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<text id=94CT0325><title>Colombia—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Colombia<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 35,577,556 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 1.77% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 22.64 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 4.75 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> -0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 28.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 72.1 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 69.33 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 74.95 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.47 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Colombian(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Colombian
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Indian 3%, Indian 1%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Roman Catholic 95%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Spanish
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 87%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 88%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 86%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 12 million (1990)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> services 46%, agriculture 30%, industry 24% (1990)
</list></list></body></article></text>