Bolivia

Plurinational State of Bolivia · Wuliwya · Volívia · Buliwya

Bolivia (BO, BOL) is a country in South America, with Sucre as its capital. The currency is the Bolivian Boliviano (BOB, BOB). The international dialling code is +591 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 71234567. The time zone is America/La_Paz. Official languages: Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara.

CurrencyBOBBOB

Dial code+591e.g. 71234567

Time zoneLa PazUTC−04:00

LanguageSpanish+2 more

CapitalSucre

Population12.3M1.1M km²

Overview

Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia
Native name: Wuliwya · Volívia · Buliwya · Bolivia
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: BO
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: BOL
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 068
IOC code: BOL
Demonym: Bolivian
Capital: Sucre
Region: Americas › South America
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: South America
United Nations
Internet domain: .bo
Coordinates: -17, -65
Area: 1,098,581 km²
Population: 12,312,000
GDP: $119.8B ($9.7K per person)
Literacy: 91.2%
Landlocked: Yes
Land borders: 🇦🇷 Argentina
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇨🇱 Chile
🇵🇾 Paraguay
🇵🇪 Peru

Currency

Bolivian Boliviano BOB

Symbol: BOB narrow Bs
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: Bs 1.234,50

Former currencies: BOP BOL

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population
Spanish es	Official	61% (7.5M)
Quechua qu	Official	32% (3.9M)
Aymara ay	Official	20% (2.5M)
Guarani gn		0.45% (55.4K)
Araona aro		0.0009% (110.8)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
America/La_Paz		UTC−04:00	none	Bolivia Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +591
Dial-out prefix: 00(?:1\d)?
Trunk prefix: 0
National number length: 8–9 digits
Emergency number: 110 pattern 11[089]

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	2 2123456	+591 2 2123456	X XXXXXXX	8
Mobile	71234567	+591 71234567	XXXXXXXX	8
Toll free	800 17 1234	+591 800 17 1234	XXX XX XXXX	9
VoIP	5 0123456	+591 5 0123456	X XXXXXXX	8

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Show the 3 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d)(\d{7})`	`[23]\|4[46]\|50`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`
`(\d{8})`	`[5-7]`	`$1`	`$1`
`(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{4})`	`8`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`

Address and postal code

No address data.

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Monday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 12-hour (1–12), also H, hB, hb
Calendars: gregorian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: es-BO
qu-BO

Number and date formats

As written by the Spanish (Bolivia) locale (es-BO), amounts in BOB.

Number: 1.234.567,891
Percent: 45,7%
Currency (BOB): Bs 1.234.567,89
Accounting: -Bs 1.234.567,89
Currency, name: 1.234.567,89 bolivianos
Compact short: 1,2 M
Compact long: 1,2 millones
Scientific: 1,235E6
Speed: 88 kilómetros por hora
Temperature: 21,5 °C
Date, full: viernes, 27 de marzo de 2026
Date, long: 27 de marzo de 2026
Date, medium: 27 mar de 2026
Date, short: 27/3/26
Time, medium: 3:04:05 p. m.
Time, short: 3:04 p. m.
Date and time: 27 mar de 2026, 3:04 p. m.
Month and year: marzo de 2026
Weekday: viernes
Relative time: ayer · dentro de 3 días · hace 2 horas
List: and: A, B y C
List: or: A, B o C