Americas · South America
Capital: Sucre
Bolivia
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Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #87
Bolivia's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
12.6M
#78 of 196
61st percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$64.77B
#87 of 196
56th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$655.1M
#96 of 196
51st percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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$30.2M
#115 of 196
42nd percentile
2021 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$7.17B
#88 of 196
55th percentile
2024 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Sucre
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- South America
- Country code
- BOL
Three interesting facts
Bolivia shares land borders with 5 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru.
Bolivia has a low average population density, with large areas containing relatively few residents.
The country’s linguistic landscape includes Spanish, Aymara, and Quechua, reflecting a notably diverse cultural history.
Geography
Bolivia on the map
Bolivia is located in Central South America, southwest of Brazil. Its terrain is rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin. The climate varies with altitude, humid and tropical to cold and semiarid. In area, the country is slightly less than three times the size of Montana.
Economy
Economic profile
Bolivia's economy is characterized by resource-rich economy benefits during commodity booms, has bestowed juridical rights to Mother Earth, impacting extraction industries, increasing Chinese lithium mining trade relations, hard hit by COVID-19, increased fiscal spending amid poverty increases, rampant banking and finance corruption. Major industries include mining, smelting, electricity, petroleum, food and beverages, handicrafts, clothing, jewelry. Important agricultural products include sugarcane, soybeans, maize, potatoes, sorghum, rice, milk, chicken, plantains, beef (2023). Notable exports include gold, natural gas, precious metal ore, zinc ore, soybean meal (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Bolivia has an estimated population of 11,365,333. Language and cultural traditions vary across Bolivia. The population includes Mestizo (mixed White and Indigenous ancestry) 68%, Indigenous 20%, White 5%, Cholo/Chola 2%, African descent 1%, other 1%, unspecified 3%, 44% other Indigenous group, predominantly Quechua or Aymara (2009 est.). The urban population represents 71.2% of total population (2023).
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