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Republic of Guinea
National name: République de Guinée
President: Lansana Conté (1984)
Premier: Lamine Sidime (1999)
Area: 94,925 sq. mi. (245,860 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 7,538,953 (average annual rate of natural increase: 2.33%); birth rate: 40.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 126.3/1000; density per sq. mi.: 79
Capital and largest city (1995 est.): Conakry, 1,508,000
Monetary unit: Guinean franc
Languages: French (official), native tongues (Malinké, Susu, Fulani)
Ethnicity/race: Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, smaller tribes 10%
Religions: Islam, 85%; 7% indigenous, 8% Christian
Literacy rate: 24% in French; 48% in local languages
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $8.8 billion; $1,180 per capita. Real growth rate: 4.9%. Inflation: 3.5%. Arable land: 2%. Agriculture:rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (tapioca), bananas, sweet potatoes; cattle, sheep, goats; timber. Unemployment rate: n.a. Labor force: 2.4 million (1983); agriculture, 80%; industry and commerce, 11%; services, 5.4%; civil service, 3.6%. Industry: bauxite, gold, diamonds; alumina refining; light manufacturing and agricultural processing industries. Natural resources: bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish. Exports: $695 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.): bauxite, alumina, diamonds, gold, coffee, fish, agricultural products. Imports: $560 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.): petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs (1997). Major trading partners: Russia, U.S., Belgium, Ukraine, Ireland, Spain, France, Côte d'Ivoire, Hong Kong.
