Migration trends in Bolivia
Latin America
783.5K people from Bolivia have built lives abroad. That's 6.3% of the country population, spread across 41 different countries
12.4M
Population
178.8K
Immigrants
783.5K
Emigrants
−604.6K
Outflow
1 in every 17 people born in Bolivia now lives abroad
The #79 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Bolivia
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
72.7K immigrants · 199.8K emigrants
2005
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 62%
- Surge of departures to Spain — 104.2K people left
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
2010
- The diaspora abroad passed 500K people
Today
- Since 1990: 106.1K more foreign-born residents and 583.6K more citizens living abroad