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<text id=93CT0414>
<title>
El Salvador--People
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: El Salvador
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 5,636,524 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 2.04% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 33.12 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 6.53 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: -6.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 42.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 66.5 years</l>
<l> male: 63.93 years</l>
<l> female: 69.2 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 3.87 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Salvadoran(s)</l>
<l> adjective: Salvadoran</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: mestizo 94%, Indian 5%, white 1%
</p>
<p>Religions: Roman Catholic 75%
</p>
<p>note: Roman Catholic about 75%; there is extensive activity by
Protestant groups throughout the country; by the end of 1992,
there were an estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El
Salvador
</p>
<p>Languages: Spanish, Nahua (among some Indians)
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
<l> total population: 73%</l>
<l> male: 76%</l>
<l> female: 70%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 1.7 million (1982 est.)
</p>
<p> by occupation: agriculture 40%, commerce 16%, manufacturing
15%, government 13%, financial services 9%, transportation 6%,
other 1%
</p>
<p>note: shortage of skilled labor and a large pool of unskilled
labor, but manpower training programs improving situation (1984
est.)
</p></body></article></text>