| General
Information |
| Capital |
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| Official language |
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| Other languages |
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| Current President |
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| Next presidential elections |
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| Population
(1) |
| Population |
million |
| Urban Population, 2001 |
% |
| Population under age 15 (as % of total), 2001 |
% |
| Population Annual Growth Rate, 1975-2001 |
% |
| Death rate (per 1,000) |
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| Illiteracy total (% age 15 and above) |
% |
| Economy
(2) |
| GDP (millions-US$), 2001 |
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| GDP (PPP millions-US$), 2001 |
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| GDP per capita in international dollars (US$),
2000 |
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| Labor Force Participation Rate, 15-64, Female |
% |
| Labor Force Participation Rate, 15-64, Male |
% |
| Population below income poverty line, $1
a day (1990-2001) |
% |
| Population below income poverty line, $2
a day (1990-2001) |
% |
| Health |
| Total fertility rate (births per woman), 2000-05 |
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| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 births), 2001 |
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| Maternal mortality rate |
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| Undernourished (as % of total population), 1998/2000 |
% |
| Public expenditure on health (as % of GDP),
2000 |
% |
| Number of adults living with HIV/AIDS age 15-49,
2000 |
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| Number of deaths due to AIDS, 2001 |
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| Contraceptive
Use Among Women |
| Number of women in reproductive age (thousands)* |
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| Using any contraceptive method |
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| Using modern contraceptive methods |
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| Unmet need for contraception |
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1 Information in this section is for
2001.
* These figures refer to women (15-49) who are in
a marital or a consensual union Modern methods include
sterilization, pill, injections, etc.
2 The information contained in this section was taken
from the WHO and the UNDP Human Development Indicators
2002, which use 1993 PPP USD. Gross domestic product
(GDP) per capita is the per capita market value of
the total final output of goods and services produced
in a country over a specific period. The international
dollar is a common currency unit that takes into account
differences in the relative purchasing power of various
currencies. Figures expressed in international dollars
are calculated using purchasing power parities (PPP),
which are rates of currency conversion constructed
to account for differences in price level between
countries.
Sources:
1. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development
Indicators 2003
2. World Health Organization
3. World Bank, World Development Indicators database
4. HIV/AIDS
5. Contraception use--World Contraceptive Use 2001 Report-United
Nations Population Division
6. Official
languages: CIA – The World Factbook, 2002
7. Labor Force Participation Rate, 15-64, Female: Population and
Reproductive Health, Country Profile Indicators, UNFPA
8. Laws/Treaties
signed: UN, Division for the Advancement of Women ; UN,
Office
of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights and OAS,
Interamerican
Commission of Women
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