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LIBERIA
Republic of LiberiaGEOGRAPHY:
- Location:-------------- Western Africa
- Area:
Total area:--- 111,370 sq. km
Land area:--- 96,320 sq. km
- Capital city:---------------
Monrovia
- Natural resources:--------------- Iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold.
PEOPLE:
- Population:-------------- 2,771,901
- Literacy rate:-------------
38.3% of total population, (Males:53.9, Females:22.4%)
- Languages:-------------- English (official),
Niger-Congo language group, about 20 local languages come from this group
- Religions:--------------
70%-traditional, 20%-Muslim, 10%-Christian
VITAL STATISTICS:
- Birth rate:--------------
42.3 (per 1,000 population)(1997)
- Death rate:-------------- 11.53 (per 1,000 population)
- Infant Mortality rate:------------- 105.6 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
- Fertility
rate:--------------- 6.16 (per woman)
- Life Expectancy at birth:
Total Population:---
59.02 (Males:56.43, Females:61.69)
GOVERNMENT:
- Type of Government:---------------
Republic
- Independence:-------------- July 26, 1847
- President:-------------
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
ECONOMY:
- GDP:---------------- purchasing power parity
- $2.4 billion (1995)
GDP real growth rate:--- 0%
GDP per capita:--- $1,100
- Inflation rate (consumer prices):-------------- 50% (1994)
- National budget:
Revenues:--- $225 million
Expenditures:--- $285 million
- External debt:--------------
$1.9 billion
- Currency:------------- 1 Liberian dollar = 100 cents
- Labor
force:-------------- 510,000 (including 220,000 in the monetary economy)
- Unemployment rate:---------------NA%
- Agriculture:-------------- Rubber processing, food processing, construction materials, furniture,
palm oil processing, iron ore, diamonds
- Exports:-------------- $667 million
Commodities:--- Iron ore, rubber, timber, coffee
- Imports:-------------- $5.8 billion
Commodities:--- Mineral fuels, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods; rice and
other foodstuffs
DEFENCE:
- Defence expenditures:---------------- Exchange
rate conversion - $14 million, 2.9% of GDP
Geography:Liberia
is located in the southern part of West Africa
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