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Bolivia comparatively has experienced far less immigration than its [[South America]]n neighbors. Nevertheless, small groups of [[German people|Germans]], [[Spanish people|Spaniards]], [[Italian people|Italians]], a small [[Croatia]]n community, and others live in the country. The [[Basque people|Basques]] were a large source of Spanish and European immigration from the late 16th to early 20th centuries, most came as shepherds and ranchers to Bolivia's vast livestock industry.

Similar to other Latin American nations, Bolivia has experienced a small [[Japanese people|Japanese]] migration. Beginning in 1899 a small migration of Japanese began that continued until the 1970s. Small Japanese communities were formed in the Bolivian department of [[Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)|Santa Cruz]]. Other East Asians ([[Taiwan]]ese, [[Koreans]], and [[Chinese people|Chinese]]) and [[West Asians]] such as the ([[Lebanon|Lebanese]] and [[Syria]]ns) developed their own communities in Bolivia in the late 20th century. During the 20th century Bolivia received a small number of [[Jews]], mainly [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]].

== Country of birth of Bolivian residents ==
According to the 2001 Census, 87,338 of the Bolivian resident population were born outside Bolivia, representing 1.06% of the total Bolivian resident population.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
! Place || Country || 2001 || 1992
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 1 || {{ARG}} || align=right| 27,094 || align=right| 17,829
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 2 || {{BRA}} || align=right| 14,428 || align=right| 8,586
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 3 || {{MEX}} || align=right| 9,377 || align=right| 6,607
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 4 || {{PER}} || align=right| 8,824 || align=right| 5,805
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 5 || {{ESP}} || align=right| 5,650 || align=right| 1,337
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 6 || {{CHL}} || align=right| 4,163 || align=right| 3,909
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 7 || {{USA}} || align=right| 3,216 || align=right| 2,503
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 8 || {{PAR}} || align=right| 3,201 || align=right| 955
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 9 || {{CAN}} || align=right| 1,635 || align=right| 1,435
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 10 || {{JPN}} || align=right| 1,387 || align=right| 1,159
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 11 || {{DEU}} || align=right| 1,281 || align=right| 1,099
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 12 || {{COL}} || align=right| 1,244 || align=right| 529
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 13 || {{BLZ}} || align=right| 939 || align=right| 806
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 14 || {{ITA}} || align=right| 734 || align=right| 718
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
| 15 || {{ECU}} || align=right| 652 || align=right| N/D
|- bgcolor="efefef"
| 16 || {{CHN}} || align=right| 533 || align=right| N/D
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
|    || Other countries || align=right| 7,180 || align=right| 6,530
|- bgcolor="ffffff"
|colspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|'''TOTAL'''|| align=right|'''91,538''' || align=right|'''59,807'''
|- bgcolor="efefef"
|colspan=5 style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|<small>Source: CEPAL<ref>[http://www.eclac.cl/migracion/imila/ Investigación de la Migración Internacional en Latinoamérica (IMILA)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514041701/http://www.eclac.cl/migracion/imila/ |date=2008-05-14 }} Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía (CELADE). Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).</ref></small>
|}

== References ==
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*''La Inmigración japonesa en Bolivia: Estudios historicos y socio-economicos'' ed. Yasuo Wakatsuki and Iyo Kunimoto

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[[Category:Immigration to Bolivia| ]]
[[Category:Demographics of Bolivia]]
[[Category:Society of Bolivia]]


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