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Central African Republic
 

BASIC FACTS

Capital
Bangui

Area size
622980 sq. km

Area comparison
Slightly smaller than Norway and Sweden combined

 

PEOPLE

Language
French is the official language; Sango is the lingua franca
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2007 4.3 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 4.2 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 4.2 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 4.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 4.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 4.0 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 3.9 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 3.9 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
5.9 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Baya (Gbaya) 33 percent, Banda 27 percent, Mandjia 13 percent, Sara 10 percent. Other minorities include the Mboum, M'baka and Yakoma.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Protestant 25 percent, Roman Catholic 25 percent, traditional African religions 24 percent, Muslim 15 percent
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population
2007 38.3 percent U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006 38.2 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2005 38.0 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2004 37.9 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2003 37.9 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2002 37.8 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2001 37.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2000 37.6 percent U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1986
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available

Percentage of population under 15
2004 43.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 43.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 43.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 43.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 43.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002


USEFUL INFORMATION

Time zone
GMT +1

Climate description
Hot all year, with high temperatures; dry season from November to February, with cooler nights, and rainy season from May to October. The north is very hot all year round

Currency
CFA Franc

Telephone dialling code
(+) 236

Driving (left/right)
Right


STANDARD OF LIVING

Average life expectancy
2004 39.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 39.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 39.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 40.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 44.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
2004 38.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 38.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 38.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 39.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 42.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female
2004 39.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 40.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 41.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 41.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 46.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality
2005 115 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 115 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 115 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 115 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 115 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 115 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
2005 193 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 193 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 180 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 180 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 180 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 180 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel
1996-2004 44 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003 44 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 44 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 44 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 44 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality
1100 per 100,000 live births (2000)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)
2004 172 UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 171 UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 169 UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 168 UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 165 UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
1996-2005 24 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004 24 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003 24 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 24 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 24 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 24 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population
2002-2004 average 44 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average 45 percent FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water
2004 75 percent UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002 75 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 70 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation
2004 27 percent UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002 27 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 25 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average
2004 48.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 48.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 48.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 48.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 46.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male
2004 64.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 64.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 64.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 60.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 59.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female
2004 33.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 33.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 33.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 36.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 34.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones
2005 3 per 1,000 people International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2006
2004 3 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2003 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2002 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2001 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2000 3 per 1,000 people ITU 2006

Cellular telephone subscribers
2005 15 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2004 15 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2003 10 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2002 3 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2001 3 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2000 1 per 1,000 people ITU 2006

Internet users
2005 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2004 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2003 1 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2002 1 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2001 0.8 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2000 0.6 per 1,000 people ITU 2006

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 145=most corrupt)
130 (joint) (2006)
Source: Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
No (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report


ECONOMY & AID

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
1990-2004 66.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 66.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1990-2002 66.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2001 66.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method
2005 350 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 310 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003 260 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002 250 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 260 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000 270 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country’s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP
2005 1.4 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 1.3 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2006
2003 1.2 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2006
2002 1.0 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 1.0 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2006
2000 1.0 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual GDP growth
2005 2.2 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 1.3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003 -7.6 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002 -0.8 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 1.5 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000 2.3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual inflation
2005 2.3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 -1.9 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003 3.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002 3.6 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 3.0 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000 2.4 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
0.7 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
47.7 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2006


HEALTH

Physicians
1990-2004 8 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 4 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002 4 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
2005 10.7 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2006
2003 10.8 percent UNAIDS 2006

Malaria
Risk from P.falciparum throughout the year in the whole country. Resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reported.
Source: WHO

TB cases
2005 314 per 100,000 people WHO 2007
2004 314 per 100,000 people 314
2003 314 per 100,000 people WHO 2006
2002 306 per 100,000 people WHO 2006
2001 293 per 100,000 people WHO 2006
2000 280 per 100,000 people WHO 2007


DISASTERS, CONFLICT & MIGRATION

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
2005 42890 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2004 31069 UNHCR
2003 35400 UNHCR
2002 25376 UNHCR
2001 28704 UNHCR
2000 139 UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here
2006 12357 UNHCR
2005 24569 UNHCR
2004 25020 UNHCR
2003 44753 UNHCR
2002 50725 UNHCR
2001 49239 UNHCR
2000 55661 UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
2006 212000 Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2006

Landmine casualties per year
2004 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (2002 )
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
2004 1.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 1.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education
2002-2004 No data available percent
1998-2000 1.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health
2003-2004 1.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002 1.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001 2.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000 1.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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