People (Fiji)
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     Population:
         749,946 (July 1992), growth rate 0.9% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         25 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         7 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         -10 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         19 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         62 years male, 67 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         3.0 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Fijian(s); adjective - Fijian
     Ethnic divisions:
         Indian 49%, Fijian 46%, European, other Pacific Islanders, overseas Chinese,
         and other 5%
     Religions:
         Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Muslim 8%,
         other 2%; note - Fijians are mainly Christian, Indians are Hindu, and there
         is a Muslim minority (1986)
     Languages:
         English (official); Fijian; Hindustani
     Literacy:
         86% (male 90%, female 81%) age 15 and over can read and write (1985 est.)
     Labor force:
         235,000; subsistence agriculture 67%, wage earners 18%, salary earners 15%
         (1987)
     Organized labor:
         about 45,000 employees belong to some 46 trade unions, which are organized
         along lines of work and ethnic origin (1983)