Central African Republic
General information
Capital: Bangui
Currency unit: CFA franc
Official language: French, Sangho
Area: 622,980 km²
Population in million: 4,666,380.0
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 476
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 860
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 72.1
Annual growth rate of the population: 1.5 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 84.5 %
Life expectancy at birth: 52.2 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 37 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 2,219,890,000.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 31.2
Industry value added of GDP: 20.6
Services value added of GDP: 4.4
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 62,445.30
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 229,168.00
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Diamonds (23.29 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Wood in the rough (40.74 %)
Cotton, not carded or combed (16.67 %)
Wood sawn (16.30 %)
Coffee (1.89 %)
Cane or beet sugar (0.03 %)