Infant mortality rate: 102.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 51.07 years male: 49.06 years female: 53.15 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 5.94 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Nationality: noun: Djiboutian(s) adjective: Djiboutian
Ethnic groups: Somali 60%, Afar 35%, French, Arab, Ethiopian, and
Italian 5%
Religions: Muslim 94%, Christian 6%
Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 46.2% male: 60.3% female: 32.7% (1995 est.)
@Djibouti:Government
Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Djibouti conventional short form: Djibouti former: French Territory of the Afars and Issas, French Somaliland