Nationality:
noun: Bolivian(s)
adjective:
Bolivian
Ethnic groups:
Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15%
Languages:
Spanish (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, Guarani (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2%
note:
Bolivia's 2009 constitution designates Spanish and all indigenous languages as official; 36 indigenous languages are specified, including some that are extinct (2001 census)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
Demographic profile:
Bolivia ranks at or near the bottom among Latin American countries in several areas of health and development, including poverty, education, fertility, malnutrition, mortality, and life expectancy. On the positive side, more children are being vaccinated and more pregnant women are getting prenatal care and having skilled health practitioners attend their births. Bolivia's income inequality is the highest in Latin America and one of the highest in the world. Public education is of poor quality, and educational opportunities are among the most unevenly distributed in Latin America, with girls and indigenous and rural children less likely to be literate or to complete primary school. The lack of access to education and family planning services helps to sustain Bolivia's high fertility rate - approximately three children per woman. Bolivia's lack of clean water and basic sanitation, especially in rural areas, contributes to health problems.
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Bolivia on this page is re-published from the 2015 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bolivia People 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bolivia People 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
10,631,486 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
33.3% (male 1,805,121/female 1,737,794)
15-24 years:
19.8% (male 1,063,823/female 1,037,320)
25-54 years:
36.3% (male 1,878,736/female 1,979,819)
55-64 years:
5.7% (male 280,809/female 322,057)
65 years and over:
4.9% (male 232,514/female 293,493) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
65.3 %
youth dependency ratio:
57 %
elderly dependency ratio:
8.2 %
potential support ratio:
12.1 (2014 est.)
total:
23.4 years
male:
22.6 years
female:
24.1 years (2014 est.)
1.6% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
23.28 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
6.59 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 145
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-0.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 141
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
66.8% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
2.18% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Santa Cruz 1.719 million; LA PAZ (capital) 1.715 million; Sucre (constitutional capital) 307,000 (2011)
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
0.95 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.79 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
21.2
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
190 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
country comparison to the world: 58
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
38.61 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 57
male:
42.23 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
34.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
68.55 years
country comparison to the world: 159
male:
65.78 years
female:
71.45 years (2014 est.)
2.8 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
60.5% (2008)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
4.9% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 144
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
1.22 physicians/1,000 population (2001)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.1 beds/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
0.3% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
15,900 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 89
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
1,300 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
very high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
vectorborne diseases:
dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever (2013)
17.9% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 109
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
4.5% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 95
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
6.9% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 24
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
91.2%
male:
95.8%
female:
86.8% (2009 est.)
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2007)
total number:
553,323
percentage:
26 %
note:
data represents children ages 5-13 (2008 est.)
total:
6.2%
country comparison to the world: 132
male:
4.8%
female:
7.8% (2009)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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