People (Ivory Coast)
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     Population:
         13,497,153 (July 1992), growth rate 3.9% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         47 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         12 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         3 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         94 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         53 years male, 57 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         6.8 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Ivorian(s); adjective - Ivorian
     Ethnic divisions:
         over 60 ethnic groups; most important are the Baoule 23%, Bete 18%, Senoufou
         15%, Malinke 11%, and Agni; foreign Africans, mostly Burkinabe about 2
         million; non-Africans about 130,000 to 330,000 (French 30,000 and Lebanese
         100,000 to 300,000)
     Religions:
         indigenous 63%, Muslim 25%, Christian 12%,
     Languages:
         French (official), over 60 native dialects; Dioula most widely spoken
     Literacy:
         54% (male 67%, female 40%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         5,718,000; over 85% of population engaged in agriculture, forestry,
         livestock raising; about 11% of labor force are wage earners, nearly half in
         agriculture and the remainder in government, industry, commerce, and
         professions; 54% of population of working age (1985)
     Organized labor:
         20% of wage labor force