Bolivia vs Rwanda: Population
Bolivia
12.24 million people
in 2023
Rwanda
13.95 million people
in 2023
Bolivia rank
80th
Rwanda rank
78th
Population over time
- Bolivia
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 13.95 million people against 12.24 million people in Bolivia, a difference of 1.71 million people.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Bolivia's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bolivia ahead.
Bolivia ranks 80th and Rwanda ranks 78th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 33 and Rwanda in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 600,000 people | 288,000 people | 312,000 people | Bolivia |
| 1100s | 660,000 people | 350,400 people | 309,600 people | Bolivia |
| 1200s | 720,000 people | 412,800 people | 307,200 people | Bolivia |
| 1300s | 780,000 people | 475,200 people | 304,800 people | Bolivia |
| 1400s | 840,000 people | 537,600 people | 302,400 people | Bolivia |
| 1500s | 900,000 people | 600,000 people | 300,000 people | Bolivia |
| 1600s | 800,000 people | 660,000 people | 140,000 people | Bolivia |
| 1700s | 800,057 people | 720,000 people | 80,057 people | Bolivia |
| 1710s | 815,296 people | 736,737 people | 78,559 people | Bolivia |
| 1720s | 830,825 people | 745,120 people | 85,705 people | Bolivia |
| 1730s | 846,651 people | 753,971 people | 92,680 people | Bolivia |
| 1740s | 862,777 people | 763,339 people | 99,438 people | Bolivia |
| 1750s | 879,211 people | 773,281 people | 105,930 people | Bolivia |
| 1760s | 895,958 people | 783,864 people | 112,094 people | Bolivia |
| 1770s | 913,024 people | 795,163 people | 117,861 people | Bolivia |
| 1780s | 930,415 people | 807,272 people | 123,143 people | Bolivia |
| 1790s | 948,137 people | 820,301 people | 127,836 people | Bolivia |
| 1800s | 931,454 people | 928,368 people | 3,086 people | Bolivia |
| 1810s | 1.04 million people | 928,674 people | 108,652 people | Bolivia |
| 1820s | 1.14 million people | 1.00 million people | 135,652 people | Bolivia |
| 1830s | 1.23 million people | 1.18 million people | 47,279 people | Bolivia |
| 1840s | 1.32 million people | 1.39 million people | 66,923 people | Rwanda |
| 1850s | 1.41 million people | 1.52 million people | 108,868 people | Rwanda |
| 1860s | 1.49 million people | 1.53 million people | 40,691 people | Rwanda |
| 1870s | 1.35 million people | 1.55 million people | 192,875 people | Rwanda |
| 1880s | 1.28 million people | 1.58 million people | 296,565 people | Rwanda |
| 1890s | 1.61 million people | 1.57 million people | 44,031 people | Bolivia |
| 1900s | 1.91 million people | 1.46 million people | 443,431 people | Bolivia |
| 1910s | 2.17 million people | 1.37 million people | 793,021 people | Bolivia |
| 1920s | 2.49 million people | 1.44 million people | 1.05 million people | Bolivia |
| 1930s | 2.79 million people | 1.66 million people | 1.13 million people | Bolivia |
| 1940s | 3.01 million people | 1.94 million people | 1.06 million people | Bolivia |
| 1950s | 3.34 million people | 2.53 million people | 806,959 people | Bolivia |
| 1960s | 4.08 million people | 3.41 million people | 669,103 people | Bolivia |
| 1970s | 5.09 million people | 4.56 million people | 533,921 people | Bolivia |
| 1980s | 6.36 million people | 6.24 million people | 121,776 people | Bolivia |
| 1990s | 7.80 million people | 7.37 million people | 425,805 people | Bolivia |
| 2000s | 9.29 million people | 9.01 million people | 287,666 people | Bolivia |
| 2010s | 10.93 million people | 11.52 million people | 590,710 people | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 12.02 million people | 13.51 million people | 1.49 million people | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population, Bolivia or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 13.95 million people against 12.24 million people in Bolivia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population between Bolivia and Rwanda?
- 1.71 million people, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Rwanda?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Bolivia and Rwanda rank globally for population?
- Bolivia ranks 80th and Rwanda ranks 78th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.