Bolivia vs Venezuela: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 1.38% a year in Bolivia and 0.35% a year in Venezuela, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Bolivia, by 1.03 percentage points, or 3.91 times that in Venezuela.

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% a year · UN

BoliviaVenezuelaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Bolivia has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Venezuela.
In 2023, Bolivia ranked 81 and Venezuela ranked 152 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Bolivia at -0.13% a year and Venezuela at -0.52% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Bolivia	Venezuela	World
2023	1.38	0.35	0.87
2022	1.36	0.27	0.88
2021	0.96	-0.44	0.8
2020	1.08	-1.01	0.9
2019	1.39	-2.42	1.03
2018	1.42	-3.48	1.07
2017	1.45	-1.56	1.13
2016	1.48	0.25	1.17
2015	1.5	1.01	1.18
2014	1.53	1.1	1.22
2013	1.56	1.17	1.23
2012	1.59	1.24	1.27
2011	1.61	1.27	1.26
2010	1.64	1.29	1.27
2009	1.65	1.33	1.28
2008	1.68	1.4	1.28
2007	1.7	1.51	1.28
2006	1.72	1.59	1.28
2005	1.69	1.66	1.27
2004	1.68	1.69	1.28
2003	1.68	1.74	1.29
2002	1.67	1.82	1.3
2001	1.68	1.8	1.33
2000	1.7	1.87	1.35
1999	1.74	1.92	1.35
1998	1.75	1.98	1.37
1997	1.78	2.04	1.39
1996	1.84	2.07	1.42
1995	1.87	2.11	1.45
1994	1.91	2.16	1.47
1993	1.96	2.22	1.52
1992	2.01	2.28	1.57
1991	2.07	2.35	1.63
1990	2.1	2.41	1.76
1989	2.11	2.47	1.78
1988	2.12	2.53	1.79
1987	2.11	2.58	1.84
1986	2.1	2.61	1.83
1985	2.1	2.61	1.8
1984	2.13	2.64	1.8
1983	2.14	2.68	1.78
1982	2.16	2.71	1.86
1981	2.2	2.76	1.82
1980	2.24	2.79	1.8
1979	2.26	2.84	1.79
1978	2.29	2.87	1.74
1977	2.3	2.9	1.75
1976	2.31	2.91	1.78
1975	2.27	2.92	1.8
1974	2.26	2.93	1.88
1973	2.26	2.95	1.94
1972	2.24	2.98	1.97
1971	2.25	3.03	1.97
1970	2.24	3.08	2.06
1969	2.24	3.12	2.06
1968	2.23	3.19	2.09
1967	2.21	3.25	2
1966	2.17	3.3	2.04
1965	2.15	3.34	2.09
1964	2.12	3.38	2.16
1963	2.1	3.43	2.28
1962	2.08	3.47	2.11
1961	2.05	3.53	1.67
1960	2.04	3.6	1.58
1959	2.01	3.66	1.73
1958	1.98	3.78	2
1957	1.94	3.82	2.07
1956	1.9	3.86	1.98
1955	1.84	3.93	2.01
1954	1.77	4.01	1.99
1953	1.71	4.1	1.9
1952	1.62	4.2	1.94
1951	1.56	4.3	1.75
1950	1.48	4.39	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Bolivia	Venezuela	World
2024	1.360.81–1.96	0.39-0.5–1.23	0.86
2025	1.340.79–1.94	0.4-0.79–1.45	0.84
2026	1.310.74–1.92	0.42-0.92–1.63	0.83
2027	1.280.7–1.89	0.45-1.04–1.68	0.81
2028	1.250.68–1.88	0.43-1.1–1.78	0.8
2029	1.230.64–1.86	0.47-1.22–1.9	0.78
2030	1.20.62–1.85	0.48-1.3–2.07	0.76
2031	1.170.59–1.83	0.51-1.35–2.1	0.75
2032	1.140.56–1.81	0.49-1.48–2.12	0.73
2033	1.110.54–1.77	0.49-1.42–2.06	0.72
2034	1.090.52–1.74	0.51-1.46–2.1	0.7
2035	1.060.51–1.74	0.48-1.52–2.2	0.69
2036	1.030.48–1.73	0.43-1.47–2.1	0.67
