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Guinea-Bissau Thematic Maps

Country (long form)	Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Capital	Bissau
Total Area	13,946.01 sq mi 36,120.00 sq km (slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut)
Population	1,315,822 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	3,237,496
Languages	Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages
Literacy	53.9% total, 67.1% male, 40.7% female (1997 est.)
Religions	indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim 45%, Christian 5%
Life Expectancy	47.12 male, 51.78 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	republic, multiparty since mid-1991
Currency	1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes
GDP (per capita)	$850 (2000 est.)
Industry	agricultural products processing, beer, soft drinks
Agriculture	rice, corn, beans, cassava (tapioca), cashew nuts, peanuts, palm kernels, cotton; timber; fish
Arable Land	11%
Natural Resources	fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, unexploited deposits of petroleum