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<text id=93CT1410>
<title>
Tunisia--People
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Tunisia
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 8,570,868 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 1.84% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 24.24 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 5.04 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: -0.79 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 35.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 72.54 years</l>
<l> male: 70.55 years</l>
<l> female: 74.62 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 3.02 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Tunisian(s)</l>
<l> adjective: Tunisian</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: Arab-Berber 98%, European 1%, Jewish less
than 1%
</p>
<p>Religions: Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish 1%
</p>
<p>Languages: Arabic (official and one of the languages of
commerce), French (commerce)
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
<l> total population: 65%</l>
<l> male: 74%</l>
<l> female: 56%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 2.25 million
</p>
<p> by occupation: agriculture 32%
</p>
<p>note: shortage of skilled labor
</p></body></article></text>