Latin America & Caribbean
A life that begins in Bolivia
One in every 507 babies in the world is born here: about 264,546 a year, 0.5 a minute.
- Population
- 12,581,843
- Births a year
- 264,546
- Life expectancy
- 68.8
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 15.7
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
71.3
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
66.3
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
14.2
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
15.7
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
146
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.4
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
12
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
3.6
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
21.1
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
4.4
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.52
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
15
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
93
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
91
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
≈ 43
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
13.9
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$11,001
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
41
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
2.1
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
3
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
25
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
73
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
27
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
72
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
97
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
93
World: 91
Internet users (%)
80
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
5.84
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.01
World: 0.34
≈ Estimated from the region
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 43.4 → 2026: 67.2 → 2050: 72.6
World
1960: 285 → 2026: 14 → 2050: 3
World
1960: 6.3 → 2026: 2.5 → 2050: 2.1
World
1960: 37 → 2026: 72 → 2050: 82
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Bolivia comes up about once in every 507 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.