province	53,487	57,877	54,072	63,654	→
Caranavi	Province	43,093	51,153	61,524	70,261	→
Franz Tamayo	Province	17,619	18,386	27,088	28,216	→
General José Manuel Pando (José Manuel Pando)	Province	4,577	6,137	7,474	12,156	→
Gualberto Villarroel	Province	11,685	15,722	17,865	17,918	→
Ingavi	Province	78,059	95,906	134,965	176,183	→
Inquisivi	Province	57,345	59,167	66,462	86,065	→
Larecaja	Province	68,762	68,063	86,122	106,921	→
Loayza	Province	35,809	43,731	47,473	58,391	→
Los Andes	Province	62,185	69,636	78,579	117,009	→
Manco Kapac	Province	20,554	22,892	27,244	34,152	→
Muñecas	Province	17,820	25,132	25,378	33,580	→
Murillo (Pedro Domingo Murillo)	Province	1,156,423	1,484,328	1,669,807	1,731,619	→
Nor Yungas	Province	20,433	23,681	36,327	51,241	→
Omasuyos	Province	73,703	85,570	84,634	94,520	→
Pacajes	Province	43,351	49,183	55,316	69,300	→
Sud Yungas	Province	51,930	63,639	106,428	121,921	→
Oruro	Department	340,114	392,451	494,587	571,471	→
Abaroa (Eduardo Avaroa)	Province	23,147	27,675	32,969	40,588	→
Carangas	Province	7,930	10,163	11,071	18,605	→
Cercado (Oruro)	Province	213,755	241,811	309,629	346,961	→
Ladislao Cabrera	Province	7,363	11,698	14,851	19,131	→
Litoral (Litoral de Atacama)	Province	2,087	4,555	10,409	14,516	→
Mejillones (Puerto de Mejillones)	Province	751	1,130	2,076	3,531	→
Nor Carangas	Province	4,900	5,790	5,502	5,996	→
Pantaleón Dalence	Province	24,892	23,608	29,497	26,238	→
Poopó	Province	17,437	14,984	16,806	17,106	→
Sabaya (Atahuallpa)	Province	3,567	7,114	10,924	19,265	→
Sajama	Province	7,891	9,438	9,391	12,486	→
San Pedro de Totora	Province	4,040	4,941	5,531	6,637	→
Saucarí	Province	5,569	7,763	10,149	12,202	→
Sebastián Pagador	Province	7,712	10,221	13,283	13,502	→
Sud Carangas	Province	4,028	6,136	7,232	9,372	→
Tomás Barrón	Province	5,045	5,424	5,267	5,335	→
Pando	Department	38,072	52,525	110,436	134,194	→
Abuná	Province	2,652	2,996	4,049	5,489	→
Federico Román	Province	1,516	2,242	7,034	6,456	→
Madre de Dios	Province	8,097	9,521	24,070	32,785	→
Manuripi	Province	7,360	8,230	14,986	18,930	→
Nicolás Suárez	Province	18,447	29,536	60,297	70,534	→
Potosí	Department	645,889	709,013	828,517	861,292	→
Alonso de Ibáñez	Province	23,512	27,755	28,315	25,663	→
Antonio Quijarro	Province	37,384	37,428	55,327	63,636	→
Charcas	Province	31,233	38,174	40,882	39,130	→
Chayanta	Province	73,128	90,205	98,860	101,456	→
Cornelio Saavedra	Province	52,659	58,706	55,667	55,555	→
Daniel Campos	Province	4,630	5,067	5,850	5,733	→
Enrique Baldivieso	Province	1,313	1,640	1,684	2,126	→
General Bernardino Bilbao (Bernardino Bilbao Rioja)	Province	10,045	10,623	10,331	8,137	→
José María Linares	Province	52,535	51,412	49,796	43,726	→
Modesto Omiste	Province	31,737	36,266	44,906	49,340	→
Nor Chichas	Province	38,250	35,323	42,447	39,405	→
Nor Lípez	Province	8,320	10,460	14,057	14,361	→
Rafael Bustillo	Province	77,566	76,254	87,272	88,695	→
Sur Chichas (Sud Chichas)	Province	52,308	47,873	56,048	55,200	→
Sur Lípez	Province	4,158	4,905	6,835	6,111	→
Tomás Frías	Province	147,111	176,922	230,240	263,018	→
Santa Cruz	Department	1,364,389	2,029,471	2,657,762	3,122,605	→
Andrés Ibáñez	Province	784,678	1,256,801	1,654,311	1,944,134	→
Ángel Sandoval	Province	10,695	13,073	14,470	15,378	→
Chiquitos	Province	42,519	60,359	82,429	114,232	→
Cordillera	Province	88,628	101,733	120,236	134,948	→
Florida	Province	22,750	27,447	32,842	37,356	→
Germán Busch	Province	25,426	33,006	42,830	44,207	→
Guarayos	Province	20,902	31,577	48,301	57,924	→
Ichilo	Province	49,484	70,444	92,721	100,587	→
Manuel María Caballero	Province	16,074	20,010	23,309	23,243	→
Ñuflo de Chávez	Province	61,008	93,392	116,652	130,078	→
Obispo Santistevan	Province	104,660	142,786	181,198	196,450	→
Sara	Province	29,607	37,733	43,171	44,749	→
Vallegrande	Province	26,744	27,429	26,576	26,222	→
Velasco (José Miguel de Velasco)	Province	42,929	56,702	69,828	91,184	→
Warnes (Ignacio Warnes)	Province	38,285	56,979	108,888	161,913	→
Tarija	Department	291,407	391,226	483,518	534,210	→
Arce (Aniceto Arce)	Province	44,713	52,570	53,186	54,787	→
Avilés (José María Avilés)	Province	16,210	17,504	20,271	20,677	→
Cercado (Tarija)	Province	108,241	153,457	205,375	238,749	→
Gran Chaco	Province	74,612	116,318	147,478	159,264	→
Méndez (Eustaquio Méndez)	Province	29,868	32,038	35,217	39,869	→
O'Connor (Burdet O'Connor)	Province	17,763	19,339	21,991	20,864	→
Bolivia	Plurinational State	6,420,792	8,274,325	10,059,856	11,365,333

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia.

Explanation: Census figures are not adjusted for undercount. Area figures of provinces are calculated using geospatial data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2024)
Males	5,682,498
Females	5,682,835

Age Groups (C 2024)
0-14 years	3,063,844
15-64 years	7,460,214
65+ years	841,275

Age Distribution (C 2024)
90+ years	28,125
80-89 years	136,111
70-79 years	378,612
60-69 years	687,645
50-59 years	952,126
40-49 years	1,353,293
30-39 years	1,731,425
20-29 years	2,022,527
10-19 years	2,129,577
0-9 years	1,945,892

Urbanization (C 2024)
Rural	3,518,625
Urban	7,846,708

Main Language (C 2024)
Spanish	9,106,372
Quechua	1,074,908
Aymara	588,426
Guaraní	39,858
German	84,089
Other Language	204,744

Identification (C 2024)
Quechua	1,646,174
Aymara	1,594,248
Guaraní	103,109
Chiquitano	97,477
Other Indigenous Group	416,772
Campesino	335,852
Afro-Bolivian	25,168
not applicable	7,062,849