Recognised as Country
Bolivia
- BO
- South America
- BOB
- .bo
Bolivia (BO/BOL) is a country in South America with its capital at Sucre. It covers about 1,098,581 km² with a population of roughly 12,000,000, uses the BOB, dials on +591, owns the .bo internet domain and keeps its capital on America/La_Paz. It borders 5 countries.
Identity
Official short nameBolivia
CapitalSucre
ContinentSouth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BO
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BOL
Internet TLD.bo
Calling code+591
Currency codeBOB
Geography
Latitude16.2902° S
Longitude63.5887° W
HemisphereSouthern and Western
Area1,098,581 km²424,164 square miles
Land neighbours5
Distance from London9,706 kmto the approximate centre of Bolivia, not to Sucre. WSW, bearing 239.3°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/La_Pazthe IANA zone for Sucre; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-04:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC-04:00
Offset in JulyUTC-04:00
Current offsetUTC-04:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 11:04
Hours ahead of UTC-4
Population & scale
Population12,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density10.9 per km²≈
Share of world population0.148%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset27 of 196
Population rank in this dataset80 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Paraguay960 km centre to centre
Argentina2,460 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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