Bolivia

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
2012-11-21 10,389,913

General Information


Official name the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Official name [native] Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (el) «Spanish»
Capital La Paz
Capital [native] La Paz «Spanish»
Region South America
ISO code BO
Statistical agency Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Name in Chinese 玻利维亚多民族国
Name in Arabic دولة بوليفيا المتعددة القوميات
Name in Spanish Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (el)
Name in Russian Многонациональное Государство Боливия
Name in French État plurinational de Bolivia (l’)

Administrative units

codedepartamentocapitalarea (sq.km.)population
2001-09-05
census		population
2010
projection		population
2012-11-21
prelim. census
10102Departamento de La PazLa Paz133,9852,349,8852,839,9462,741,554
10104Departamento de OruroOruro53,588392,769450,814490,612
10105Departamento de PotosíPotosí118,218708,695788,406798,664
10207Departamento de Santa CruzSanta Cruz de la Sierra370,6212,029,4712,785,7622,776,244
10208Departamento del BeniTrinidad213,564362,521445,234425,780
10209Departamento de PandoCobija63,82752,52581,160109,173
10301Departamento de ChuquisacaSucre51,524531,522650,570600,728
10303Departamento de CochabambaCochabamba55,6311,455,7111,861,9241,938,401
10306Departamento de TarijaTarija37,623391,226522,339508,757
 total 1,098,5818,274,32510,426,15510,389,913
source: INE, 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.

