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<text id=93CT0402>
<title>
Ecuador--People
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Ecuador
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 10,461,072 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 2.07% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 26.54 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 5.8 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 40.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 69.61 years</l>
<l> male: 67.09 years</l>
<l> female: 72.25 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 3.19 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Ecuadorian(s)</l>
<l> adjective: Ecuadorian</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: mestizo (mixed Indian and Spanish) 55%,
Indian 25%, Spanish 10%, black 10%
</p>
<p>Religions: Roman Catholic 95%
</p>
<p>Languages: Spanish (official), Indian languages (especially
Quechua)
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
<l> total population: 86%</l>
<l> male: 88%</l>
<l> female: 84%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 2.8 million
</p>
<p> by occupation: agriculture 35%, manufacturing 21%, commerce
16%, services and other activities 28% (1982)
</p></body></article></text>