Bolivia November 24, 2021 ALBA , Altiplano , Amazon , Americas , Amerindians , Andean Mountains , Andes , Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America , Bolivia , coca , cocaine , colony , drug traffic , drug trafficking , drugs , forest , FPEG , gas , Gas Exporting Countries Forum , Hispanic America , La Paz , Lake Titicaca , Latin America , mountains , oil , Potosi , Quechua , Salar d'Uyuni , Santa Cruz , South America , Spanish colony , Sucre , UNASUR , Union of South American Nations Official name Plurinational State of Bolivia Name in local language Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (es) ; Bulibiya Mama llaqta (qu) Continent Americas Subcontinent South America Population (ranking: 82e ) 11,633,371 inhabitants (2020) Population growth 1.43 % / year Area 1,098,581 km² Density 10.59 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 98e )40.288 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 3,549 $USD (2018) GDP growth 4.22 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 71.20 years (2018) Birth rate 22.34 ‰ (2017) Fertility rate 2.80 children / woman (2017) Death rate (ranking ) 5.98 ‰ (2017) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 30.39 ‰ (2017) Literacy rate 99.40 % (2015) Official languages Spanish (Quechua and Aymara spoken) Currency Boliviano (BOB) HDI (ranking: 149e )0.703 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )55.98 (2018) Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic Head of State President Luis Arce National Day 6 August (first constituent assembly in 1825) ISO Codes BO, BOL Demonym Bolivian Tourists (ranking ) 959,000 people (2016)
Improvement of living conditions despite internal and external political blockages Bolivia is a landlocked country with no access to the sea located in South America and surrounded by Brazil , Paraguay , Argentina , Chile and Peru . The vast majority of the population lives in extreme poverty. Farmers are torn between the production of coca to survive and the production of food crops. Drug traffickers really take them hostage. Mine workers live and work under particularly harsh conditions, and there are countless human losses. the big Western mining companies have created a real modern slavery in some mountainous areas, difficult to access.
Incahuasi, Salar of Uyuni, Bolivia. Photo: Diego Delso, Wikipedia La Paz, capital of Bolivia. Photo: EEJCC, Wikipedia Urban areas (2020) Urban areas Population Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2,249,657 inhabitants La Paz (seat of government) 1,966,110 inhabitants Cochabamba 1,359,232 inhabitants Oruro 302,643 inhabitants Sucre (constitutional capital) 295,476 inhabitants Tarija 268,387 inhabitants Potosí 220,260 inhabitants Montero 135,931 inhabitants Trinidad 130,657 inhabitants Yacuiba 103,723 inhabitants Riberalta 101,755 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Departments Population Area Beni 480,308 inhabitants 213,564 km² Chuquisaca 637,013 inhabitants 51,524 km² Cochabamba 2,028,639 inhabitants 55,631 km² La Paz 2,926,996 inhabitants 133,985 km² Oruro 551,116 inhabitants 53,588 km² Pando 154,355 inhabitants 63,827 km² Potosí 901,555 inhabitants 118,218 km² Santa Cruz 3,370,059 inhabitants 370,621 km² Tarija 583,330 inhabitants 37,623 km²
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