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{{Infobox place demographics
 | place              = [[Bolivia]]
 | image              = Bolivia single age population pyramid 2020.png
|image_size=350
 | caption            = Bolivia [[population pyramid]] in 2020
 | size_of_population = 11,312,620 (2024 census)<ref name=population>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lostiempos.com/actualidad/pais/20240829/censo-2024-bolivia-tiene-11312620-habitantes/|title=Censo 2024: Bolivia tiene 11.312.620 habitantes
|date=August 29, 2024|website=Los Tiempos|language=ES}}</ref>
 | density            = 11.36/km2 (2024 est.)
 | growth             = 1.2% (2022 est.)
 | birth              = 16.3 per 1,000 pop. (2024 est.)
 | death              = 5.2 per 1,000 pop. (2024 est.)
 | life               = 68.87 years (2014)
 | life_male          = 65.4 years (2013)
 | life_female        = 71.1 years (2013)
 | infant_mortality   = 22.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2024)
 | fertility          = 2.24 children born/woman (2023 est.)
 | net_migration      = -1.00 migrant(s)/1,000 population
 | age_0–14_years     = 30.30% (2024 est.)
 | age_15–64_years    = 64.77% (2024 est.)
 | age_65_years       = 4.93% (2024 est.)
 | total_mf_ratio     = 0.99 male/female (2012)
 | sr_under_15        = 1.05 male/female (2012)
 | sr_15–64_years     = 0.96 male/female (2012)
 | sr_65_years_over   = 0.88 male/female (2012)
<!-- nationality -->
 | nation             = [[Bolivians|Bolivian]]
 | major_ethnic       =  {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
* [[Multiracial people|Mixed]] (N/D)
{{tree list/end}}
}} 
 | minor_ethnic       =  {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
* [[Indigenous peoples in Bolivia|Native]] (41.52%)<ref name="Censo 2012 Bolivia">{{cite web |url=https://bolivia.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Caracteristicas_de_Poblacion_2012.pdf#page=105 |title=Características de la Población – Censo 2012 |trans-title=Population Characteristics – 2012 Census |page=103 |access-date=30 April 2021 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística |language=es |archive-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430223857/https://bolivia.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Caracteristicas_de_Poblacion_2012.pdf#page=105 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Quechua people|Quechua]] (18.26%)
** [[Aymara people|Aymara]] (15.89%)
** [[Chiquitano]] (1.45%)
** [[Guaraní people|Guaraní]] (0.96%)
** Others (4.96%)
* [[White Bolivians|White]] (N/D)
** [[Spaniards|Spanish]] (N/D)
** [[German Bolivians|German]] (N/D)
** [[Italian Bolivians|Italian]] (N/D)
** Others (N/D)
* [[Afro-Bolivians|Black]] (0.23%)<ref name="Censo 2012 Bolivia"/>
* Others (N/D)
{{tree list/end}}
}}
<!-- language -->
 | official           = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (44.89%)<br>[[Southern Quechua|Quechua]] (25.08%)<br>[[Aymara language|Aymara]] (16.77%)<br>[[Guarani language|Guarani]] (0.69%)<br>34 other native languages
 | spoken             = [[Languages of Bolivia]]
}}

The '''demographic characteristics of the population of [[Bolivia]]''' are known from censuses, with the first census undertaken in 1826 and the most recent in 2024. The [[National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia]] (INE) has performed this task since 1950. The population of Bolivia in 2024 reached 11 million for the first time in history. The population density is 11.36 inhabitants per square kilometer, and the overall [[List of countries by life expectancy|life expectancy in Bolivia]] at birth is 68.2 years. The population has steadily risen from the late 1800s to the present time. The natural growth rate of the population is positive, which has been a continuing trend since the 1950s; in 2012, Bolivia's [[birth rate]] continued to be higher than the death rate. Bolivia is in the third stage of [[demographic transition]]. In terms of age structure, the population is dominated by the 15–64 segment. The median age of the population is 23.1, and the gender ratio of the total population is 0.99 males per female.

Bolivia is inhabited mostly by [[Mestizo]], [[Quechua people|Quechua]] and [[Aymara people|Aymara]], while minorities include 37 [[Indigenous peoples in Bolivia|indigenous groups]] (0.3% average per group). Spanish, [[Quechuan languages|Quechua]], [[Aymara language|Aymara]], [[Guarani language]]s, as well as 34 other native languages are the official languages of Bolivia. Spanish is the most-spoken language (60.7%) within the population. The main religions of Bolivia are the [[Catholic Church]] (81.8%), [[Evangelicalism]] (11.5%), and [[Protestantism]] (2.6%). There is a [[Literacy|literacy rate]] of 91.2%. An estimated 7.6% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) is spent on education. The average monthly household income was [[Bolivian boliviano|Bs.]]1,378 ($293) in 1994. In December 2013 the [[Unemployment#Measurement|unemployment rate]] was 3.2% of the working population. The average urbanization rate in Bolivia is 67%.

