Fact Sheet For The Central African Republic

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Central African Republic Fact Sheet August 2007 Area and Population

Regions Affected by Violence

Area

622,984 sq km

Area comparative Population

1

6

Chad

ƒ 1.1 x France ƒ 0.9 x Texas

5

4,216,666 2

2

USD 352

GDP Growth Rate in 2006

2

Human Development Index

Bangui

3.2 % 3

DRC 500 km

0.353

Human Development Index Rank HDI Change 1990 – 2004

7

4 3

1

Economy and Development GDP per capita 2006

3

172 of 177

3

- 8.8 %

People living on below US$ 1 / day

3

67%

Public Health General 4

40.0 (m), 45.7 (f)

Infant mortality (per 1,000)

5

People affected by violence

1,000,000 7

79,000

Internally displaced persons (IDPs)

212,000

Central Africans in forced displacement

291,000

106

Children < 5 mortality (per 1,000) Maternal mortality (per 100,000)

5

176

4

Pop. without access to safe water Children fully immunized

6

Internal Displacement and Refugees

Refugees in Chad, Cameroon, Sudan

Life expectancy

N

Sudan

1,355 5

1,400,000

5

32.0 %

Health Focus HIV / AIDS among 15-49 year olds

5

HIV overall prevalence

6.2 %

HIV prevalence by sex

4.3 % (m), 7.8 % (f)

IDPs by Region (population | IDPs | share of pop.)

6

Nana-Mambéré

1

251,993

20,000

7.9 %

Ouham-Pendé

2

464,272

37,000

8.0 %

Ouham

3

398,179

30,000

7.5 %

Nana-Gribizi

4

127,057

35,000

27.5 %

Bamingi-Bangoran

5

46,620

15,000

32.2 %

Vakaga

6

56,354

30,000

53.3 %

Haute-Kotto

7

97,400

20,000

20.5 %

Pastoralists

-

25,000

-

Education Primary school enrolment (net) Adult literacy rate

Food Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

5

4

51.4 % 54 % (m), 32 % (f)

Consolidated Appeal 2007 (USD, share in %)

8

Amount appealed for

$ 86.32 mn

100 %

A. committed or contributed

$ 41.12 mn

48 %

5

Global acute malnutrition < 5 years

10 %

Global chronic malnutrition < 5 years

38 %

For more information contact: Mr. Kersten Jauer | Information Manager | UN Mobile + 236 57 50 34 | Email [email protected]

UNFPA (2007), Population projection CAR for 2007 IMF (2007), World Economic Outlook 2006 UNDP (2007), Human Development Report 2006, http://hdr.undp.org CAR (2003), General Census on Population and Housing 2003 MICS III (2006) ATTENTION: HIV data from national population survey. Cannot be compared to sentinel populations-based data (see Fact Sheet Feb 07) OCHA CAR (March 2007), Population projection for 2007 (UNFPA) UNHCR (2007) OCHA Financial Tracking System (10 August 2007), http://www.reliefweb.int/fts

Humanitarian and Development Partnership Team Central African Republic | [email protected] | www.hdptcar.net