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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 15,683,234 (July 1990), growth rate 0.3% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 14 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 11 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 76 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 2.0 children born/woman (1990).
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  17. Nationality: noun--Czechoslovak(s); adjective--Czechoslovak.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 64.3% Czech, 30.5% Slovak, 3.8% Hungarian, 
  20. 0.4% German, 0.4% Polish, 0.3% Ukrainian, 0.1% Russian, 
  21. 0.2% other (Jewish, Gypsy).
  22.  
  23. Religion: 50% Roman Catholic, 20% Protestant, 2% Orthodox, 
  24. 28% other.
  25.  
  26. Language: Czech and Slovak (official), Hungarian.
  27.  
  28. Literacy: 99%.
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  30. Labor force: 8,200,000 (1987); 36.9% industry, 12.3% agriculture, 
  31. 50.8% construction, communications, and other (1982).
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  33. Organized labor: Revolutionary Trade Union Movement (ROH), 
  34. formerly regime-controlled; other industry-specific strike 
  35. committees; new independent trade unions forming.
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