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

codedepartamentocapitalarea (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.
10102Departamento de La PazLa Paz133,9852,350,4662,839,946
10104Departamento de OruroOruro53,588391,870450,814
10105Departamento de PotosíPotosí118,218709,013788,406
10207Departamento de Santa CruzSanta Cruz de la Sierra370,6212,029,4712,785,762
10208Departamento del BeniTrinidad213,564362,521445,234
10209Departamento de PandoCobija63,82752,52581,160
10301Departamento de ChuquisacaSucre51,524531,522650,570
10303Departamento de CochabambaCochabamba55,6311,455,7111,861,924
10306Departamento de TarijaTarija37,623391,226522,339
 total 1,098,5818,274,32510,426,155

Expanded administrative units

codedepartamento
provincia
capitalarea (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.
10102Departamento de La PazLa Paz133,9852,350,4662,839,946
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 OruroOruro53,588391,870450,814
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 PotosíPotosí118,218709,013788,406
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 Sierra370,6212,029,4712,785,762
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 BeniTrinidad213,564362,521445,234
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 PandoCobija63,82752,52581,160
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 ChuquisacaSucre51,524531,522650,570
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 CochabambaCochabamba55,6311,455,7111,861,924
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 TarijaTarija37,623391,226522,339
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 1,098,5818,274,32510,426,155

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.