How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Brazil?

561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Years a country was a European overseas colony. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bolivia vs Brazil: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Bolivia

267 years

in 2022

Brazil

290 years

in 2022

Bolivia rank

35th

Brazil rank

32nd

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

Bolivia
Brazil

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 290 years against 267 years in Bolivia, a difference of 23 years.

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

Across all 561 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Bolivia ranks 35th and Brazil ranks 32nd of 159 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 57 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia	Brazil	Difference	Ahead
1460s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1470s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1480s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1490s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1500s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1510s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1520s	0 years	0 years	0 years	—
1530s	0 years	2.8 years	2.8 years	Brazil
1540s	0 years	12.5 years	12.5 years	Brazil
1550s	0.1 years	22.5 years	22.4 years	Brazil
1560s	6.5 years	32.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1570s	16.5 years	42.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1580s	26.5 years	52.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1590s	36.5 years	62.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1600s	46.5 years	72.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1610s	56.5 years	82.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1620s	66.5 years	92.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1630s	76.5 years	102.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1640s	86.5 years	112.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1650s	96.5 years	122.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1660s	106.5 years	132.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1670s	116.5 years	142.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1680s	126.5 years	152.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1690s	136.5 years	162.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1700s	146.5 years	172.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1710s	156.5 years	182.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1720s	166.5 years	192.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1730s	176.5 years	202.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1740s	186.5 years	212.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1750s	196.5 years	222.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1760s	206.5 years	232.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1770s	216.5 years	242.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1780s	226.5 years	252.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1790s	236.5 years	262.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1800s	246.5 years	272.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1810s	256.5 years	282.5 years	26 years	Brazil
1820s	265.5 years	289.7 years	24.2 years	Brazil
1830s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1840s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1850s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1860s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1870s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1880s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1890s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1900s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1910s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1920s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1930s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1940s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1950s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1960s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1970s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1980s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
1990s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
2000s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
2010s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil
2020s	267 years	290 years	23 years	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher years a country was a european overseas colony, Bolivia or Brazil?: Brazil, at 290 years against 267 years in Bolivia as of 2022.
What is the difference in years a country was a european overseas colony between Bolivia and Brazil?: 23 years, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Brazil?: 561 years are reported by both, from 1462 to 2022.
How do Bolivia and Brazil rank globally for years a country was a european overseas colony?: Bolivia ranks 35th and Brazil ranks 32nd of 159 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Years a country was a European overseas colony. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Years a country was a European overseas colony
Unit: years
Source: Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 159 places, 88,747 data points, 1462–2022
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Number of years the country has been colonized from overseas by the European colonial power(s) in a specific year, between Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, or a combination of them.