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Middle Africa
General Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Population (000, 2021)
184 980
a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)
28.5
a
Surface area (km2)
6 496 820
b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)
99.6
a
Economic indicators
2010
2015
2021
GDP: Gross domestic product
(million current US$)
189 153
238 018
225 405
b
GDP growth rate
(annual %, const. 2015 prices)
4.7
2
0.8
b
GDP per capita
(current US$)
1 437.1
1 543.5
1 293.1
b
Unemployment
c
(% of labour force)
5.4
5
4.8
d
Labour force participation rate
c
(female/male pop. %)
66.8 / 73.8
65.6 / 72.8
65.3 / 72.2
d
Agricultural production index
(2014-2016=100)
77
100
110
b
International trade: exports
(million current US$)
90 717
70 653
108 968
d
International trade: imports
(million current US$)
43 623
56 081
61 885
d
International trade: balance
(million current US$)
47 094
14 572
47 083
d
Social indicators
2010
2015
2021
Population growth rate
e
(average annual %)
3.2
3.2
3
d
Urban population
(% of total population)
45.2
47.9
50.1
b
Urban population growth rate
e
(average annual %)
4.4
4.3
...
Fertility rate, total
e
(live births per woman)
6.2
5.9
5.5
d
Life expectancy at birth
e
(females/males, years)
55.4 / 52.4
58.6 / 55.4
61.1 / 57.7
d
Population age distribution
(0-14/60+ years old, %)
45.8 / 4.4
45.8 / 4.3
44.8 / 4.4
a
International migrant stock
(000/% of total pop.)
2 436.8 / 1.9
3 479.9 / 2.3
3 861.6 / 2.2
d
Infant mortality rate
e
(per 1 000 live births)
87.7
74.1
64
d
Seats held by women in national parliaments
(%)
13.5
18.1
18.4
f
Environment and infrastructure indicators
2010
2015
2021
Individuals using the Internet
(per 100 inhabitants)
2.1
8.7
12.2
b
Forested area
(% of land area)
47.2
45.7
44.9
g
Pop. using safely managed drinking water
(urban/rural, %)
36.4 / 2.6
42.4 / 3.0
47.3 / 3.2
d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation
(urban/rural %)
27.6 / 15.9
27.4 / 14.5
26.5 / 12.7
d
Footnotes
a
Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b
2019
c
Estimate.
d
2020
e
Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
f
Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
g
2018