Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
Languages
Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
Exports
natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin
External Debt
$5,491,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
bolivianos (BOB) per US dollar - 7.253 (2008 est.), 7.8616 (2007), 8.0159 (2006), 8.0661 (2005), 7.9363 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Central South America, southwest of Brazil
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area
1,098,581 km sq
27,830 km sq
Coastline
0 km
0 km
Climate
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January)
