Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Bolivia

Population in cities over 1 million in Bolivia in 2025 — 5,348,880 people. Ranked 52 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 711.8%.

2025 5.35M people +1.84% vs 2024
World rank 52of 121
Period maximum 5.35M people2025
Period minimum 658,900 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Bolivia, 1960–202502M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 658,900 people1962: 710,379 people1964: 766,420 people1966: 827,318 people1968: 893,738 people1970: 966,057 people1972: 1,045,101 people1974: 1,131,346 people1976: 1,225,815 people1978: 1,328,359 people1980: 1,440,909 people1982: 1,564,363 people1984: 1,700,286 people1986: 1,849,674 people1988: 2,014,482 people1990: 2,195,978 people1992: 2,395,099 people1994: 2,573,042 people1996: 2,765,666 people1998: 2,973,705 people2000: 3,199,111 people2002: 3,395,425 people2004: 3,533,707 people2006: 3,678,029 people2008: 3,829,089 people2010: 3,986,791 people2012: 4,151,908 people2014: 4,324,214 people2016: 4,504,412 people2018: 4,692,891 people2020: 4,874,392 people2022: 5,060,978 people2024: 5,251,990 people2025: 5,348,880 people
Change over the period: +4.69M (+711.79%) Average annual rate: 3.27 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Bolivia 5.35M people
World computed 2.01B people
Latin America & Caribbean computed 261M people
South America computed 183M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 574M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 5.35M +96,890 +1.84%
2024 5.25M +96,007 +1.86%
2023 5.16M +95,005 +1.88%
2022 5.06M +93,890 +1.89%
2021 4.97M +92,696 +1.9%
2020 4.87M +91,476 +1.91%
2019 4.78M +90,025 +1.92%
2018 4.69M +95,300 +2.07%
2017 4.6M +93,179 +2.07%
2016 4.5M +91,110 +2.06%
2015 4.41M +89,088 +2.06%
2014 4.32M +87,116 +2.06%
2013 4.24M +85,190 +2.05%
2012 4.15M +83,536 +2.05%
2011 4.07M +81,581 +2.05%
2010 3.99M +79,782 +2.04%
2009 3.91M +77,920 +2.03%
2008 3.83M +76,420 +2.04%
2007 3.75M +74,640 +2.03%
2006 3.68M +73,008 +2.03%
2005 3.61M +71,314 +2.02%
2004 3.53M +69,950 +2.02%
2003 3.46M +68,332 +2.01%
2002 3.4M +76,985 +2.32%
2001 3.32M +119,329 +3.73%
2000 3.2M +115,009 +3.73%
1999 3.08M +110,397 +3.71%
1998 2.97M +106,133 +3.7%
1997 2.87M +101,906 +3.68%
1996 2.77M +98,261 +3.68%
1995 2.67M +94,363 +3.67%
1994 2.57M +90,759 +3.66%
1993 2.48M +87,184 +3.64%
1992 2.4M +101,370 +4.42%
1991 2.29M +97,751 +4.45%
1990 2.2M +93,039 +4.42%
1989 2.1M +88,457 +4.39%
1988 2.01M +84,467 +4.38%
1987 1.93M +80,341 +4.34%
1986 1.85M +76,544 +4.32%
1985 1.77M +72,844 +4.28%
1984 1.7M +69,630 +4.27%
1983 1.63M +66,293 +4.24%
1982 1.56M +63,224 +4.21%
1981 1.5M +60,230 +4.18%
1980 1.44M +57,627 +4.17%
1979 1.38M +54,923 +4.13%
1978 1.33M +52,434 +4.11%
1977 1.28M +50,110 +4.09%
1976 1.23M +48,333 +4.1%
1975 1.18M +46,136 +4.08%
1974 1.13M +44,112 +4.06%
1973 1.09M +42,133 +4.03%
1972 1.05M +40,421 +4.02%
1971 1M +38,623 +4%
1970 966,057 +36,969 +3.98%
1969 929,088 +35,350 +3.96%
1968 893,738 +33,948 +3.95%
1967 859,790 +32,472 +3.92%
1966 827,318 +31,116 +3.91%
1965 796,202 +29,782 +3.89%
1964 766,420 +28,628 +3.88%
1963 737,792 +27,413 +3.86%
1962 710,379 +26,292 +3.84%
1961 684,087 +25,187 +3.82%
1960 658,900

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

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