{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.demographics-of-bolivia","code":"thing-q2378698","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q2378698/","name":"demographics of Bolivia","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Information and virtual systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"INF","domain":["INF.KNW"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The demographics of Bolivia is the body of knowledge describing the size, distribution, composition and change of Bolivia's population through births, deaths and migration.","purpose":"Enable an agent to interpret, compare and responsibly use evidence about Bolivia's population composition, distribution and change.","scope":{"in":["Population counts, estimates and projections with explicit reference dates and population universes","Population distribution across Bolivia's departments, municipalities and 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