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Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah
Morocco
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Tunisia
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P.O. Box 863, Tunis
Tel: (216 1) 564942 – 564011
Fax: (216 1) 572431
E-mail: fnuap@fnuap.intl.tn

 
Demographic, Social & Economic Indicators
Total Population (millions) (2000) 9.6
Projected population (millions) (2025) 12.8
Avg. pop. growth rate (%) (1995-2000) 1.4
% Urban (1995) 57
Urban growth rate (1995-2000) 2.6
Population/ ha arable and perm. crop land 0.5
Total fertility rate (1995-2000) 2.55
% births with skilled attendants 81
GNP per capita PPP$ (1998) 5,169
Per capita central govt. expenditures (PPP$) Education 397.0
Health   162.1
External population assistance (US$,000) 2,797
Under-5 mortality M/F M  38
F  36
Per capita energy consumption 735
Access to safe water 90
   
Monitoring ICPD Goals: Selected Indicators
Infant mortality Total per 1,000 live births 30
Life expectancy M 68.4
F 70.7
Maternal mortality ratio 70
Primary enrolment (gross) M 122
F 114
Proportion reaching grade 5 M 90
F 92
Secondary enrolment (gross) M 66
F 63
% Illiterate (>15 years) M 20
F 41
Contraceptive knowledge % knowing source 99

% knowing method 97
Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 13
Contraceptive prevalence Any method 60
Modern methods 51
   

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