According to the
National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia (INE), a city is classified as an
area where the
city limits are identifiable, and its local government is recognized. The
South American country of
Bolivia has 1,384 cities. As of 21 November 2012, the date of the
most-recent national census, 53 cities have a population of at least 10,000 in Bolivia, as enumerated by the INE. These 53 cities have a population of 6,162,346, accounting for 61.4% of the country's population. The largest city is
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with a population of 1,441,406, a 29.4%
increase from the
last census date of 5 September 2001.
La Guardia had the highest percentage increase, 801.5%, from 2001 to 2012.