==Population size and structure==

The first true estimate of the population of Bolivia came in 1826, in which 997,427 inhabitants were estimated. This number was calculated from the 1796 census organized by [[Francisco Gil de Taboada]], which consisted of several Bolivian cities.<ref name="1826pop" /> The first modern census was completed in 1831, and ten have been completed since then. The organizer of Bolivia's censuses has changed throughout the years—[[Andrés de Santa Cruz]] (1831), The Bolivian Statistical Office (1835, 1854, 1882), The Bolivian Statistical Commission (1845), The National Immigration Bureau and The Statistics and Geographic Propaganda (1900), and The Department of Statistics and Censuses (1950)—with the INE conducting the census since 1976.<ref name="1826pop" /> The national census is supposed to be conducted every ten years, however, the 2012 census was late because of "climatic factors and the financing." The 2012 census was conducted on 21 November 2012, in which 10,027,254 inhabitants were in the country. The estimated cost of the census was $50&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20120419/el-gobierno-realizara-el-censo-2012-el-21-de_168476_353682.html |title=El Gobierno Realizará el Censo 2012 el 21 de Noviembre |trans-title=The Government will make the 2012 Census on 21 November |language=es |date=19 April 2013 |newspaper=[[Los Tiempos]] |access-date=22 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201170833/http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20120419/el-gobierno-realizara-el-censo-2012-el-21-de_168476_353682.html |archive-date=1 February 2014  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20130123/censo-2012-bolivia-tiene-10389913-habitantes_199802_426380.html |title=Censo 2012: Bolivia Tiene 10.389.913 habitantes |trans-title=Census 2012: Bolivia has 10,389,913 inhabitants |language=es |newspaper=[[Los Tiempos]] |date=23 January 2013 |access-date=22 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201170827/http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20130123/censo-2012-bolivia-tiene-10389913-habitantes_199802_426380.html |archive-date=1 February 2014  }}</ref>

With a population of 10.0&nbsp;million in 2012, Bolivia [[List of countries by population|ranks 87th in the world by population]].<ref name="2012pop" /> Its population density is 9.13 inhabitants per square kilometer. The overall [[life expectancy]] in Bolivia is 65.4. The [[total fertility rate]] is 2.87 children per mother. Since 1950, the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) estimates the birth rate exceeded the death rate of the country.<ref name="who" /> The population of Bolivia has been increasing since 1900, and has only had a negative per annum growth rate twice in its history (1835 and 1882). Bolivia is in the third stage of [[demographic transition]]. There were 562,461 immigrants in Bolivia in 2012, with the most (40.5%) coming from [[Argentina]].<ref>{{harvnb|National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia|2012|p=30}}</ref> In 2008, there were 48,809 marriages in Bolivia, and 5,887 divorces throughout the country in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ine.gob.bo/indice/EstadisticaSocial.aspx?codigo=31002 |title=Bolivia: Número de Matrimonios Registrados, por Departamento |trans-title=Bolivia: Number of Marriage Registrations, by Department |publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia]] |access-date=23 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202103613/http://www.ine.gob.bo/indice/EstadisticaSocial.aspx?codigo=31002 |archive-date=2 February 2014  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.la-razon.com/sociedad/Bolivia-registran-divorcios-diarios_0_1696030485.html | title=En Bolivia Registran más de 16 Divorcios Diarios |trans-title=In Bolivia, Divorces Recorded more than 16 per Day | language=es | newspaper=[[La Razón (La Paz)|La Razon]] | date=28 September 2012 | access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref>
{{Historical populations
|title       = Census population
|align       = none | cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source      = 1500–1800,<ref name=“OWIDBol”>{{Cite web|url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population?country=~BOL |title=Our World in Data, Bolivia |language=en |publisher=[[Our World in Data]] |access-date=7 August 2024}}</ref> 1826,<ref name="1826pop">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ine.gob.bo/html/visualizadorHtml.aspx?ah=Cronologias.htm |title=Hitos En La Producción Estadística |trans-title=Milestones in Statistical Production |language=es |publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia]] |date=2 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120052642/http://www.ine.gob.bo/html/visualizadorHtml.aspx?ah=Cronologias.htm |archive-date=20 January 2014 |access-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> 1831–2001,<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.opinion.com.bo/opinion/informe_especial/2012/1118/suplementos.php?id=4094 | title=Censo en Bolivia se Inició en 1831 |trans-title=Census in Bolivia Began in 1831 | language=es | newspaper=[[La Opinión]] | date=18 November 2012 | access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref> 2012<ref name="2012pop">{{Harvnb|National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia|2012|p=4}}</ref>
|1500 |900000
|1600 |800000
|1800 |887000
|1826 |997427
|1831 |1088768
|1835 |1060777
|1845 |1378896
|1854 |2326126
|1882 |1172156
|1900 |1555818
|1950 |2704165
|1976 |4613486
|1992 |6420792
|2001 |8274325
|2012 |10027254
|2024 |11312620
}}

