Exact population: 21,952,093 (July 2012 est.) Literacy: Total population: 50.9%; male: 57.9%; female: 43.6% Ethnicities: Akan 42.1%, Voltaiques or Gur 17.6%, Northern Mandes 16.5%, Krous 11%, Southern Mandes 10%, other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French) (1998) Land boundaries: Total: 3,110 km; border countries: Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km Terrain: Mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest Extremes: Lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m; highest point: Mont Nimba 1,752 m Imports: France 24.3%, Nigeria 19.2%, UK 4% (2004) Exports: US 11.6%, Netherlands 10.2%, France 9.5%, Italy 5.5%, Belgium 4.7%, Germany 4.7% (2004) Industries: Foodstuffs, beverages; wood products, oil refining, truck and bus assembly, textiles, fertilizer, building materials, electricity, ship construction and repair