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- Algeria: People
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- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Algeria
- People</hdr><body>
- <p>Population: 27,256,252 (July 1993 est.)
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- <p>Population growth rate: 2.34% (1993 est.)
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- <p>Birth rate: 30.38 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
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- <p>Death rate: 6.41 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
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- <p>Net migration rate: -0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
- est.)
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- <p>Infant mortality rate: 54 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
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- <l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
- <l> total population: 67.35 years</l>
- <l> male: 66.32 years</l>
- <l> female: 68.41 years (1993 est.)</l>
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- <p>Total fertility rate: 3.96 children born/woman (1993 est.)
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- <l>Nationality:</l>
- <l> noun: Algerian(s)</l>
- <l> adjective: Algerian</l>
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- <p>Ethnic divisions: Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
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- <p>Religions: Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and
- Jewish 1%
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- <p>Languages: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
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- <l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
- <l> total population: 57%</l>
- <l> male: 70%</l>
- <l> female: 46%</l>
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- <p>Labor force: 6.2 million (1992 est.)
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- <p> by occupation: government 29.5%, agriculture 22%,
- construction and public works 16.2%, industry 13.6%, commerce
- and services 13.5%, transportation and communication 5.2% (1989)
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