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People
Population: 2,877,365 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990).
Birth rate: 44 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 18 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 141 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 45 years male, 48 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 5.6 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Central African(s); adjective--Central African.
Ethnic divisions: about 80 ethnic groups, the majority of which
have related ethnic and linguistic characteristics; 34% Baya,
27% Banda, 10% Sara, 21% Mandjia, 4% Mboum, 4% M'Baka;
6,500 Europeans, of whom 3,600 are French.
Religion: 24% indigenous beliefs, 25% Protestant, 25% Roman
Catholic, 15% Muslim, 11% other; animistic beliefs and practices
strongly influence the Christian majority.
Language: French (official); Sangho (lingua franca and national
language); Arabic, Hunsa, Swahili.
Literacy: 40.2%.
Labor force: 775,413 (1986 est.); 85% agriculture, 9% commerce
and services, 3% industry, 3% government; about 64,000 salaried
workers; 55% of population of working age (1985).
Organized labor: 1% of labor force.