Bolivia
population: 2024 census (23 Mar 2024) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 9 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography9 metros
Bolivia metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 9 tracked metros
| Metro | State | Tier | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #326 | La Paz▲ Largest | La Paz | 2.9M | 8.1 | Established Metro |
| #706 | Cochabamba | Cochabamba | 1.6M | 2.9 | Emerging Metro |
| #761 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Santa Cruz | 2.3M | 2.5 | Emerging Metro |
| #1197 | Potosi | Potosí | 265K | 1.2 | Emerging Metro |
| #1682 | Oruro | Oruro | 349K | 0.6 | Local Metro |
| #2084 | Sucre★ Capital | Chuquisaca | 352K | 0.4 | Local Metro |
| #2154 | Tarija | Tarija | 268K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2204 | Montero | Santa Cruz | 221K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #3302 | Yacuíba | Tarija | 173K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
🗂️ Departments
9 entries listed under Bolivia. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
📋 At a glance
- Official languages
- Spanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
- Currency
- Bolivian peso (BOP)
- Government
- Republic
- Legislature
- Plurinational Legislative Assembly
- Constitution
- 2009, 0 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Bolivian
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +591
- Internet TLD
- .bo
- ISO 3166
- BO
- Established
- 1825
- Highest point
- Nevado Sajama (6,542 m (21,463 ft))
- National anthem
- National Anthem of Bolivia
Facts via Wikidata.
💹 Economy and developmentLower middle income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations4 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History25 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Post-MAS Era
Rodrigo Paz✦ Current
2025–PresentPresident
Rodrigo Paz Pereira
2025–2025President
Rodrigo Paz
2025–2025President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo Paz✦ Current | President | 2025–Present |
| Rodrigo Paz Pereira | President | 2025–2025 |
| Rodrigo Paz | President | 2025–2025 |
MAS Era
Luis Arce
2020–2025President
Evo Morales
2006–2019President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Luis Arce | President | 2020–2025 |
| Evo Morales | President | 2006–2019 |
Interim / Transition
Jeanine Áñez
2019–2020President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Jeanine Áñez | President | 2019–2020 |
Democratic Era
Carlos Mesa
2003–2005President
Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
2002–2003President
Jorge Quiroga
2001–2002President
Hugo Banzer
1997–2001President
Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
1993–1997President
Jaime Paz Zamora
1989–1993President
Víctor Paz Estenssoro
1985–1989President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Mesa | President | 2003–2005 |
| Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada | President | 2002–2003 |
| Jorge Quiroga | President | 2001–2002 |
| Hugo Banzer | President | 1997–2001 |
| Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada | President | 1993–1997 |
| Jaime Paz Zamora | President | 1989–1993 |
| Víctor Paz Estenssoro | President | 1985–1989 |
Return to Democracy
Hernán Siles Zuazo
1982–1985President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Hernán Siles Zuazo | President | 1982–1985 |
Military Dictatorships
⚠️ Hugo Banzer
1971–1978President / De facto dictator
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| ⚠️ Hugo Banzer | President / De facto dictator | 1971–1978 |
National Revolution
Víctor Paz Estenssoro
1952–1956President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Víctor Paz Estenssoro | President | 1952–1956 |
Republic of Bolivia
⚠️ Gualberto Villarroel
1943–1952President
Germán Busch
1937–1943President
Bautista Saavedra
1921–1937President
Ismael Montes
1904–1921President
Narciso Campero
1880–1904President
⚠️ Mariano Melgarejo
1864–1880President
Manuel Isidoro Belzu
1848–1864President
Andrés de Santa Cruz
1829–1848President
Antonio José de Sucre
1825–1829President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| ⚠️ Gualberto Villarroel | President | 1943–1952 |
| Germán Busch | President | 1937–1943 |
| Bautista Saavedra | President | 1921–1937 |
| Ismael Montes | President | 1904–1921 |
| Narciso Campero | President | 1880–1904 |
| ⚠️ Mariano Melgarejo | President | 1864–1880 |
| Manuel Isidoro Belzu | President | 1848–1864 |
| Andrés de Santa Cruz | President | 1829–1848 |
| Antonio José de Sucre | President | 1825–1829 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Conflicts since 19456 interstate wars · click to expand
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaco War● | 1932–1935 | Paraguay | — |
| Acre War | 1899–1903 | Brazil,Republic of Acre | — |
| War of the Pacific● | 1879–1883 | Chile | — |
| Chincha Islands War | 1864–1866 | Spain | — |
| Peruvian–Bolivian War of 1828 | 1828 | Peru | — |
| Bolivian War of Independence | 1809–1825 | Spain,1810–1819,Start,Finish,Name of conflict,Belligerents,Victorious party (if applicable),Defeated party (if applicable) | — |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Bolivia: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
🏆 National Teams
Bolivia on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by Bolivia's national teams, newest first. 1 in total.
| Year | Date | Champion | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 1963-03-31 | Bolivia | South American Championship |
