Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Bolivian Sign Language (secondary) · German (secondary) · Japanese (secondary) · Plautdietsch (secondary) · Portuguese (secondary) · Portuguese (Brazilian) (secondary) · Spanish (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Bolivia

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Bolivian, Mestizo	8322000	Spanish	Christianity
Quechua, South Bolivian	1929000	Quechua, South Bolivian	Christianity
Aymara	1195000	Aymara, Central	Christianity
Quechua, North Bolivian	287000	Quechua, North Bolivian	Christianity
German	258000	German, Standard	Christianity
Chiquitano	152000	Chiquitano	Ethnic Religions
Guarani, Eastern Bolivian	141000	Guarani, Eastern Bolivian	Christianity
Mennonite	81000	Plautdietsch	Christianity
Guarayu	25000	Guarayu	Christianity
Afro-Bolivian	24000	Spanish	Christianity
Deaf	23000	Bolivian Sign Language	Unknown
Movima	20000	Movima	Christianity
Tacana	19000	Tacana	Ethnic Religions
Tsimane	18000	Tsimane	Ethnic Religions
Itonama	17000	Spanish	Christianity
Japanese	15000	Japanese	Christianity
Leco	14000	Leco	Ethnic Religions
Latin American Branco	12000	Portuguese	Christianity
Guarani, Western Bolivian	9900	Guarani, Western Bolivian	Christianity
Chinese, general	7900	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious
Trinitario	7400	Trinitario	Ethnic Religions
Yuracare	6300	Yuracare	Ethnic Religions
Reyesano	5600	Spanish	Christianity
Weenhayek, Wichi Lhames Nocten	5500	Weenhayek	Christianity
Cavinena	4100	Cavinena	Ethnic Religions
Baure	3500	Baure	Christianity
Ayore	2400	Ayoreo	Christianity
Chipaya	2400	Chipaya	Christianity
Cayubaba	2300	Spanish	Christianity
Ignaciano, Moxos	2300	Ignaciano	Ethnic Religions
Uru	2100	Aymara, Central	Christianity
Ese Ejja, Huarayo	1800	Ese Ejja	Christianity
Wichi, Pilcomayo Mataco	1600	Wichi Lhamtes Guisnay	Christianity
Chacobo	1600	Chacobo	Christianity
Siriono	1100	Siriono	Christianity
Canichana	900	Spanish	Christianity
Yuqui	400	Yuqui	Ethnic Religions
Yaminahua, Acre	300	Yaminahua	Ethnic Religions
Toromono	300	Spanish	Ethnic Religions
Araona	200	Araona	Christianity
Itene	70	Itene	Christianity
Tapiete	50	Nandeva	Christianity
Manchineri	30	Machinere	Christianity

Languages

36 languages recorded here.

Araona

Aymara, Central

Ayoreo

Baure

Bolivian Sign Language

Cavinena

Chacobo

Chinese, Mandarin

Chipaya

Chiquitano

Ese Ejja

German, Standard

Guarani, Eastern Bolivian

Guarani, Western Bolivian

Guarayu

Ignaciano

Itene

Japanese

Leco

Machinere

Movima

Nandeva

Plautdietsch

Portuguese

Quechua, North Bolivian

Quechua, South Bolivian

Siriono

Spanish

Tacana

Trinitario

Tsimane

Weenhayek

Wichi Lhamtes Guisnay

Yaminahua

Yuqui

Yuracare

All catalogue fields

151 fields recorded

rog3: BL
iso3: BOL
iso2: BO
ctry: Bolivia
poplpeoples: 12621000
cntpeoples: 43
cntpeopleslr: 2
poplpeopleslr: 23000
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: spa
officiallang: Spanish
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 91.758339283541
percentevangelical: 19.42805118485
c_10_40window: N
rog2: LAM
continent: South America
regioncode: 11
regionname: America, Latin
workersneeded: 2
harvest_rog3: BL
harvest_iso3: BOL
harvest_iso2: BO
harvest_owcountrycode: BOLI
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: BO
harvest_countrynumber: 25
harvest_ctry: Bolivia
harvest_ctryshort: Bolivia
harvest_countrynamechinese: 玻利维亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 玻利维亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Bolivia
harvest_countrynamefrench: Bolivie
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Bolivie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Bolivien
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Bolivien
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Bolivia
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Bolivia
harvest_countrynameitalian: Bolivia
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Bolivia
harvest_countrynamekorean: 볼리비아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 볼리비아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Bolivia
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Bolivia
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Bolívia
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Bolívia
harvest_countrynamerussian: Боливия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Боливия
harvest_countrynamespanish: Bolivia
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Bolivia
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Bolivia
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Bolivia
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: LAM
harvest_regioncode2414: 7
harvest_regioncode: 11
harvest_unsr: 005
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_capital: La Paz (administrative)
harvest_population: 12582000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/bolivia.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 40163535
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-bl.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/bolivia
harvest_jpscale: 5
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_owpctevang: 16.2
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 13.084703
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 4.5999999
harvest_owcountrypage: bolivia
harvest_literacyrate: 93
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 69
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: spa
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: ayr
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 3.1
harvest_pctbahai: 1.9
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0.05
harvest_pctchinese: 0.2
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 0.01
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0.03
harvest_pctnonreligious: 3.74
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 90.97
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 12.86
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 4.64
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0.01
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 77.56
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.04
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 2.33
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: -6.469999996012294
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A007
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.674
harvest_hdirank: 118
harvest_internetusers: 39.7
harvest_flashmapzoom: 250
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -23
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -130
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: -17
harvest_googlemaplng: -65
harvest_ctrylatitude: -16.290154
harvest_ctrylongitude: -63.588653
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/bolivia/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 403
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.515429831006613
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=bo&joshua=bl
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-bolivia
harvest_internetusage: 44
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://sociedadbiblicaboliviana.org/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 424162
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 1098581
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 20
harvest_countryphonecode: 591
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 94.40000000000001
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 6.5
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 88.5
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 8.4
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 93.91
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 11.8
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .bo
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bolivia
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00