The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

males age 15–49: 973,884 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 69,534 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $112 million (FY99)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       0.7% (FY99)

      Transnational Issues El Salvador

      Disputes - international:

       in 1992, the ICJ ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones" (disputed

       areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary, but they remain

       largely undemarcated; in 2002, El Salvador filed an application to

       the ICJ to revise the decision on a section of bolsones; the ICJ

       also advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the

       Golfo de Fonseca with consideration of Honduran access to the

       Pacific; El Salvador claims tiny Conejo Island, not mentioned by the

       ICJ, off Honduras in the Golfo de Fonseca

      Illicit drugs:

       transshipment point for cocaine; small amounts of marijuana

       produced for local consumption; domestic cocaine abuse on the rise

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      @Equatorial Guinea

      Introduction Equatorial Guinea

      Background:

       Equatorial Guinea gained independence in 1968 after 190 years of

       Spanish rule. President OBIANG NGUEM MBASOGO has ruled the tiny

       country, composed of a mainland portion plus five inhabited islands

       and one of the smallest countries on the African continent, since he

       seized power in a coup in 1979. Although nominally a constitutional

       democracy since 1991, the 1996 and 2002 presidential elections - as

       well as the 1999 legislative elections - were widely seen as being

       flawed.

      Geography Equatorial Guinea

      Location:

       Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and

       Gabon

      Geographic coordinates:

       2 00 N, 10 00 E

      Map references:

       Africa

      Area:

       total: 28,051 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

       land: 28,051 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       slightly smaller than Maryland

      Land boundaries: total: 539 km border countries: Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km

      Coastline: 296 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM

      Climate:

       tropical; always hot, humid

      Terrain:

       coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

       highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m

      Natural resources:

       oil, petroleum, timber, small unexploited deposits of gold,

       manganese, uranium, titanium, iron ore

      Land use: arable land: 4.63% permanent crops: 3.57% other: 91.8% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land:

       NA sq km

      Natural hazards:

       violent windstorms, flash floods

      Environment - current issues:

       tap water is not potable; deforestation

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

       Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ship

       Pollution

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

       insular and continental regions rather widely separated

      People Equatorial Guinea

      Population:

       510,473 (July 2003 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 42.2% (male 108,179; female 107,164)

       15–64 years: 54% (male 132,342; female 143,509)

       65 years and over: 3.8% (male 8,576; female 10,703) (2003 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 18.7 years

       male: 18 years

       female: 19.3 years (2002)

      Population growth rate:

       2.44% (2003 est.)

      Birth rate:

       36.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Death rate:

       12.54 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 89.02 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 82.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

       male: 95.25 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 54.75 years

       male: 52.63 years

       female: 56.93 years (2003 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       4.75 children born/woman (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       3.4% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       5,900 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       370 (2001 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s)

       adjective: Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean

      Ethnic groups:

       Bioko (primarily Bubi, some Fernandinos), Rio Muni (primarily

       Fang), Europeans less than 1,000, mostly Spanish

      Religions:

       nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan

       practices

      Languages: