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<text id=93CT1343>
<title>
Seychelles--People
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Seychelles
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 71,494 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 0.88% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 22.35 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 7.12 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: -6.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 12.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 69.26 years</l>
<l> male: 65.56 years</l>
<l> female: 73.07 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 2.3 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Seychellois (singular and plural)</l>
<l> adjective: Seychelles</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: Seychellois (mixture of Asians, Africans,
Europeans)
</p>
<p>Religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 8%, other 2%
</p>
<p>Languages: English (official), French (official), Creole
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1971)</l>
<l> total population: 58%</l>
<l> male: 56%</l>
<l> female: 60%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 27,700 (1985)
</p>
<p> by occupation: industry and commerce 31%, services 21%,
government 20%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 12%, other
16% (1985)
</p>
<p>note: 57% of population of working age (1983)
</p></body></article></text>