People (Swaziland)
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     Population:
         913,008 (July 1992), growth rate 2.6% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         44 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         12 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         -6 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         98 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         52 years male, 60 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         6.2 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Swazi(s); adjective - Swazi
     Ethnic divisions:
         African 97%, European 3%
     Religions:
         Christian 60%, indigenous beliefs 40%
     Languages:
         English and siSwati (official); government business conducted in English
     Literacy:
         55% (male 57%, female 54%) age 15 and over can read and write (1976)
     Labor force:
         195,000; over 60,000 engaged in subsistence agriculture; about 92,000 wage
         earners (many only intermittently), with agriculture and forestry 36%,
         community and social services 20%, manufacturing 14%, construction 9%, other
         21%; 16,800 employed in South Africa mines (1990)
     Organized labor:
         about 10% of wage earners