ACOG - Liberia  - IBM

Geography

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone

Area:
total area: 111,370 sq km
land area: 96,320 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Tennessee

Land boundaries: total 1,585 km, Guinea 563 km, Cote d'Ivoire 716 km, Sierra Leone 306km

Coastline: 579 km


People

Population: 3,073,245 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 44% (female 674,155; male 680,952)
15-64 years: 52% (female 768,147; male 844,326)
65 years and over: 4% (female 55,575; male 50,090)

Population growth rate: 3.32% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 43.08 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 12.05 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 110.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 58.17 years
male: 55.67 years
female: 60.75 years

Total fertility rate: 6.3 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, and Bella), Americo-Liberians 5% (descendants of former slaves)

Religions: traditional 70%, Muslim 20%, Christian 10%

Languages: English 20% (official), Niger-Congo language group about 20 local languages come from this group

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 40%
male: 50%
female: 29%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Liberia
conventional short form: Liberia

Type: republic

Capital: Monrovia

Independence: 26 July 1847

Constitution: 6 January 1986


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $2.3 billion

National product real growth rate:

National product per capita: $770

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 330,000 kW
production: 440 million kWh
consumption per capita: 143 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts.