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Bolivia

Official name:

the Plurinational State of Bolivia

Name in native language:

Bolivia /

Capital:

La Paz

ISO country code

BO

Nat. statistical agency:

INE

Region:

South America

Census Results

1950-09-05 : 2,704,165
1976-09-29 : 4,613,486
1992-06-03 : 6,420,792
2001-09-05 : 8,274,325

Plurinational State of Bolivia (the)

Administrative units

code	departamento	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2001-09-05 census	population 2010 projection
source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Bolivia. note: the area of Departamento de la Paz also includes 3,690 sq.km. of Lago Titicaca, which is a body of water and not a province.
10102	Departamento de La Paz	La Paz	133,985	2,350,466	2,839,946
10104	Departamento de Oruro	Oruro	53,588	391,870	450,814
10105	Departamento de Potosí	Potosí	118,218	709,013	788,406
10207	Departamento de Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	370,621	2,029,471	2,785,762
10208	Departamento del Beni	Trinidad	213,564	362,521	445,234
10209	Departamento de Pando	Cobija	63,827	52,525	81,160
10301	Departamento de Chuquisaca	Sucre	51,524	531,522	650,570
10303	Departamento de Cochabamba	Cochabamba	55,631	1,455,711	1,861,924
10306	Departamento de Tarija	Tarija	37,623	391,226	522,339
	total		1,098,581	8,274,325	10,426,155