=== Structure of the population ===

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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 5,019,447
| align="right" | 5,040,409
| align="right" | 10,059,856
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 556 294
| align="right" | 533 654
| align="right" | 1,089,948
| align="right" | 10.83
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 504 623
| align="right" | 488 031
| align="right" | 992 654
| align="right" | 9.87
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 549 866
| align="right" | 528 298
| align="right" | 1,078,164
| align="right" | 10.72
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 559 285
| align="right" | 546 999
| align="right" | 1,106,284
| align="right" | 11.00
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 493 018
| align="right" | 485 588
| align="right" | 978 606
| align="right" | 9.73
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 407 293
| align="right" | 410 102
| align="right" | 817 395
| align="right" | 8.13
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 372 197
| align="right" | 381 634
| align="right" | 753 831
| align="right" | 7.49
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 310 162
| align="right" | 320 870
| align="right" | 631 032
| align="right" | 6.27
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 270 971
| align="right" | 273 730
| align="right" | 544 701
| align="right" | 5.41
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 228 006
| align="right" | 233 978
| align="right" | 461 984
| align="right" | 4.59
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 199 526
| align="right" | 203 694
| align="right" | 403 220
| align="right" | 4.01
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 159 128
| align="right" | 164 897
| align="right" | 324 025
| align="right" | 3.22
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 134 457
| align="right" | 145 410
| align="right" | 279 867
| align="right" | 2.78
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 98 098
| align="right" | 106 431
| align="right" | 204 529
| align="right" | 2.03
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 71 902
| align="right" | 80 521
| align="right" | 152 423
| align="right" | 1.52
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 44 974
| align="right" | 54 302
| align="right" | 99 276
| align="right" | 0.99
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 36 230
| align="right" | 46 633
| align="right" | 81 095
| align="right" | 0.81
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 15 884
| align="right" | 22 039
| align="right" | 37 923
| align="right" | 0.38
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 5 996
| align="right" | 8 669
| align="right" | 14 665
| align="right" | 0.15
|-
| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 3 305
| align="right" | 4 929
| align="right" | 8 234
| align="right" | 0.08
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 1,610,783
| align="right" | 1,549,983
| align="right" | 3,160,766
| align="right" | 31.42
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 3,134,043
| align="right" | 3,166,902
| align="right" | 6,300,945
| align="right" | 62.63
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 274 621
| align="right" | 323 524
| align="right" | 598 145
| align="right" | 5.95
|-
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 5,942,680
| align="right" | 5,899,275 
| align="right" | 11,841,955
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 606 704
| align="right" | 579 895
| align="right" | 1,186,599
| align="right" | 10.02
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 601 078 
| align="right" | 575 782
| align="right" | 1,176,860
| align="right" | 9.94
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 597 961
| align="right" | 573 142
| align="right" | 1,171,103
| align="right" | 9.89
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 581 257
| align="right" | 558 347
| align="right" | 1,139,604
| align="right" | 9.62
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 550 323
| align="right" | 532 134
| align="right" | 1,082,457
| align="right" | 9.14
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 501 680
| align="right" | 489 601
| align="right" | 991 281
| align="right" | 8.37
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 447 560
| align="right" | 440 794
| align="right" | 888 354
| align="right" | 7.50
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 395 180
| align="right" | 392 667
| align="right" | 787 847
| align="right" | 6.65
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 343 308
| align="right" | 344 277
| align="right" | 687 585
| align="right" | 5.81
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 292 693
| align="right" | 296 530
| align="right" | 589 223
| align="right" | 4.98
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 245 514
| align="right" | 251 305
| align="right" | 496 819
| align="right" | 4.20
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 204 273
| align="right" | 211 440
| align="right" | 415 713
| align="right" | 3.51
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 168 434
| align="right" | 177 590
| align="right" | 346 024
| align="right" | 2.92
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 137 622
| align="right" | 148 843 
| align="right" | 286 465
| align="right" | 2.42
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 109 295
| align="right" | 121 554
| align="right" | 230 849
| align="right" | 1.95
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 77 830
| align="right" | 91 134
| align="right" | 168 964 
| align="right" | 1.43
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 46 014
| align="right" | 58 571
| align="right" | 104 585
| align="right" | 0.88
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 23 748
| align="right" | 33 817
| align="right" | 57 565
| align="right" | 0.49
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 9 464
| align="right" | 15 808
| align="right" | 25 272
| align="right" | 0.21
|-
| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 2 742
| align="right" | 6 044
| align="right" | 8 786
| align="right" | 0.07
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 1,805,743
| align="right" | 1,728,819
| align="right" | 3,534,562
| align="right" | 29.85
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 3,730,222
| align="right" | 3,694,685
| align="right" | 7,424,907
| align="right" | 62.70
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 406 715
| align="right" | 475 771
| align="right" | 882 486
| align="right" | 7.45
|-
|}
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== Vital statistics ==
{| class="wikitable sortable center"
|-
! width="80pt"|Year
! width="80pt"|Population
! width="80pt"|Births
! width="80pt"|Deaths
! width="80pt"|Natural change
! width="80pt"|Crude birth rate
! width="80pt"|Crude death rate
! width="80pt"|Natural change
! width="80pt"|Fertility rates
|-
! 1950
| 2,714
| 134
| 70
| 64
| 46.9
| 24.4
| 22.5
| 6.75
|-
! 1955
| 3,100
| 149
| 73
| 76
| 46.8
| 23.0
| 23.8
| 6.75
|-
! 1960
| 3,353
| 163
| 77
| 86
| 45.9
| 21.5
| 24.4
| 6.63
|-
! 1965
| 3,751
| 181
|81
|100
| 45.4
| 20.2
| 25.2
| 6.56
|-
! 1970
| 4,217
| 203
|85
|118
| 45.3
| 19.0
| 26.3
| 6.50
|-
! 1975
| 4,786
| 208
|81
|127
| 41.1
| 16.0
| 25.1
| 5.80
|-
! 1980
| 5,369
| 220
|76
|144
| 38.6
| 13.3
| 25.3
| 5.30
|-
! 1985
| 6,041
| 238
|72
|166
| 37.1
| 11.3
| 25.8
| 5.00
|-
! 1990
| 6,794
| 259
| 71
|188
| 36.0
| 9.9
| 25.1
| 4.8
|-
! 1995
| 7,635
| 263
| 71
|192
| 32.7
| 8.9
| 23.8
| 4.32
|-
! 2000
| 8,495
| 270
| 72
| 198
| 30.3
| 8.1
| 22.2
| 3.96
|-
! 2005
| 9,355
| 267
| 73
| 194
| 27.3
| 7.5
| 19.8
| 3.50
|-
! 2010
| 10,157
| 274
| 76
| 198
| 25.9
| 7.1
| 18.8
| 3.25
|-
! 2015
| 11,025
| 282
| 79
| 203
| 24.5
| 6.9
| 17.6
| 3.04
|-
| colspan="9" align="left"|<small>{{bullet}}All statistics are per 1,000 inhabitants<br />{{bullet}}All data comes from estimations from the United Nations.<ref name="who">{{Cite web | url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm | title=World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision | publisher=United Nations | access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref></small>
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=== Births and deaths === 
<ref name="unstats.un.org">{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook |website=[[United Nations Statistics Division]]}}{{nonspecific|date=May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ine.gob.bo/index.php/censos-y-proyecciones-de-poblacion-sociales/|title = Población y Hechos Vitales}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! width="70"|Year
! width="70"|Population
! width="70"|Live births
! width="70"|Deaths
! width="70"|Natural increase
! width="70"|Crude birth rate
! width="70"|Crude death rate
! width="70"|Rate of natural increase
! width="70"|Crude migration rate
! width="70"|TFR
|-
| align="right" | 2010
| align="right" | 10,029,115
| align="right" | 299,426
| align="right" | 45,349
| align="right" | 254,077
| align="right" | 29.9
| align="right" | 4.5
| align="right" | 25.3
| align="right" | 
|
|-
| align="right" | 2011
| align="right" | 10,192,885
| align="right" | 312,349
| align="right" | 45,579
| align="right" | 266,770
| align="right" | 30.6
| align="right" | 4.5
| align="right" | 26.2
| align="right" | -10.3
|
|-
| align="right" | 2012
| align="right" | 10,356,978
| align="right" | 310,954
| align="right" | 48,427
| align="right" | 262,527
| align="right" | 30.0
| align="right" | 4.7
| align="right" | 25.3
| -9.7
| align="right" | 3.05
|-
| align="right" | 2013
| align="right" | 10,521,247
| align="right" | 304,895
| align="right" | 50,120
| align="right" | 254,775
| align="right" | 29.0
| align="right" | 4.8
| align="right" | 24.2
| -8.7
| align="right" | 2.98
|-
| align="right" | 2014
| align="right" | 10,685,994
| align="right" | 294,117
| align="right" | 50,847
| align="right" | 243,270
| align="right" | 27.5
| align="right" | 4.8
| align="right" | 22.7
| -7.5
| align="right" | 2.92
|-
| align="right" | 2015
| align="right" | 10,851,103
| align="right" | 283,011
| align="right" | 50,476
| align="right" | 232,535
| align="right" | 26.1
| align="right" | 4.7
| align="right" | 21.4
| -6.3
| align="right" | 2.86
|-
| align="right" | 2016
| align="right" | 11,016,438
| align="right" | 261,122
| align="right" | 51,875
| align="right" | 209,247
| align="right" | 23.7
| align="right" | 4.7
| align="right" | 19.0
| -4.0
| align="right" | 2.80
|-
| align="right" | 2017
| align="right" | 11,181,861
| align="right" | 251,232
| align="right" | 50,847
| align="right" | 200,385
| align="right" | 22.5
| align="right" | 4.5
| align="right" | 18.0
| -3.2
| align="right" | 2.74
|-
| align="right" | 2018
| align="right" | 11,347,241
| align="right" | 219,790
| align="right" | 52,380
| align="right" | 167,410
| align="right" | 19.4
| align="right" | 4.6
| align="right" | 14.8
| -0.2
| align="right" | 2.69
|-
| align="right" | 2019
| align="right" | 11,512,468
| align="right" | 229,906
| align="right" | 53,194
| align="right" | 176,712
| align="right" | 20.0
| align="right" | 4.6
| align="right" | 15.4
| -1.0
| align="right" | 2.63
|-
| align="right" | 2020
| align="right" | 11,677,406
| align="right" | 213,247
| align="right" | 79,613
| align="right" | 133,634
| align="right" | 18.3
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 11.5
| 2.7
| align="right" | 2.58
|-
| align="right" | 2021
| align="right" | 11,841,955
| align="right" | 225,439
| align="right" | 86,461
| align="right" | 138,978
| align="right" | 19.0
| align="right" | 7.3
| align="right" | 11.7
| 2.2
| align="right" | 2.54
|-
| align="right" | 2022
| align="right" | 12,006,031
| align="right" | 214,599
| align="right" | 66,611
| align="right" | 147,988
| align="right" | 17.9
| align="right" | 5.6
| align="right" | 12.3
| 1.4
| align="right" | 2.41(e)
|-
| 2023
|  12,169,501
| 199,263
| 54,408
| 144,855
| 16.7
| 4.6
| 12.1
| 1.6
| 2.24(e)
|-
| 2024(c)
| 11,312,620
|style="color: red"| 183,876
| 58,588
| 125,288
|style="color: red"| 16.3
| 5.2
| 11.1
| -80.7
| style="color: red" | 2.06(e)
|-
|}

