Population: 9.8 million

Area: 1.1 million square km (13 times bigger than Ireland)

Currency: Bolivianos (€0.10)

Timezone: GMT -5 hours

Capital: Sucre (constitutional) & La Paz (administrative)

Population of Sucre: 280,000

Population of La Paz: 835,000

Biggest City: Santa Cruz

Population of Santa Cruz: 1.4 million