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Chad People 1996

Population:

5,586,505 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

44% (female 1,198,619; male 1,267,470)

15-64 years:

54% (female 1,563,678; male 1,456,481)

65 years and over:

2% (female 71,971; male 28,286) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.18% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

42.05 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

20.26 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

129.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

41.19 years

male:

40.04 years

female:

42.38 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

5.33 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Chadian(s)

adjective:

Chadian

Ethnic divisions:

north and center:

Muslims (Arabs, Toubou, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko, Kanembou, Baguirmi, Boulala, Zaghawa, and Maba)

south:

non-Muslims (Sara, Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye, Moundang, Moussei, Massa) nonindigenous 150,000, of whom 1,000 are French

Religions:

Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs, animism 25%

Languages:

French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), Sango (in south), more than 100 different languages and dialects are spoken

Literacy:

age 15 and over has the ability to read and write in French and Arabic (1990 est.)

total population:

30%

male:

42%

female:

18%

Labor force:

by occupation:

agriculture 85% (engaged in unpaid subsistence farming, herding, and fishing)

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