| Twelfth census of Bolivia | ||
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| General information | ||
| Country | Bolivia | |
| Topics | Census topics
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| Authority | National Institute of Statistics | |
| Results | ||
| Total population | ( ) | |
| Most populous | Santa Cruz () | |
| Least populous | Pando () | |
The 2024 Bolivian census, officially the 2024 National Population and Housing Census (Spanish: Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2024; CNPV 2024), was the twelfth national census in Bolivia. It was conduced between date and date 2024 by the National Institute of Statistics, which recorded demographic data from amount million people and amount million households. It was the twelfth national population census exercise in Bolivia since its independence in 1825 and the second since the country's reformation as a plurinational state in 2009, the first having been conducted in 2012. Originally scheduled for 2022, the process was delayed to 2024 at the request of union due to reason, a move that sparked widespread protests, especially in the eastern departments. The lack of option to self-identify as mestizo was also a point of controversy among mixed-race respondents, while religious groups, especially evangelists, demanded that the question of religious affiliation be included.
As per the census, Bolivia had a total population of data including data males (%) and data females (%) with a sex-ratio of data. The total literacy of the population above the age of fourteen stood at data percent. Urban population constituted data percent with the remaining data percent residing in rural areas. The population density was data persons per km2 and the semi-decadal growth of the population was data percent. Department was the most populous department at data inhabitants, while Pando remained the smallest with data inhabitants. Department saw the most population growth, increasing from data to data inhabitants.
Out of the data respondents above the age of fourteen, data self-identified as indigenous, constituting data percent of the total population. Of these, data percent identified as group, making it the most prevalent indigenous group in the country, followed by data percent who self-identified as group. Occupation was the major occupation with data percent involved in it. The proportion of people living under the poverty line was data percent, while the extremely poor formed data percent of the total population.
Background
editAs required by Bolivian law, the National Population and Housing Census is conducted by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Bolivia is a country with little census tradition considering that in 191 years; that is, from the first census in 1831 to the last one conducted in 2012, a total of eleven such surveys were carried out. Of these, the first six are more accurately considered population counts, with the collection of demographic data not occurring until 1950. Since its establishment, the INE had previously conducted four censuses. Those occurred in 1976, 1992, 2001, and 2012, making the one taking place in 2024 the fifth to be administered by the institution and the twelfth overall. The results of the census have multiple economic and political implications. Per Article 146 of the Political Constitution of the State, population data collected by the census will be used by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in its reapportionment of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, affecting the political representation of each of the nine departments. Additionally, population growth data is used in the allocation of public resources and to estimate the needs of the population, which in consequence, affects public policy.[1]
Administration
editQuestions and data uses
edithttps://www.paginasiete.bo/opinion/editorial/concertacion-para-el-censo-2022-ACPS327623
https://www.paginasiete.bo/opinion/editorial/los-problemas-del-censo-ICPS328653
https://www.paginasiete.bo/opinion/editorial/censo-inestabilidad-y-poca-transparencia-DX2808342
religion
coca
mestizo
https://correodelsur.com/opinion/20220405_el-censo-y-el-derecho-a-declararse-mestizo.html
https://www.noticiasfides.com/opinion/juan-pablo-marca/censo-existe-una-identidad-mestiza-en-bolivia
Postponement and protests
editInitial postponment
Later
In July, the government convened the 12th National Council of Autonomies, attended by the president and eight of the nine departmental governors. As outlined by Álvaro Ruiz, vice minister of autonomies, the only point on the agenda was to discuss issues relating to the census. Given factors such as the ongoing pandemic, questions regarding the ballot, the incorporation of indigenous languages, and an untenable November weather forecast, the meeting's attendants resolved to postpone the census to 2024.[2] In the ensuing days, Arce formalized the decision by supreme decree, rescheduling the census to take place between May and June 2024.[3]
The announcement was met with immediate rejection by members of the opposition and various municipal authorities. Per the analysis of economists, the deferral of the census most heavily affected municipal governments, who stood to lose out on vital economic resources. With the results being released in 2025, it would not be until 2026 that the allocation of resources using the new data would begin. Until then, cities would continue to receive aid corresponding to their 2012 populations despite fourteen years of growth.[4] According to economist Waldo López, the cities of Cochabamba, La Paz, and Santa Cruz de la Sierra stood to be the most negatively affected. As such, the mayors of all three cities—Manfred Reyes Villa, Iván Arias, and Jhonny Fernández, respectively—made pronouncements against the government's decision, expressing their view that the census should take place in 2023 at the latest.[5][6]
From the legislature, CC parliamentarians denounced the census postponement as an attempt to buy time, a period in which the government could use already approved financial resources to falsify demographic and economic data, distorting the reality of the population in an attempt to influence the outcome of the 2025 elections.[2]
