Country profile · South America · BOL
Bolivia: area, population and density
Bolivia has 1,083,300 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 12,581,843; calculated population density is 12 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Bolivia ranks 27th of 196 by land area, 79th by population and 182nd by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 1,083,300 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 12,581,843World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 12 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Bolivia in the country comparison set
Bolivia has 1,083,300 sq km of land area and a population value of 12,581,843 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 27th by land area, 79th by population, and 182nd by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
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