- Total Area: 923,768 sq km
- Land Area: 910,768 sq km - Water Area: 13,000 sq km - Climate description: varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north - Terrain description: southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north - Arable Land Use: 33.02% - Permanent Crop Land Use: 3.14% - Irrigated Land: 2,930 sq km - Total Renewable Water Resources: 286.2 cu km - Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 8.01 cu km/yr - Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 61 cu m/yr - Natural Hazards description: periodic droughts; flooding - Environmental Current Issues: soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, and soil; has suffered serious damage from oil spills; loss of arable land; rapid urbanization - Total Labor Force: 53.83 million - % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 70% - Agricultural Products description: cocoa, peanuts, cotton, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish |
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