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Capital: Sucre is the constitutional capital and seat of the judiciary. La Paz is the seat of government.
Area size: 1084380 sq. km Slightly larger than Scandinavia
Time zone: GMT +4
Currency: Boliviano
Area code: (+) 591
Driving: Right
Climate description: Humid and tropical in the northern and eastern lowlands to cool and cold in the Andes mountains above 3,500 meters; rainfalls between November and March.
 

People
Standard of living
Economy & aid
Health
Disasters, conflict & migration
Language
The official languages are Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. Guarani is also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2007 9.4 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 9.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 9.2 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 9.0 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 8.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 8.7 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 8.5 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 8.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
13.2 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
More than half of the population are Quechua and Aymara. Some 25 percent are of mixed Spanish and indigenous descent.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Mainly Catholic (95 percent), with syncretism in indigenous communities. There are Protestant and Jewish minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population
2007 65.2 percent U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006 64.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2005 64.2 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2004 63.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2003 63.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2002 62.8 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2001 62.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2000 61.8 percent U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1938 1952
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2005)

Percentage of population under 15
2005 38.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 38.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 38.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 39 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 39.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 39.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002


Average life expectancy
2005 64.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 64.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 64.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 63.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 63.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 62.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
2005 62.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 62.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 62.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 61.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 61.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 60.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female
2005 66.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 66.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 66.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 65.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 65.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 64.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality
2006 50 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 52 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 54 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 53 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 56 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 60 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 62 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
2006 61 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 65 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 69 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 66 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 71 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000 80 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel
1997-2005 67 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004 67 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003 65 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 69 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 59 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 59 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality
2005 290 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000 420 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)
2005 117 UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 115 UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 113 UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 114 UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 114 UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 114 UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
2000-2006 8 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005 8 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004 8 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003 8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 10 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 10 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 10 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population
2002-2004 average 23 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average 23 percent FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.
Population with access to improved water
2006 86 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 85 percent UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002 85 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 83 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation
2006 43 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 46 percent UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002 45 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 70 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average
2004 86.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 86.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 86.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 86.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 85.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male
2004 93.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 92.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 93.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 92.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 92.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female
2004 80.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 80.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 80.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 79.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 79.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones
2006 70 per 1,000 people International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2007
2005 70 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2004 69 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2003 69 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 68 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 62 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 61 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Cellular telephone subscribers
2006 264 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2005 264 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2004 200 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2003 145 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 118 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 92 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 70 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Internet users
2006 62 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2005 52 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2004 44 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2003 35 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 31 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 21 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 14 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)
2008 102 (joint) Transparency International 2008
2007 105 (joint) Transparency International 2007
2006 105 (joint) Transparency International
2005 107 (joint) Transparency International
2004 122 (joint) Transparency International
2003 106 (joint) Transparency International
2002 89 (joint) Transparency International
2001 84 (joint) Transparency International
2000 71 (joint) Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
1990-2005 23.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004 23.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 14.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1990-2002 14.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2001 14.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method
2006 1100 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 1020 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 960 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 920 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 930 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 960 current US$ WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
2000 1000 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country’s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.
GDP
2006 11.2 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 9.4 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 8.8 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 8.1 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 7.9 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 8.1 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 8.4 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual GDP growth
2006 4.6  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 4.0  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 4.2  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 2.7  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 2.5  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 1.7  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 2.5  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation
2006 12.2  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 5.1  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 8.0  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 6.3  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 2.8  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 1.9  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 5.2  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
0.3 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
47.2 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians
2000-2004 122 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004 122 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 76 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002 130 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
2007 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
Risk from P.vivax throughout the year below 2500m in the departments of Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija and in the provinces of Lacareja, Rurenabaque and North and South Yungas in La Paz Department. Lower risk in Cochabamba and Chuquisaca. P.falciparum malaria occurs in Beni and Pando. P. falciparum resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reported.
Source: WHO

TB cases
2006 198 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2005 204 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2004 209 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2003 215 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2002 221 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2001 227 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2000 233 per 100,000 people WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
2007 428 UNHCR
2006 374 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005 269 UNHCR
2004 285 UNHCR
2003 264 UNHCR
2002 219 UNHCR
2001 156 UNHCR
2000 175 UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here
2007 632 UNHCR
2006 567 UNHCR
2005 535 UNHCR
2004 524 UNHCR
2003 527 UNHCR
2002 350 UNHCR
2001 347 UNHCR
2000 351 UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
No data available

Landmine casualties per year
2004 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003 2 Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
2005 1.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 1.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education
2002-2005 6.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004 6.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002 6.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001 6.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000 5.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health
2004 4.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004 4.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002 4.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001 3.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000 4.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003


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