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Bolivia

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Facts

Population:  8,300,463 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  38.46% (male 1,626,698; female 1,565,748) 15-64 years:  57.07% (male 2,315,098; female 2,421,987) 65 years and over:  4.47% (male 166,986; female 203,946) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  1.76% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  27.27 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  8.2 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -1.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.82 male(s)/female total population:  0.98 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  58.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  64.06 years male:  61.53 years female:  66.72 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  3.51 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.1% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  4,200 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  380 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Bolivian(s) adjective:  Bolivian
Ethnic groups:  Quechua 30%, Aymara 25%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, white 15%
Religions:  Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist)
Languages:  Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  83.1% male:  90.5% female:  76% (1995 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $20.9 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  2.5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $2,600 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  16% industry:  31% services:  53% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  70% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  2.3% highest 10%:  31.7% (1990)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  4.4% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  2.5 million
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Unemployment rate:  11.4% (1997) note:  widespread underemployment
Budget:  revenues:  $2.7 billion expenditures:  $2.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998)
Industries:  mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing
Industrial production growth rate:  4% (1995 est.)
Electricity - production:  3.625 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  56.61% hydro:  41.6% nuclear:  0% other:  1.79% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  3.377 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  4 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  10 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber
Exports:  $1.26 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  soybeans, natural gas, zinc, gold, wood
Exports - partners:  UK 16%, US 12%, Peru 11%, Argentina 10%, Colombia 7% (1998)
Imports:  $1.86 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  capital goods, raw materials and semi-manufactures, chemicals, petroleum, food
Imports - partners:  US 32%, Japan 24%, Brazil 12%, Argentina 12%, Chile 7%, Peru 4%, Germany 3%, other 6% (1998)
Debt - external:  $6.6 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:  $588 million (1997)
Currency:  boliviano (BOB)
Currency code:  BOB
Exchange rates:  bolivianos per US dollar - 6.4071 (January 2001), 6.1835 (2000), 5.8124 (1999), 5.5101 (1998), 5.2543 (1997), 5.0746 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

Press

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El Deber

(Conservative), Santa Cruz
http://www.eldeber.com.bo/

El Diario

(Conservative), La Paz
http://www.eldiario.net/

Hoy

(Centrist), La Paz

La Prensa

(Independent), La Paz
http://www.laprensa.com.bo/

La Razón

(Conservative), La Paz
http://www.la-razon.com/

Los Tiempos

(Independent), Cochabamba
http://www.lostiempos.com/

Opinión

(Independent), Cochabamba
http://www.opinion-bo.com

Bolivia in the News

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Bolivia: Calm Between Storms

Recent social unrest has begun to produce an image of a Bolivia turned upside down, with mobilizations coming from none of the usual sources.

Bolivia: End of the New Social Pact?

The cries for the return of the capital to Sucre, stoked by the right-wing opposition to the Morales government, have raised tensions across Bolivia and revived fears of another "civil war."

Bolivian Gas Nationalization Under Threat

For the fourth time during his 14-month government, Bolivian President Evo Morales swore in a new president to run state petroleum company Y.P.F.B.

Coca, Land and a Farmers’ Market Provide Hope

Land scarcity and difficulties in marketing their products has caused rural Bolivians to depend on growing coca plants as a source of revenue.

 
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