Bolivia

Plurinational State of Bolivia Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia  (Spanish) Tetã Hetãvoregua Mborivia  (Guarani) Wuliwya Suyu  (Aymara) Puliwya Mamallaqta (Quechua)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "La Unión es la Fuerza" (Spanish) "Unity is Strength"[1]
Anthem: "Himno Nacional de Bolivia" (Spanish)
Dual flag Wiphala
Location of  Bolivia  (dark green) in South America  (grey)
Capital	Sucre (constitutional and judicial) La Paz (executive and legislative)
Largest city	Santa Cruz 17°48′S 63°10′W / 17.800°S 63.167°W / -17.800; -63.167
Official languages[2]	Spanish Quechua Aymara Guarani and 33 others (all Indigenous languages)
Ethnic groups (2009[3])	68% Mestizo (mixed Native and White) 20% Native Bolivian 5% White Bolivian 2% Cholo 1% Afro-Bolivian 1% Others 3% Unspecified
Religion (2018)[4]	88.9% Christianity —70.0% Roman Catholic —17.2% Protestant —1.7% Other Christian 9.3% No religion 1.2% Other religions 0.6% No answer
Demonym(s)	Bolivian
Government	Unitary presidential constitutional republic
• President	Luis Arce
• Vice President	David Choquehuanca
Legislature	Plurinational Legislative Assembly
• Upper house	Chamber of Senators
• Lower house	Chamber of Deputies
Independence
• Recognized	21 July 1847
• Admitted to the United Nations	14 November 1945
• Current republic	7 February 2009
Area
• Total	1,098,581 km2 (424,164 sq mi) (27th)
• Water (%)	1.29
Population
• census estimate	8,014,380 hab (83rd)
• Density	10.4/km2 (26.9/sq mi) (224th)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$89.018 billion[5] (88th)
• Per capita	$7,790[5] (123rd)
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$40.687 billion[5] (90th)
• Per capita	$3,823[5] (117th)
Gini (2018)	42.2[6] medium
HDI (2019)	0.692[7] medium · 107th
Currency	Boliviano (BOB)
Time zone	UTC−4 (BOT)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+591
ISO 3166 code	BO
Internet TLD	.bo
^ While Sucre is the constitutional capital, La Paz is the seat of government and the executive capital. See below.

Bolivia^[a] /bəˈlɪviə/ (listen), officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia,^[b][8][9] is a country in South America. It is land locked by Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Peru, and Chile. Luis Alberto Arce Catacora became the president of Bolivia in November 2020. The population of Bolivia is 8-9 million (2019).

Bolivia is named after Simón Bolívar. The main languages are Spanish and Quechua, but there are other languages too.

1. ↑ "Moneda de 10 Centavos" [10 Cent Coins] (in Spanish). Central Bank of Bolivia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
2. ↑ "Nueva Constitución Política Del Estado > PRIMERA PARTE > TÍTULO I > CAPÍTULO PRIMERO > Modelo De Estado: Ley de Bolivia". JUSTIA Bolivia (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
3. ↑ "South America :: Bolivia". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2017. {{cite web}}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help)
4. ↑ Religion affiliation in Bolivia as of 2018. Based on Latinobarómetro. Survey period: 15 June to 2 August 2018, 1,200 respondents.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". www.imf.org. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
6. ↑ "GINI index (World Bank estimate) – Bolivia". World Bank. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
7. ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
8. ↑ "Bolivia (Plurinational State of)". World Health Organization. 11 May 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
9. ↑ "Bolivia (Plurinational State of)". UNdata. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.