ACOG - Bolivia  - IBM

Geography

Location: Central South America, southwest of Brazil

Area:
total area: 1,098,580 sq km
land area: 1,084,390 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than three times the size of Montana

Land boundaries: total 6,743 km, Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 7,896,254 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 39% (female 1,542,931; male 1,565,624)
15-64 years: 57% (female 2,276,308; male 2,188,100)
65 years and over: 4% (female 174,419; male 148,872)

Population growth rate: 2.25% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 31.61 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 8.12 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -1.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 70.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 63.85 years
male: 61.39 years
female: 66.43 years

Total fertility rate: 4.1 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Quechua 30%, Aymara 25%, mestizo (mixed European and Indian ancestry) 25%-30%, European 5%-15%

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

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

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1992)
total population: 80%
male: 88%
female: 72%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Bolivia
conventional short form: Bolivia

Type: republic

Capital: La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)

Independence: 6 August 1825 (from Spain)

Constitution: 2 February 1967


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $18.3 billion

National product real growth rate: 4.2%

National product per capita: $2,370

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8.5%

Unemployment rate: 6.2%

Electricity:
capacity: 756,200 kW
production: 2.116 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 367 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts.