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  1.                                                                                 People
  2.  
  3. Population: 8,445,656 (July 1992), growth rate 2.0% (1992)
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 25 births/1,000 population (1992)
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 38 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 70 years male, 74 years female (1992)
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 3.2 children born/woman (1992)
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  17. Nationality: noun - Tunisian(s); adjective - Tunisian
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: Arab-Berber 98%, European 1%, Jewish less
  20. than 1%
  21.  
  22. Religions: Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish less than 1%
  23.  
  24. Languages: Arabic (official); Arabic and French (commerce)
  25.  
  26. Literacy: 65% (male 74%, female 56%) age 15 and over can read
  27. and write (1990 est.)
  28.  
  29. Labor force: 2,250,000; agriculture 32%; shortage of skilled
  30. labor
  31.  
  32. Organized labor: about 360,000 members claimed, roughly 20% of
  33. labor force; General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT),
  34. quasi-independent of Constitutional Democratic Party  
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