(c) = Census results.

===Demographic and Health Surveys===
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs|title=Data Catalog|website=microdata.worldbank.org}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:50pt;"| Year
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Total)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Total)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Rural)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Rural)
|-
| 1989
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,0 (3,2)
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,0 (2,6)
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,4 (4,1)
|-
| 1994
| style="text-align:right;"| 34
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,8 (2,7)
| style="text-align:right;"| 32
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,8 (2,4)
| style="text-align:right;"| 37
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,3 (3,3)
|-
| 1998
| style="text-align:right;"| 30.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,2 (2,5)
| style="text-align:right;"| 27.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,3 (2,2)
| style="text-align:right;"| 35.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,4 (3,2)
|-
| 2003
| style="text-align:right;"| 28
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,8 (2,1)
| style="text-align:right;"| 26
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,1 (1,9)
| style="text-align:right;"| 32
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,5 (2,6)
|-
| 2008
| style="text-align:right;"| 26
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,5 (2,0)
| style="text-align:right;"| 24
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,8 (1,9)
| style="text-align:right;"| 28
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,9 (2,4)
|-
|}

===Life expectancy===
[[File:Life expectancy in Bolivia.svg|thumb|Development of life expectancy]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
|-
|1950–1955
|40.0
|1985–1990
|53.8
|-
|1955–1960
|41.4
|1990–1995
|56.5
|-
|1960–1965
|43.0
|1995–2000
|59.3
|-
|1965–1970
|44.7
|2000–2005
|62.1
|-
|1970–1975
|46.7
|2005–2010
|65.0
|-
|1975–1980
|48.9
|2010–2015
|67.7
|-
|1980–1985
|51.2
|
|
|}
Source: ''UN World Population Prospects''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref>

==Ethnic groups==
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Ethno-racial groups in [[Bolivia]] (2012 census)<ref name="Censo 2012 Bolivia"/>
|label1 = No data
|value1 = 58.25
|color1 = White
|label2 = [[Indigenous peoples in Bolivia|Native]]
|value2 = 41.52
|color2 = #d62728
|label3 = [[Afro-Bolivians|Black]]
|value3 = 0.23
|color3 = #2ca02c
}}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Ethnicity in [[Bolivia]] according to the [[The World Factbook|CIA Factbook]] (2009)<ref name="cia">{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Bolivia| access-date=25 March 2017 |year=2017}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Mestizo]] 
|value1 = 68
|color1 = #9467bd
|label2 = [[Indigenous peoples in Bolivia|Native]]
|value2 = 20
|color2 = #d62728
|label3 = [[White Bolivians|White]]
|value3 = 5
|color3 = #1f77b4
|label4 = [[Cholo]]
|value4 = 2
|color4 = #FF0080
|label5 = [[Afro-Bolivians|Black]]
|value5 = 1
|color5 = #2ca02c
|label6 = Others
|value6 = 4
|color6 = Black
}}

