Country
Haiti Bolivia
Leader
Population
9,801,664 10,290,003
Life Expectancy
62.510 years 67.900 years
Capital City
Port-au-Prince La Paz (administrative capital)
Largest city
Port-au-Prince (population: 1,234,740) Santa Cruz de la Sierra (population: 1,364,390)
Human Development Index
0.521 0.723 GDP per capita $1,300 US $4,900 US
Literacy Rate
52.9% 86.7%
Corruption Perception Index
1.4 3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
5.2% 14.6% Wealthiest Citizens Unemployment Rate 40.600% 5.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished except for special circumstances
Political System
republic republic
Independence date
1 January 1804 (from France) 6 August 1825 (from Spain) Religions 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 Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5% Languages French (official), Creole (official) Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census) Exports apparel, manufactures, oils, cocoa, mangoes, coffee natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin External Debt $665,100,000 $ $5,491,000,000 US Exchange Rate gourdes (HTG) per US dollar - 39.216 (2008 est.), 37.138 (2007), 40.232 (2006), 40.449 (2005), 38.352 (2004) 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 0.400% 1.300% Beijing Olympics Medal Count Location Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic Central South America, southwest of Brazil Area 27,750 km sq 1,098,581 km sq Coastline 1,771 km 0 km Climate tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
