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Geography

Area: total 129,494 sq km
land 120,254 sq km
water 9,240 sq km
Land use: arable land 14.81%
permanent crops 1.82%
other 83.37% (2005)

Population

Population 5,570,129 (2006 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years 36.4%
15-64 years 60.5%
65 years and over 3.1% (2006 est.)
Population growth rate 1.89% (2006 est.)
Birth rate/1,000 population 24.51 (2006 est.)
Death rate/1,000 population 4.45 (2006 est.)
Net migration rate /1,000 population -1.17 (2006 est.)
Infant mortality rate/1,000 live births 28.11 (2006 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: 70.63 years
male 68.55 years
female 72.81 years (2006 est.)
Total fertility rate 2.75 child born/woman
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.2% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths less than 500 (2003 est.)
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write: 67.50% (2003 est.)
male 67.20%
female 67.80% (2003 est.)

Economy

GDP - real growth rate 4.7% (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity $2,900 (2005 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture 16.5%
industry 27.5%
services 56% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line 50% (2001 est.)
Inflation rate - consumer prices 9.6% (2005 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 30.5%
industry 17.30%
services 52.2% (2003 est.)
Unemployment rate: 5.6% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2005 est.)
Exports $1.55 billion (2005 est.)
Imports $2.865 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external $3.188 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient $419.5 million (2005)

Source: CIA World Factbook 2005

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