Birth rate: 42.15 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 16.12 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: -1.96 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.) note: of the more than 350 000 refugees that fled to Cote d'Ivoire since 1989 to escape the civil war in Liberia only about 210 000 remained in Cote d'Ivoire according to a 1997 census
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.03 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 95.95 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 46.24 years male: 44.73 years female: 47.8 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 5.97 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Nationality: noun: Ivorian(s) adjective: Ivorian
Ethnic groups: Baoule 23% Bete 18% Senoufou 15% Malinke 11% Agni foreign Africans (mostly Burkinabe and Malians about 3 million) non-Africans 130 000 to 330 000 (French 30 000 and Lebanese 100 000 to 300 000)
Religions: Muslim 60% Christian 12% indigenous 25% (some of these are also numbered among the Christians and Muslims)
Languages: French (official) 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 40.1% male: 49.9% female: 30% (1995 est.)
