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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

🥇🇦🇷Argentina337K43.0%
🥈🇪🇸Spain188.9K24.1%
🥉🇨🇱Chile150.2K19.2%

Where people come from

🥇🇦🇷Argentina53.1K29.7%
🥈🇧🇷Brazil31.9K17.9%
🥉🇪🇸Spain15.1K8.5%

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