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Vital Statistics
Areal extent: 622,980 sq.km.~
Population (1997): 3,489,000**
Population density: 5.6 per sq. km.
Capital: Bangui
Largest city/population 1992: Bangui/0.5 millions~
Urban population 1980/1997: 35/40*
Population growth 1995-2000: 2.7% p.a.*
Life expectancy 1975-80/1995-2000: 44.5/48.6**
Fertility rate 1975-80/1995-2000: 5.9/5.0**
Adult literacy rate 1997: 42.4¬
GNP per capita 1997: $320*
GNP per capita annual growth rate (%): 1975-1995: -1.5¬
Human Development Index rank/value 1999: 165/0.378¬
Exports 1998 ($ millions): ^
Imports 1998 ($ millions): ^
Current account balance ($ millions) 1998: ^
Export destinations 1998: ^
Import destinations 1998: ^
Debt service ratio 1998: ^
President: François Bozize
National Government: President and his Council of Ministers (for details click
here
National Assembly:
Main political parties:
Mouvement pour la Démocratie, l'Indépendance et le Progrès Social (MDI-PS)
Official languages: Sangho and French
* = World Bank 1999
** World Resources Institute 1998
~ = Instituto del Tercer Mundo 1997
¬ = Human Development Report 1999
^ = Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) 2000
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