The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      Terrain:

       rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills,

       lowland plains of the Amazon Basin

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m

       highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m

      Natural resources:

       tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver,

       iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower

      Land use: arable land: 2.67% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 97.54% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       1,280 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards:

       flooding in the northeast (March-April)

      Environment - current issues:

       the clearing of land for agricultural purposes and the

       international demand for tropical timber are contributing to

       deforestation; soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation

       methods (including slash-and-burn agriculture); desertification;

       loss of biodiversity; industrial pollution of water supplies used

       for drinking and irrigation

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

       Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law

       of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,

       Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, 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:

       8,724,156 (July 2004 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 36.4% (male 1,619,950; female 1,557,883)

       15–64 years: 59.1% (male 2,522,086; female 2,631,944)

       65 years and over: 4.5% (male 175,193; female 217,100) (2004 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 21.1 years

       male: 20.4 years

       female: 21.8 years (2004 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       1.56% (2004 est.)

      Birth rate:

       24.65 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Death rate:

       7.77 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       −1.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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 (2004 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 54.58 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 50.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

       male: 58.23 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 65.14 years

       male: 62.54 years

       female: 67.86 years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       3.08 children born/woman (2004 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       0.1% (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       4,900 (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       less than 500 (2003 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