2 GeoFroggy

Languages

Spanish (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, foreign languages 2.4%, Guarani (official) 0.6%, other native languages 0.4%, none 0.1%

Ethnic Groups

Mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 68%
Indigenous 20%
White 5%
Cholo/chola 2%
Black 1%
Other 1%
Unspecified 3%
; 44%
Of respondents indicated feeling part of some indigenous group, predominantly Quechua or Aymara%

Urbanization

Urban population: 68.5% of total population (2015)

Rate of urbanization: 2.26% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 32.85% (male 1,807,779/female 1,740,188)

15-24 years - : 19.65% (male 1,074,697/female 1,047,575)

25-54 years - : 36.69% (male 1,932,183/female 2,030,485)

55-64 years - : 5.75% (male 288,621/female 332,824)

65 years and over - : 5.06% (male 241,447/female 305,083) (2015 est.)

population pyramid - :

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 63.7%

Youth dependency ratio: 53.1%

Elderly dependency ratio: 10.6%

Potential support ratio: 9.4% (2015 est.)

Median Age

Total: 23.4 years

Male: 22.6 years

Female: 24.1 years (2014 est.)

Sex Ratio

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 - : 0.87 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.79 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.98 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 68.86 years

Male: 66.08 years

Female: 71.78 years (2015 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 160

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total: 49.7% of population (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.25% (2013 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

AIDS - people living with HIV

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: very high

Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A

Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever (2013)

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

15.8% (2014)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

4.5% (2008)

Education Expenditures

6.4% of GDP (2012)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 95.7%

Male: 97.8%

Female: 93.6% (2015 est.)

School Life Expectancy Primary to Tertiary Education

Total: 13 years

Male: 13 years

Female: 13 years (2007)

Year

Population

  • 10,800,882

Nationality

  • Bolivian(s) noun


  • Bolivian adjective


Religions

  • Roman Catholic
    76.80%
  • Evangelical And Pentecostal
    8.10%
  • Protestant
    7.90%
  • Other
    1.70%
  • None Est
    5.52%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    1.56% (2015 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 22.76 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Death Rate

  • 6.52 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Migration Rate

  • -0.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • Santa Cruz 2.107
    million
  • LA PAZ (capital)
    1.816 million
  • Cochabamba
    1.24 million
  • Sucre (constitutional capital)
    372,000 (2015)

Health Expenditure

  • 6.1% of GDP (2013)

Physicians Density

  • 0.47 physicians/1,000 population (2011)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 1.1 beds/1,000 population (2012)

Total fertility rate

  • 2.73 children born/woman (2015 est.)