People (Portugal)
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     Population:
         10,448,509 (July 1992), growth rate 0.4% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         12 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         10 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         2 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         10 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         71 years male, 78 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         1.4 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Portuguese (singular and plural); adjective - Portuguese
     Ethnic divisions:
         homogeneous Mediterranean stock in mainland, Azores, Madeira Islands;
         citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during
         decolonization number less than 100,000
     Religions:
         Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant denominations 1%, other 2%
     Languages:
         Portuguese
     Literacy:
         85% (male 89%, female 82%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         4,605,700; services 45%, industry 35%, agriculture 20% (1988)
     Organized labor:
         about 55% of the labor force; the Communist-dominated General Confederation
         of Portuguese Workers - Intersindical (CGTP-IN) represents more than half of
         the unionized labor force; its main competition, the General Workers Union
         (UGT), is organized by the Socialists and Social Democrats and represents
         less than half of unionized labor