Eritrea People 1997

Population 3,589,687 (July 1997 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 43% (male 781,169; female 770,497)
15-64 years: 54% (male 963,542; female 966,083)
65 years and over: 3% (male 55,811; female 52,585) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate 6.35% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 43.96 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 15.26 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate 34.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)
note: it is estimated that between 200,000 and 350,000 Eritrean refugees werestill living in Sudan in mid-1997

Sex ratio
at birth : 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.06 male(s)/female
total population : 1.01 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate 117.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 50.61 years
male: 48.85 years
female : 52.42 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 6.47 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nationality
noun: Eritrean(s)
adjective: Eritrean

Ethnic groups ethnic Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coastdwellers) 3%

Religions Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant

Languages Afar, Amharic, Arabic, Italian, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, minor triballanguages

NOTE: The information regarding Eritrea on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Eritrea People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Eritrea People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.