Bolivia

Graeme Villeret

8 years ago

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: 82^e)	11,633,371 inhabitants (2020)
Population growth	1.43 % / year
Area	1,098,581 km²
Density	10.59 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 98^e)	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: 150^e)	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

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Urban areas (2020)

Urban areas	Population
Santa Cruz de la Sierra Maps: Santa Cruz de la Sierra – satellite Santa Cruz de la Sierra – routière	2,249,657 inhabitants
La Paz (seat of government) Maps: La Paz – routière La Paz – satellite La Paz – plan des lignes téléphériques	1,966,110 inhabitants
Cochabamba Maps: Cochabamba – satellite Cochabamba – routière	1,359,232 inhabitants
Oruro	302,643 inhabitants
Sucre (constitutional capital) Maps: Sucre – satellite Sucre – routière	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

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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