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Bolivia: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 12,224,110 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 1.19 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 55.466 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 70.83 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 20.2 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 63.63 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 10.58 billion kWh (2021) #105
Consumption 9.68 billion kWh (2021) #99
Exports 0 billion kWh (2021) #96
Imports 0 billion kWh (2021) #118
Renewable Electricity Generation 4.11 billion kWh (2021) #94

Oil

Ranking
Production 65.41 thousand bbl/day (2021) #59
Consumption 74.32 thousand bbl/day (2021) #87
Exports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #87
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0.241 billion bbl (2021) #55

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 741.615 billion cu ft (2015) #34
Consumption (Dry) 106.7 billion cu ft (2021) #74
Exports (Dry) 430.03 billion cu ft (2021) #17
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86
Proved Reserves 10.7 trillion cu ft (2021) #35

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 855 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 11,445,830 (2018 est.)
Highways 90,568 km (2017)
Internet Users 4,354,678 (2016 est.)
Railways 3,960 km (2019)
Telephones 711,961 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationCentral South America, southwest of Brazil
Total Area1,098,581 sq. km
Land Area1,083,301 sq. km
Water Area15,280 sq. km
Coastline0 km
Climatevaries with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
Terrainrugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin
Lowest PointRio Paraguay 90 m
Highest Point Nevado Sajama 6,542 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020