2 GeoFroggy

Languages

Spanish (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)

Ethnic Groups

Quechua 30%
Mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%
Aymara 25%
White 15%
%

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 34.2% (male 1,793,771/ female 1,727,107)

15-64 years - : 61% (male 3,082,805/ female 3,198,657)

65 years and over - : 4.7% (male 215,700/ female 271,963) (2012 est.)

population pyramid - :

Median Age

Total: 22.8 years

Male: 22.1 years

Female: 23.5 years (2012 est.)

Sex Ratio

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.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 40.94 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 44.68 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 37.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 67.9 years

Male: 65.16 years

Female: 70.77 years (2012 est.)

Sanitation Facility Access

Array

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.2% (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 100

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 71

Major Infectious Diseases

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)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

4.3% (2008)country comparison to the world: 89

Education Expenditures

6.3% of GDP (2006)country comparison to the world: 25

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 86.7%

Male: 93.1%

Female: 80.7% (2001 census)

Year

Population

  • 10,290,003

Nationality

  • Bolivian(s) noun


  • Bolivian adjective


Religions

  • Roman Catholic
    95.00%
  • Protestant Evangelical Methodist
    5.00%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    1.664% (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 72

Birth Rate

  • 24.24 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 66

Death Rate

  • 6.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 141

Migration Rate

  • -0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 149

Health Expenditure

  • 4.8% of GDP (2009)country comparison to the world: 143

Physicians Density

  • 1.22 physicians/1,000 population (2001)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 1.1 beds/1,000 population (2009)

Total fertility rate

  • 2.93 children born/woman (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 67