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Mauritania People 1996
2,263,202 (July 1995 est.)
48% (female 544,674; male 551,099)
49% (female 574,282; male 542,762)
3% (female 28,955; male 21,430) (July 1995 est.)
47.32 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
15.66 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
83.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
6.92 children born/woman (1995 est.)
mixed Maur/black 40%, Maur 30%, black 30%
Hasaniya Arabic (official), Pular, Soninke, Wolof (official)
age 15 and over can read and write (1988)
465,000 (1981 est.); 45,000 wage earners (1980)
agriculture 47%, services 29%, industry and commerce 14%, government 10%
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