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.
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(Conservative), Santa Cruz
http://www.eldeber.com.bo/
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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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While the opposition forces are yet to mobilize in the streets around the referendum campaigns, they have begun an intensive publicity campaign attacking the government's record.
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.
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