Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Sucre
- Region
- Americas, South America
- Population
- 12,581,843 (2025)
- Area
- 1,098,580 km²
- Currency
- Bolivian boliviano (BOB)
- Languages
- Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
- Calling code
- +591
- Internet domain
- .bo
- ISO codes
- BO, BOL, 068
- Time zone
- UTC-4:00
- United Nations
- Member state
Land and position
Bolivia covers about 1,098,580 square kilometres. By area it ranks 29th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Ethiopia and a little larger than Mauritania. It shares a land border with 5 neighbours: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Paraguay. It is landlocked, which means it has no sea coast. Its centre lies at about 17° south, 65° west, in the southern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 12.6 million people live in Bolivia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 79th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.15 percent of the world's people. On average there are 11 people to each square kilometre. About 72 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 69 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara. A person from Bolivia is called Bolivian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Bolivian boliviano (code BOB, symbol Bs.). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 64.8 billion (2025), which is about US$ 5,148 for each person (2025).
Time
Bolivia uses one time zone, UTC-4:00 (America/La Paz). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| La Paz | 2,004,652 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 1,831,434 |
| Cochabamba | 841,276 |
| Sucre | 224,838 |
| Oruro | 208,684 |
| Sacaba | 180,726 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in South America
Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.