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GeographyLocation: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone
Area: Land boundaries: total 3,399 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Liberia563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km Coastline: 320 km
PeoplePopulation: 6,549,336 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.43% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 43.43 births/1,000 population Death rate: 19.13 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 136.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 5.79 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, smaller tribes 10% Religions: Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7% Languages: French (official); each tribe has its own language
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Conakry Independence: 2 October 1958 (from France) Constitution: 23 December 1990 (Loi Fundamentale)
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6.3 billion National product real growth rate: 0.8% National product per capita: $980 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 16.6% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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