Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Bolivia

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Bolivia in 2025 — 42.51%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 24.72 pp.

2025 42.51% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 22of 121
Period maximum 42.51%2025
Period minimum 17.8%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Bolivia, 1960–2025102030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 17.8%1962: 18.42%1964: 19.05%1966: 19.7%1968: 20.36%1970: 21.05%1972: 21.77%1974: 22.53%1976: 23.32%1978: 24.13%1980: 25.02%1982: 25.99%1984: 27.07%1986: 28.23%1988: 29.47%1990: 30.8%1992: 32.23%1994: 33.3%1996: 34.48%1998: 35.77%2000: 37.17%2002: 38.15%2004: 38.39%2006: 38.63%2008: 38.87%2010: 39.15%2012: 39.48%2014: 39.86%2016: 40.29%2018: 40.78%2020: 41.25%2022: 41.91%2024: 42.31%2025: 42.51%
Change over the period: +24.72 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Bolivia 42.51%
World 25.29%
South America computed 41.93%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 42.51 +0.2 pp
2024 42.31 +0.2 pp
2023 42.11 +0.2 pp
2022 41.91 +0.3 pp
2021 41.61 +0.36 pp
2020 41.25 +0.27 pp
2019 40.98 +0.2 pp
2018 40.78 +0.25 pp
2017 40.53 +0.24 pp
2016 40.29 +0.22 pp
2015 40.07 +0.21 pp
2014 39.86 +0.2 pp
2013 39.66 +0.18 pp
2012 39.48 +0.17 pp
2011 39.31 +0.16 pp
2010 39.15 +0.15 pp
2009 39.01 +0.14 pp
2008 38.87 +0.13 pp
2007 38.74 +0.12 pp
2006 38.63 +0.12 pp
2005 38.51 +0.12 pp
2004 38.39 +0.12 pp
2003 38.27 +0.12 pp
2002 38.15 +0.24 pp
2001 37.91 +0.74 pp
2000 37.17 +0.72 pp
1999 36.46 +0.69 pp
1998 35.77 +0.66 pp
1997 35.11 +0.63 pp
1996 34.48 +0.6 pp
1995 33.87 +0.58 pp
1994 33.3 +0.55 pp
1993 32.75 +0.52 pp
1992 32.23 +0.73 pp
1991 31.51 +0.71 pp
1990 30.8 +0.68 pp
1989 30.12 +0.65 pp
1988 29.47 +0.63 pp
1987 28.84 +0.61 pp
1986 28.23 +0.59 pp
1985 27.64 +0.57 pp
1984 27.07 +0.55 pp
1983 26.52 +0.52 pp
1982 25.99 +0.5 pp
1981 25.49 +0.47 pp
1980 25.02 +0.45 pp
1979 24.57 +0.43 pp
1978 24.13 +0.41 pp
1977 23.72 +0.4 pp
1976 23.32 +0.4 pp
1975 22.92 +0.39 pp
1974 22.53 +0.38 pp
1973 22.14 +0.37 pp
1972 21.77 +0.37 pp
1971 21.4 +0.35 pp
1970 21.05 +0.35 pp
1969 20.7 +0.34 pp
1968 20.36 +0.33 pp
1967 20.03 +0.33 pp
1966 19.7 +0.33 pp
1965 19.37 +0.32 pp
1964 19.05 +0.32 pp
1963 18.73 +0.32 pp
1962 18.42 +0.31 pp
1961 18.1 +0.31 pp
1960 17.8

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

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