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tunisia : vital stats

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geography

: Land Mass : 154,530 sq.km. (59,664 sq.mi.) Mountainous and agricultural in the north, Sahara desert in the south.
: Population : (2000): 9,585,611 +1.40% AGR
: Capital : Tunis 1.9 million

peoples

: Literacy : 67%
: Official Language : Arabic. French is widely used
: Total Languages : 7
: Languages with Scriptures : 2 - Bible; 2 - portions

Arabic	Berber	Other
96.5-98.5%	1-3%	0.5%

economy

Sustained development since independence. Public Debt 48.5% of GNP go to Human Development Index.

politics

Independent from France in 1956.

religion

Islam is the state religion.

Religions	Population %	Adherents	Annual Growth
Muslim	99.66%	9,553,020	+1.4%
Christian	0.22%	21,088	+0.5%
non-Religious / other	0.10%	9,586	+1.4%
Jewish	0.02%	1,917	-6.5%