Potosí — UN urban centre
Potosí: 243,927 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,395 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 904; 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: -19.5796, -65.7568. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 72,889 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 82,632 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 93,799 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 106,724 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 120,831 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 134,101 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 154,039 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 174,390 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 197,102 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 235,286 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 243,927 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 252,495 | Projection |
| 2035 | 260,338 | Projection |
| 2040 | 265,657 | Projection |
| 2045 | 269,088 | Projection |
| 2050 | 272,743 | Projection |
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