Demographics & population — Bolivia
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Bolivia: 11,639,909
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Population overview
- Population
11,639,909
- Population Growth Rate
1.63%
- Urban Population
- Population in Major Urban Areas
- Santa Cruz 1.719 million
- LA PAZ (capital) 1.715 million
- Sucre (constitutional capital) 307,000
Age & family
- Age Structure
- Median Age
- Birth Rate - births/1,000 population
24
- Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population
6.67
- Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman
2.87
- Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49
60.5%
- Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - female 12-49
60.5%
- Mean Age for Mother's First Birth (age 25-49)
21.2
- Mother's mean age at first birth
21.2
- Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
-0.76
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15%
- Nationality Noun
Bolivian(s)
Education
- Literacy - total population
86.7%
- Literacy - male
93.1%
- Literacy - female
81.6%
- Literacy Definition
Age 15 and over can read and write
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
6.9%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
190
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
1.22
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
1.1
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
4.9%
- Major Infectious Diseases - degree of risk
Very high
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
17.9%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
- Underweight - percent of children under five years
4.5%