Area: 622.601 Km²
Population: 3.577.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 6 pop/Km²

System of government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Bangui (524.000 pop.)
Major cities: Bouar 50.000 pop., Bérbérati 40.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Banda 27%, Baya 24%, Mandjia 21%, Sara 10%, others 18%
Border countries: Chad NORTH, Sudan NORTH-EAST, Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo SOUTH, Cameroon WEST

Principal mountains: Mount Kayagangiri 1420 m
Principal rivers: Oubangui (with Bomu) 1400 Km (Central African tract, total 2300 Km)
Principal lakes: -
Principal islands: -
Climate: Tropical

Language: French (official), Sangho
Religion: Indigenous Beliefs 57%, Christian 35%, Muslim 8%
Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine Franc (XAF)