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:
5,166,510 (July 2013 est.)
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
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 40.7% (male 1,058,523/female 1,045,664)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 20.2% (male 525,581/female 520,274)
25-54 years: 31.5% (male 814,003/female 815,169)
55-64 years: 3.9% (male 86,860/female 113,190)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 73,942/female 113,304) (2013 est.)

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 77.5 %
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 70.7 %
elderly dependency ratio: 6.8 %
potential support ratio: 14.7 (2013)

Median age:
total: 19.3 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 19 years
female: 19.7 years (2013 est.)

Population growth rate:
2.14% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 45
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Birth rate:
35.8 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 23
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]

Death rate:
14.42 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 6
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]

Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]

Urbanization:
urban population: 39.1% of total population (2011)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 2.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
BANGUI (capital) 740,000 (2011)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
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: 0.75 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

Maternal mortality rate:
890 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 5
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 95.04 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 4
male: 102.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 87.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 50.9 years
country comparison to the world: 218
male: 49.64 years
female: 52.2 years (2013 est.)

Total fertility rate:
4.52 children born/woman (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 30
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Contraceptive prevalence rate:
19% (2006)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
3.8% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 171
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]

Physicians density:
0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
1 beds/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

Drinking water source:
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