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Bolivia > Bolivian Facts
Official
Name:
Republic of Bolivia
Country Population:
8,857,870
Capital Cities:
La Paz (seat of government)
Sucre (seat of judiciary)
Gross National Income (per capita):
Australia - US$21,650
Bolivia - US$890 (6 out of ten people live
below the poverty line)
Ethnic Groups:
Quechua 30%
Mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry)
30%
Aymara 25%
White 15%
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births):
Australia - 6
Bolivia - 53
Religions:
Catholic (95%) - often syncretistic Christo-paganism
Other religions including evangelical Christianity,
Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses (5%)
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