People Of Central African Republic

Population	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.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 42.8% (male 806,506; female 795,639) 15-64 years: 53.8% (male 990,522; female 1,021,491) 65 years and over: 3.4% (male 53,860; female 74,464) (2004 est.)
Median age	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	conventional long form: Central African Republic conventional short form: none local long form: Republique Centrafricaine former: Ubangi-Shari, Central African Empire abbreviation: CAR local short form: none

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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