Expanded administrative units

codedepartamento
provincia		capitalarea (sq.km.)population
2001-09-05
census		population
2010
projection		population
2012-11-21
prelim. census
10102Departamento de La PazLa Paz133,9852,349,8852,839,9462,741,554
10102011Pedro Domingo MurilloPalca4,7051,484,3281,846,556 
10102012OmasuyosAchacachi2,06585,70297,215 
10102013PacajesCorocoro10,58449,18354,714 
10102014Eliodoro CamachoPuerto Acosta2,08057,74561,598 
10102015MuñecasChuma4,96525,16334,319 
10102016LarecajaSorata8,11068,02666,078 
10102017Franz TamayoApolo15,90018,38619,347 
10102018IngaviViacha5,41095,906114,617 
10102019José Ramón LoayzaLuribay3,37043,73151,942 
10102020InquisiviInquisivi6,43059,49562,125 
10102021Sud YungasChulumani5,77063,54475,564 
10102022Los AndesPucarani1,65869,63676,181 
10102023AromaVilla Aroma4,51086,480110,417 
10102024Nor YungasCoroico1,72023,68126,757 
10102025Abel IturraldeIxiamas42,81511,82816,397 
10102026Bautista SaavedraVilla General Perez2,52511,47512,851 
10102027Manco KapacCopacabana36722,89224,925 
10102028Gualberto VillarroelSan Pedro de Curahuara1,93515,97521,209 
10102029José Manuel PandoSantiago de Machaca1,9766,1378,044 
10102030CaranaviCaranavi3,40051,15359,090 
10104Departamento de OruroOruro53,588392,769450,814490,612
10104047CercadoOruro5,766241,230266,244 
10104048Eduardo AvaroaChallapata4,01527,67532,288 
10104049CarangasCorque5,47210,50513,562 
10104050SajamaCiudad de Carangas5,7909,09610,232 
10104051LitoralHuachacalla2,8944,5559,422 
10104052PoopóPoopó3,06114,98412,747 
10104053Pantaleón DalenceHuanuni1,21023,60822,078 
10104054Ladislao CabreraSalinas de Garcí Mendoza8,81811,69817,770 
10104055AtahuallpaSabaya5,8857,11413,489 
10104056SaucaríToledo1,6717,76310,524 
10104057Tomás BarrónEucaliptus3565,4245,876 
10104058Sud CarangasSantiago de Andamarca3,5366,1369,059 
10104059San Pedro de TotoraTotora1,4874,9415,892 
10104060Sebastián PagadorSantiago de Huari1,97210,22113,289 
10104061Puerto de MejillonesLa Rivera7851,1301,642 
10104062Nor CarangasHuayllamarca8705,7906,700 
10105Departamento de PotosíPotosí118,218708,695788,406798,664
10105063Tomás FríasPotosi3,420176,922210,812 
10105064Rafael BustilloUncia2,23576,25475,506 
10105065Cornelio SaavedraBetanzos2,37558,70665,549 
10105066ChayantaColquechaqua7,02690,205110,886 
10105067CharcasSan Pedro2,96438,17446,510 
10105068Nor ChichasCotagaita8,97935,32332,997 
10105069Alonso de IbánezSacaca2,17027,75532,714 
10105070Sud ChichasTupini8,51647,87344,287 
10105071Nor LípezColcha20,89210,46013,089 
10105072Sud LípezSan Pablo de Lípez22,3554,9055,780 
10105073José María LinaresPuna5,13651,41250,699 
10105074Antonio QuijarroUyuni14,89037,42839,184 
10105075Bernardino BilbaoArampampa64010,62311,330 
10105076Daniel CamposLlica12,1065,0675,566 
10105077Modesto OmisteVillazon2,26036,26641,452 
10105078Enrique BaldiviesoSan Agustin2,2541,6402,045 
10207Departamento de Santa CruzSanta Cruz de la Sierra370,6212,029,4712,785,7622,776,244
10207085Andrés IbáñezSanta Cruz de la Sierra4,8211,260,5491,841,282 
10207086Ignacio WarnesWarnes1,21653,23167,723 
10207087José Miguel de VelascoSan Ignacio65,42556,70268,723 
10207088IchiloBuena Vista14,23270,44491,678 
10207089ChiquitosSan Jose31,42959,75476,822 
10207090SaraPortachuelo6,88637,73344,195 
10207091CordilleraLagunillas86,245101,733108,239 
10207092VallegrandeVallegrande6,41427,42928,144 
10207093FloridaSamaipata4,13227,44730,502 
10207094Obispo SantistevanMontero3,673142,786176,106 
10207095Ñuflo de ChávezConcepción54,15093,997131,855 
10207096Ángel SandovalSan Matias37,44213,07314,719 
10207097Manuel María CaballeroComarapa2,31020,01022,916 
10207098Germán BuschPuerto Suarez24,90333,00639,334 
10207099GuarayosAscencion de Guarayos27,34331,57743,524 
10208Departamento del BeniTrinidad213,564362,521445,234425,780
10208100CercadoSan Javier12,27682,653100,728 
10208101Antonio Vaca DíezRiberalta22,434116,421148,340 
10208102Gen. José Ballivián SegurolaReyes40,44468,17490,796 
10208103YacumaSanta Ana de Yacuma34,68627,90129,472 
10208104MoxosSan Ignacio de Moxos33,31621,64324,837 
10208105MarbánLoreto15,12614,45416,327 
10208106MamoréSan Joaquín18,70612,39714,268 
10208107IténezMagdalena36,57618,87820,466 
10209Departamento de PandoCobija63,82752,52581,160109,173
10209108Nicolás SuárezCobija9,81929,53651,377 
10209109ManuripiPuerto Rico22,4618,23010,164 
10209110Madre De DiosPuerto Gonzales Moreno10,8799,52112,290 
10209111AbunáSanta Rosa del Abuná7,4682,9963,729 
10209112Federico RománNueva Esperanza13,2002,2423,600 
10301Departamento de ChuquisacaSucre51,524531,522650,570600,728
10301001OropezaSucre3,943241,376336,218 
10301002Juana Azurduy De PadillaAzurduy4,18526,51530,755 
10301003Jaime ZudáñezVilla Zudañez3,73833,48237,276 
10301004TominaPadilla3,94737,48240,864 
10301005Hernando SilesMonteagudo5,47336,51139,350 
10301006YamparáezTarabuco1,47229,56728,974 
10301007Nor CintiCamargo7,98369,51275,614 
10301008Belisario BoetoVilla Serrano2,00012,27712,366 
10301009Sud CintiCamataqui5,48424,32124,222 
10301010Luis CalvoVilla Vittorio Guzman13,29920,47924,931 
10303Departamento de CochabambaCochabamba55,6311,455,7111,861,9241,938,401
10303031CercadoCochabamba391517,024618,384 
10303032Narciso CamperoAiquile5,55037,01143,290 
10303033AyopayaVilla Independencia9,62060,95965,602 
10303034Esteban ArceTarata1,24531,99733,887 
10303035AraniArani50624,05325,136 
10303036ArqueArque1,07723,46428,869 
10303037CapinotaVilla Capinota1,49525,58226,850 
10303038Germán JordánVilla Cliza30531,76835,330 
10303039QuillacolloQuillacollo720246,803393,408 
10303040ChapareSacaba12,445187,358253,777 
10303041TapacaríTapacarí1,50025,91933,402 
10303042CarrascoTotora15,045116,205164,844 
10303043MizqueMizque2,73036,18144,784 
10303044PunataPunata85047,73546,546 
10303045BolívarBolívar4138,63510,100 
10303046TiraqueTiraque1,73935,01737,715 
10306Departamento de TarijaTarija37,623391,226522,339508,757
10306079CercadoTarija2,078153,457211,018 
10306080Aniceto ArcePadcaya5,20552,57060,811 
10306081Gran ChacoYacuiba17,428116,318175,998 
10306082José María AvilésUriondo2,74217,50418,926 
10306083Eustaquio MéndezSan Lorenzo4,86132,03834,211 
10306084Burnet O'ConnorEntre Rios5,30919,33921,375 
 total 1,098,5818,274,32510,426,15510,389,913
source: INE, 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.

Main cities

namepopulation
2001-09-05
census		population
2005
projection		population
2010
projection
Santa Cruz de la Sierra1,116,0591,344,6261,616,063
El Alto647,350795,740953,253
La Paz789,585834,848835,361
Cochabamba516,683578,151618,376
Sucre193,876238,374284,032
Oruro201,230216,459216,724
Tarija135,783165,050194,313
Sacaba92,581121,062155,668
Potosí132,966147,672154,693
Yacuiba64,61185,436112,096
Quillacollo74,98088,13699,050
source: INE, Bolivia.