Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Languages
French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
Samoan (Polynesian), English
Exports
cotton, gold, livestock
External Debt
$2,725,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 493.51 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004) note: since 1 January 1999, the XOF franc has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Western Africa, southwest of Algeria
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand
Area
1,240,192 km sq
2,831 km sq
Coastline
0 km
403 km
Climate
subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February)
tropical; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October)
