Environment-international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 94 signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
Geography-note: landlocked; almost the precise center of Africa
@Central African Republic:People
Population: 3,375,771 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 44% (male 745,128; female 737,879) 15-64 years: 52% (male 864,263; female 906,656) 65 years and over: 4% (male 55,051; female 66,794) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.02% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 38.72 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 16.75 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: -1.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female (1998 est.)