>>GHANA
Population: 19.9 million.
Capital: Accra.
Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Côte d'Ivoire and Togo.
Total area: 92,100 square miles. Slightly smaller than Oregon.
GDP: $37.4 billion, with a GDP growth rate of 3% (2000 est.).
GDP composition by sector: agriculture - 36%, industry - 25%, services - 39% (2000 est.).

>>IVORY COAST

Population: 16.4 million.
Capital: Yamoussoukro. Administrative center: Abidjan.
Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia.
Total area: 124,502 square miles. Slightly larger than New Mexico. e GDP: $26.2 billion, with a GDP growth rate of -0.3% (2000 est.).
GDP composition by sector: agriculture - 32%, industry - 18%, services - 50% (1998 est.).

>>MALI

Population: 11 million.
Capital: Bamako.
Location: Western Africa, southwest of Algeria.
Total area: 478,766 square miles. Slightly less than twice the size of Texas.
GDP: $9.1 billion, with a GDP growth rate of 4.8% (2000 est.).
GDP composition by sector: agriculture - 46%, industry - 21%, services - 33% (2000 est.).