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Niger People 1996

Population:

9,280,208 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

49% (female 2,275,338; male 2,275,999)

15-64 years:

49% (female 2,314,857; male 2,188,938)

65 years and over:

2% (female 107,432; male 117,644) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

3.4% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

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

Death rate:

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

Net migration rate:

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

Infant mortality rate:

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

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

45.07 years

male:

43.42 years

female:

46.77 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

7.35 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Nigerien(s)

adjective:

Nigerien

Ethnic divisions:

Hausa 56%, Djerma 22%, Fula 8.5%, Tuareg 8%, Beri Beri (Kanouri) 4.3%, Arab, Toubou, and Gourmantche 1.2%, about 4,000 French expatriates

Religions:

Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christians

Languages:

French (official), Hausa, Djerma

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1988)

total population:

11%

male:

17%

female:

Labor force:

2.5 million wage earners (1982)

by occupation:

agriculture 90%, industry and commerce 6%, government 4%

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