Guinea-Bissau

LOCATION: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal

AREA: 36,125 sq km

CAPITAL: Bissau

POPULATION:  1,533,964

BIRTH RATE: 35.97 births/1,000

DEATH RATE: 15.79 deaths/1,000

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 47.9 years

RELIGION:  Muslim 50%, Indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 10%

LANGUAGES: Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages

LITERACY RATE: age 15 and above can read and write (male:58.1%) (Female 27.4%)