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- People
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- Population: 2,877,365 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990).
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- Birth rate: 44 births/1,000 population (1990).
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- Death rate: 18 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
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- Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
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- Infant mortality rate: 141 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
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- Life expectancy at birth: 45 years male, 48 years female (1990).
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- Total fertility rate: 5.6 children born/woman (1990).
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- Nationality: noun--Central African(s); adjective--Central African.
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- Ethnic divisions: about 80 ethnic groups, the majority of which
- have related ethnic and linguistic characteristics; 34% Baya,
- 27% Banda, 10% Sara, 21% Mandjia, 4% Mboum, 4% M'Baka;
- 6,500 Europeans, of whom 3,600 are French.
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- Religion: 24% indigenous beliefs, 25% Protestant, 25% Roman
- Catholic, 15% Muslim, 11% other; animistic beliefs and practices
- strongly influence the Christian majority.
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- Language: French (official); Sangho (lingua franca and national
- language); Arabic, Hunsa, Swahili.
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- Literacy: 40.2%.
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- Labor force: 775,413 (1986 est.); 85% agriculture, 9% commerce
- and services, 3% industry, 3% government; about 64,000 salaried
- workers; 55% of population of working age (1985).
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- Organized labor: 1% of labor force.
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