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National name: República de Bolivia

Languages: Spanish (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, Guarani (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% note: Bolivia's 2009 constitution designates Spanish and all indigenous languages as official; 36 indigenous languages are specified, including some that are extinct (2001 census)

Ethnicity/race: Quechua 30%, mestizo 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15%

National Holiday: Independence Day, August 6

Religion: Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%

Literacy rate: 91.2% (2009 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2013 est.): $59.11 billion; per capita $5,500. Real growth rate: 6.8%. Inflation: 6.5%. Unemployment: 7.4% in urban areas with widespread underemployment. Arable land: 3.49%. Agriculture: soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber. Labor force: 4.922 million; agriculture 32%, industry 27.4%, services 40.6%.Industries: mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing. Natural resources: tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower. Exports: $12.16 billion (2013 est.): natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin. Imports: $9.282 billion (2013 est.): petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft parts, prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans. Major trading partners: Brazil, U.S. Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Chile, China, (2012).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 880,600 (2012); mobile cellular: 9.494 (2012). Broadcast media: large number of radio and TV stations broadcasting with private media outlets dominating; state-owned and private radio and TV stations generally operating freely, although both pro-government and anti-government groups have attacked media outlets in response to their reporting (2010). Internet hosts: 180,988 (2012). Internet users: 1.103 million (2009).

Transportation: Railways: total: 3,652 km (2010). Highways: total: 80,488 km; (2010). Waterways: 10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2012). Ports and harbors: Puerto Aguirre (on the Paraguay/Parana waterway, at the Bolivia/Brazil border); also, Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay. Airports: 855 (2013 est.).

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