Immigration to Bolivia

Template:Short description Bolivia comparatively has experienced far less immigration than its South American neighbors. Nevertheless, small groups of Germans, Spaniards, Italians, a small Croatian community, and others live in the country. The 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 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. Other East Asians (Taiwanese, Koreans, and Chinese) and West Asians such as the (Lebanese and Syrians) developed their own communities in Bolivia in the late 20th century. During the 20th century Bolivia received a small number of Jews, mainly 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.

Place	Country	2001	1992
1		27,094	17,829
2		14,428	8,586
3		9,377	6,607
4		8,824	5,805
5		5,650	1,337
6		4,163	3,909
7		3,216	2,503
8		3,201	955
9		1,635	1,435
10		1,387	1,159
11		1,281	1,099
12		1,244	529
13		939	806
14		734	718
15		652	N/D
16		533	N/D
	Other countries	7,180	6,530
TOTAL		91,538	59,807
Source: CEPAL

References

• La Inmigración japonesa en Bolivia: Estudios historicos y socio-economicos ed. Yasuo Wakatsuki and Iyo Kunimoto

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