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![]() ![]() Chad People 2000 Population: 8,424,504 (July 2000 est.) Age structure:
Population growth rate: 3.31% (2000 est.) Birth rate: 48.81 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) Death rate: 15.71 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate: 96.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 6.63 children born/woman (2000 est.) Nationality:
Ethnic groups:
Muslims, commonly referred to as "northerners" or "gorane" (Arabs, Toubou, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko, Kanembou, Baguirmi, Boulala, Zaghawa, and Maba); non-Muslims, commonly referred to as "southerners" (Sara, Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye, Moundang, Moussei, Massa) including nonindigenous 150,000 (of whom 1,000 are French)
Religions: Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs (mostly animism) 25% Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara and Sango (in south), more than 100 different languages and dialects Literacy:
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