Capital: Dakar Area: 196,200 sq km / 75,753 sq ml Language: French, Wolof Currency: CFA Franc Population: 10,580,300 Life expectancy: 48 (men), 50 (women) Literacy rate: 52% Religions: Sunni Muslim Physical features: Plains rising to hills in the south east, swamp and tropical forest in the south west Ethnic distribution: 36% Wolof, 21% Fulani, 19% Serer, 7% Diola and 6% Mandingo Exports: Peanuts, cotton, fish, phosphates, animal fat, machinery