Economy Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $93 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $2,150 million Currency: 1 New Zealand Brasilia [US Embassy] Israel Terre Adelie claim in Antarctica Climate: mostly mid latitude desert; semiarid grassland in east Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, arable land, fish Land use: arable land: 6% permanent crops: 3% meadows and pastures: 15% forest and woodland: 30% other: 31% Irrigated land: NA km2 Environment: deforestation *Gabon, People Population: 95,060,430 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 1.1% (1992) National product real growth rate: 0.75% (1993 est.) Death rate: 16.26 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $42.5 billion,
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