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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 7,969,309 (July 1990), growth rate 3.6% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 52 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 17 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 131 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 48 years male, 53 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 7.4 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Nigerien(s) adjective--Nigerien.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 56% Hausa; 22% Djerma; 8.5% Fula; 8% Tuareg; 
  20. 4.3% Beri Beri (Kanouri); 1.2% Arab, Toubou, and Gourmantche; 
  21. about 4,000 French expatriates.
  22.  
  23. Religion: 80% Muslim, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christians.
  24.  
  25. Language: French (official); Hausa, Djerma.
  26.  
  27. Literacy: 13.9%.
  28.  
  29. Labor force: 2,500,000 wage earners (1982); 90% agriculture, 
  30. 6% industry and commerce, 4% government; 51% of population 
  31. of working age (1985).
  32.  
  33. Organized labor: negligible.
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