According to a genetic study done on Bolivians, average values of Native American, European and African ancestry are 86%, 12.5%, and 1.5%, in individuals from La Paz and 76.8%, 21.4%, and 1.8% in individuals from Chuquisaca; respectively.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255957174|doi=10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.05.012|pmid=23948324|title=Ancestry analysis reveals a predominant Native American component with moderate European admixture in Bolivians|journal=Forensic Science International: Genetics|volume=7|issue=5|pages=537–42|year=2013|last1=Heinz|first1=Tanja|last2=Álvarez-Iglesias|first2=Vanesa|last3=Pardo-Seco|first3=Jacobo|last4=Taboada-Echalar |first4=Patricia|last5=Gómez-Carballa|first5=Alberto|last6=Torres-Balanza|first6=Antonio|last7=Rocabado|first7=Omar|last8=Carracedo|first8=Ángel|last9=Vullo|first9=Carlos|last10=Salas|first10=Antonio}}</ref>
[[File:Macheteros.JPG|thumb|''Danza de los macheteros'', typical dance from [[San Ignacio de Moxos]], Bolivia]]
[[File:Flickr - archer10 (Dennis) - Bolivia-133.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Aymara people|Aymara]] man, near Lake Titicaca, Bolivia]]
The vast majority of Bolivians are [[mestizo]] (with the indigenous component higher than the European one), although the government has not included the cultural self-identification "mestizo" in the November 2012 census.<ref>{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Bolivia|access-date=8 October 2018|year=2018}}</ref> There are approximately three dozen native groups totaling approximately half of the Bolivian population – the largest proportion of indigenous people in the Americas. Exact numbers vary based on the wording of the ethnicity question and the available response choices. For example, the 2001 census did not provide the racial category "mestizo" as a response choice, resulting in a much higher proportion of respondents identifying themselves as belonging to one of the available indigenous ethnicity choices. Mestizos are distributed throughout the entire country and make up 26% of the Bolivian population, with the predominantly mestizo departments being Beni, Santa Cruz, and Tarija. Most people assume their ''mestizo'' identity while at the same time identifying themselves with one or more indigenous cultures. A 2018 estimate of racial classification put mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian) at 68%, indigenous at 20%, white at 5%, [[cholo#Bolivia|cholo]] at 2%, black at 1%, other at 4%, while 2% were unspecified; 44% attributed themselves to some indigenous group, predominantly the linguistic categories of [[Quechuas]] or [[Aymara people|Aymaras]].<ref name="cia">{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Bolivia| access-date=25 March 2017 |year=2017}}</ref> [[White Latin Americans|White Bolivians]] comprised about 14% of the population in 2006, and are usually concentrated in the largest cities: [[La Paz]], [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]] and [[Cochabamba]], but as well in some minor cities like [[Tarija]] and [[Sucre]]. The ancestry of whites and the white ancestry of mestizos lies most notably Spain, Italy, Germany, and [[Croatia]]. In the [[Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia|Santa Cruz Department]], there are several dozen colonies of German-speaking [[Russian Mennonite|Mennonites from Russia]] totaling around 40,000 inhabitants ({{As of|2012|lc=y}}).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/world/americas/21bolivia.html |title=Bolivian Reforms Raise Anxiety on Mennonite Frontier |newspaper=The New York Times|date=21 December 2006 |access-date=14 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622233205/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/world/americas/21bolivia.html |archive-date=22 June 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Afro-Bolivian]]s, descendants of [[Atlantic slave trade|African slaves]] who arrived in the time of the [[Spanish Empire]], inhabit the [[La Paz Department, Bolivia|department of La Paz]], and are located mainly in the provinces of [[Nor Yungas Province|Nor Yungas]] and [[Sud Yungas Province|Sud Yungas]]. Slavery was abolished in Bolivia in 1831.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fogel|first1=Robert William|last2=Engerman|first2=Stanley L.|title=Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery|year=1995|publisher=W W Norton & Company Incorporated|isbn=978-0-393-31218-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/timeoncross00robe/page/33 33–34] |url=https://archive.org/details/timeoncross00robe/page/33}}</ref> There are also important communities of [[Japanese Bolivians|Japanese]] (14,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/area/bolivia/data.html|title=ボリビア多民族国（The Plurinational State of Bolivia）|website=外務省|access-date=8 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215233037/http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/area/bolivia/data.html|archive-date=15 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>) and Lebanese (12,900<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theidentitychef.com/2009/09/06/lebanese-diaspora-worldwide-geographical-distribution/ |title=Geographical Distribution of the Lebanese Diaspora |work=The Identity Chef |access-date=8 January 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630102504/http://theidentitychef.com/2009/09/06/lebanese-diaspora-worldwide-geographical-distribution/ |archive-date=30 June 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>).

