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Bolivia: map and facts
Bolivia is in South America. It has about 12.6 million people (2025), the 78th largest population. It covers 1,098,580 km², the 27th largest by area. That is about 11 people per km². Its highest point is Nevado Sajama, at 6,542 m. The longest river on its map is the Mamoré, 1,930 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 12,581,843 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 1,098,580 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: La Paz, Sucre
- Highest point: Nevado Sajama, 6,542 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 50.2% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Bolivia, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Mamoré: 1,930 km
- Pilcomayo: 1,500 km
- Madeira: 1,450 km
- Bermejo: 1,450 km
- Grande: 1,438 km
- Guaporé: 1,210 km
- Madre de Dios: 1,060 km
- Yapacani: 335 km
Also on the map: Beni, San Miguel and San Martin.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Nevado Sajama: 6,542 m (its highest point)
- Nevado Illimani: 6,438 m
- Serrania de Santiago: 1,302 m
- Cerro San Miguel: 839 m
Mountain ranges: Andes, Cordillera Oriental, Cordillera Real and Yungas.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Amazon Basin, Gran Chaco, Altiplano, Chaco Boreal, Pantanal and Salar de Uyuni.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): evergreen broadleaf forest 30.7%, grassland 16.1%, savanna 14.4%, deciduous broadleaf forest 14.1%, open shrubland 9.6%, wooded savanna 6.3%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 45%, plateaus 21.3%, high mountains 14.7%, mountains 12.2%, hills 6.8%.
Forests covered 50.2% of its land in 2024, down from 57% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #4 in silver among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #4 in antimony among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #6 in tin among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #6 in tungsten among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #7 in zinc among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #8 in lead among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Bolivia shares land borders with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Peru on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
- Some figures corrected by Make Me Smarter from published references: Australian Bureau of Statistics; Atlas of Canada; CIA World Factbook (archived); FAO; FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025; FSM Statistics; GeoNames; Gilbertson & Gilbertson's GPS surveys of national high points; INEGI (Mexico); Peaklist.org; PeakVisor; Government of the Pitcairn Islands; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; Statistics Finland; UN Demographic Yearbook; UN World Population Prospects 2024; Wikidata; Wikipedia.
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