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<text id=94CT1176><title>Reunion—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Reunion<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 652,857 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 2.03% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 25.14 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 4.87 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 7.9 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> 74.07 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 71 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 77.29 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.78 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Reunionese (singular and plural)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Reunionese
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> French, African, Malagasy, Chinese, Pakistani, Indian
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Roman Catholic 94%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> French (official), Creole widely used
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1982)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 69%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 67%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 74%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> NA
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 30%, industry 21%, services 49% (1981)
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> 63% of population of working age (1983)
</list></list></body></article></text>