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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 441,691 (July 1990), growth rate 1.1% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 16 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 75 years male, 79 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Macanese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Macau.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 95% Chinese, 3% Portuguese, 2% other.
  20.  
  21. Religion: mainly Buddhist; 17,000 Roman Catholics, of whom 
  22. about half are Chinese.
  23.  
  24. Language: Portuguese (official); Cantonese is the language 
  25. of commerce.
  26.  
  27. Literacy: almost 100% among Portuguese and Macanese; no 
  28. data on Chinese population.
  29.  
  30. Labor force: 180,000 (1986).
  31.  
  32. Organized labor: none.
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