Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Bolivia

Urban population share in Bolivia in 2025 — 71.6%. Ranked 83 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 34.7 pp.

2025 71.6% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 83of 217
Period maximum 71.6%2025
Period minimum 36.9%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Bolivia, 1960–202530405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 36.9%1962: 37.3%1964: 37.7%1966: 38.1%1968: 38.6%1970: 39.2%1972: 39.8%1974: 40.5%1976: 41.2%1978: 42.3%1980: 44.1%1982: 46.3%1984: 48.8%1986: 51.3%1988: 53.8%1990: 55.9%1992: 57.6%1994: 58.8%1996: 59.9%1998: 60.9%2000: 61.9%2002: 62.8%2004: 63.8%2006: 64.7%2008: 65.5%2010: 66.4%2012: 67.3%2014: 68%2016: 68.7%2018: 69.4%2020: 70%2022: 70.6%2024: 71.2%2025: 71.6%
Change over the period: +34.7 pp Annual average: 0.53 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bolivia

Bolivia 71.6%
World 57.8%
South America computed 85.5%
Urban population share — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 71.6 +0.3 pp
2024 71.2 +0.3 pp
2023 70.9 +0.3 pp
2022 70.6 +0.3 pp
2021 70.3 +0.3 pp
2020 70 +0.3 pp
2019 69.7 +0.3 pp
2018 69.4 +0.3 pp
2017 69.1 +0.3 pp
2016 68.7 +0.3 pp
2015 68.4 +0.4 pp
2014 68 +0.4 pp
2013 67.7 +0.4 pp
2012 67.3 +0.4 pp
2011 66.8 +0.4 pp
2010 66.4 +0.4 pp
2009 66 +0.4 pp
2008 65.5 +0.4 pp
2007 65.1 +0.4 pp
2006 64.7 +0.4 pp
2005 64.2 +0.5 pp
2004 63.8 +0.5 pp
2003 63.3 +0.5 pp
2002 62.8 +0.5 pp
2001 62.3 +0.5 pp
2000 61.9 +0.5 pp
1999 61.4 +0.5 pp
1998 60.9 +0.5 pp
1997 60.4 +0.5 pp
1996 59.9 +0.5 pp
1995 59.4 +0.6 pp
1994 58.8 +0.6 pp
1993 58.2 +0.6 pp
1992 57.6 +0.8 pp
1991 56.8 +0.9 pp
1990 55.9 +1 pp
1989 54.9 +1.1 pp
1988 53.8 +1.2 pp
1987 52.6 +1.2 pp
1986 51.3 +1.3 pp
1985 50.1 +1.3 pp
1984 48.8 +1.3 pp
1983 47.5 +1.2 pp
1982 46.3 +1.2 pp
1981 45.2 +1.1 pp
1980 44.1 +0.9 pp
1979 43.1 +0.8 pp
1978 42.3 +0.6 pp
1977 41.7 +0.5 pp
1976 41.2 +0.4 pp
1975 40.8 +0.4 pp
1974 40.5 +0.4 pp
1973 40.1 +0.3 pp
1972 39.8 +0.3 pp
1971 39.5 +0.3 pp
1970 39.2 +0.3 pp
1969 38.9 +0.3 pp
1968 38.6 +0.2 pp
1967 38.4 +0.2 pp
1966 38.1 +0.2 pp
1965 37.9 +0.2 pp
1964 37.7 +0.2 pp
1963 37.5 +0.2 pp
1962 37.3 +0.2 pp
1961 37.1 +0.2 pp
1960 36.9

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.