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City profile · Bolivia · South America

Cochabamba

Cochabamba · Bolivia
City population
841,276
#3
in Bolivia
#1
in Cochabamba
#665
worldwide
SucreCochabamba
-17.382, -66.160 · 207 km from Sucre
City population
841,276
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Bolivia
#3
of 39 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#665
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Bolivia
6.7%
of the national population

About Cochabamba

At 2,537 m above sea level, Cochabamba holds 841,276 people and ranks third among Bolivia's listed cities by population, accounting for 6.7% of the national total. The city sits 207 km from the capital, Sucre, and anchors a cluster of urban centres; Quillacollo and Sacaba each exceed 170,000 people within 13 km.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Bolivia
#3of 39
LargestSmallest
Position in Cochabamba
#1of 9
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Bolivia
Region
Cochabamba
Rank in region
#1of 9
Distance to capital
207 km
to Sucre
Elevation
2,537 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/La_Paz
Coordinates
-17.382, -66.160
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 39 in Bolivia

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

8KMTiquipaya63K people8KMColcapirhua53K people13KMQuillacollo172K people13KMSacaba181K people17KMVinto59K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Cochabamba841K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Cochabamba compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Cochabamba841K

Cochabamba Population FAQ

What is the population of Cochabamba?

Cochabamba has a city population of 841,276. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Cochabamba?

Cochabamba is in Cochabamba, Bolivia, 207 km from the capital, Sucre. Its coordinates are -17.382, -66.160.

How big is Cochabamba compared with other cities in Bolivia?

It is the 3rd largest of the 39 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Bolivia, holding 6.7% of the national population.

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