of water supplies used
for drinking and irrigation
natural hazards:
flooding in the northeast (March to April)
international agreements:
party to - Endangered Species, Nuclear Test Ban, Wetlands; signed, but
not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental
Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine
Life Conservation, Tropical Timber
Note:
landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable
lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru; cold, thin air of high plateau is
obstacle to efficient fuel combustion, as well as to physical activity
by those unaccustomed to it from birth

@Bolivia, People

Population:
7,719,445 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.28% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
32.22 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
8.37 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
73.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
63.31 years
male:
60.86 years
female:
65.88 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
4.21 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Bolivian(s)
adjective:
Bolivian
Ethnic divisions:
Quechua 30%, Aymara 25%, mestizo (mixed European and Indian ancestry)
25%-30%, European 5%-15%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist)
Languages:
Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population:
78%
male:
85%
female:
71%
Labor force:
3.54 million
by occupation:
agriculture NA, services and utilities 20%, manufacturing, mining and
construction 7% (1993)

@Bolivia, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Bolivia
conventional short form:
Bolivia
local long form:
Republica de Bolivia
local short form:
Bolivia
Digraph:
BL
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
Legal system:
based on Spanish law and Code Napoleon; has not accepted compulsory