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<text id=94CT1300><title>South Africa—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: South Africa<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 43,930,631 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 2.62% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 33.58 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 7.53 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 47.1 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> 65.11 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 62.37 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 67.94 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 4.37 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> South African(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> South African
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> black 75.2%, white 13.6%, Colored 8.6%, Indian 2.6%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Christian (most whites and Coloreds and about 60% of blacks), Hindu (60% of Indians), Muslim 2%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> eleven official languages, including Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 76%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 78%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 75%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 13.4 million economically active (1990)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> services 35%, agriculture 30%, industry 20%, mining 9%, other 6%
</list></list></body></article></text>