| People | Bolivia |
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Population:
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10,118,683 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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10 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 67% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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LA PAZ (capital) 1.642 million; Santa Cruz 1.584 million; Sucre 281,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 34.6% (male 1,785,453/female 1,719,173)
15-64 years: 60.7% (male 3,014,419/female 3,129,942)
65 years and over: 4.6% (male 207,792/female 261,904) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 22.5 years
male: 21.8 years
female: 23.2 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.694% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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24.71 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.85 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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180 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 42.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 45.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 38.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 67.57 years
male: 64.84 years
female: 70.42 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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4.8% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.22 physicians/1,000 population (2001) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.1 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 96% of population
rural: 67% of population
total: 86% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4% of population
rural: 33% of population
total: 14% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 34% of population
rural: 9% of population
total: 25% of population
unimproved:
urban: 66% of population
rural: 91% of population
total: 75% of population (2008) |
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% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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12,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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4.3% (2008) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
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 (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, 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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total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2007) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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6.3% of GDP (2006) |
People - note:
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void |
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