Tunisia People:
Population:
10,074,951 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 25.3% (male:1,316,308; female:1,234,309)
15-64 years: 68.1% (male:3,437,880; female:3,418,591)
65 years and over: 6.6% (male:321,287; female:346,576) (2005)
Median age:
total: 27.29 years
male: 26.78 years
female: 27.82 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.99% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
15.5 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
5.09 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.54 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.93 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 24.77 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 27.68 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 21.65 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 74.89 years (2005 est.)
male: 73.2 years
female: 76.71 years
Total fertility rate:
1.75 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
1,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 200 (2003 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, and hepatitis A
vectorborne disease: may be a significant risk in some locations during the transmission season (typically April through November) (2004)
Nationality:
noun: Tunisian(s)
adjective: Tunisian
Ethnic groups:
Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish and other 1%
Religions:
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
Languages:
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce),
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.3%
male: 83.4%
female: 65.3% (2004)
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