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GeographyLocation: Central Africa, south of Libya
Area: Land boundaries: total 5,968 km, Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197 km,Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, Nigeria 87 km, Sudan 1,360 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 5,586,505 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.18% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 42.05 births/1,000 population Death rate: 20.26 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 129.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 5.33 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Religions: Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs, animism 25% Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), Sango (in south), more than 100 different languages and dialects are spoken
Literacy:
age 15 and over has the ability to read and write in French and Arabic (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: N'Djamena Independence: 11 August 1960 (from France) Constitution: 22 December 1989 (suspended 3 December 1990); Provisional NationalCharter 1 March 1991 is in effect (note - the constitutional commission,which was drafting a new constitution to submit to transitional parliamentfor ratification in April 1994, failed to do so but expects to submit a new draft to the parliament before the end of April 1995)
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $2.8 billion National product real growth rate: 3.5% National product per capita: $530 Inflation rate (consumer prices): -4.1% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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