Bolivia country code, +591 explained.
Everything you need to call Bolivia with Twiching — full dialing format, step-by-step guide, and Tier-1 CLI routes that land every call.
Bolivia
Sucre · Americas
· COUNTRY INFO · VERIFIED
ISO Alpha-2
BO
Capital
Sucre
Region
Americas
Timezone
UTC-4
· DIALING GUIDE · VERIFIED
FULL DIAL FORMAT
011 · +591 · XX · XXXXXXXX
How Bolivia numbers break down
A complete number to Bolivia follows this pattern. Twiching adds the exit and country codes automatically when you dial from the app.
EXIT CODE
Dial from the US/Canada to leave the country.
COUNTRY CODE
Routes the call directly into Bolivia.
AREA / MOBILE
Regional or mobile prefix — drop the leading 0.
LOCAL NUMBER
The subscriber's local number.
COMPLETE NUMBER FORMAT
011 · +591 · XX · XXXXXXXX
Bolivia on the map
Sucre · Americas
ROUTE
Tier-1 Direct
CLI
Verified
ASR
60%+ min
SIP trunking and local numbers for Bolivia
Instead of leasing a physical line in Bolivia, a Twiching SIP trunk routes your existing PBX or softphone traffic through a local +591 number — same call quality, none of the on-the-ground infrastructure.
Local +591 caller ID
Calls display a recognisable Bolivia number instead of an unfamiliar international one.
SIP trunking
Route your existing PBX or softphone through Twiching's Tier-1 trunk — no hardware swap.
Minutes to provision
Numbers activate in the dashboard the same day, with no on-the-ground carrier contract.
+591
Bolivia · ready to provision today
Tier-1 delivery into Bolivia, end to end
Direct interconnects with Tigo Bolivia and the wider Bolivia network mean calls skip lower-tier wholesale transit entirely, on every call, not just high-volume routes.
Bolivia
+591
191
Countries in directory
BOLIVIA INCLUDED
99.97%
Call delivery rate
STIR/SHAKEN
500+
Carrier interconnects
TIER-1 DIRECT
60%+
Guaranteed ASR
REAL-TIME ROUTING
How Bolivia phone numbers are structured
Numbering Format
COUNTRY
+591
AREA
XX
LOCAL
XXXXXXXX
Under country code +591, Bolivia numbers follow an open plan built from a 2-digit area or mobile prefix and a 8-digit subscriber line — 10 digits in all. A domestic "0" typically precedes the prefix, but that digit is dropped when dialing Bolivia internationally.
Carriers & language
3 major networks cover Bolivia (Tigo Bolivia, Entel Bolivia, Viva (Nuevatel)), against 45% internet penetration. VoIP is permitted and regulated by ATT (Autoridad de Regulación y Fiscalización de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes). Because Spanish is the primary language and BOB the local currency, both should inform IVR scripts, SMS content, and support hours.
Americas context
Numbering across the Americas mixes the North American Numbering Plan (+1) with national E.164 plans, so mobile and fixed-line prefixes vary from country to country.
Skipping the exit code
Reaching Bolivia from the US requires the 011 exit code ahead of +591 — skip it and the call won't connect.
Keeping the national trunk "0"
That leading 0 on a Bolivia number is for domestic calls only; leave it out when dialing in after +591.
Ignoring the time difference
Bolivia runs on UTC-4. Check local hours before dialing so calls don't land outside business time.
Compliance, carriers & rates for Bolivia
Permitted — ATT regulated
Regulated by ATT (Autoridad de Regulación y Fiscalización de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes)
VoIP is openly regulated in Bolivia under ATT (Autoridad de Regulación y Fiscalización de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes), so there's no licensing hurdle to clear before routing calls or SMS through a compliant provider like Twiching.
- VoIP providers must register with ATT and comply with Law 164 (General Telecommunications Law) for service authorisation.
- Number portability regulations apply; all operators must support mobile and fixed number portability requests.
- Bolivia mandates lawful interception capabilities for all licensed telecom and VoIP providers under national security regulations.
Direct Tier-1 interconnect with Tigo Bolivia — no wholesale transit in between.
US → Bolivia
$0.022/min
Bolivia → US
$0.018/min
Billed per second, not rounded to the minute
How businesses use a Bolivia number
Look like a local business
A +591 number with Bolivia caller ID reads as domestic to the person picking up — unfamiliar international numbers get screened far more often.
Americas outbound & support
Run sales and support lines into Bolivia over Tier-1 routes that interconnect with networks like Tigo Bolivia.
Built for UTC-4 hours
Multi-country teams route Bolivia calls to whoever's actually awake and working in UTC-4, without juggling separate numbers per shift.
No local carrier contract needed
Entering Bolivia over SIP trunking skips the local carrier contract entirely — the number is provisioned and billed the same way as every other Twiching market.
FAQ
Calling Bolivia — frequently asked questions
ATT (Autoridad de Regulación y Fiscalización de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes) is the regulator for Bolivia. Twiching routes calls in line with its rules for compliant, licensed termination, rather than relying on unlicensed grey routes that can be blocked or degraded.
Where locally supported, yes — Twiching's Bolivia numbers can send and receive SMS in addition to voice calls. That makes a single number usable for both two-way conversations and outbound notifications.
Bolivia has 45% internet penetration, which is a useful signal for how reliably VoIP and SMS-based channels will perform there. Higher penetration generally means more consistent call quality and app-based delivery for messaging.
Yes — calls to Bolivia are billed per second, not rounded up to the minute, starting at $0.022/min. Per-second billing means a 45-second call costs less than a full minute, unlike carriers that round every call up.
A full national Bolivia number is 10 digits after the +591 country code — a 2-digit area or mobile prefix plus a 8-digit subscriber number. Getting this length right matters: too few or too many digits and the call simply won't connect.
Yes — since Bolivia runs on UTC-4, calls can be routed to the right team based on local business hours there. That's especially useful for support or sales teams covering multiple countries across different time zones from one platform.
Full country code directory
Bolivia is one of several Americas markets Twiching covers — browse the rest of the directory below to compare dial codes, VoIP rules, and rates across the region. All 190 other countries are listed below, Americas first.
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