People (El Salvador)
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     Population:
         5,574,279 (July 1992), growth rate 2.2% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         33 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         5 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         - 6 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         26 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         68 years male, 75 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         4.0 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Salvadoran(s); adjective - Salvadoran
     Ethnic divisions:
         mestizo 89%, Indian 10%, white 1%
     Religions:
         Roman Catholic about 75%, with extensive activity by Protestant groups
         throughout the country (more than 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El
         Salvador at the end of 1990)
     Languages:
         Spanish, Nahua (among some Indians)
     Literacy:
         73% (male 76%, female 70%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         1,700,000 (1982 est.); agriculture 40%, commerce 16%, manufacturing 15%,
         government 13%, financial services 9%, transportation 6%, other 1%; shortage
         of skilled labor and a large pool of unskilled labor, but manpower training
         programs improving situation (1984 est.)
     Organized labor:
         total labor force 15%; agricultural labor force 10%; urban labor force 7%
         (1987 est.)