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Country
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Bolivia | 
Maldives |
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Leader
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President: Evo Morales
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President: Mohamed Nasheed
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Population
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10,290,003
| 394,451
|
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Life Expectancy
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67.900 years
| 74.690 years
|
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Capital City
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La Paz (administrative capital)
| Male
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Largest city
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| Santa Cruz de la Sierra (population: 1,364,390) | Male (population: 84,972) |
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Human Development Index
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0.723
| 0.749
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| GDP per capita |
$4,900 US
| $8,800 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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86.7%
| 96.3%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
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3
| 2.8
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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14.6%
| 12%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
5.500%
| 14.500%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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republic
| republic
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Independence date
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6 August 1825 (from Spain)
| 26 July 1965 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
| Sunni Muslim
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| Languages |
Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
| Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
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| Exports |
natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin
| fish
|
| External Debt |
$5,491,000,000 $
| $943,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
bolivianos (BOB) per US dollar - 7.253 (2008 est.), 7.8616 (2007), 8.0159 (2006), 8.0661 (2005), 7.9363 (2004)
| rufiyaa (MVR) per US dollar - NA (2007), 12.8 (2006), 12.8 (2005), 12.8 (2004), 12.8 (2003)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.300%
| 5.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Central South America, southwest of Brazil
| Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
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| Area |
1,098,581 km sq
| 298 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 644 km
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| Climate |
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
| tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
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