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<text id=94CT0280><title>Central African Republic—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Central African Republic<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 3,142,182 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 2.16% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 42.3 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 20.69 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 137.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 42.54 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 41.07 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 44.06 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 5.42 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Central African(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Central African
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Baya 34%, Banda 27%, Sara 10%, Mandjia 21%, Mboum 4%, M'Baka 4%, Europeans 6,500 (including 3,600 French)
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> indigenous beliefs 24%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15%, other 11%
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), Arabic, Hunsa, Swahili
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 27%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 33%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 15%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 775,413 (1986 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 85%, commerce and services 9%, industry 3%, government 3%
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> about 64,000 salaried workers; 55% of population of working age (1985)
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