ACOG - Central African Republic  - IBM

Geography

Location: Central Africa, north of Zaire

Area:
total area: 622,980 sq km
land area: 622,980 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Texas

Land boundaries: total 5,203 km, Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Congo 467 km, Sudan1,165 km, Zaire 1,577 km

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 3,209,759 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 43% (female 690,290; male 694,153)
15-64 years: 53% (female 886,421; male 825,268)
65 years and over: 4% (female 64,846; male 48,781)

Population growth rate: 2.1% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 41.84 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 20.89 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 135.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 42.15 years
male: 40.68 years
female: 43.67 years

Total fertility rate: 5.37 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Baya 34%, Banda 27%, Sara 10%, Mandjia 21%, Mboum 4%, M'Baka 4%, Europeans 6,500 (including 3,600 French)

Religions: indigenous beliefs 24%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim15%, other 11%

Languages: French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), Arabic, Hunsa, Swahili

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 38%
male: 52%
female: 25%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Central African Republic
conventional short form: none

Type: republic;

Capital: Bangui

Independence: 13 August 1960 (from France)

Constitution: 21 November 1986


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $2.2 billion

National product real growth rate: 5.5%

National product per capita: $700

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 40%

Unemployment rate: 30%

Electricity:
capacity: 40,000 kW
production: 100 million kWh
consumption per capita: 29 kWh



Olympic Factoid
An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games.