People (Hong Kong)
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     Population:
         5,889,095 (July 1992), growth rate 0.6% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         13 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         5 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         - 2 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         7 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         76 years male, 83 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         1.4 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         adjective - Hong Kong
     Ethnic divisions:
         Chinese 98%, other 2%
     Religions:
         eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10%
     Languages:
         Chinese (Cantonese), English
     Literacy:
         77% (male 90%, female 64%) age 15 and over having ever attended school
         (1971)
     Labor force:
         2,800,000 (1990); manufacturing 28.5%, wholesale and retail trade,
         restaurants, and hotels 27.9%, services 17.7%, financing, insurance, and
         real estate 9.2%, transport and communications 4.5%, construction 2.5%,
         other 9.7% (1989)
     Organized labor:
         16% of labor force (1990)