FACTS

Geography
Land	27,560 sq km
Water	190 sq km
Coast	1,771 km
Natural Resources
Bauxite	Gold
Copper	Marble
Calcium Carbonate	Hydropower
Land Use
Arable Land	28.11%
Permanent Crops	11.53%
Other	60.36%
Irrigated Land	920 sq km
Water
Total Renewable Water Resources	14 cu km
Freshwater withdrawl	.99 cu km/yr (5% domestic, 1% industrial, 94% agricultural)
	116 cu m/yr per capita
Population	8,924,553 Total
0-14 years 41.8%	(1,851,591 male/1,851,591 female)
15-64 years 54.7%	(2,386,761 male/2,495,223 female)
65+ 3.5%	(135,695 male/173,764 female)
Birth Rate	35.69 births / 1,000 population
Death Rate	10.15 deaths / 1,000 population
Infant Mortality	62.33 deaths / 1,000 live births
	66.88 deaths / 1,000 live births (male)
	57.64 deaths / 1,000 live births (female)
Life Expectancy at Birth	57.64 years
	55.83 years (male)
	59.35 years (female)
	4.79 children born/woman (2008 est.)
HIV/AIDS	5.6% (2003 est.)
	HIV 280,000 (2003 est.)
	AIDS 24,000 (2003 est.)
Major infectious diseases	degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria water contact disease: leptospirosis (2008)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 52.9% male: 54.8% female: 51.2% (2003 est.)
Education expenditures:	1.4% (1991)