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Bolivia — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

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Bolivia had an estimated population of 9,073,856 in 2005, with 134 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Bolivia today — population now 12,749,291, against 9,073,856 in 2005.

Source2005NowChange
World Gazetteer (the work cited)9,073,856
UN World Population Prospects9,360,75412,749,291+36%

The two 2005 figures agree closely. Use the UN pair for a like-for-like change.

Agglomerations, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1La Paz1,836,256

Cities and towns, 2005

#PlaceRegionPopulation (2005)Today
1Santa CruzSanta Cruz1,342,604
2CochabambaCochabamba900,414841,276 now
3El AltoLa Paz834,152
4La PazLa Paz812,7992,004,652 now
5SucreChuquisaca224,838224,838 now
6OruroOruro208,684208,684 now
7TarijaTarija159,269159,269 now
8PotosíPotosí141,251141,251 now
9MonteroSanta Cruz88,61688,616 now
10TrinidadBeni84,25984,259 now
11YacuíbaTarija82,80382,803 now
12RiberaltaBeni74,01499,070 now
13GuayaramerínBeni36,00836,008 now
14VillazónPotosí30,25330,253 now
15BermejoTarija28,28535,411 now
16LlallaguaPotosí28,06928,069 now
17CamiriSanta Cruz27,96127,961 now
18CobijaPando26,58526,585 now
19San IgnacioSanta Cruz23,569
20TupizaPotosí22,23322,233 now
21WarnesSanta Cruz22,03622,036 now
22San BorjaBeni19,64024,610 now
23VillamontesTarija18,76139,800 now
24CotocaSanta Cruz18,34718,347 now
25YapacaníSanta Cruz18,187
26El TornoSanta Cruz15,54315,543 now
27HuanuniOruro15,49215,492 now
28PunataCochabamba15,19415,194 now
29CaranaviLa Paz14,915
30AscensiónSanta Cruz14,42914,429 now
31MinerosSanta Cruz14,38514,385 now
32El CarmenSanta Cruz14,295
33Santa AnaBeni12,581
34PatacamayaLa Paz12,26012,260 now
35Puerto SuárezSanta Cruz12,25312,546 now
36RurrenabaqueBeni11,74911,749 now
37San IgnacioBeni11,704
38PortachueloSanta Cruz11,48511,485 now
39Puerto QuijarroSanta Cruz10,392
40UyuniPotosí10,293
41La GuardiaSanta Cruz10,258
42RoboréSanta Cruz9,882
43San JoséSanta Cruz9,745
44PailónSanta Cruz9,304
45ClizaCochabamba8,654
46AchacachiLa Paz8,447
47Valle GrandeSanta Cruz8,422
48MonteagudoChuquisaca8,289
49AiquileCochabamba8,224
50TarataCochabamba8,043
51ChallapataOruro8,016
52IvirgarzamaCochabamba7,849
53MagdalenaBeni7,789
54San JuliánSanta Cruz7,706
55ReyesBeni7,376
56San JavierSanta Cruz7,024
57ConcepciónSanta Cruz6,900
58Santa FeSanta Cruz6,844
59Fernández AlonsoSanta Cruz6,765
60San RamónSanta Cruz6,421
61San MatíasSanta Cruz6,352
62La BélgicaSanta Cruz5,501
63Cuatro CañadasSanta Cruz5,389
64CapinotaCochabamba5,157
65ChimoréCochabamba5,147
66UncíaPotosí5,141
67Villa Simón BolívarSanta Cruz5,128
68OkinawaSanta Cruz4,944
69San MiguelSanta Cruz4,906
70BetanzosPotosí4,847
71ShinahotaCochabamba4,791
72CamargoChuquisaca4,715
73CaracolloOruro4,708
74Santa RosaSanta Cruz4,574
75CopacabanaLa Paz4,508
76Santa RosaBeni4,459
77ComarapaSanta Cruz4,445
78San RamónBeni4,389
79MairanaSanta Cruz4,298
80Buena VistaSanta Cruz4,282
81Entre RíosCochabamba4,220
82Arroyo ConcepciónSanta Cruz4,188
83San CarlosSanta Cruz4,180
84Agustín SaavedraSanta Cruz4,149
85JorochitoSanta Cruz4,013
86ColquiriLa Paz3,933
87ColomiCochabamba3,921
88GuanayLa Paz3,915
89AraniCochabamba3,906
90Sipe SipeCochabamba3,776
91San JuanSanta Cruz3,707
92LimoncitoSanta Cruz3,622
93San JoaquínBeni3,557
94UrubicháSanta Cruz3,267
95SamaipataSanta Cruz3,248
96LahuachacaLa Paz3,235
97Santiago de HuariOruro3,181
98BoyuibeSanta Cruz3,075
99Los NegrosSanta Cruz3,046
100CharaguaSanta Cruz3,025
101Villa SeranoChuquisaca3,016
102San PedroSanta Cruz2,990
103Irpa IrpaCochabamba2,968
104ChulumaniLa Paz2,952
105San LorenzoTarija2,921
106PadillaChuquisaca2,920
107MizqueCochabamba2,911
108El CarmenSanta Cruz2,885
109Valle SánchezSanta Cruz2,799
110Entre RíosTarija2,685
111Puerto PailasSanta Cruz2,675
112MapiriLa Paz2,597
113TipuaniLa Paz2,584
114La AngosturaSanta Cruz2,513
115MuyupampaChuquisaca2,488
116UcurenaCochabamba2,472
117Santa RitaSanta Cruz2,444
118Santa BárbaraPotosí2,434
119TarabucoChuquisaca2,428
120AbapóSanta Cruz2,419
121QuimeLa Paz2,404
122San RafaelSanta Cruz2,384
123EucaliptusOruro2,373
124CoroicoLa Paz2,361
125Kilómetro Doce a CochabambaSanta Cruz2,301
126SorataLa Paz2,190
127CoripataLa Paz2,107
128MachacamarcaOruro2,044
129ChimaLa Paz1,943
130VilocoLa Paz1,900
131AtochaPotosí1,833
132PoopóOruro1,720
133ColquechacaPotosí1,706
134TotoralOruro1,645

The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.

Administrative divisions, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1La Paz2,522,104
2Santa Cruz2,360,900
3Cochabamba1,607,977
4Potosí721,325
5Chuquisaca555,468
6Tarija434,648
7Oruro408,501
8Beni405,185
9Pando57,748

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.