Bolivia

Here are some interesting facts (from CIA website) about Bolivia:

Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production. In December 2005, Bolivians elected Movement Toward Socialism leader Evo MORALES president - by the widest margin of any leader since the restoration of civilian rule in 1982 - after he ran on a promise to change the country's traditional political class and empower the nation's poor majority.

And Bolivia compared to the US.

1. 87.2% of the country is literate -- compared to 97% in America.
   
2. Religions in Bolivia include Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5% -- compared to the US: Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
   
3. 0.1% of adults has AIDS (2003 est.) -- 0.6% (2003 est.)
   
4. Population: 8,857,870 (July 2005 est.) -- 295,734,134 (July 2005 est.)
   
5. Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal and compulsory (married); 21 years of age, universal and compulsory (single) You can vote earlier if you are married? More research needs to be done.
   
6. GDP: $10.06 billion (2005 est.) -- $12.77 trillion (2005 est.)
   
7. GDP by sector: agriculture: 12.6% industry: 35% services: 52.4% (2005 est.) -- agriculture: 1% industry: 20.7% services: 78.3% (2005 est.).
   
8. Population below poverty line: 64% (2004 est.) -- 12% (2004 est.)
   
9. Exchange rate: bolivianos per US dollar - 8.11 (2005)
   
10. Internet country code: .bo
    
11. Military expenditures: $132.2 million (2004) -- $370.7 billion (FY04 est.) (March 2003)
    
12. Median Age: total: 21.47 years; male: 20.79 years; female: 22.17 years (2005 est.) -- total: 36.27 years; male: 34.94 years; female: 37.6 years (2005 est.)
    
13. Natural hazards: flooding in the northeast (March-April) -- tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development
    
14. Terrain: rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin -- vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii
    
15. Area: slightly less than three times the size of Montana
    

Good news! The most important fact is however that there are 25% more women than men in Bolivia....

I guess I should point out that's for the 65% and over population and also life expectancy is only 65.5 years.