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Location: Southern South America, bordering the South
Atlantic Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina
and Peru
Map references: South America
People
Population: 14,333,258 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 29% (male 2,071,816; female 2,041,417)
15-64 years: 65% (male 4,599,173; female 4,651,030)
65 years and over: 6% (male 403,019; female 566,803)
(July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.24% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 13.6 deaths/1,000 live births
(1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74.49 years
male: 71.26 years
female: 77.72 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions: European and European-Indian 95%,
Indian 3%, other 2%
Religions: Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish
Languages: Spanish
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995
est.)
total population: 95.2%
male: 95.4%
female: 95%
Government
Country Abbreviation: CI
Type of government: republic
Independence: 18 September 1810 (from Spain)
National holiday: Independence Day, 18 September
(1810)
Constitution: 11 September 1980, effective 11 March
1981; amended 30 July 1989
Legal system: based on Code of 1857 derived from
Spanish law and subsequent codes influenced by French and
Austrian law; judicial review of legislative acts in the
Supreme Court; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Economy
Economic overview:
GDP: purchasing power parity - $113.2 billion (1995
est.)
GDP real growth rate: 8.5% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $8,000 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: 5.4% (1995 est.)
Communications
Telephones: 1.5 million (1994 est.)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 159, FM 0, shortwave 11
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 131
Televisions: 2.85 million (1992 est.)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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