How many babies are born in Bolivia each year?

An estimated 261 thousand babies are born in Bolivia in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 716 a day and 0.20% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Bolivia?

Bolivia has an estimated 20.5 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.47 children per woman.

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How many babies are born in Bolivia?

261 thousand babies born in Bolivia in 2026 — 0.20% of all births worldwide, and the 76th largest of any country. UN projection

716births per day
30per hour
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20.5births per 1,000 people
2.47children per woman
12.75 millionpopulation

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Bolivia through history

Estimated annual births in Bolivia, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.

Every figure refers to the area inside Bolivia's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year	Estimated births	Population	Per 1,000	Evidence
1 CE	~12K	~300K	40.7	Modelled estimate
1000	~25K	~600K	41.0	Modelled estimate
1500	~36K	~900K	40.0	Modelled estimate
1800	~39.8K	~887K	44.8	Historical reconstruction
1900	~81.6K	~1.81M	45.0	Historical reconstruction
1950	133K	3.09M	43.0	UN estimate
2000	257K	8.61M	29.9	UN estimate
2024	261K	12.4M	21.0	UN projection
2026	261K	12.7M	20.5	UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Bolivia are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2026, at about 262K. That is roughly 21 times the estimated ~12.2K births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.47 children per woman, fertility in Bolivia is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.