crude oil Land use: arable land: 1% permanent crops: 10% meadows and pastures: 9% forest and woodland: 39% other: 37% Irrigated land: 6,940 km2 (1990) Environment: contamination of soil and groundwater; extensive erosion from poor farming methods Note: landlocked *Burkina, People Population: 156,664,223 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 3% (1987) External debt: $16.9 billion (year end 1991) Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: 35,000 kW capacity; 42,000 million kWh produced, 1,130 kWh per capita (1990) Industries: timber, tourism, food processing, light consumer goods partners: US, France, other EC members, Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea Australia Group established-1984 aim-to consult on matters specified in Section 3 below. 1.F. 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg
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