Bolivia

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Facts

Population: 9,119,152 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 34.3% (male 1,593,509/female 1,532,155) 15-64 years: 61.1% (male 2,730,359/female 2,841,872) 65 years and over: 4.6% (male 187,123/female 234,134) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 1.42% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 22.82 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 7.44 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -1.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.961 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.799 male(s)/female total population: 0.979 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 50.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 53.93 deaths/1,000 live births female: 46.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 66.19 years male: 63.53 years female: 68.97 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 2.76 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 4,900 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 500 (2003 est.).

Nationality: noun: Bolivian(s) adjective: Bolivian.

Ethnic groups: Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15%.

Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%.

Languages: Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official).

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.7% male: 93.1% female: 80.7% (2001 census).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $27.87 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 4.5% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $3,100 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 12.8% industry: 36.1% services: 51.2% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 4.3 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%.

Population below poverty line: 64% (2004 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.3% highest 10%: 32% (1999).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.3% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 7.8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $4.153 billion expenditures: $3.619 billion; including capital expenditures of $741 million (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber.

Industries: mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing.

Industrial production growth rate: 5.7% (2004 est.).

Electricity - production: 4.472 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 4.168 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 9 million kWh (2004).

Exports: $3.668 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin.

Exports - partners: Brazil 44.2%, US 12.5%, Argentina 10.9%, Colombia 7.8%, Peru 4.8% (2005).

Imports: $2.934 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft parts, prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans.

Imports - partners: Brazil 21.9%, Argentina 16.7%, US 13.8%, Chile 6.9%, Peru 6.5%, Japan 6.1%, China 5.8% (2005).

Debt - external: $5.916 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $221 million (2005 est.).

Currency (code): boliviano (BOB).

Exchange rates: bolivianos per US dollar - 8.0159 (2006), 8.0661 (2005), 7.9363 (2004), 7.6592 (2003), 7.17 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.