The regency covers a land area of 2,933.6 km2, and had a population of 213,484 at the 2010 Census[2] and 248,751 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 254,945 (comprising 132,717 males and 122,228 females).

[1] Until 2007 the Regency included a much larger share of the territory off North Sulawesi Province, but on 2 January 2007 the town of Kotamobagu was split away to become an independent city, while northern districts of the regency were similarly split off on the same day to create a new North Bolaang Mongondow Regency.

Under consideration by the Indonesian government since 2013 has been a proposal to re-unite the pre-2007 territories into a new province covering the same area as the original Bolaang Mongondow Regency, and separated from North Sulawesi, but all such proposals have been held in abeyance since 2013.

A new airport was proposed in 2015 as a construction project located in Lolak town.

The detailed airport planning envisages a runway both direction 10-28.