Bolivia 
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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(Conservative), Santa Cruz
http://www.eldeber.com.bo/
(Conservative), La Paz
http://www.eldiario.net/
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(Centrist), La Paz
(Independent), La Paz
http://www.laprensa.com.bo/
(Conservative), La Paz
http://www.la-razon.com/
(Independent), Cochabamba
http://www.lostiempos.com/
(Independent), Cochabamba
http://www.opinion-bo.com
Bolivia in the News
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Recent social unrest has begun to produce an image of a Bolivia turned upside down, with mobilizations coming from none of the usual sources.
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."
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.
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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