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<text id=94CT1429><title>Tunisia—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Tunisia<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 8,726,562 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 1.76% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 23.4 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 4.95 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> -0.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 34.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 72.89 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 70.85 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 75.03 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.88 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Tunisian(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Tunisian
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Arab-Berber 98%, European 1%, Jewish less than 1%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish 1%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 65%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 74%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 56%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 2.25 million
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 32%
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> shortage of skilled labor
</list></list></body></article></text>