ACOG - Equatorial Guinea  - IBM

Geography

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cameroonand Gabon

Area:
total area: 28,050 sq km
land area: 28,050 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland

Land boundaries: total 539 km, Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km

Coastline: 296 km


People

Population: 420,293 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 43% (female 90,404; male 90,997)
15-64 years: 53% (female 117,124; male 105,724)
65 years and over: 4% (female 8,969; male 7,075)

Population growth rate: 2.59% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 40.22 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 14.36 deaths/1,000 population

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

Infant mortality rate: 100.2 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 52.56 years
male: 50.39 years
female: 54.79 years

Total fertility rate: 5.23 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Bioko (primarily Bubi, some Fernandinos), Rio Muni (primarily Fang), Europeans less than 1,000, mostly Spanish

Religions: nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices

Languages: Spanish (official), pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1983)
total population: 62%
male: 77%
female: 48%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Equatorial Guinea
conventional short form: Equatorial Guinea

Type: republic in transition to multiparty democracy

Capital: Malabo

Independence: 12 October 1968 (from Spain)

Constitution: new constitution 17 November 1991


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $280 million

National product real growth rate: 7.3%

National product per capita: $700

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.6%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 23,000 kW
production: 20 million kWh
consumption per capita: 50 kWh



Olympic Factoid
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