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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% (2001 est.); note: Bolivia's 2009 constitution designates Spanish and all indigenous languages as official; 36 indigenous languages are specified, including a few that are extinct;

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 (2009 est.); note: results among surveys vary based on the wording of the ethnicity question and the available response choices; the 2001 national census did not provide "mestizo" as a response choice, resulting in a much higher proportion of respondents identifying themselves as belonging to one of the available indigenous ethnicity choices; the use of "mestizo" and "cholo" varies among response choices in surveys, with surveys using the terms interchangeably, providing one or the other as a response choice, or providing the two as separate response choices; %

Population Distribution

A high altitude plain in the west between two cordillera of the Andes, known as the Altiplano, is the focal area for most of the population; a dense settlement pattern is also found in and around the city of Santa Cruz, located on the eastern side of the Andes

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 31.34% (male 1,805,765 /female 1,737,647)

15-24 years - : 19.37% (male 1,109,388 /female 1,080,662)

25-54 years - : 37.9% (male 2,098,847 /female 2,185,890)

55-64 years - : 5.96% (male 310,250 /female 363,403)

65 years and over - : 5.43% (male 270,435 /female 344,054) (2018 est.)

population pyramid - : The World Factbook Field Image Modal × South America

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 63.7 (2015 est.)

Youth dependency ratio: 53.1 (2015 est.)

Elderly dependency ratio: 10.6 (2015 est.)

Potential support ratio: 9.4 (2015 est.)

Median Age

Total: 24.6 years

Male: 23.9 years

Female: 25.4 years (2018 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 161

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.04 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

0-14 years - : 1.04 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

15-24 years - : 1.03 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

25-54 years - : 0.95 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

55-64 years - : 0.86 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

65 years and over - : 0.79 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

total population - : 0.98 male(s)/female (2017 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 34.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)

Male: 37.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)

Female: 30.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 51

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 69.8 years (2018 est.)

Male: 67 years (2018 est.)

Female: 72.8 years (2018 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 161

Drinking Water Source

Improved: urban

Rural: 24.4% of population

Total: 10% of population (2015 est.)

Unimproved: urban

Sanitation Facility Access

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AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.3% (2017 est.); country comparison to the world: 78;

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

<1000 (2017 est.);

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: Very high (2016)

Food or waterborne diseases: Bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A (2016)

Vectorborne diseases: Dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever (2016)

Note: Active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

20.2% (2016); country comparison to the world: 102;

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

3.4% (2016); country comparison to the world: 93;

Education Expenditures

7.3% of GDP (2014); country comparison to the world: 16;

Literacy

Definition: Age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)

Total population: 92.5% (2015 est.)

Male: 96.5% (2015 est.)

Female: 88.6% (2015 est.)

Year

Population

  • 11,306,341

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
    1.48% (2018 est.); country comparison to the world: 74;

Birth Rate

  • 21.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.); country comparison to the world: 71;

Death Rate

  • 6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.); country comparison to the world: 149;

Migration Rate

  • -0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.); country comparison to the world: 122;

Urban Areas Population

  • 1.814 million LA PAZ (capital), 1.641 million Santa Cruz, 1.24 million Cochabamba, 278,000 Sucre (constitutional capital)
    (2018)

Health Expenditure

  • 6.3% of GDP (2014); country comparison to the world: 100;

Physicians Density

  • 0.47 physicians/1,000 population (2011);

Hospital Bed Density

  • 1.1 beds/1,000 population (2014);

Total fertility rate

  • 2.58 children born/woman (2018 est.); country comparison to the world: 74;
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