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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 6,142,141 (July 1990), growth rate 2.3% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 45 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 16 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: -6 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 107 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 52 years male, 55 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 6.4 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Haitian(s); adjective--Haitian.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 95% black, 5% mulatto and European.
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  21. Religion: 75-80% Roman Catholic (of which an overwhelming 
  22. majority also practice Voodoo), 10% Protestant.
  23.  
  24. Language: French (official) spoken by only 10% of population; 
  25. all speak Creole.
  26.  
  27. Literacy: 23%.
  28.  
  29. Labor force: 2,300,000; 66% agriculture, 25% services, 
  30. 9% industry; shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor 
  31. abundant (1982).
  32.  
  33. Organized labor: NA.
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