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People
Population: 5,309,865 (July 1990), growth rate 2.0% (1990).
Birth rate: 34 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: -7 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 49 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 62 years male, 68 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 4.1 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Salvadoran(s); adjective--Salvadoran.
Ethnic divisions: 89% mestizo, 10% Indian, 1% white.
Religion: about 97% Roman Catholic, with activity by Protestant
groups throughout the country.
Language: Spanish, Nahua (among some Indians).
Literacy: 65%.
Labor force: 1,700,000 (1982 est.); 40% agriculture, 16%
commerce, 15% manufacturing, 13% government, 9% financial
services, 6% transportation; shortage of skilled labor and
a large pool of unskilled labor, but manpower training programs
improving situation (1984 est.).
Organized labor: 15% total labor force; 10% agricultural
labor force; 7% urban labor force (1987 est.).