Cochabamba — UN urban centre
Cochabamba: 1,346,672 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #377 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 648; territory: Bolivia (BOL). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: -17.3995, -66.1715. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 195,413 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 273,307 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 339,774 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 460,004 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 610,057 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 730,718 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 833,039 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 975,443 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,099,273 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,257,293 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,346,672 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,430,940 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,553,499 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,656,596 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,752,906 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,826,714 | Projection |
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