[[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous peoples]], also called ''"originarios"'' ("native" or "original") and less frequently, ''Amerindians'', could be categorized by geographic area, such as [[Andes|Andean]], like the [[Aymara people|Aymaras]] and [[Quechua people|Quechuas]] (who formed the ancient [[Inca Empire]]), who are concentrated in the western departments of [[La Paz Department, Bolivia|La Paz]], [[Potosí Department|Potosí]], [[Oruro Department|Oruro]], [[Cochabamba Department|Cochabamba]] and [[Chuquisaca Department|Chuquisaca]]. There also are ethnic populations in the east, composed of the [[Chiquitano]], [[Chané]], [[Guaraní people|Guaraní]] and [[Moxo people|Moxo]]s, among others, who inhabit the departments of [[Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]], [[Beni Department|Beni]], [[Tarija Department|Tarija]] and [[Pando Department|Pando]].

There are small numbers of European citizens from Germany, France, Italy and Portugal, as well as from other countries of the Americas, as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, the United States, Paraguay, Peru, Mexico and Venezuela, among others. There are important Peruvian colonies in [[La Paz]], [[El Alto]] and [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]].

There are around 140,000 [[Mennonites in Bolivia]] of Friesian, Flemish and German ethnic origins.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/pdt|title=Plautdietsch|access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bolivia&oldid=103617|title=Bolivia|access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref>

A few Bolivians carry some Middle Eastern ancestry, mainly from Syria & Lebanon.

=== Indigenous peoples ===
{{multiple image|perrow=2
|image1=Distribucion de los quechuas por municipios (censo nacional 2001).png|caption1=Distribution of [[Quechua people]] by municipality.
|image2=Distribucion de los aymaras por municipios (censo nacional 2001).png|caption2=Distribution of [[Aymara people]] by municipality.
|image3=Pueblos originarios de Bolivia.png|caption3=Map showing the area of indigenous peoples in Bolivia
|image4=Distribucion de los otros puebla indigenas por municipios (censo nacional 2001).png|caption4=Distribution of other [[indigenous peoples in Bolivia|Bolivian indigenous peoples]] by municipality.
}}
The [[Indigenous peoples of Bolivia]] can be divided into two categories of ethnic groups: the Andeans, who are located in the [[Andes|Andean]] [[Altiplano]] and the valley region; and the lowland groups, who inhabit the warm regions of central and eastern Bolivia, including the valleys of Cochabamba Department, the Amazon Basin areas of northern La Paz Department, and the lowland departments of Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz, and Tarija (including the [[Gran Chaco]] region in the southeast of the country). Large numbers of Andean peoples have also migrated to form Quechua, Aymara, and intercultural communities in the lowlands.

*'''Andean ethnicities'''
** [[Aymara people]]. They live on the high plateau of the departments of La Paz, Oruro and Potosí, as well as some small regions near the tropical flatlands.
** [[Quechua people]]. They mostly inhabit the valleys in [[Cochabamba Department|Cochabamba]] and [[Chuquisaca Department|Chuquisaca]]. They also inhabit some mountain regions in [[Potosí Department|Potosí]] and [[Oruro Department|Oruro]]. They divide themselves into different Quechua nations, as the Tarabucos, Ucumaris, Chalchas, Chaquies, Yralipes, Tirinas, among others.
** [[Uru people]]
*'''Ethnicities of the Eastern Lowlands'''
** [[Guaraní people|Guaraníes]]: made up of Guarayos, Pausernas, [[Sirionó]]s, [[Ava Guaraní people|Chiriguanos]], [[Wichí]], Chulipis, Taipetes, [[Toba people|Tobas]], and Yuquis.
**'''Tacanas''': made up of Lecos, Chimanes, Araonas, and Maropas.
**'''Panos''': made up of Chacobos, Caripunas, Sinabos, Capuibos, and Guacanaguas.
**'''Aruacos''': made up of Apolistas, Baures, [[Moxo people|Moxos]], [[Chané people|Chané]], Movimas, Cayabayas, Carabecas, and Paiconecas (Paucanacas).
**'''Chapacuras''': made up of Itenez (More), Chapacuras, Sansinonianos, Canichanas, Itonamas, Yuracares, Guatoses, and [[Chiquitano]]s.
**'''Botocudos''': made up of Bororos and Otuquis.
**'''Zamucos''': made up of [[Ayoreo people|Ayoreos]].

==Languages==

{{Main article|Languages of Bolivia}}

The official [[languages of Bolivia]] are Spanish<ref name="CIATONGA"/> (60.7%), [[Quechua language|Quechua]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> (21.2%), [[Aymara language|Aymara]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> (14.6), and [[Guaraní language|Guaraní]]<ref name="CIATONGA"/> (0.6%), plus another 33 native languages.<ref name="CIATONGA">{{cite web|url= https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bolivia/|title=South America :: BOLIVIA|date=14 December 2021|publisher= CIA The World Factbook}}</ref> Originally only Spanish, Aymara, and Quechua were the official languages until the [[Constitution of Bolivia|2009 Constitution]] was passed.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last=Arnade | first=Charles | date=14 March 2013 | url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/72106/Bolivia/21684/Languages-and-religion | title=Bolivia: Languages and Religion | encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] | access-date=20 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bolivia.justia.com/nacionales/nueva-constitucion-politica-del-estado/primera-parte/titulo-i/capitulo-primero/|title=Justia Bolivia :: Nueva Constitución Política Del Estado > PRIMERA PARTE > TÍTULO I > CAPÍTULO PRIMERO :: Ley de Bolivia|website=bolivia.justia.com}}</ref> According to the 2001 census, 60.7% of the population over six years old are able to speak Spanish and/or speaks it as a native language.

==Religion==
{{Main article|Religion in Bolivia}}

{{bar box
|title=Religion in Bolivia<ref name="CIATONGA"/>
|titlebar=#ddd
|left1=Religion
|right1=percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Roman Catholicism]]|Blue|76.8}}
{{bar percent|[[Evangelicalism]] and [[Pentecostalism]] |Orange|8.1}}
{{bar percent|[[Protestantism]]|Yellow|7.9}}
{{bar percent|Other |Green|1.7}}
{{bar percent|None|Red|5.5}}
}}

In a 2012 [[Gallup (company)|Gallup]] poll, 87% answered affirmatively when asked "Is religion important in your daily life?"<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://worldview.gallup.com/default.aspx | title=Gallup World View | publisher=[[Gallup (company)|Gallup]] |url-access=registration  | access-date=23 February 2014}}</ref> Christianity is the largest religion in Bolivia, with [[Roman Catholicism]] being the largest denomination.<ref>[https://www.statista.com/statistics/1066911/religious-affiliation-in-bolivia/ Religion affiliation in Bolivia as of 2018. Based on Latinobarómetro.] Survey period: 15 June to 2 August 2018, 1,200 respondents.</ref>

{{Clear}}


== Notes ==
{{reflist|30em}}

== References ==
* {{Cite web|author=National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia |author-link1=National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia |title=Bolivia Caracteristicas de Populacion y Vivienda: Censo Nacional de Populacion y Vivienda 2012 |trans-title=Bolivia Characteristics of Population and Housing: National Censo of Population and Housing 2012 |language=es |url=http://www.ine.gob.bo:8081/censo2012/PDF/resultadosCPV2012.pdf |type=PDF |publisher=Bolivian National Institute of Statistics |year=2012 |access-date=19 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209134921/http://www.ine.gob.bo:8081/censo2012/PDF/resultadosCPV2012.pdf |archive-date=9 February 2014  }}
* {{Cite journal | last=Díaz-Domínguez | first=Alejandro | year=2009 | url=http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/files/bVWgP6/I0829Midiendo%20religin%20en%20encuestas%20de%20Latinoamrica.pdf | title=Nota Metodológica: Midiendo Religión en Encuestas de Latinoamérica |trans-title=Methodological Note: Measuring Religion Polls in Latin America | type=PDF | language=es | journal=Perspectivas desde el Barómetro de las Américas | number=29 | access-date=19 January 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624070231/http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/files/bVWgP6/I0829Midiendo%20religin%20en%20encuestas%20de%20Latinoamrica.pdf | archive-date=24 June 2010 | df=dmy-all }}
* {{Cite web | last=Israel | first=Debra | year=1994 | url=http://isu.indstate.edu/disrael/h20_jed_fig.pdf | title=Impact of Increased Access and Price on Household Water Use in Urban Bolivia | publisher=[[Indiana State University]] | type=PDF | access-date=19 January 2014}}

==External links==
* [http://pueblosindigenas.bvsp.org.bo/php/level.php?lang=en&component=37&item=3 Indigenous Peoples distribution map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104051552/http://pueblosindigenas.bvsp.org.bo/php/level.php?lang=en&component=37&item=3 |date=4 November 2020 }} – Bolivian {{ill|Ministry of Health (Bolivia)|lt=Ministry of Health and Sports|es|Ministerio de Salud (Bolivia)}}<!--MINISTERIO DE SALUD Y DEPORTES--> [http://saludpublica.bvsp.org.bo Virtual Public Health Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101003000/http://saludpublica.bvsp.org.bo/ |date=1 November 2008 }} official website


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