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Cote d'Ivoire People 1996

    • Population:
      14,791,257 (July 1995 est.)

    • Age structure:

        0-14 years:
        48% (female 3,506,147; male 3,534,751)

        15-64 years:
        50% (female 3,619,759; male 3,820,999)

        65 years and over:
        2% (female 142,366; male 167,235) (July 1995 est.)

    • Population growth rate:
      3.38% (1995 est.)

    • Birth rate:
      46.17 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

    • Death rate:
      14.95 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

    • Net migration rate:
      NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

        note:
        since 1989, over 350,000 refugees have fled to Cote d'Ivoire to escape the civil war in Liberia; if a lasting peace is achieved in Liberia in 1995, large numbers of refugees can be expected to return to their homes

    • Infant mortality rate:
      93.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

    • Life expectancy at birth:

        total population:
        48.87 years

        male:
        46.52 years

        female:
        51.29 years (1995 est.)

    • Total fertility rate:
      6.61 children born/woman (1995 est.)

    • Nationality:

        noun:
        Ivorian(s)

        adjective:
        Ivorian

    • Ethnic divisions:
      Baoule 23%, Bete 18%, Senoufou 15%, Malinke 11%, Agni, foreign Africans (mostly Burkinabe and Malians, about 3 million), non-Africans 130,000 to 330,000 (French 30,000 and Lebanese 100,000 to 300,000)

    • Religions:
      indigenous 25%, Muslim 60%, Christian 12%

    • Languages:
      French (official), 60 native dialects; Dioula is the most widely spoken

    • Literacy:
      age 15 and over can read and write (1988)

        total population:
        34%

        male:
        44%

        female:
        23%

    • Labor force:
      5.718 million

        by occupation:
        over 85% of population engaged in agriculture, forestry, livestock raising; about 11% of labor force are wage earners, nearly half in agriculture and the remainder in government, industry, commerce, and professions






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