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Senegal People 1996

Population:

9,007,080 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

45% (female 2,004,514; male 2,021,251)

15-64 years:

52% (female 2,398,609; male 2,301,236)

65 years and over:

3% (female 140,128; male 141,342) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

3.12% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

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

Death rate:

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

Net migration rate:

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

Infant mortality rate:

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

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

57.16 years

male:

55.65 years

female:

58.71 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

6.03 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Senegalese (singular and plural)

adjective:

Senegalese

Ethnic divisions:

Wolof 36%, Fulani 17%, Serer 17%, Toucouleur 9%, Diola 9%, Mandingo 9%, European and Lebanese 1%, other 2%

Religions:

Muslim 92%, indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2% (mostly Roman Catholic)

Languages:

French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Diola, Mandingo

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1988)

total population:

27%

male:

37%

female:

18%

Labor force:

2.509 million (77% are engaged in subsistence farming; 175,000 wage earners)

by occupation:

private sector 40%, government and parapublic 60%

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