Bolivia: Administrative Division

Contents: Bolivia

Plurinational State

10,027,254 Population [2012] – census

11,312,620 Population [2024] – census

1,098,581km² Area

10.30/km² Density [2024]

Contents: Departments and Provinces

The population of the departments and provinces of Bolivia according to census results.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization, literacy (a15+)).

Name	Status	Population Census 1992-06-03	Population Census 2001-06-29	Population Census 2012-11-21	Population Census 2024-03-23
Beni	Department	276,174	362,521	422,008	477,441	→
Cercado (Trinidad)	Province	63,128	82,653	111,873	132,011	→
Iténez	Province	16,300	18,878	21,453	23,961	→
José Ballivián	Province	47,420	68,174	82,783	88,764	→
Mamoré	Province	10,055	12,397	12,817	13,387	→
Marbán	Province	11,950	14,454	16,331	19,898	→
Moxos	Province	17,602	20,496	21,114	25,528	→
Vaca Díez	Province	84,651	116,421	130,836	147,900	→
Yacuma	Province	25,068	29,048	24,801	25,992	→
Chuquisaca	Department	453,756	531,522	581,347	600,132	→
Azurduy (Juana Azurduy de Padilla)	Province	23,492	27,140	24,913	24,331	→
Belisario Boeto	Province	12,617	12,277	11,161	8,961	→
Hernando Siles	Province	35,255	36,511	32,652	31,688	→
Luis Calvo	Province	17,251	20,479	19,679	22,987	→
Nor Cinti	Province	65,866	69,512	77,370	71,433	→
Oropeza	Province	176,298	241,376	288,039	319,006	→
Sud Cinti	Province	25,289	24,321	25,333	25,246	→
Tomina	Province	35,443	37,482	35,556	32,157	→
Yamparáez	Province	31,263	29,567	27,055	21,788	→
Zudañez (Jaime Zudáñez)	Province	30,982	32,857	39,589	42,535	→
Cochabamba	Department	1,110,205	1,455,711	1,762,761	2,005,373	→
Arani	Province	23,331	24,053	18,444	19,836	→
Arque	Province	18,249	23,464	20,850	21,184	→
Ayopaya	Province	54,597	60,959	54,531	55,782	→
Bolívar	Province	7,081	8,635	7,279	8,197	→
Campero (Narciso Campero)	Province	30,358	37,011	35,763	36,146	→
Capinota	Province	24,444	25,582	29,744	31,108	→
Carrasco	Province	77,814	116,205	135,484	176,061	→
Cercado (Cochabamba)	Province	414,307	517,024	632,013	661,484	→
Chapare	Province	131,727	187,358	263,137	333,408	→
Esteban Arce	Province	29,717	31,997	37,245	53,964	→
Germán Jordán	Province	27,505	31,768	34,498	35,457	→
Mizque	Province	27,959	36,181	35,806	36,534	→
Punata	Province	47,402	47,735	54,655	61,382	→
Quillacollo	Province	145,197	246,803	336,615	405,039	→
Tapacarí	Province	19,202	25,919	24,625	24,534	→
Tiraque	Province	31,315	35,017	42,072	45,257	→
La Paz	Department	1,900,786	2,350,466	2,719,344	3,022,566	→
Abel Iturralde	Province	8,226	11,828	18,073	22,602	→
Aroma	Province	65,730	86,480	98,205	112,015	→
Bautista Saavedra	Province	9,995	11,374	16,308	22,277	→
Camacho (Eliodoro Camacho)	Province	53,487	57,877	54,072	63,266	→
Caranavi	Province	43,093	51,153	61,524	69,533	→
Franz Tamayo	Province	17,619	18,386	27,088	28,040	→
Gualberto Villarroel	Province	11,685	15,722	17,865	17,297	→
Ingavi	Province	78,059	95,906	134,965	175,787	→
Inquisivi	Province	57,345	59,167	66,462	86,216	→
José Manuel Pando	Province	4,577	6,137	7,474	12,092	→
Larecaja	Province	68,762	68,063	86,122	106,735	→
Loayza	Province	35,809	43,731	47,473	57,827	→
Los Andes	Province	62,185	69,636	78,579	116,690	→
Manco Kapac	Province	20,554	22,892	27,244	34,040	→
Muñecas	Province	17,820	25,132	25,378	33,348	→
Murillo (Pedro Domingo Murillo)	Province	1,156,423	1,484,328	1,669,807	1,728,931	→
Nor Yungas	Province	20,433	23,681	36,327	51,441	→
Omasuyos	Province	73,703	85,570	84,634	94,158	→
Pacajes	Province	43,351	49,183	55,316	68,753	→
Sud Yungas	Province	51,930	63,639	106,428	121,518	→
Oruro	Department	340,114	391,870	494,587	570,194	→
Carangas	Province	7,930	10,163	11,071	19,000	→
Cercado (Oruro)	Province	213,755	241,811	309,629	346,633	→
Eduardo Avaroa	Province	23,147	27,675	32,355	40,444	→
Ladislao Cabrera	Province	7,363	11,698	14,851	19,086	→
