hour of the arable land *Western Sahara, People Population: 3,073,979 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 2.8% (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.08 children born/woman (1993 est.) Birth rate: 11.69 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $8.1 billion (1991 est.) National product real growth rate: -15% (1992 est.) Unemployment rate: 3% (March 1993); but large numbers of cattle, and poultry; exporter of farm products; fish catch of 1.76 million metric tons (1987) Illicit drugs: transshipment point for illicit drugs from
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