Information: Area: Total: 1,098,580 sq km, land: 1,084,390 sq km, water: 14,190 sq km,
Area Comparative: Slightly less smaller than three times the size of Montana
Borders 5 other countries. It is a landlocked country.
Climate: Varies with altitude of the country
Natural Resources: tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower
Land Use: arable land: 2.78%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 97.03%
More information: Population: 9,775,246
Age Structure: 0-14 years: 35.5% (male 1,767,310/female 1,701,744)
15-64 years: 60% (male 2,877,605/female 2,992,043)
65 years and over: 4.5% (male 193,196/female 243,348)
Median Age: total: 21.9 years
male: 21.3 years
female: 22.6 years
Birth Rate: 22.31 births/1,000 population
Death Rate: 7.35 deaths/1,000 population
Infant Mortallity Rate: total: 44.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 48.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 40.57 deaths/1,000 live births
Ethnic Groups: Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15%
Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
Languages: Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2%
Literacy Rate: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.7%
male: 93.1%
female: 80.7%
GDP: $43.08 billion
GDP Per Capita: $ 4,500