List of cities and largest towns in Bolivia
Bolivian cities by population: #1–10
According to the National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia (INE),[1] a city is classified as an area where the city limits are identifiable, and its local government is recognized.[2] Bolivia has 1,384 cities.[3] As of 21 November 2012, the date of the most-recent national census,[4] 53 cities have a population of at least 10,000 in Bolivia, as enumerated by the INE. These 53 cities have a population of 6,162,346, accounting for 61.4% of the country's population. The largest city is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with a population of 1,441,406, a 29.4% increase from the last census date of 5 September 2001.[5] La Guardia had the highest percentage increase, 801.5%, from 2001 to 2012.
From 2001 to 2012, Bolivia had a population increase of 21.1%. Of the 53 cities, 42 had a higher increase than 21.1%, 8 had lower increase and 3 had a small decrease. The three cities that had a negative population growth from 2001 to 2012 are
List
* | = Department capital |
† | = Largest city in department |
Rank | City | Department | 2012 Census[2]
|
2001 Census[6]
|
Net change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra*† | Santa Cruz | 1,441,406 | 1,113,582 | +29.4% |
2 | El Alto† | La Paz | 842,378 | 647,350 | +30.1% |
3 | La Paz* | La Paz | 757,184 | 789,585 | −4.1% |
4 | Cochabamba*† | Cochabamba | 630,587 | 516,683 | +22.0% |
5 | Oruro*† | Oruro | 264,683 | 201,332 | +31.5% |
6 | Sucre*† | Chuquisaca | 237,480 | 193,876 | +22.5% |
7 | Tarija*† | Tarija | 179,528 | 135,783 | +32.2% |
8 | Potosí*† | Potosí | 174,973 | 132,966 | +31.6% |
9 | Sacaba | Cochabamba | 149,570 | 92,581 | +61.6% |
10 | Quillacollo | Cochabamba | 117,859 | 74,980 | +57.2% |
11 | Montero | Santa Cruz | 107,294 | 78,294 | +37.0% |
12 | Trinidad *†
|
Beni | 101,454 | 75,540 | +34.3% |
13 | Riberalta | Beni | 78,754 | 64,511 | +22.1% |
14 | Warnes | Santa Cruz | 77,668 | 17,872 | +334.6% |
15 | La Guardia | Santa Cruz | 77,278 | 8,572 | +801.5% |
16 | Viacha | La Paz | 62,516 | 29,108 | +114.8% |
17 | Yacuiba | Tarija | 61,844 | 64,611 | −4.3% |
18 | Colcapirhua | Cochabamba | 51,896 | 41,980 | +23.6% |
19 | Tiquipaya | Cochabamba | 49,237 | 26,732 | +84.2% |
20 | Cobija*† | Pando | 42,849 | 20,820 | +105.8% |
21 | Vinto | Cochabamba | 40,920 | 14,180 | +188.6% |
22 | Guayaramerín | Beni | 35,764 | 33,095 | +8.1% |
23 | Villazón | Potosí | 35,167 | 28,045 | +25.4% |
24 | Yapacaní[A] | Santa Cruz | 32,017 | 16,572 | +93.2% |
25 | Villamontes | Tarija | 30,228 | 16,113 | +87.6% |
26 | Bermejo | Tarija | 29,459 | 26,059 | +13.0% |
27 | Camiri | Santa Cruz | 28,855 | 26,505 | +8.9% |
28 | Tupiza | Potosí | 27,302 | 21,707 | +25.8% |
29 | Llallagua | Potosí | 25,166 | 20,065 | +25.4% |
30 | San Ignacio de Velasco | Santa Cruz | 23,126 | 19,401 | +19.2% |
31 | San Julián | Santa Cruz | 20,687 | 6,798 | +204.3% |
32 | Huanuni | Oruro | 20,336 | 15,106 | +34.6% |
33 | Punata | Cochabamba | 19,559 | 14,742 | +32.7% |
34 | Cotoca | Santa Cruz | 19,482 | 15,181 | +28.3% |
35 | Ascensión de Guarayos | Santa Cruz | 19,254 | 13,630 | +41.3% |
36 | Achocalla | La Paz | 18,442 | 10,369 | +77.9% |
37 | Mineros | Santa Cruz | 18,340 | 13,282 | +38.1% |
38 | Uyuni | Potosí | 18,068 | 10,551 | +71.2% |
39 | San Borja | Beni | 17,520 | 16,273 | +7.7% |
40 | El Torno | Santa Cruz | 17,130 | 11,879 | +44.2% |
41 | Puerto Suárez | Santa Cruz | 16,643 | 11,594 | +43.5% |
42 | Portachuelo | Santa Cruz | 14,091 | 11,338 | +24.3% |
43 | Caranavi | La Paz | 13,766 | 12,083 | +13.9% |
44 | Rurrenabaque | Beni | 13,446 | 8,479 | +58.6% |
45 | Challapata | Oruro | 12,684 | 9,452 | +34.2% |
46 | Santa Ana del Yacuma | Beni | 12,178 | 12,877 | −5.4% |
47 | San José de Chiquitos | Santa Cruz | 11,874 | 9,322 | +27.4% |
48 | Sipe Sipe | Cochabamba | 11,826 | 3,226 | +266.6% |
49 | Patacamaya | La Paz | 11,197 | 8,414 | +33.1% |
50 | Puerto Quijarro | Santa Cruz | 11,071 | 8,963 | +23.5% |
51 | Vallegrande | Santa Cruz | 10,158 | 7,884 | +28.8% |
52 | Roboré | Santa Cruz | 10,098 | 10,078 | +0.2% |
53 | San Ignacio de Moxos | Beni | 10,054 | 9,590 | +4.8% |
Notes
- A ^ In 2001, Yapacaní did not exist.[7] The INE consolidated 19 cities, which had a 2001 population of 16,572, for the 2012 census to form Yapacaní.[8]
References
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística". INE.
- ^ a b "Ciudades/Comunidades/Centros Poblados a Localidades Empadronadas en el Censo de Población y Vivienda 2012" [Cities/Communities/Towns and Villages Centers Enumerated in the Census of Population and Housing 2012] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Bolivia" (in Spanish). UNESCO. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "El Gobierno Realizará el Censo 2012 el 21 de Noviembre" [The Government will make the 2012 Census on 21 November]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia (2003). "Bolivia: Niveles, Tendencias y Diferenciales de la Fecundidad" [Bolivia: Levels, Trends and Differentials of Fertility] (PDF) (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda – 2001" [Census of Population and Housing – 2001] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia. 2 November 2001. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ "Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda – 2001: Bolivia: Santa Cruz Departamento: Ichilo Provincia: Yapacaní Municipales" [Census of Population and Housing – 2001: Santa Cruz Department: Ichilo Province: Yapacaní Municipality] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda 2012: Santa Cruz Departamento: Ichilo Provincia: Yapacaní Municipales" [Census of Population and Housing 2012: Santa Cruz Department: Ichilo Province: Yapacaní Municipality]. National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia. Retrieved 16 February 2014.