Expanded administrative units

code	departamento provincia	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2001-09-05 census	population 2010 projection
source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Bolivia. note: the area of Departamento de la Paz also includes 3,690 sq.km. of Lago Titicaca, which is a body of water and not a province.
10102	Departamento de La Paz	La Paz	133,985	2,350,466	2,839,946
10102011	Pedro Domingo Murillo	Palca	4,705	1,484,328	1,846,556
10102012	Omasuyos	Achacachi	2,065	85,702	97,215
10102013	Pacajes	Corocoro	10,584	49,183	54,714
10102014	Eliodoro Camacho	Puerto Acosta	2,080	57,745	61,598
10102015	Muñecas	Chuma	4,965	25,163	34,319
10102016	Larecaja	Sorata	8,110	68,026	66,078
10102017	Franz Tamayo	Apolo	15,900	18,386	19,347
10102018	Ingavi	Viacha	5,410	95,906	114,617
10102019	José Ramón Loayza	Luribay	3,370	43,731	51,942
10102020	Inquisivi	Inquisivi	6,430	59,495	62,125
10102021	Sud Yungas	Chulumani	5,770	63,544	75,564
10102022	Los Andes	Pucarani	1,658	69,636	76,181
10102023	Aroma	Villa Aroma	4,510	86,480	110,417
10102024	Nor Yungas	Coroico	1,720	23,681	26,757
10102025	Abel Iturralde	Ixiamas	42,815	11,828	16,397
10102026	Bautista Saavedra	Villa General Perez	2,525	11,475	12,851
10102027	Manco Kapac	Copacabana	367	22,892	24,925
10102028	Gualberto Villarroel	San Pedro de Curahuara	1,935	15,975	21,209
10102029	José Manuel Pando	Santiago de Machaca	1,976	6,137	8,044
10102030	Caranavi	Caranavi	3,400	51,153	59,090
10104	Departamento de Oruro	Oruro	53,588	391,870	450,814
10104047	Cercado	Oruro	5,766	241,230	266,244
10104048	Eduardo Avaroa	Challapata	4,015	27,675	32,288
10104049	Carangas	Corque	5,472	10,505	13,562
10104050	Sajama	Ciudad de Carangas	5,790	9,096	10,232
10104051	Litoral	Huachacalla	2,894	4,555	9,422
10104052	Poopó	Poopó	3,061	14,984	12,747
10104053	Pantaleón Dalence	Huanuni	1,210	23,608	22,078
10104054	Ladislao Cabrera	Salinas de Garcí Mendoza	8,818	11,698	17,770
10104055	Atahuallpa	Sabaya	5,885	7,114	13,489
10104056	Saucarí	Toledo	1,671	7,763	10,524
10104057	Tomás Barrón	Eucaliptus	356	5,424	5,876
10104058	Sud Carangas	Santiago de Andamarca	3,536	6,136	9,059
10104059	San Pedro de Totora	Totora	1,487	4,941	5,892
10104060	Sebastián Pagador	Santiago de Huari	1,972	10,221	13,289
10104061	Puerto de Mejillones	La Rivera	785	1,130	1,642
10104062	Nor Carangas	Huayllamarca	870	5,790	6,700
10105	Departamento de Potosí	Potosí	118,218	709,013	788,406
10105063	Tomás Frías	Potosi	3,420	176,922	210,812
10105064	Rafael Bustillo	Uncia	2,235	76,254	75,506
10105065	Cornelio Saavedra	Betanzos	2,375	58,706	65,549
10105066	Chayanta	Colquechaqua	7,026	90,205	110,886
10105067	Charcas	San Pedro	2,964	38,174	46,510
10105068	Nor Chichas	Cotagaita	8,979	35,323	32,997
10105069	Alonso de Ibánez	Sacaca	2,170	27,755	32,714
10105070	Sud Chichas	Tupini	8,516	47,873	44,287
10105071	Nor Lípez	Colcha	20,892	10,460	13,089
10105072	Sud Lípez	San Pablo de Lípez	22,355	4,905	5,780
10105073	José María Linares	Puna	5,136	51,412	50,699
10105074	Antonio Quijarro	Uyuni	14,890	37,428	39,184
10105075	Bernardino Bilbao	Arampampa	640	10,623	11,330
10105076	Daniel Campos	Llica	12,106	5,067	5,566
10105077	Modesto Omiste	Villazon	2,260	36,266	41,452
10105078	Enrique Baldivieso	San Agustin	2,254	1,640	2,045
10207	Departamento de Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	370,621	2,029,471	2,785,762
10207085	Andrés Ibáñez	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	4,821	1,260,549	1,841,282
10207086	Ignacio Warnes	Warnes	1,216	53,231	67,723
10207087	José Miguel de Velasco	San Ignacio	65,425	56,702	68,723
10207088	Ichilo	Buena Vista	14,232	70,444	91,678
10207089	Chiquitos	San Jose	31,429	59,754	76,822
10207090	Sara	Portachuelo	6,886	37,733	44,195
10207091	Cordillera	Lagunillas	86,245	101,733	108,239
10207092	Vallegrande	Vallegrande	6,414	27,429	28,144
10207093	Florida	Samaipata	4,132	27,447	30,502
10207094	Obispo Santistevan	Montero	3,673	142,786	176,106
10207095	Ñuflo de Chávez	Concepción	54,150	93,997	131,855
10207096	Ángel Sandoval	San Matias	37,442	13,073	14,719
10207097	Manuel María Caballero	Comarapa	2,310	20,010	22,916
10207098	Germán Busch	Puerto Suarez	24,903	33,006	39,334
10207099	Guarayos	Ascencion de Guarayos	27,343	31,577	43,524
10208	Departamento del Beni	Trinidad	213,564	362,521	445,234
10208100	Cercado	San Javier	12,276	82,653	100,728
10208101	Antonio Vaca Díez	Riberalta	22,434	116,421	148,340
10208102	Gen. José Ballivián Segurola	Reyes	40,444	68,174	90,796
10208103	Yacuma	Santa Ana de Yacuma	34,686	27,901	29,472
10208104	Moxos	San Ignacio de Moxos	33,316	21,643	24,837
10208105	Marbán	Loreto	15,126	14,454	16,327
10208106	Mamoré	San Joaquín	18,706	12,397	14,268
10208107	Iténez	Magdalena	36,576	18,878	20,466
10209	Departamento de Pando	Cobija	63,827	52,525	81,160
10209108	Nicolás Suárez	Cobija	9,819	29,536	51,377
10209109	Manuripi	Puerto Rico	22,461	8,230	10,164
10209110	Madre De Dios	Puerto Gonzales Moreno	10,879	9,521	12,290
10209111	Abuná	Santa Rosa del Abuná	7,468	2,996	3,729
10209112	Federico Román	Nueva Esperanza	13,200	2,242	3,600
10301	Departamento de Chuquisaca	Sucre	51,524	531,522	650,570
10301001	Oropeza	Sucre	3,943	241,376	336,218
10301002	Juana Azurduy De Padilla	Azurduy	4,185	26,515	30,755
10301003	Jaime Zudáñez	Villa Zudañez	3,738	33,482	37,276
10301004	Tomina	Padilla	3,947	37,482	40,864
10301005	Hernando Siles	Monteagudo	5,473	36,511	39,350
10301006	Yamparáez	Tarabuco	1,472	29,567	28,974
10301007	Nor Cinti	Camargo	7,983	69,512	75,614
10301008	Belisario Boeto	Villa Serrano	2,000	12,277	12,366
10301009	Sud Cinti	Camataqui	5,484	24,321	24,222
10301010	Luis Calvo	Villa Vittorio Guzman	13,299	20,479	24,931
10303	Departamento de Cochabamba	Cochabamba	55,631	1,455,711	1,861,924
10303031	Cercado	Cochabamba	391	517,024	618,384
10303032	Narciso Campero	Aiquile	5,550	37,011	43,290
10303033	Ayopaya	Villa Independencia	9,620	60,959	65,602
10303034	Esteban Arce	Tarata	1,245	31,997	33,887
10303035	Arani	Arani	506	24,053	25,136
10303036	Arque	Arque	1,077	23,464	28,869
10303037	Capinota	Villa Capinota	1,495	25,582	26,850
10303038	Germán Jordán	Villa Cliza	305	31,768	35,330
10303039	Quillacollo	Quillacollo	720	246,803	393,408
10303040	Chapare	Sacaba	12,445	187,358	253,777
10303041	Tapacarí	Tapacarí	1,500	25,919	33,402
10303042	Carrasco	Totora	15,045	116,205	164,844
10303043	Mizque	Mizque	2,730	36,181	44,784
10303044	Punata	Punata	850	47,735	46,546
10303045	Bolívar	Bolívar	413	8,635	10,100
10303046	Tiraque	Tiraque	1,739	35,017	37,715
10306	Departamento de Tarija	Tarija	37,623	391,226	522,339
10306079	Cercado	Tarija	2,078	153,457	211,018
10306080	Aniceto Arce	Padcaya	5,205	52,570	60,811
10306081	Gran Chaco	Yacuiba	17,428	116,318	175,998
10306082	José María Avilés	Uriondo	2,742	17,504	18,926
10306083	Eustaquio Méndez	San Lorenzo	4,861	32,038	34,211
10306084	Burnet O'Connor	Entre Rios	5,309	19,339	21,375
	total		1,098,581	8,274,325	10,426,155

Main cities

name	population 2001-09-05 census	population 2005 projection	population 2010 projection
Santa Cruz de la Sierra	1,116,059	1,344,626	1,616,063
El Alto	647,350	795,740	953,253
La Paz	789,585	834,848	835,361
Cochabamba	516,683	578,151	618,376
Sucre	193,876	238,374	284,032
Oruro	201,230	216,459	216,724
Tarija	135,783	165,050	194,313
Sacaba	92,581	121,062	155,668
Potosí	132,966	147,672	154,693
Yacuiba	64,611	85,436	112,096
Quillacollo	74,980	88,136	99,050
source: INE, Bolivia.