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Infected adults: 24,000 or 0.5%
Infected children: 2,900
Estimated AIDS deaths, 2001: 2,500
Children under 14 orphaned by AIDS: 15,000

Source: UNAIDS, 2001 data

 

Population
10 million

Capital
Dakar

Ethnic groups
Wolof 43.3%, Pular 23.8%, Serer 14.7%, Jola 3.7%, Mandinka 3%, Soninke 1.1%, European and Lebanese 1%, other 9.4%

Languages
French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka

Literacy
(Age 15 and over)
Total population: 33.1%
Male: 43%
Female: 23.2% (1995 est.)

History
Gained independence from France in 1960.

Government
Republic under multiparty democratic rule

Land use
Arable land: 12%
Permanent crops: 0%
Permanent pastures: 16%
Forests and woodland: 54%
Other: 18% (1993 est.)

Natural resources
Fish, phosphates, iron ore

Industries
Agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, construction materials

 

Source: CIA, 2000 World Factbook

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