Bolivia

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PROFILE
  • Area: 1,098,581 sq. km (424,164 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 10,969,649 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 1.54% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 69.2 years (2016)
  • Languages: Spanish (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, foreign languages 2.4%
  • Religions: Roman Catholic 76.8%, Evangelical and Pentecostal 8.1%, Protestant 7.9%, other 1.7%, none 5.5%
  • Formal name: Plurinational State of Bolivia
  • Alternate names: Bulibya, Bulibya Republika, Republic of Bolivia, República de Bolivia, Wuliwya, Wuliwya Suyu
  • Government type: presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state and head of government: President Juan Evo MORALES Ayma
  • Capital: La Paz (administrative capital); Sucre (constitutional capital)
  • Administrative divisions: 9 departments
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $6,500 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: natural gas, mineral ores, gold, soybeans and soy products, tin
  • Imports: machinery, petroleum products, vehicles, iron and steel, plastics
  • Currency: boliviano (BOB)
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