ACOG - Côte D'Ivoire  - IBM

Geography

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia

Area:
total area: 322,460 sq km
land area: 318,000 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than New Mexico

Land boundaries: total 3,110 km, Burkina 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia716 km, Mali 532 km

Coastline: 515 km


People

Population: 14,791,257 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 48% (female 3,506,147; male 3,534,751)
15-64 years: 50% (female 3,619,759; male 3,820,999)
65 years and over: 2% (female 142,366; male 167,235)

Population growth rate: 3.38% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 46.17 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 14.95 deaths/1,000 population

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

Infant mortality rate: 93.1 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 48.87 years
male: 46.52 years
female: 51.29 years

Total fertility rate: 6.61 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Baoule 23%, Bete 18%, Senoufou 15%, Malinke 11%, Agni, foreign Africans (mostly Burkinabe and Malians, about 3 million), non-Africans 130,000 to 330,000 (French 30,000 and Lebanese 100,000 to 300,000)

Religions: indigenous 25%, Muslim 60%, Christian 12%

Languages: French (official), 60 native dialects; Dioula is the most widely spoken

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1988)
total population: 34%
male: 44%
female: 23%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
conventional short form: Cote d'Ivoire

Type: republic; multiparty presidential regime established 1960

Capital: Yamoussoukro

Independence: 7 August 1960 (from France)

Constitution: 3 November 1960; has been amended numerous times, last time November1990


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $20.5 billion

National product real growth rate: 1.5%

National product per capita: $1,430

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

Unemployment rate: 14%

Electricity:
capacity: 1,170,000 kW
production: 1.8 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 123 kWh



Olympic Factoid
Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Games involved a crew of 2,100 who worked with more than 3,500 performers as well as thousands of athletes who celebrated on the field of Olympic Stadium.