Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Portia Simpson-Miller
President: Evo Morales
Population
2,889,187
10,290,003
Life Expectancy
73.430 years
67.900 years
Capital City
Kingston
La Paz (administrative capital)
Largest city
Kingston (population: 937,700)
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (population: 1,364,390)
Human Development Index
0.771
0.723
GDP per capita
$9,100 US
$4,900 US
Literacy Rate
87.9%
86.7%
Corruption Perception Index
3.1
3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%
14.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
12.700%
5.500%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished except for special circumstances
Political System
constitutional parliamentary democracy
republic
Independence date
6 August 1962 (from UK)
6 August 1825 (from Spain)
Religions
Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)
Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
Languages
English, English patois
Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
