People (Niger)
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     Population:
         8,052,945 (July 1992), growth rate 3.5% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         58 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         23 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         115 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         42 years male, 45 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         7.4 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Nigerien(s); adjective - Nigerien
     Ethnic divisions:
         Hausa 56%; Djerma 22%; Fula 8.5%; Tuareg 8%; Beri Beri (Kanouri) 4.3%; Arab,
         Toubou, and Gourmantche 1.2%; about 4,000 French expatriates
     Religions:
         Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christians
     Languages:
         French (official); Hausa, Djerma
     Literacy:
         28% (male 40%, female 17%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         2,500,000 wage earners (1982); agriculture 90%, industry and commerce 6%,
         government 4%; 51% of population of working age (1985)
     Organized labor:
         negligible