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%
Languages:
French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages
Religions:
indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15%
note:
animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Central African Republic on this page is re-published from the 2015 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Central African Republic People 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Central African Republic People 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
5,277,959
country comparison to the world: 118
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2014 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
40.6% (male 1,077,247/female 1,064,660)
15-24 years:
20.1% (male 534,257/female 528,822)
25-54 years:
31.8% (male 838,484/female 838,858)
55-64 years:
3.9% (male 91,696/female 115,600)
65 years and over:
3.6% (male 73,914/female 114,421) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
76.5 %
youth dependency ratio:
69.7 %
elderly dependency ratio:
6.7 %
potential support ratio:
14.8 (2014 est.)
total:
19.4 years
male:
19.1 years
female:
19.8 years (2014 est.)
2.13% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 46
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
35.45 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 23
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
14.11 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 8
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 103
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
39.1% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
2.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
BANGUI (capital) 740,000 (2011)
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.66 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
890 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 4
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
92.86 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 4
male:
100.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
84.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
51.35 years
country comparison to the world: 218
male:
50.06 years
female:
52.67 years (2014 est.)
4.46 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 31
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
19% (2006)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
3.8% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 171
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1 beds/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
4.7% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 14
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
130,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 39
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
11,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 28
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
very high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases:
malaria and dengue fever
respiratory disease:
meningococcal meningitis
water contact disease:
schistosomiasis
animal contact disease:
rabies (2013)
3.5% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 175
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
28% (2006)
country comparison to the world: 22
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
1.2% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 171
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
56.6%
male:
69.6%
female:
44.2% (2011 est.)
total:
7 years
male:
9 years
female:
6 years (2012)
total number:
532,518
percentage:
47 % (2006 est.)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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