People (Chad)
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     Population:
         5,238,908 (July 1992), growth rate 2.1% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         42 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         21 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         136 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         39 years male, 41 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         5.3 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Chadian(s); adjective - Chadian
     Ethnic divisions:
         some 200 distinct ethnic groups, most of whom are Muslims (Arabs, Toubou,
         Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko, Kanembou, Baguirmi, Boulala, Zaghawa, and Maba) in
         the north and center and non-Muslims (Sara, Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye,
         Moundang, Moussei, Massa) in the south; some 150,000 nonindigenous, of whom
         1,000 are French
     Religions:
         Muslim 44%, Christian 33%, indigenous beliefs, animism 23%
     Languages:
         French and Arabic (official); Sara and Sango in south; more than 100
         different languages and dialects are spoken
     Literacy:
         30% (male 42%, female 18%) age 15 and over can read and write French or
         Arabic (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         NA; agriculture (engaged in unpaid subsistence farming, herding, and
         fishing) 85%
     Organized labor:
         about 20% of wage labor force