Eritrea
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Introduction - Eritrea: | Location - Eritrea: | People - Eritrea: | Population | 4,906,585 (July 2007 est.) | | Age structure | 0-14 years: 43.5% (male 1,073,404/female 1,060,674)
15-64 years: 52.9% (male 1,286,613/female 1,310,294)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 85,052/female 90,548) (2007 est.) | | Median age | total: 17.9 years
male: 17.7 years
female: 18.2 years (2007 est.) | | Population growth rate | 2.461% (2007 est.) | | Birth rate | 33.97 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Death rate | 9.36 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.012 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.982 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.939 male(s)/female
total population: 0.993 male(s)/female (2007 est.) | | Infant mortality rate | total: 45.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 51.05 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 39.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) | | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 59.55 years
male: 57.88 years
female: 61.28 years (2007 est.) | | Total fertility rate | 4.96 children born/woman (2007 est.) | | Hiv aids adult prevalence rate | 2.7% (2003 est.) | | Hiv aids people living with hiv aids | 60,000 (2003 est.) | | Hiv aids deaths | 6,300 (2003 est.) | | Nationality | noun: Eritrean(s)
adjective: Eritrean | | Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria is a high risk in some locations (2007) | | Ethnic groups | Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%, other 3% | | Religions | Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant | | Languages | Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages | | Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 58.6%
male: 69.9%
female: 47.6% (2003 est.) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |