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Название: The 2010 CIA World Factbook

Автор: United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Издательство: Bookwire

Жанр: Социология

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СКАЧАТЬ 3,110 km

      border countries: Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km

      Coastline:

      515 km

      Maritime claims:

      territorial sea: 12 nm

      exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

      continental shelf: 200 nm

      Climate:

      tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October)

      Terrain:

      mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest

      Elevation extremes:

      lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m

      highest point: Monts Nimba 1,752 m

      Natural resources:

      petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower

      Land use:

      arable land: 10.23%

      permanent crops: 11.16%

      other: 78.61% (2005)

      Irrigated land:

      730 sq km (2003)

      Total renewable water resources:

      81 cu km (2001)

      Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

      total: 0.93 cu km/yr (24%/12%/65%)

      per capita: 51 cu m/yr (2000)

      Natural hazards:

      coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible

      Environment - current issues:

      deforestation (most of the country's forests - once the largest in West Africa - have been heavily logged); water pollution from sewage and industrial and agricultural effluents

      Environment - international agreements:

      party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling

      signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

      most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region; apart from the capital area, the forested interior is sparsely populated

      People ::Cote d'Ivoire

      Population:

      21,058,798 country comparison to the world: 57 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 (July 2010 est.)

      Age structure:

      0–14 years: 40.6% (male 4,215,912/female 4,146,077)

      15–64 years: 56.6% (male 5,942,642/female 5,720,108)

      65 years and over: 2.9% (male 296,074/female 296,255) (2010 est.)

      Median age:

      total: 19.4 years

      male: 19.6 years

      female: 19.3 years (2010 est.)

      Population growth rate:

      2.105% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 47

      Birth rate:

      31.48 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 43

      Death rate:

      10.43 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 51

      Net migration rate:

      0 migrant(s)/1,000 population NA country comparison to the world: 75

      Urbanization:

      urban population: 49% of total population (2008)

      rate of urbanization: 3.2% annual rate of change (2005–10 est.)

      Sex ratio:

      at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

      under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

      15–64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

      65 years and over: 0.99 male(s)/female

      total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 66.43 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 24 male: 73.37 deaths/1,000 live births

      female: 59.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 56.19 years country comparison to the world: 195 male: 55.27 years

      female: 57.13 years (2010 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      4.01 children born/woman (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 42

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      3.9% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 17

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      480,000 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 20

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      38,000 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 16

      Major infectious diseases:

      degree of risk: very high

      food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

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