a few moments later Meriem drew away toward the north coast Natural resources: small deposits of petroleum, bauxite, phosphates, fish, timber Land use: arable land: 38% permanent crops: 3% meadows and pastures: 1% forest and woodland: 64% other: 28% Irrigated land: 31,000 km2 (1989 est.) National product real growth rate: 1.86% (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.68 years (1993 est.) Birth rate: 47.97 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.8 years male: 71.15 years female: 69.44 years
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