_#_Land boundaries: 958 km total; Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km

_#_Coastline: 402 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Territorial sea: 200 nm

_#_Climate: tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April)

_#_Terrain: coastal belt of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country, upland plateau, mountains in east

_#_Natural resources: diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore, gold, chromite

_#_Land use: arable land 25%; permanent crops 2%; meadows and pastures 31%; forest and woodland 29%; other 13%; includes irrigated NEGL%

_#_Environment: extensive mangrove swamps hinder access to sea; deforestation; soil degradation

_*People #_Population: 4,274,543 (July 1991), growth rate 2.6% (1991)