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GeographyLocation: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,424 km, Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km Coastline: 1,148 km
PeoplePopulation: 8,879,845 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.69% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 22.52 births/1,000 population Death rate: 4.86 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -0.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 32.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.73 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Arab-Berber 98%, European 1%, Jewish less than 1% Religions: Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish 1% Languages: Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Tunis Independence: 20 March 1956 (from France) Constitution: 1 June 1959; amended 12 July 1988
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $37.1 billion National product real growth rate: 4.4% National product per capita: $4,250 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.5% Unemployment rate: 16.2%
Electricity:
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