2037	10.46–1.7	0.41-1.5–2.1	0.65
2038	0.970.42–1.66	0.4-1.55–2.12	0.64
2039	0.940.38–1.65	0.38-1.59–2.11	0.62
2040	0.910.34–1.62	0.34-1.66–2.13	0.61
2041	0.890.32–1.59	0.28-1.69–2.12	0.59
2042	0.860.26–1.57	0.27-1.73–2.17	0.57
2043	0.830.26–1.59	0.22-1.75–2.11	0.56
2044	0.810.22–1.58	0.2-1.75–2.05	0.54
2045	0.780.2–1.55	0.18-1.84–2.11	0.52
2046	0.750.16–1.54	0.16-1.9–2.1	0.5
2047	0.730.14–1.51	0.17-1.8–2.03	0.48
2048	0.710.1–1.5	0.13-1.89–2.1	0.46
2049	0.680.07–1.51	0.11-1.96–2.17	0.44
2050	0.660.02–1.48	0.11-1.98–2.12	0.42
2051	0.63-0.01–1.47	0.07-2.02–2.09	0.4
2052	0.61-0.06–1.51	0.09-2.07–2.13	0.38
2053	0.58-0.08–1.46	0.05-2.01–2.03	0.36
2054	0.56-0.13–1.43	0.04-2.12–2.08	0.34
2055	0.54-0.13–1.43	0.05-2.09–2.05	0.33
2056	0.52-0.17–1.41	0.03-2.23–2.07	0.31
2057	0.5-0.22–1.4	-0.01-2.34–1.96	0.3
2058	0.48-0.26–1.38	-0-2.33–2.05	0.28
2059	0.46-0.29–1.39	-0.03-2.4–2.1	0.27
2060	0.43-0.32–1.38	-0.03-2.31–1.98	0.25
2061	0.42-0.37–1.41	-0.03-2.45–2.15	0.24
2062	0.4-0.38–1.4	-0.04-2.44–1.96	0.23
2063	0.38-0.43–1.37	-0.05-2.36–2.12	0.22
2064	0.36-0.43–1.38	-0.05-2.31–2.11	0.21
2065	0.34-0.48–1.34	-0.08-2.38–2.04	0.2
2066	0.32-0.5–1.32	-0.1-2.48–2.01	0.19
2067	0.3-0.55–1.32	-0.12-2.55–1.96	0.18
2068	0.28-0.58–1.31	-0.11-2.7–1.98	0.17
2069	0.26-0.62–1.33	-0.12-2.69–1.94	0.16
2070	0.24-0.64–1.31	-0.13-2.74–1.93	0.15
2071	0.22-0.66–1.33	-0.14-2.69–1.94	0.14
2072	0.21-0.67–1.28	-0.14-2.66–1.94	0.13
2073	0.19-0.69–1.31	-0.14-2.73–1.89	0.12
2074	0.17-0.73–1.29	-0.13-2.72–1.99	0.1
2075	0.16-0.75–1.28	-0.16-2.87–1.93	0.09
2076	0.14-0.79–1.26	-0.16-2.85–1.93	0.08
2077	0.12-0.83–1.22	-0.18-2.92–2.01	0.07
2078	0.1-0.84–1.21	-0.2-3.02–1.96	0.06
2079	0.09-0.88–1.24	-0.21-2.85–2.05	0.05
2080	0.08-0.9–1.21	-0.21-3.06–2.01	0.04
2081	0.06-0.97–1.18	-0.22-3.03–2	0.03
2082	0.05-0.98–1.18	-0.23-2.98–2.04	0.02
2083	0.04-1.02–1.19	-0.24-3.25–1.91	0.01
2084	0.03-1.03–1.18	-0.25-3.18–1.87	-0
2085	0.02-1.07–1.17	-0.27-3.29–1.91	-0.01
2086	0.01-1.07–1.14	-0.3-3.19–1.92	-0.02
2087	-0.01-1.09–1.15	-0.31-3.28–1.9	-0.03
2088	-0.01-1.12–1.14	-0.32-3.37–1.88	-0.04
2089	-0.02-1.13–1.16	-0.36-3.49–1.88	-0.05
2090	-0.03-1.15–1.17	-0.37-3.54–1.99	-0.05
2091	-0.04-1.16–1.17	-0.38-3.67–2.01	-0.06
2092	-0.05-1.17–1.18	-0.4-3.7–2.09	-0.07
2093	-0.06-1.2–1.17	-0.44-3.72–1.92	-0.07
2094	-0.07-1.26–1.14	-0.45-3.85–1.95	-0.08
2095	-0.08-1.29–1.13	-0.47-3.81–2.01	-0.09
2096	-0.09-1.27–1.14	-0.5-3.86–2.01	-0.1
2097	-0.1-1.31–1.11	-0.5-3.99–2.01	-0.11
2098	-0.11-1.33–1.16	-0.53-3.97–1.99	-0.11
2099	-0.12-1.34–1.15	-0.51-4.05–2.03	-0.12
2100	-0.13-1.39–1.11	-0.52-4.06–2.03	-0.13

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How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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