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Bolivia

People

12,413,315
Population
World Bank · 2024
68.7 yrs
Life Expectancy
World Bank · 2024
71.2%
Urban Population
World Bank · 2024
96.7%
Literacy
World Bank · 2024

Bolivia has one of the Americas' largest Indigenous populations — Quechua, Aymara, and others — alongside Mestizo and other groups. Spanish and dozens of Indigenous languages are official.

Roman Catholicism is the traditional faith, often blended with Indigenous Andean beliefs, alongside a growing Protestant minority.

Society

Bolivia has a young population and rising but still modest literacy and incomes, having seen significant social gains and the political assertion of its Indigenous majority in recent decades.

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