Central African Republic Fact Sheet

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Central African Republic Fact Sheet

August 2007

Area and Population Regions Affected by Violence

Area 622,984 sq km
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Area comparative ƒ 1.1 x France Chad Sudan
ƒ 0.9 x Texas
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Population 4,216,666
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Economy and Development 1

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GDP per capita 2006 USD 352 Bangui

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GDP Growth Rate in 2006 3.2 %
DRC
3 500 km
Human Development Index 0.353
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Human Development Index Rank 172 of 177
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3 Internal Displacement and Refugees
HDI Change 1990 – 2004 - 8.8 %
3 People affected by violence 1,000,000
People living on below US$ 1 / day 67%
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Refugees in Chad, Cameroon, Sudan 79,000

Public Health General Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 212,000

Life expectancy
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40.0 (m), 45.7 (f) Central Africans in forced displacement 291,000
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Infant mortality (per 1,000) 106
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5 IDPs by Region (population | IDPs | share of pop.)
Children < 5 mortality (per 1,000) 176
4 Nana-Mambéré 1 251,993 20,000 7.9 %
Maternal mortality (per 100,000) 1,355
5 Ouham-Pendé 2 464,272 37,000 8.0 %
Pop. without access to safe water 1,400,000
5 Ouham 3 398,179 30,000 7.5 %
Children fully immunized 32.0 %
Nana-Gribizi 4 127,057 35,000 27.5 %
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Health Focus HIV / AIDS among 15-49 year olds Bamingi-Bangoran 46,620 15,000 32.2 %

HIV overall prevalence 6.2 % Vakaga 6 56,354 30,000 53.3 %

HIV prevalence by sex 4.3 % (m), 7.8 % (f) Haute-Kotto 7 97,400 20,000 20.5 %

Pastoralists - 25,000 -
Education
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Primary school enrolment (net) 51.4 % Consolidated Appeal 2007 (USD, share in %)
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Adult literacy rate 54 % (m), 32 % (f) Amount appealed for $ 86.32 mn 100 %

A. committed or contributed $ 41.12 mn 48 %

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Food Security

Global acute malnutrition < 5 years 10 % For more information contact:

Mr. Kersten Jauer | Information Manager | UN
Global chronic malnutrition < 5 years 38 % Mobile + 236 57 50 34 | Email kersten.jauer@undp.org

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UNFPA (2007), Population projection CAR for 2007
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IMF (2007), World Economic Outlook 2006
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UNDP (2007), Human Development Report 2006, http://hdr.undp.org
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CAR (2003), General Census on Population and Housing 2003
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MICS III (2006) ATTENTION: HIV data from national population survey. Cannot be compared to sentinel populations-based data (see Fact Sheet Feb 07)
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OCHA CAR (March 2007), Population projection for 2007 (UNFPA)
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UNHCR (2007)
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OCHA Financial Tracking System (10 August 2007), http://www.reliefweb.int/fts

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