44. The population
population size over 17 000 000 inhabitants
,(17,654,843) ,
foreigners (mainly represented ) :other africans: about
5 millions; Lebanese : 150 000 . French : 40 000
About 60 tribes ,60 languages spoken in the country .
main and official language : french
More than 70% of the population under 25
Problems : youth literacy and unemployement problems
.
High mortality rate : diseases like malaria , AIDS ,...