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People
5,792,984 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
108
0-14 years: 42.8% (male 1,212,848/female 1,202,240)
15-64 years: 53.7% (male 1,483,169/female 1,547,078)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 92,009/female 109,824) (2010 est.)
total: 18.5 years
male: 18.2 years
female: 18.9 years (2010 est.)
2.522% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 30
33.48 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 39
8.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 96
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 73
urban population: 21% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 5.4% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 42.33 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 65
male: 47.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 36.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 62.15 years
country comparison to the world: 180
male: 60.06 years
female: 64.3 years (2010 est.)
4.6 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35
1.3% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 47
38,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 66
2,600 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 56
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2009)
noun: Eritrean(s)
adjective: Eritrean
nine recognized ethnic groups: Tigrinya 55%, Tigre 30%, Saho 4%, Kunama 2%, Rashaida 2%, Bilen 2%, other (Afar, Beni Amir, Nera) 5% (2010 est.)
Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant
Tigrinya (official), Arabic (official), English (official), Tigre, Kunama, Afar, other Cushitic languages
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 58.6%
male: 69.9%
female: 47.6% (2003 est.)
total: 6 years
male: 7 years
female: 5 years (2004)
2% of GDP (2006)
country comparison to the world: 168
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