| People | Bolivia |
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Population:
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9,775,246 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 66% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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10 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 35.5% (male 1,767,310/female 1,701,744)
15-64 years: 60% (male 2,877,605/female 2,992,043)
65 years and over: 4.5% (male 193,196/female 243,348) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 21.9 years
male: 21.3 years
female: 22.6 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.772% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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25.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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7.35 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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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: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 44.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 48.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 40.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 66.89 years
male: 64.2 years
female: 69.72 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.17 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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8,100 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Bolivian(s)
adjective: Bolivian |
Ethnic groups:
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Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15% |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5% |
Languages:
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Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.7%
male: 93.1%
female: 80.7% (2001 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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void |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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6.4% of GDP (2003) |
People - note:
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void |
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