The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

       Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law

       of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,

       Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Marine

       Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection

      Geography - note:

       landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest

       navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru

      People Bolivia

      Population:

       8,586,443 (July 2003 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 37.1% (male 1,624,366; female 1,562,501)

       15–64 years: 58.4% (male 2,452,892; female 2,561,873)

       65 years and over: 4.5% (male 172,292; female 212,519) (2003 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 20.8 years

       male: 20.1 years

       female: 21.5 years (2002)

      Population growth rate:

       1.63% (2003 est.)

      Birth rate:

       25.53 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Death rate:

       7.91 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       −1.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 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: 0.81 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 56.05 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 52.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

       male: 59.75 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 64.78 years

       male: 62.2 years

       female: 67.48 years (2003 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       3.23 children born/woman (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       0.1% - note: no country specific models provided (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       4,600 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       290 (2001 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Bolivian(s)

       adjective: Bolivian

      Ethnic groups:

       Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%,

       Aymara 25%, white 15%

      Religions:

       Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist)

      Languages:

       Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 87.2%

       male: 93.1%

       female: 81.6% (2003 est.)

      Government Bolivia

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Bolivia

       conventional short form: Bolivia

       local short form: Bolivia

       local long form: Republica de Bolivia

      Government type:

       republic

      Capital:

       La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of

       judiciary)

      Administrative divisions:

       9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Chuquisaca,

       Cochabamba, Beni, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija

      Independence:

       6 August 1825 (from Spain)

      National holiday:

       Independence Day, 6 August (1825)

      Constitution:

       2 February 1967; revised in August 1994

      Legal system:

       based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted

       compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age, universal and compulsory (married); 21 years of

       age, universal and compulsory (single)

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Carlos Diego MESA Gisbert (since 17

       October 2003); Vice President (vacant); note - the president is both

       the chief of state and head of government

       head of government: President Carlos Diego MESA Gisbert (since 17

       October 2003); Vice President (vacant); note - the president is both

       the chief of state and head of government

       cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president

       elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket

       by popular vote for five-year terms; election last held 30 June 2002

       (next to be held NA June 2007)

       election results: as a result of no candidate winning a majority in

       the 30 June 2002 election, Gonzalo SANCHEZ DE LOZADA Bustamante was

       chosen president by Congress; Congressional votes - Gonzalo SANCHEZ

       DE LOZADA Bustamante 84, Evo MORALES 43; note - following the

       resignation of the elected president on 17 October 2003, Vice

       President Carlos Diego MESA Gisbert assumed the presidency

      Legislative branch:

       bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of

       Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (27 seats; members are

       directly elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and

       Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (130 seats; members are

       directly elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms; note -

       some members are drawn from party lists, thus not directly elected)

       elections: Chamber of Senators and Chamber of Deputies - last held

       30 June 2002 (next to be held NA June 2007)

       election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party -

       NA%; seats by party - MNR 11, MAS 8, MIR 5, NFR 2, other 1; Chamber

       of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - MNR

       36, MAS 27, MIR 26, NFR 25, others 16

      Judicial branch: