Country
Bolivia Haiti
Leader
Population
10,461,053 9,893,934
Life Expectancy
68.220 years 62.850 years
Capital City
La Paz (administrative capital) Port-au-Prince
Largest city
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (population: 1,364,390) Port-au-Prince (population: 1,234,740)
Human Development Index
0.723 0.521 GDP per capita $5,000 US $1,300 US
Literacy Rate
86.7% 52.9%
Corruption Perception Index
3 1.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
14.6% 5.2% Wealthiest Citizens Unemployment Rate 5.500% 40.600%
Death Penalty
Abolished except for special circumstances Abolished
Political System
republic republic
Independence date
6 August 1825 (from Spain) 1 January 1804 (from France) Religions Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5% Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% note: roughly half of the population practices voodoo Languages Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census) French (official), Creole (official) Exports natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin apparel, manufactures, oils, cocoa, mangoes, coffee External Debt $4,200,000,000 $ $1,125,000,000 US Exchange Rate bolivianos (BOB) per US dollar - 7.253 (2008 est.), 7.8616 (2007), 8.0159 (2006), 8.0661 (2005), 7.9363 (2004) gourdes (HTG) per US dollar - 39.216 (2008 est.), 37.138 (2007), 40.232 (2006), 40.449 (2005), 38.352 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 0.900% 0.400% Beijing Olympics Medal Count Location Central South America, southwest of Brazil Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic Area 1,098,581 km sq 27,750 km sq Coastline 0 km 1,771 km Climate varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