https://www.eldiario.net/portal/2022/07/22/movilizaciones-reflejan-cansancio-de-la-poblacion/
https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/evangelicos-dicen-que-se-sumaran-al-paro-civico-del-25-CY3230631
https://eldeber.com.bo/santa-cruz/las-cinco-razones-por-las-que-santa-cruz-para-este-lunes-25_287225
https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/cochabamba/cumbre-de-civicos/20220727103413874887.html
https://lapatria.bo/2022/07/27/censo-alcaldes-se-reunen-antes-de-hablar-con-arce/
https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/camacho-y-jhonny-pasaron-de-ser-aliados-a-enemigos-LD3500728
Reports
edit| Department | Rank | Population | % of total population | Males | Females | Sex ratio | Literacy rate (%)[a] | Rural Population (%) |
Urban Population (%) |
Area (km²) |
Density (/km²) |
Decadal Growth (%) (2012–2024) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuquisaca | data | population | percent | males | females | ratio | literacy | rural | urban | 51,524 | density | growth |
| La Paz | data | population | percent | males | females | ratio | literacy | rural | urban | 133,985 | density | growth |
| Cochabamba | data | population | percent | males | females | ratio | literacy | rural | urban | 55,631 | density | growth |
| Oruro | data | population | percent | males | females | ratio | literacy | rural | urban | 53,588 | density | growth |
| Potosí | data | population | percent | males | females | ratio | literacy | rural | urban | 118,218 | density | growth |
| Tarija | data | population | percent | males | females | ratio | literacy | rural | urban | 37,623 | density | growth |
| Santa Cruz | data | population | percent | males | females | ratio | literacy | rural | urban | 370,621 | density | growth |
| Beni | data | population | percent | males | females | ratio | literacy | rural | urban | 213,564 | density | growth |
| Pando | data | population | percent | males | females | ratio | literacy | rural | urban | 63,827 | density | growth |
| TOTAL | Bolivia | population | percent | males | females | ratio | literacy | rural | urban | 1,098,581 | density | growth |
| Department | 2012 population[7] | 2024 population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuquisaca | 576,153 | 2024 | data |
%
|
| La Paz | 2,706,351 | 2024 | data |
%
|
| Cochabamba | 1,758,143 | 2024 | data |
%
|
| Oruro | 494,178 | 2024 | data |
%
|
| Potosí | 823,517 | 2024 | data |
%
|
| Tarija | 482,196 | 2024 | data |
%
|
| Santa Cruz | 2,655,084 | 2024 | data |
%
|
| Beni | 421,196 | 2024 | data |
%
|
| Pando | 110,436 | 2024 | data |
%
|
| TOTAL | 10,027,254 | 2024 | data |
%
|
Language and ethnicity
edit| Ethnicity | Total | Male (%) | Female (%) | 2012 population[8] | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quechua | data | % | % | 1,281,116 | |
% |
| Aymara | data | % | % | 1,191,352 | |
% |
| Chiquitano | data | % | % | 87,885 | |
% |
| Guaraní | data | % | % | 58,990 | |
% |
| Mojeño | data | % | % | 31,078 | |
% |
| Afro-Bolivian | data | % | % | 16,329 | |
% |
| Guarayo | data | % | % | 13,621 | |
% |
| Movima | data | % | % | 12,213 | |
% |
| Tacana | data | % | % | 11,173 | |
% |
| Itonama | data | % | % | 10,275 | |
% |
| Leco | data | % | % | 9,006 | |
% |
| Kallawaya | data | % | % | 7,389 | |
% |
| Tsimané | data | % | % | 6,464 | |
% |
| Yuracaré | data | % | % | 3,394 | |
% |
| Weenayek | data | % | % | 3,322 | |
% |
| Maropa | data | % | % | 2,857 | |
% |
| Joaquiniano | data | % | % | 2,797 | |
% |
| Baure | data | % | % | 2,319 | |
% |
| Cavineño | data | % | % | 2,005 | |
% |
| Mosetén | data | % | % | 1,989 | |
% |
| Ayoreo | data | % | % | 1,862 | |
% |
| Cayuvava | data | % | % | 1,424 | |
% |
| Araona | data | % | % | 910 | |
% |
| Chácobo | data | % | % | 826 | |
% |
| Chipaya | data | % | % | 786 | |
% |
| Esse Ejja | data | % | % | 695 | |
% |
| Canichana | data | % | % | 617 | |
% |
| Sirionó | data | % | % | 446 | |
% |
| Yuracaré Mojeño |
data | % | % | 292 | |
% |
| Yuki | data | % | % | 202 | |
% |
| Pacahuara | data | % | % | 161 | |
% |
| Moré | data | % | % | 155 | |
% |
| Murato | data | % | % | 143 | |
% |
| Yaminawá | data | % | % | 132 | |
% |
| Tapiete | data | % | % | 99 | |
% |
| Guarasugwe | data | % | % | 42 | |
% |
| Machinerí | data | % | % | 38 | |
% |
| Other | data | % | % | 4,419 | |
% |
| TOTAL | % | % | 2,806,592 | |
% | |
| No-indigenous | data | % | % | 4,032,014 | |
% |
| Non-specific | data | % | % | 4,419 | |
% |
| Non-Bolivian | data | % | % | 73,707 | |
% |
| TOTAL | % | % | 6,916,732 | |
% |
https://elpais.bo/nacional/20220517_ya-se-tienen-63-preguntas-para-la-boleta-del-censo-2022.html
References
editNotes
editFootnotes
edit- ^ "Bolivia pasa por 11 censos sobre población y vivienda en 191 años". Opinión (in Spanish). Cochabamba. 20 March 2022. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Consejo Nacional de Autonomías determina reprogramar el Censo". El Diario (in Spanish). La Paz. 13 July 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Alanoca, Jesus (14 July 2022). "Gobierno aprueba decreto que confirma la postergación del Censo para 2024". El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Escobar, Luis (15 July 2022). "Expertos: Demora del censo relega a las regiones y beneficia al Gobierno". Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Alcaldes de La Paz, Cochabamba y Santa Cruz rechazan postergación del Censo hasta el 2024". UNITEL (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. 14 July 2022. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Escobar, Luis (14 July 2022). "Regiones piden que la postergación del Censo de Población sólo sea hasta 2023". Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ National Institute of Statistics 2013, p. 6.
- ^ National Institute of Statistics 2013, p. 50.
Bibliography
edit- National Institute of Statistics (2013). "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2012" (PDF). ibce.org.bo (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2013.
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External links
edit- 2024 census report from the National Institute of Statistics (in Spanish).
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