Tunisia 
Facts
Population: 10,276,158 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 24% (male 1,270,208/female 1,191,619)
15-64 years: 69.2% (male 3,571,228/female 3,538,458)
65 years and over: 6.9% (male 333,801/female 370,844) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 0.989% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 15.54 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 5.17 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: -0.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.066 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.009 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
total population: 1.015 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 22.94 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.34 years
male: 73.6 years
female: 77.21 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 1.73 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2005 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 1,000 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 200 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Tunisian(s)
adjective: Tunisian.
Ethnic groups: Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish and other 1%.
Religions: Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%.
Languages: Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce).
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.3%
male: 83.4%
female: 65.3% (2004 census).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $89.74 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 5.1% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $8,800 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 12.8%
industry: 31%
services: 56.2% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 3.502 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 55%
industry: 23%
services: 22% (1995 est.).
Population below poverty line: 7.4% (2005 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 31.8% (1995).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.6% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 13.9% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $7.728 billion
expenditures: $8.734 billion; including capital expenditures of $1.6 billion (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: olives, olive oil, grain, tomatoes, citrus fruit, sugar beets, dates, almonds; beef, dairy products.
Industries: petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore), tourism, textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages.
Industrial production growth rate: 4.7% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 11.81 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 10.97 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 15 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 5 million kWh (2004).
Exports: $11.61 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons.
Exports - partners: France 32.9%, Italy 24%, Germany 8.4%, Spain 5.5%, Libya 4.5% (2005).
Imports: $13.89 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, foodstuffs.
Imports - partners: France 23.5%, Italy 20.9%, Germany 8.2%, Spain 5.1% (2005).
Debt - external: $18.37 billion (30 June 2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $328 million (2004).
Currency (code): Tunisian dinar (TND).
Exchange rates: Tunisian dinars per US dollar - 1.331 (2006), 1.2974 (2005), 1.2455 (2004), 1.2885 (2003), 1.4217 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
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(Arabic daily/ ruling party), Tunis
http://www.tunisieinfo.com/alhorria
Al-Sabah
(Pro-government), Tunis
(Conservative), Tunis
http://www.lapresse.tn
(French language business magazine), Tunis
http://www.tunisieinfo.com/indexte.html
(French language daily/ independent),
www.tunisie.com/lequotidien
(French language daily/ruling party), Tunis
http://www.tunisieinfo.com/LeRenouveau
Le Temps
(Pro-government), Tunis
Tunisia in the News
Despite impressive strides in other arenas, Tunisia remains one of the last countries with a 'Stalinist' media, Roland Lank reports from Tunis.
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