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3,742,482 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account
the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in
lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates,
lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution
of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July
2004 est.)
total:
18 years male: 17.7 years female: 18.4 years (2004 est.)
Population
growth rate:
1.56% (2004 est.)
Birth
rate:
35.55 births/1,000
population (2004 est.)
Death
rate:
19.99 deaths/1,000
population (2004 est.)
Net
migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant
mortality rate:
total:
92.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 84.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 99.09 deaths/1,000 live births
Life
expectancy at birth:
total population:
41.36 years male: 39.7 years female: 43.08 years (2004 est.)
Total
fertility rate:
4.59 children
born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS -
adult prevalence rate:
13.5% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS -
people living with HIV/AIDS:
260,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS -
deaths:
23,000 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Central African(s) adjective: Central African
Ethnic
groups:
Baya 33%, Banda 27%,
Mandjia 13%, Sara 10%, Mboum 7%, M'Baka 4%, Yakoma 4%, other 2%
Religions:
indigenous beliefs 35%,
Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15% note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the
Christian majority
Languages:
French (official),
Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write total population: 51% male: 63.3% female: 39.9% (2003 est.)