_#_Natural resources: iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold
_#_Land use: arable land 1%; permanent crops 3%; meadows and pastures 2%; forest and woodland 39%; other 55%; includes irrigated NEGL%
_#_Environment: West Africa's largest tropical rain forest, subject to deforestation
_*People #_Population: 2,730,446 (July 1991), growth rate 3.4% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 45 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 13 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 2 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 124 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 54 years male, 59 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 6.5 children born/woman (1991)