Litoral de Atacama	Province	2,087	4,555	10,409	14,444	→
Nor Carangas	Province	4,900	5,790	5,502	5,980	→
Pantaleón Dalence	Province	24,892	23,608	29,497	26,124	→
Poopó	Province	17,437	14,984	16,806	16,986	→
Puerto de Mejillones	Province	751	1,130	2,076	3,528	→
Sabaya (Atahuallpa)	Province	3,567	7,114	10,924	19,158	→
Sajama	Province	7,891	9,438	9,391	11,948	→
San Pedro de Totora	Province	4,040	4,941	5,531	6,570	→
Saucarí	Province	5,569	7,763	10,149	12,115	→
Sebastián Pagador	Province	7,712	10,221	13,897	13,439	→
Sud Carangas	Province	4,028	6,136	7,232	9,296	→
Tomás Barrón	Province	5,045	5,424	5,267	5,443	→
Pando	Department	38,072	52,525	110,436	130,761	→
Abuná	Province	2,652	2,996	4,049	5,439	→
Federico Román	Province	1,516	2,242	7,034	6,074	→
Madre de Dios	Province	8,097	9,521	24,070	31,473	→
Manuripi	Province	7,360	8,230	14,986	18,397	→
Nicolás Suárez	Province	18,447	29,536	60,297	69,378	→
Potosí	Department	645,889	709,013	828,093	856,419	→
Alonso de Ibáñez	Province	23,512	27,755	28,315	25,615	→
Antonio Quijarro	Province	37,384	37,428	55,327	63,368	→
Bernardino Bilbao Rioja	Province	10,045	10,623	10,331	8,057	→
Charcas	Province	31,233	38,174	40,882	38,680	→
Chayanta	Province	73,128	90,205	98,436	100,498	→
Cornelio Saavedra	Province	52,659	59,219	55,667	55,242	→
Daniel Campos	Province	4,630	5,067	5,850	5,711	→
Enrique Baldivieso	Province	1,313	1,640	1,684	2,119	→
José María Linares	Province	52,535	50,899	49,796	43,542	→
Modesto Omiste	Province	31,737	36,266	44,906	49,312	→
Nor Chichas	Province	38,250	35,323	42,447	39,172	→
Nor Lípez	Province	8,320	10,460	14,057	14,241	→
Rafael Bustillo	Province	77,566	76,254	87,272	88,422	→
Sur Chichas (Sud Chichas)	Province	52,308	47,873	56,048	54,895	→
Sur Lípez	Province	4,158	4,905	6,835	6,099	→
Tomás Frías	Province	147,111	176,922	230,240	261,446	→
Santa Cruz	Department	1,364,389	2,029,471	2,657,762	3,115,386	→
Andrés Ibáñez	Province	784,678	1,256,801	1,654,311	1,939,159	→
Ángel Sandoval	Province	10,695	13,073	14,470	15,336	→
Chiquitos	Province	42,519	60,359	82,429	114,019	→
Cordillera	Province	88,628	101,733	120,236	134,713	→
Florida	Province	22,750	27,447	32,842	37,291	→
Germán Busch	Province	25,426	33,006	42,830	43,935	→
Guarayos	Province	20,902	31,577	48,301	57,744	→
Ichilo	Province	49,484	70,444	92,721	100,473	→
Manuel María Caballero	Province	16,074	20,010	23,309	23,189	→
Ñuflo de Chávez	Province	61,008	93,392	116,652	129,674	→
Obispo Santistevan	Province	104,660	142,786	181,198	196,101	→
Sara	Province	29,607	37,733	43,171	44,713	→
Vallegrande	Province	26,744	27,429	26,576	26,155	→
Velasco (José Miguel de Velasco)	Province	42,929	56,702	69,828	91,573	→
Warnes (Ignacio Warnes)	Province	38,285	56,979	108,888	161,311	→
Tarija	Department	291,407	391,226	483,518	534,348	→
Aniceto Arce	Province	44,713	52,570	53,186	54,750	→
Avilés (José María Avilés)	Province	16,210	17,504	20,271	20,717	→
Burdet O'Connor	Province	17,763	19,339	21,991	20,846	→
Cercado (Tarija)	Province	108,241	153,457	205,375	238,942	→
Gran Chaco	Province	74,612	116,318	147,478	159,237	→
Méndez (Eustaquio Méndez)	Province	29,868	32,038	35,217	39,856	→
Bolivia	Plurinational State	6,420,792	8,274,325	10,027,254	11,312,620

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia.

Explanation: Census figures are not adjusted for undercount. Area figures of provinces are calculated using geospatial data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2012)
Males	5,019,447
Females	5,040,409

Age Groups (C 2012)
0-14 years	3,160,766
15-64 years	6,300,945
65+ years	598,145

Age Distribution (C 2012)
0-9 years	2,082,602
10-19 years	2,184,448
20-29 years	1,796,001
30-39 years	1,384,863
40-49 years	1,006,685
50-59 years	727,245
60-69 years	484,396
70-79 years	251,699
80+ years	141,917

Urbanization (C 2012)
Rural	3,270,894
Urban	6,788,962

Literacy (A15+) (C 2012)
yes	6,547,475
no	351,615