Location:
West Africa

Area:                                                                          
245,857 square kilometers

Land boundaries:                                                       
Guinea-Bissau (386 km); Senegal (330 km); Mali (858 km); Cote D’Ivoire (610 km); Liberia (563 km); Sierra Leone (652 km); Atlantic Ocean (320 km)

Population:
9,246,462

Age Structure:           
0-14 years:                   44.4 percent
15-64 years:                 52.4 percent
65 years and older:       3.2 percent

Median Age:
17.7 years

Population Growth Rate:                                            
2.37 percent

Birth Rate:                                                                  
42.26 births/1,000

Death Rate:                                                                
15.53 deaths/1,000

Net Migration Rate:                                        
-3.06 migrants/1,000

Infant Mortality Rate:                                    
91.82 deaths/1,000 live births

Total Fertility Rate:                                        
5.87 children born/woman

Average Life Expectancy at Birth:                 
49.7 years

HIV/AIDS Adult Prevalence Rate:                 
1.54 percent

People Living with HIV/AIDS:                        
55,000

HIV/AIDS Deaths                                                       
9,000 per year

Population below poverty line:                                  
40 percent

Distribution of Household Income (Gini Index):  
40.3

Human Development Index:                          
0.425

GDP:                                                                            
$18.87 billion

GDP Real Growth Rate:                                               
2.2 percent

GDP Per Capita (US$):                                    
$415

GDP by Sector:                                                           
Agriculture:                   25 percent
Industry:                      37 percent
Services:                      38 percent

Inflation Rate:                                                
8 percent

Labor Force by Occupation:                           
Agriculture:                   80 percent
Industry/Services:         20 percent

Net Primary School Enrollment Rate:            
61 percent

Net Secondary Enrollment Rate:                               
12 percent

Education Expenditure as Percent GDP:        
Public (1.9 percent)

Adult Literacy Rate:                                       
41 percent

Health Expenditure as Percent GDP:             
Public (1.9 percent)
Private (1.6 percent)

Percent of Population with Sustainable Access to Improved Sanitation:                                
58

Percent of Population with Sustainable Access to Improved Water:                           
49

Percent of Undernourished People:              
28

Percent of Children Underweight for Age:    
23

Percent of Infants with Low Birth Weight:     
12

Sources: The CIA World Factbook; Human Development Report 2004, United Nations Development Program