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<text id=94CT1270><title>Singapore—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Singapore<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 2,859,142 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 1.12% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 16.52 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 5.3 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> 5.7 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> 75.95 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 73.17 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 78.94 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 1.88 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Singaporean(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Singapore
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Chinese 76.4%, Malay 14.9%, Indian 6.4%, other 2.3%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Buddhist (Chinese), Muslim (Malays), Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Taoist, Confucianist
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Chinese (official), Malay (official and national), Tamil (official), English (official)
<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> 88%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 93%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 84%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 1,485,800
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> financial, business, and other services 30.2%, manufacturing 28.4%, commerce 22.0%, construction 9.0%, other 10.4% (1990)
</list></list></body></article></text>