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GeographyLocation: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Benin andGhana
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,647 km, Benin 644 km, Burkina 126 km, Ghana 877 km Coastline: 56 km
PeoplePopulation: 4,410,370 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 3.58% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 46.78 births/1,000 population Death rate: 11.01 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 86.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 6.83 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: 37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabye, European and Syrian-Lebanese under 1% Religions: indigenous beliefs 70%, Christian 20%, Muslim 10% Languages: French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the twomajor African languages in the south), Dagomba and Kabye (the two major African languages in the north)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule Capital: Lome Independence: 27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship) Constitution: multiparty draft constitution approved by High Council of the Republic1 July 1992; adopted by public referendum 27 September 1992
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $3.3 billion National product real growth rate: National product per capita: $800 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.5% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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