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  2. <title>
  3. Paraguay--People
  4. </title>
  5. <article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Paraguay
  6. People</hdr><body>
  7. <p>Population: 5,070,856 (July 1993 est.)
  8. </p>
  9. <p>Population growth rate: 2.8% (1993 est.)
  10. </p>
  11. <p>Birth rate: 32.61 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  12. </p>
  13. <p>Death rate: 4.58 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  14. </p>
  15. <p>Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  16. </p>
  17. <p>Infant mortality rate: 26.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
  18. est.)
  19. </p>
  20. <list>
  21. <l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
  22. <l>  total population: 72.98 years</l>
  23. <l>  male: 71.42 years</l>
  24. <l>  female: 74.62 years (1993 est.)</l>
  25. </list>
  26. <p>Total fertility rate: 4.37 children born/woman (1993 est.)
  27. </p>
  28. <list>
  29. <l>Nationality:</l>
  30. <l>  noun: Paraguayan(s)</l>
  31. <l>  adjective: Paraguayan</l>
  32. </list>
  33. <p>Ethnic divisions: mestizo (Spanish and Indian) 95%, white and
  34. Indian 5%
  35. </p>
  36. <p>Religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite and other Protestant
  37. denominations
  38. </p>
  39. <p>Languages: Spanish (official), Guarani
  40. </p>
  41. <list>
  42. <l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
  43. <l>  total population: 90%</l>
  44. <l>  male: 92%</l>
  45. <l>  female: 88%</l>
  46. </list>
  47. <p>Labor force: 1.641 million (1992 est.)
  48. </p>
  49. <p>  by occupation: agriculture, industry and commerce, services,
  50. government (1986)
  51. </p></body></article></text>
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