National name: Republica da Guine-Bissau

President: Joao Bernardo Vieira (2005)

Prime Minister: Martinho Ndafa Kabi (2007)

Current (:lovernment officials

Land area: 10,811 sq mi (28,000 sq km); total area: 13,946 sq mi (36,120 sq km)

Population (2007 est.): 1,472,041 (growth rate 21%); birth rate 36.8/1000; infant mortality rate 103.3/1000; life expectancy 472; density per sq mi 136

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Bissau, 296,900

Monetary unit: CFA Franc

Languages: Portuguese (official), Criolo, African languages

Ethnicityfrace: African 99% (Balanta 30%, Fula 20%, Manjaca 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%), European and mulatto less than 1 %

Religions: indigenous beliefs 50%, Islam 45%, Christian