Eritrea 
Facts
Population:
4,298,269 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
42.85% (male 922,691; female 918,916)
15-64 years:
53.87% (male 1,147,927; female 1,167,705)
65 years and over:
3.28% (male 71,232; female 69,798) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
3.84% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
42.52 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
12.07 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
7.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
note:
according to the UNHCR, about 150,000 Eritrean refugees in Sudan have registered for voluntary repatriation, following the restoration of diplomatic relations between Eritrea and Sudan in January 2000
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.02 male(s)/female
total population:
0.99 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
75.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
56.18 years
male:
53.73 years
female:
58.71 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.87 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
2.87% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Eritrean(s)
adjective:
Eritrean
Ethnic groups:
ethnic Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%
Religions:
Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant
Languages:
Afar, Amharic, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
Literacy:
definition:
NA
total population:
25%
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $2.9 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
-1% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $710 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
16%
industry:
27%
services:
57% (2000 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
14% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
NA
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 80%, industry and services 20%
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$283.9 million
expenditures:
$351.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.)
Industries:
food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
165 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
153.5 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh NA kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh NA kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
sorghum, lentils, vegetables, corn, cotton, tobacco, coffee, sisal; livestock, goats; fish
Exports:
$26 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities:
livestock, sorghum, textiles, food, small manufactures
Exports - partners:
Sudan 27.2%, Ethiopia 26.5%, Japan 13.2%, UAE 7.3%, Italy 5.3% (1998)
Imports:
$560 million (c.i.f., 1999)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, petroleum products, food, manufactured goods
Imports - partners:
Italy 17.4%, UAE 16.2%, Germany 5.7%, UK 4.5%, Korea 4.4% (1998)
Debt - external:
$281 million (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$77 million (1999)
Currency:
nakfa (ERN)
Currency code:
ERN
Exchange rates:
nakfa per US dollar = 9.5 (January 2000), 7.6 (January 1999), 7.2 (March 1998 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
(Government-controlled), Asmara
http://www.shaebia.org/artman/publish/
(Ministry of Information's Online Publication), Asmara
http://www.shabait.com
Eritrea in the News
Meron Tesfa Michael interviews exiled Eritrean editor Milkias Mihreteab.
The proverbial ink on the December peace agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia was hardly dry before reports of problems between the long-standing antagonists surfaced.
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