Bolivia vs Congo: Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents

Bolivia
5.02 million people
in 2020
Congo
4.76 million people
in 2020
Bolivia rank
54th
Congo rank
57th

Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents over time

  • Bolivia
  • Congo
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How they compare

Bolivia currently reports 5.02 million people against 4.76 million people in Congo, a difference of 261,050 people.

That makes Bolivia's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Congo ahead.

Bolivia ranks 54th and Congo ranks 57th of 182 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents
Unit
people
Source
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
182 places, 2,532 data points, 1950–2020
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Total population living in cities with 1 million or more people. City boundaries are defined using a consistent global approach based on satellite imagery and population data.