| GENERAL
STATISTICS
Population:
3,444,951
(January 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups:
Baya 34%,
Banda 27%, Sara 10%, Mandjia 21%, Mboum 4%, M'Baka 4%, Europeans 6,500
(including 3,600 French)
Religions:
Indigenous
beliefs 24%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15%, other 11%.
Note:
Indigenous religious beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian
majority
Languages:
French (official),
Sangho (lingua franca and national language), Arabic, Hunsa, Swahili |
