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Features of Cote D'Ivoire* |
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Geography
Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic
Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia
Map references: Africa
People
Population: 14,762,445 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 48% (male 3,552,270; female 3,462,462)
15-64 years: 50% (male 3,828,538; female 3,599,920)
65 years and over: 2% (male 164,358; female 154,897)
(July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.92% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 82.4 deaths/1,000 live births
(1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 46.73 years
male: 46.23 years
female: 47.25 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions: Baoule 23%, Bete 18%, Senoufou 15%,
Malinke 11%, Agni, foreign Africans (mostly Burkinabe and
Malians, about 3 million), non-Africans 130,000 to 330,000
(French 30,000 and Lebanese 100,000 to 300,000)
Religions: indigenous 25%, Muslim 60%, Christian 12%
Languages: French (official), 60 native dialects with
Dioula the most widely spoken
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995
est.)
total population: 40.1%
male: 49.9%
female: 30%
Government
Country Abbreviation: IV
Type of government: republic; multiparty presidential
regime established 1960
Independence: 7 August 1960 (from France)
National holiday: National Day, 7 August
Constitution: 3 November 1960; has been amended
numerous times, last time November 1990
Legal system: based on French civil law system and
customary law; judicial review in the Constitutional Chamber
of the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal
Economy
Economic overview: Cote d'Ivoire is among the world's
largest producers and exporters of coffee, cocoa beans, and
palm-kernel oil. Consequently, the economy is highly sensitive
to fluctuations in international prices for coffee and cocoa
and to weather conditions. Despite attempts by the government
to diversify, the economy is still largely dependent on
agriculture and related industries. After several years of
lagging performance, the Ivorian economy began a comeback in
1994, due to improved prices for cocoa and coffee, growth in
nontraditional primary exports such as pineapples and rubber,
trade and banking liberalization, offshore oil and gas
discoveries, and generous external financing and debt
rescheduling by multilateral lenders and France. The 50%
devaluation of Franc Zone currencies on 12 January 1994 caused
a one-time jump in the inflation rate to 32% for 1994, but
this rate fell to perhaps 10% in 1995, in part as the economy
adjusted to the devaluation. Moreover, government adherence to
donor-mandated reforms led to a budget surplus in 1994. Real
growth of GDP in 1994 was 1.7%, a significant improvement
following several years of negative growth. In 1995 growth
picked up to 5%.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $21.9 billion (1995
est.)
GDP real growth rate: 5% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $1,500 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Communications
Telephones: 87,700 (1987 est.)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 71, FM 0, shortwave 13
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 18
Televisions: 810,000 (1993 est.)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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